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"After a hike of nearly 15 minutes I thought to myself, I?d better hop on a bus or I?m going to be here all day. That?s the whole idea, my mind reminded me. Fuck my mind, I thought, and jumped on a 185. Made me laugh.

Haha. Totally agree with OP. Couldn't possibly comment on the hipsters.

Not being funny, but the prices in the sweet shop were pretty bloody silly IMO.

Forget pouring a bucket of water over your head, this is something that I personally will really find challenging, but I'm doing it because it's a great motivation. Get yourself signed up, we could even form an EDF team. Or donate a few quid on my page. https://www.gosober.org.uk/participant?p=keithottaway

I think Cameron going up there has actually done a fantastic job for the Yes vote.

I agree about SNP/UKIP, but I think the difference is that SNP have done things like free prescriptions and no student fees, which are the big vote winners, and which UKIP would not do.

I liked this bit of that article. "Lend Lease, in a defence that verged on farce, pleaded the human right to ?peaceful enjoyment of its possessions?, arguing that disclosing the viability assessment would amount to ?unjustified interference with this enjoyment? Poor lambs, having their human rights abused. Unbelievable.

Exactly!

Indeed, I shared it on facebook yesterday evening. When I signed I was around number 25, and it's now at 152 (as of a couple of minutes ago), so doing nicely. Oooo, just looked again and now at 156, so climbing steadily.

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm pretty sure that like everything else all the > bribes will be paid for by london. > I can't abide anyone having their cake and eating > it, hence I'd rather they just left now. Once again, what he said.

Fair point, but pokertimes suggestion of contract managers would be a good start. I've seen loads of examples of LA's being shafted by providers (sometimes from within other parts of the same authority) because contracts and SLAs are drawn up by people with no experience, and then these contracts roll on unmonitored so nothing gets picked up on.

PokerTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One thing I would say is this. I have long argued > that it would be worth local authorities employing > specialists in contract negotiation (in whatever > field is needed). ^^^^^ THIS x 100!

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > why does everyone have such a grump on about THEM > > bitterness I say - they look like they are having > fun whilst some people resent having to grind > out a living > > Let them be Oh whatever. Dancing with a cunting hula hoop on the train platform? I'd have wanted to stab him at the height of my social life.

Better week for me, thank God!

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One of the comments under that article says: > > Also, my understanding is that Southwark Council > is on some kind of profit split. I mean, that's > the explanation they've used for the low sale > price. > > Does anyone know if that has any basis in fact? From what I can tell, the developers are gaurateede the first ?194m profit, and Southwark get a slice of anyhing over that. They're basically saying that what with the ever climbing prices in London, they're bound to do well out of it. So this council rather than wanting lower prices, is totally relying on higher prices in order to make some cash. It's total utter bullshit.

I posted this in the lounge, but if anyone is interested in this absolute scandal (scandal either because someone has done something dodgy, or because someone is UNBELIEVABLY incompetent) then this is an interesting read. http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/11/look-heygate-estate-whats-wrong-londons-housing Thanks for starting the petition rahrahrah, I should have thought of that when I first saw that article a few months back.

Does that mean when they're 40 they're all going to go hardcore mental?

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There was an emaciated hipster dancing with a hula > hoop on Platform 3 at Peckham Rye Station this > morning. > > My urge to push someone under an oncoming train > has never been so strong. Even without having been there and seen this person, I am finding myself hating them with far too much passion.

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All these last minute bribes make me hope they > vote yes, draw a line under it once and for all. I > started out a stalwart no, now I just hope we > never have to go through this shit again, and a no > vote will just mean 10 years. What he said. A convincing No may have drawn a line under it, but IF by some miracle there is a slim win for the No vote, this will come up again soonish. I did like the antique table story though, sums up how I've felt from the start. It seems somehow wrong that we have absolutely no say in what is happening to the UK, yet I've always felt that I couldn't really voice that for a reason I can't quite explain. I'd be really interested to know how a "should they stay or go" vote would have come out in the reat of the UK.

My daughter loves books, but is flatly refusing to read the scheme books that school are sending home. I'm hoping it won't put her off books in general.

Thanks Medusa, wil check it out. Anymore for anymore?

For God's sake don't call the noise team without at least having a word. You say they seem like nice people, so try just being friendly and reasonable and hopefully they'll return the favour. Agree with Quids though, ED is not the type of place I'd have wanted to live when I was a student.

LondonMix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > However, people framing this as the freeholder and > M&S pushing huge swathes of ED's population > (including vulnerable pensioners) to the brink of > hunger are distorting things in a way that's > totally not acceptable in my book. Totally agree that M&S / The freeholders are doing nothing wrong here.

This was written just over a year ago, and even then unbuilt heygate homes were being offered to investors in Singapore and China.

Just the way I talk innit.