StraferJack

All of the capital pubs closed due to staff parties. Notices up for ages beforehand and on various twitter feeds, as well as staff talking about it days beforehand Happens every year as well. Nothing to worry about

There is merit in having the weekly predictions in a separate thread. In the past they never quite caught fire but they seem well popular now. If I wasn't so lazy I'd want to take part It's not as if the standard of dialogue in here is so amazing it shouldn't be interrupted but to these eyes the two things (football chat & spreadsheet talk) would be better served in separate threads

Wrong thread

So on the one hand you are telling bipolar people to hang on in there, one step at a time, things get better, yadda yadda On the other hand...

Main thing about 2013 is the fact that it brings the first teenagers born in 21st century

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Edited for poor point badly made

Are you in a band? Thought about quitting? http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/02/20/should-you-quit-your-band-flowchart/

Hmmm

A drink MAY have been had

Park drive is a guardianista?? I don't think so

So get a job at LU first. Whats stopping us?

Not supporting the strike, but Fark me plenty of people painting it as a very attractive job Why aren't more of us applying? Serious question

I so want to have a drink in that pub on Dishonored as well A very good game with amazing attention to detail. Just checking out the world is fun I love how they ran out of time/space to complete third floor of the pub but instead of just removing it you can glimpse it through a boarded up partition

The hardly left-leaning New York post reaction to the NRA speech http://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/282473177932783616/photo/1 Surely signs are there that there is the beginning of a culture shift?

A bit odd that the rehearsal produced exactly the same draw

anyone wanting to check out DB's childhood home - it's up for rent at the moment http://www.sheratonlaw.com/property_details.asp?id=P1262&searchtype=lettings

"Posted by Fabricio the Guido Today, 08:29PM Can we stage an effective boycott when these chains arrive? What will resistance look like ? " Given some of the businesses in question closed due to lack of custom, maybe not give chains your custom? "Rents are going up because LL is hitting the chain retail marketers 'ooooh we should be there antenna' Upper Street syndrome. tedious corporate yuk coming our way, mull over that in Cafe Nero" Exactly this (Only exception I would make is as I've said before... A chain like pizza express in the mag location would draw more punters further up the lane, benefiting tippler, franklins etc. but if they take over g and b location... Ick)

Mick The NI reference isn't to do with guns or ownership of... It was to say that entrenched views which seem impossible to change can be changed. A couple of posters were suggesting no point hoping for a change in US attitudes to gun ownership.

I would liken it to Northern Ireland (to pick just one example) I know plenty of well adjusted, sound people on both sides. But once inculcated its much much harder to turn around. And the prejudices held can be extraordinary However, a with Northern Ireland, you can't just shrug and say that's how it is. You have to push and push and continue to show people their beliefs have consequences

"Australia suffered 13 mass murders between 1981 and 1996. In the 16 years since our gun law reforms: zero. No more excuses please America."

It's not all about random gun rampages About 85 people die from his every day in America Ridiculous to support the right to bear arms Imagine allowing the tanked up revellers in British towns and cities to carry arms.

"SJ doesn't do jokes." Pfft - I got the joke - my OTT reaction was meant to convey that And I get your post is a joke too I do.. I get it! ;-)

how in gods name would you fit a Waitrose of any size in there? Anyway, we can assume the usage will be like for like so some other bar/restaurant... objectively I could see Pizza Express being quite keen Not that I would be for that - but you can bet landlords are looking for a chain

"It's no different from paying for a coffee with a contactless card." pretty much. Except I doubt many people do that either