Michael Palaeologus

The person she refers to killed Daniel Pearl. It is possible that she had a slip of the tongue. "Daniel Pearl" and "Osama bin Laden" are soooo very similar.

I have at no time "got up my own *rse". With my back? You are joking. Then again, the evidence would seem to make that unlikely. I play in my 40something playground.

Oh blimey - yes please darling DM! I had a portion of sprouts with my lamb cassrole this very evening.

It took Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms Administrator 2 hours and 21 minutes to think of that terrible pun. You could hear the cogs grinding. Eau Mr Porter.

Rats will attack and kill chickens, especially bantems which tend to be the most common urban chuck as they are small and fluffy. There is no law against rat hunting with dogs though .........

"In-boarding" = Induction

Souper - Muligatawny

I am pro-hunting. I understand and have sympathy with the anti-hunting, anti-cruelty arguement, but I feel that these are based on an essentially urban perspective on the nature of the relationship between man and nature. I am not anti-fox and quite like seeing the foxes about our streets, but they are what they are and they do what they do. Foxes will kill chickens and indeed any other small animal that is kept outdoors, if the foxes dont get them the rats will and rats will be drawn to the chickens because of the chicken feed that will inevitably be scattered about. At least the rats will kill the chickens to eat, foxes will kill for the sake of killing because that is what they do.

Shall we say Tuesday then? Meet at the EDT between 7.30 and 8 and then head off to the Curry Cabin.

No day decided yet Jimbo - people seem to be thinking about it!

Who would have thought it. A few chickens in CWALDs back garden leads to the rebirth of the East Dulwich hunt. Marvellous.

Obviously hunting foxes with dogs is a crime. However, if you lay down a scent trail and your dogs follow that and in doing so come across a fox and accidentally kill it, you are OK.

Pizza base and stuff

What they seemed to be saying was that these phase 2 plans may be brought forward in an attempt to address the shortfall caused by the end the Loop route. The ELLE south eastern arm should be straight forward in a practical sense in that it uses existing track and land, mostly. However it is south of the river and so not a priority. As I understand it, transport planning gives priority to transport systems that link exisiting transport nodes (stations) - the more existing nodes linked the better. So, if you live is SE London and have fewer nodes to start with - you are b*ggered when competing with node rich North London. When is the next election by the way?

I walked past this morning and had a quick look at the sign - it didnt seem inflammatory.

Venue? Dont know. We had an informal gathering at the Mirash prior to Xmas. We could try the Pistachio Club but I think that as, as usual, we are always open to other ideas.

It would be a marvellous thing..but as deepest South East London is marked with "Here be dragons" on Transport planner's maps, I wont be putting money on it.

OK - I know we are all on a collective diet and/or are having a dry January... but lets go for a curry. You can have a tikka if you are on a diet and drink diet coke if you are off the booze. How about next week? Tues, Wed or Thurs. What is a good day for people?

Ah, the Huguenot gap toothed wonky grimace - it is good to hear that things at the other end have not ,changed.

"The portly poppet" ?? The poor child will grow up metally scarred. *Picks up the phone and calls the Social* *In the meantime - have a slice of stollen - it is of a no-calorie variety as is the gluwein and bier - the wonders of the Quiet Room*

- Wee Quinnie "No children, if you have ?20 and go to the bar and as for 2 pints of London Pride, 2 bottles of coke, 3 bags of crisps and a bag of scratching - how many pubs will you get served in?"

*Shuffles in, frankly cream crackered. New Years in Berlin is anarchic in the extreme. Only dont get drawn into an "organised" event - disappointingly ... organised. Still, the late night walk through the streets would have been familiar to General Zukhov and the Red Army circa 1945. Great fun that bit* *Its a cold winters evening, so produces a large steaming vat of Gluwein, a yummy sticky Stollen, home made ginger bread cookies and some foaming Steins of Schwartzerbier* *Anybody? Its the Quiet Roon and real world NY resolutions and physical frailties do not apply*

Um, where's that Quiet Room gone?

Cauliflower Onions Sprouts (cold) Parsnips Sweet Potato Luxury = Mango, the yellow ones you get in Peckham Book = 101 things to do with a cold sprout.

Hope you get better soon!!!! Makes my rather disappoiting new years eve in Berlin seem paltry.