Michael Palaeologus

Matthew you are welsh, so therefore your negative view of England fans is congenital. Soccer brings out the worst the tribal instincts in people, to the point where people get killed, sometimes in large numbers. Intelligent people spend hours talking absolute cock about a game played by grossly over-paid idiots whose off field exploits are fodder for the tabloids. That the fans actually believe that the players and managers of the teams actually give a toss about those teams, when at a drop of hat and an increase in their bloated pay packets they will all happily trot down the road to the local rivals; is a tribute to their delusions. Rugby doesnt have any of this. Nobody takes its that seriously. It is only sport after all.

Black Cherry has a nice romantic feel. I know of one couple who had their first date there. Wedding is next year.

Lots of orange dog plop on Grove Vale this morning. Has somebody started a spread-sheet?

I toured the Hershey Factory in the States once, not as good as Cadburys.

Latin? Isnt that foreign? Good Gad! I am surprised you grew up to be right thinking.

Good points well made KateW. But I cant help myself, Where is this drugs field in Brixton? Many people will want to know. Sorry.

We need a Home Guard. Armed with rolling pins and mops. Regular patrols, stop and search anybody who isnt from SE22, keeping a close eye on cyclists, enforcing the "nobody coming into ED from Peckham or Brixton on the 37 is allowed to get off" rule, watching out for enemy aircraft coming from Peckham, Camberwell and Brixton and guarding the virtue of our ladies from those from Outremer.

panama Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My posts are not written with attitude and bias > just fact, sorry if the truth hurts. What facts? "There seems to have been an increase in crime in Dulwich lately" - is there or isnt there? "i think a lot of it is by youths passing through the area probably from Peckham and Camberwell" - you think or you know? "It seems however that not everyone is reporting these to the police so the actual numbers are unknown" - are they or arent they? "Most of these robberies are committed by youths on bikes wearing hoods" - says who? "thats the main problem with society now is that people don't report things or help other people in incidents like muggings as they are afraid they would get hurt" - Is it really the main problem in society at the moment? What about the decline of the NHS? an aging population? economic depression? bigotry and racism? "the majority of these robbers are gutless cowards who will run away if confronted, they are only brave if they are in a large gang catch them by themselves and they are pathetic little fools" - You are either a Daily Mail features writer or an escaped Viz character. There arent actually any facts in the above - just received wisdom and knee jerk assumption. I for one am going back under the table with a collander on my head and a large stock of tinned food until the bad men go away and we can return to the green and pleasent lad of yesteryear (edit: should read "land of yester year" - but the idea of returning to the "lad of yesteryear" is quite amusing)

Keef, will you have retro cassette tapes for sale?

From here i can see your varicose veins and large tan draws. Didnt know people still wore them.

"Clearly now that Belle de Jour has outed herself it is OK for posh birds to own up to their unsavoury pasts" "Slop some in this tin mug Buxom Brenda"

and take a lovely photo. There is alot to love.

"Pages 7 through to 10 - its Dulwichmum"

*Pours cold mulled wine down sink* *Switches lights off* *Leaves*

Next week everybody ...

"Tum, tee, tum, tee, tum" *Flits around Quiet Room with Duraglit, Mr Sheen and assorted dusters. Soon has place nice and twinkly and smelling of polish* *Canters round with Dyson, sucks up various empty party poppers, squashed frogs, donkey feed (sniff) and some of Dulwichmum's foundation powder, she uses alot and her shaky hands spill it on the carpet* *Steps outside to the shack for wood - recycled from the new Sainsburys Express development* *Gets a roaring fire on the go and hangs a cauldron above it, pours in a few bottles and adds spices and fruit* "Mulled wine anyone? On this dark and damp day it seems ideal"

Cookwank, cushions and currys. This is ED.

Look out for the appearance of Little Red Riding Hood

Selling England by the Pound - Genesis

Let him back on.

I believe Sandersons Specific can also be used to wash fabrics.

The kit that they are crying out for is of the cheaper kind. Helicopters cost the fraction of a jet fighter yet the RAF is busy arming itself with the Typhoon fighter which, lovely though it is, isnt needed. They could even buy second hand helicopters, there are Pumas available in France, Germany and South Africa, in store, ready to fly. Australia and Belgium has Sea Kings that are soon to be replaced. The Chinook is in production for the US Army and getting our hands on some new ones would take little time, the yanks would let us have some of their slots to show support. This Government has shown a disturbing willingness to use the military but an unpleasent unwillingness to invest in the kit that will keep people alive, let alone "win the war", even if that was possible, which it isnt. We have a Government that for the first time in generations, is made up of people who have never served in the Military and so do not understand the logistics of war or the grim, awful reality of fighting. They are far too keen to send young people off to do something that they themselves have no conception of.

I fear that a relatively junior Civil Servant is probably getting a good kicking for not briefing Gordo properly or for not proof reading the letter before it went. Probably been transferred to a signing box at Brixton JobcentrePlus.

I think, reply saying that you had previously called the restaurant and they had confirmed that there would be no charge. State that you will double check with the restaurant to clarify. Suggest that there has clearly a mix up, quickly sorted out, probably spoke to the wrong person, etc, etc. It could be that you both spoke to different restaurant staff who gave different answers. Easy done. That would be the charitable interpretation and one that allows a diplomatic solution perhaps?

In a car, on the M40, in a traffic jam. Could have been in Hoopers.