SteveT

It suddenly 'HIT' me too Sean. Must be an ex-public school border dreaming of the good old days..............

Peckhamgatecrasher wrote:- Thou seemst a trifle peturbed, SteveT. PGC how nice to hear from you, this archaic language you have adopted, alas I do hope it is not from the perverse study of law books, but more from the great bard himself! Hast thou faire maiden had thy window pole fix-ed to yonder reveals? If thyne answer is negative alas alack allow a pm to thy host fore whenst should affix thy dratted pole.

Ted Max wrote:- Then you can torch the whole gaff with grenades and that, before getting down the Capitol with a slab of coke and loads of guns and ammo and shit. This is a momentous occasion for me, as Teds description made tears of laughter course down my boat race. Brilliant Ted.

Sillywoman wrote:- Actually I've resigned myself to my kids need for years of therapy 'cause of my crap parenting. The thing is we only get one go at being parents, and as soon as the baby is born you are expected to be a ruddy expert, and you are expected to know why it's still crying, even though you have fed it, burped it, changed it's nappy, walked around letting it be sick down your back.......... There is only one right way and that is the way we choose to do it, which ever suits us best. Sometimes, as it is a long term and complex ride, most of us now and again do it wrong, but we are doing it without the help, knowledge, and input of the grandparents, because we no longer have three generations under the same roof. If mine need therapy at least they have had an education so they can hopefully earn enough of their own money to pay for it.

Thank you for your time and trouble Mr Barber.

Failed bankers for ruining the country. The judiciary, for harbouring archaic language and other things. Politicians who have 'dirtied their paws' by fiddling their expenses and other things.

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Sillywoman wrote:- Whip the little blighters . . . .Oooh sorry, came over all SteveT for a moment. Made me laugh out loud SW. My ex-wife found it more diifficult to control the youngest who is more like me in behaviour and thinking processes, the eldest (more like her mother) was rather contrary and beyond my wit and wisdom, after the traditional threat and final delivery of the inevitable smack I was out of ideas. Her mother would take over and think of something she could stop her from receiving such as favoured film tickets etc. The youngest was controlled just by a growl or a withering look, and she caught on immediately, and would stop misbehaving long before the final blow was administered. If her mother tried to stop her and used the same tactics on second daughter, she would say 'well I dont care if I see the film or not'. Her mother would be out of ideas by then too. Do what ever works best to keep you sane and the child in check, yet costs the least amount of emotional and physical energy to the adult. Children and adults respond well to clearly defined borders. BeccaL wrote:- it gets me mad when friends don't tell their children off when they're being naughty. I quite agree, and they would not be invited back either.

Thanks for that Ted. Sorry about the snippy.:-$

Councillor Barber wrote:- The new East Dulwich pool will have all new filtration, heating, air circulation, changing rooms, dance studios, cafe, gym, etc. Total cost ?6.5M. This is not small beer or half measures. It is a huge investment in a local East Dulwich facility. It sounds wonderful, pity about the pool being smaller, but good to hear that the new smaller pool will have decent filtration. I quite agree it is not small beer or half measures, it is a very expensive smaller pool. Why they are changing the present gym, which in my opinion is the best around, as it has high ceilings and is never stuffy, I cannot understand.

Not the price they charge PUP, I'd find it cheaper with a white stick. I just think the 'EYE' looks a bit hippyish not being full size like other news sheets. I do rate it's style and clarity with complex stories and cases.

Went to one a year ago in Hyde Park err it may be Green Park, it wasn't worth looking for the parking place.

The man who decided 25 metres was big enough for the goose green pool, love to leave red stinging finger marks on both cheeks, that would show him for not letting us vote on the size. I intend wearing chainmail gloves too. Sonny Liston for throwing the fight to Cassius Clay alias Mohammed Ali. Valuev, Primo Carnera, and Chris Greener for being irritating little dwarves.

As we are an over populated country should we adopt the same ideas on population control as China, one family one child?

Yeah but other than that, what do you think of him?

Yeah! but whatcha gonna do.

Enoch Powell was considered to be one of the greatest thinkers that ever went into parliament, and he was hounded out mainly because they were terrified of what he had to say. I would suggest that any great thinkers around these parts would be well advised to keep silent, lest the same happens again, as history has a habit of repeating itself.

Growlybear wrote:- I actually thought at first that the thread was a joke when I read the first post. No one else saw it that way. Growlybear wrote:- My personal opinion is that for someone to be offended by wolf whistles, and coarse and suggestive remarks to the point where they bother to start a thread on an internet forum is an overreaction. Often people use this forum as a sounding board to see if they are misunderstanding their position and getting unnecessarily irate about what you consider to be a small detail.

I have always liked the writing style but not the print size, as it's half size print of a newspaper. I did not renew my subscription this year either, as it used to lie around mostly unread, and then the next one would arrive.

The Castle has been notorious for yonks Growlybear, everyone round here unless they are deaf and blind, knows that. So I think you are being provocative when you've known it intimately over 30 years. I don't think the cat calling and loud mouthed yobbishness is a nice thing to cope with, especially when you are going home alone at night and they are team handed.

I thought it was 50m for an olympic size pool Ted Max, and you can only use the 25 for school events. It would not be comparable because of the extra turn distorting the finishing times. My complaint was Ted that spending all that money and it did not increase the length and capacity of the pool, which judging by the amount of use it gets would have been an obvious way to go. I do not see what an athletics track skanky or otherwise has to do with it, but I guess you know best.

The Lady magazine.

I have suffered with occasional pain from kidney stones since my twenties, it's like a disease, always with you and you do anything necessary to prevent another attack. I gave up booze and did not miss it one bit, as it was booze which incited it with the dehydration. I drink lots of water and not much milk other than for cereals, because of the calcium which forms the stones. Whitebait is not recommended either because of the tiny bones, but I still indulge sometimes as it's sooo delicious. My favourite water for taste is Buxton by a streak. When I go to the swimming pool and people have a bottle at the end of the length to sip, I find that idiotic, as no-one I ever knew became dehydrated whilst swimming. I use tap water and fill bottles which are kept chilled in the fridge and it is like a different drink, I rarely drink it straight out of the tap unless it's in the heart of winter. Thames water tastes good though like sophiesofa says. To stop the constant P***ing add some elderflower cordial, it doesn't pass through your system quite so quick Davy Watts.

Nicolamb wrote:- I found it hard to understand why I was taking everything so personally. It seems to me that you were exceedingly considerate to everyone in the household and being young, inexperienced, and lacking confidence in your own judgement meant you were not being your true self, almost as if you were playing the part of a 'good step mum'. I couldn't even dream of disciplining him, because I was scared how he'd react. I am not surprised he is a very different child to the earlier one. I would wait until he was lying on the setee then put my hands around his ribs and squeeze until he had tears running down his face with laughter, but I would stop before his bladder leaked. "That'll teach you to misbehave". Just the threat of being tickled would be enough, and sometimes you may have to chase after him through the house to implement the discipline, but it would all add to the terror and fun to get the point across. The physical contact with each other would be good for you both too. He does not sound terribly confident in your company, but if you were to be just yourself and not treat him as a special case he would eventually become less diffident and blossom. My background was not nearly as accomodating as you are providing, as all the adults were very much themselves first and foremost and we had to fit around them. I think it would be good for your peace of mind too.