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Let's face it, if we are kids of the 70s, then our teeth will be cack. My back ones are like an op-art quilt, mainly because I ate and drank lots of sugary crap for years and years and years, and because bad teeth were just thought to be 'one of those things' that were just there, like emphysemic pigeons and old women who only ever wore carpet slippers on their feet. Cut out the sugar, drink water, brush and rinse effectively and lots of teeth troubles should be avoidable. PS Does anyone remember the sheer horror of 'gas'? It was abysmal that young kids should have been conked out like that. Traumatic. (THe thread about lunch and tomato soup reminded me of it, as I would always have 'red soup' after having had my gums butchered by the oral Crippen we called a dentist.) Nero

I started using the term a while ago. I intended it to mean the bit of ED up the hill after Townley, on the left hand side, going up to Underhill/Overhill etc. Nero

Victoria Peckham has made a rare appearance, and made me smile. Barry Rhode is funny, I agree. Nero

Is there a system in place so that each forumite can onlyh post once? Nero

I think Dita-on-Tees is a good 'un. Nero

On the one hand, they might be giving news, of a sort, to people who might not usually read a paper. On the other, they are cheap tat that end up on the floors of buses and blowing down the streets. Nero

I'd give to Forumites the amount in pounds of the number of posts they'd made. Maybe. Nero

Another one. We went to Oz and toured Uluru in a small group. A few years later one of the girls we met emailed me, saying she'd thought she'd thought she'd seen us on a train in Italy but wasn't entirely sure it was us. She told me the dates and times and location, and it was us. Spooky-looky. Nero

I asked the owner last week and he said it was not being sold. Nero

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Ooo. Which twee Cheshire village? Mobberley? Alderley? Bollington? Stockport? (Joke) As for the Jojo Maman Bebe - how dull. I can feel shades of Clapham's Northcote Road coming on. Nero

Bin there Nero

Last year I was shopping in my local coop in Tuscany Shouldn't this be on the 'you know when ED is going upmarket' thread? Nero

Two or so weeks ago I worked with a freelancer who just so happens to be best friends with Daphne, the owner of Le Chandelier. Coincidence, eh? A few years ago we ate in a restaurant in Las Vegas - of which there are very many - and ended up sitting next to someone we had worked with and knew very well. (He was with a woman, looked VERY uncomfortable at being spotted, and completely ignored us, even though we were about 5 feet apart - very strange.) Any more coincidences? Nero

I read about that film studio aspect to the phenomenon, too. I can believe it. Nero

It's staffed by Thais, I think, but the food is not exclusively Thai. It's a great place, and you get free prawn crackers, and the beer is suitably cold. Nero

Your Name: Nero Famous Artist/Band/Musician: Nolans 4 letter word: Nobs Vehicle: Nissan Micra TV SHOW: Neighbours City/Town: Nagasaki Boy Name: Nigel Girl Name: Nora Occupation: Newsreader Something you wear: Nylons Celebrity: Nancy Lam Food: Nuts Something found in a kitchen: Nice fings Reason for Being Late: Never heard alarm go off

The Walworth Road works are a pain. I wish they would work at night so as to speed things up. Nero

I used to always go to Pistachio, but had a very bad illness after I ate there. It could have been completely unrelated, as I pointed out in a letter to the manager. I never got a reply. Tandoori Nights is good, but a bit cheek-by-jowl for me and there is no more Pakistan beer to be had there. Coriander is good as is the lovely Chandri (!), but I prefer Omrith now. Nero

When it has its very own internet forum. Nero

At least he's not writing in doggerel. Nero

Overblown nonsense. What's wrong with just saying 'I love you, will you marry me?' Nero

But you can see my point in the irony of a red-top journo justifying his actions? It is delusion versus delusion. It's interesting, if nothing else. Nero

I've seen quite a few examples of this, and want to know why. It isn't illegal to drink booze in the open in the UK. It is in parts of the US, if not across the country. The image of hobo with bottle/can in a brown bag is a pretty iconic US image, but Brit tramps have always had their labels proudly on display. So why is it happening? Could it be that the people who are serving it have watched too many movies? Could it be that given that a large portion of convenience shops are often staffed by immigrants, they're applying the rules of their own countries? Nero

It looks good! Thanks for the pic; I'd never've imagined it looking like that. And nearer to me than Dulwich Park's caff. Nero