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Ironically, I think he'd have found that hilarious Loz Sad news, obviously touched millions... But for me...No, ssand up stuff in early days good but other than that either shouty or scmaltzy Deap Poets Society for me was a load of oversentamalized cack..and hugely over rated. ...but suspect I am in a minority on this

..the clue may be found in 'thundery bang' so get your thinking caps on.......

Coming next....anyone tell me what that wet stuff falling from the clouds in drops is?

Need a Graet Bores of Today for this blah blah......strength of the pound......blah blah......pre-election boom......blah blah......blow ins.......blah blah...Buy to let tax breaks.....blah blah........supply & demand.......blah blah..........3 bedder in Sylvester Road for ?1 million......blah blah.....Catford for value......blah blah....bank of mum and dad....

Something newish but old.....

PS...and the Iraqi's weren't lobbing any rockets our way

...the qusetion I ask myself, quite often, is how many people who voted for Blair...and to some extent Brown, after the invasion of Iraq are taking some kind of warped moral high ground on this? How many families broken apart there? How many kids dead there? How many civilains dead? What did the Iraqui's have to fight back with? Long hard look in the mirror....but not holding my breathe

I put that on the 'Best Christmas preent for a forumite' thread once for Straefer... :)

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's a grand. I'd even consider appearing an a > commercial for the Guardian for that kind of dosh. > :) I'd be going off script stylee..."Do people Actaully believe this stuff?" type CUT

.....*ahem....let's not start all the West Ham ineligible players malarkey again hey maxxi :)

Jocky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Popped my Gowlett cherry the other night. Was a > nice little place for a casual swally. > > The Disc Jockey man playing soul 45"s hadn't heard > of The King - Curtis Mayfield though....which was > a tad concerning. Probably thinks The Style Council wrote Move On Up

There's reminiscing and there's harking back to the 'good old days' I like reminiscing...I'll leave useless, sad, harking back to the idiots of UKIP and the w*nkers of the BNP

We are as well missing a whole set of sub-culture pubs from the past that have (nearly) died out - Copper Pubs - normally near a nick, lock ins and extended licensing no questions asked drug pubs - the only reason you went in was to buy drugs and anyone who wasn't a local was there for that. always a painful ritual of "i'll have a bottle of Pils" wait 5 mins whilst the locals decided if you were 'old bill' or not then if you passed whosever turn it was would say "looking fir anything lads?" Pubs that took bets - a hangover from when it was illegal but my grandad was always placing bets in his local Old school gay pubs - no banging house or smell of poppers just a lot of blokes, some with cravats Irish pubs - no hassle if you behaved, great atmosphere...er, 'collection' for 'charity' near closing time etc, etc

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Desire for continued anonymity on here prevents > full disclosure! > > Think of somewhere you don't want to live. It's > probably that one. *Bob*s from Nunhead!

nashoi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The country was less tolerant and more violent in > the 70s and 80s, pubs just reflected that I think that there was more tribalism for sure - but I still think pubs were far more mixed, maybe because there was less choice

Yup - EDT 1980s - one side old Irish/West indian the other Millwall upstairs the 'trendy yuppies' :). But ceratinly as a youth I remember drinking in the same pub as my dad and grandad in the day, where by 11pm I'd be dancing on a table and failing with the local 'sorts'. And most London pubs in more mixed areas where fine to go into even if you hadn't been in before - the exception being Football ones

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think they probably see it as breaking away from > "English rule" Which is ironic - given the way above their 'natural share' of Scottish PMs and ministers that have 'ruled' England

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Doesn't ring true for me at all, but then I'm not > from around eeeeere originally. > > Pubs from what I remember were 'specifically' > niche and non-inclusive. The one you didn't go in > if you were over 20, the one you didn't go in if > you were a student, the one you didn't go in if > you were an unaccompanied female, the one you > didn't go in unless you knew someone who was a > regular, the one you didn't go in if you had long > hair.. and the one you just didn't go in. Where are you from *bob*? Belfast?

BTW If they vote yes how are 'we' still gonna have a General Election next year?

I agree with a lot of what Parkdrive said. If anything pubs were a bit more inclusive - although there were a few which were um, 'edgy' the other thing about many (not all) old boozers was that the demographic - class, age, race, students - tended to be far wider that todays 'niched and targeted' *puke offers. There weren't really 'old mans' pubs as many old boozers are now called. Better food service etc nowadyas admiitedly but far less diverse.

I am old enough to remeber when a Sunday Lunctime session menat getting there bang on at 12 and swift necking before they closed at 2pm with just a few roasties (free) on the bar....and a raffle

Are these reserach group recruitment threads allowed in here now? - all the time now. Suspect it's not a local either......

Guardianista's selling Foie Gras

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