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Ted Max Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I feel certain that at this very moment Mockney is > standing with his back to the fire, hands wrapped > round a brandy glass, arguing politely but > fiercely with MarmoraMan over the lasting legacy > of the Albigensian Crusade and what it tells us > about modern day secular educational policy. > > Steam rises from MarmoraMan's tweeds as he wonders > whether now is the time to inject his killer fact > about the unintended outcome of the Last Cathar's > Rebellion. > > I thought you said you weren't going in there Ted?

we are going to bounce along where we are now for a few years.. We (companies, govts, individuals) owe far too much Our assets - houses, shares - even with recent recovery - etc are about 30% of peak in a low inflation environment this will take years to get back to where we were even nominally - in real terms the values were mad anyway Of course astute and lucky individuals and companies will do well but overall it will be a long hard grind, although I don't 'think' we'll see massive collapses Public spending will be slashed one way or the other and that will be painful for the sector of the economy that hasn't felt the recession yet - the Public Sector. Unemployment will rise and relatively soon interest rates will have to rise as there will be huge pressure on our finances as that astute master of the Universe Gordon didn't put anything away for a rainy day during the massive boom of the past few years but spent it all, much on false jobs for labour voters

"we hate Millwall and we hate Millwall" ;-)

I agree -I Used to chat with my nan who died in 1981 and she had great personal stories about the 'Great War', the General Strike, the East End,the Blitz etc which I'll bore my kids with in the future. The wider coverage in various media especially since WW2 and of course the internet will undermine the power of that oral tradition ...although I suppose adding a peronal memory of, say 9/11, may help persomalise it for someone in the future

The fact that many of the 'elders' are in jail or dead also leaves us with 14, 15 and 16 year olds with guns running the streets - Lord of the Flies stuff. Anyone read the 'Freakeconomics' chapter on drug dealers, 'Why most drug dealers live with their moms(sic)"? Fascinating stuff on the economics of drug dealing.

...then that leads us back to legalisation God what a bleedin' heart libeterian I am ;-)

On the Southbank with the 'dads' for the first time - noise, smells, unruliness...that incredibly green pitch AND in the middle of all this adult chaos the sudden apparently random unified belting out of 'I'm forever blowing bubbles'...still remember it nearly 40 years later

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8175550.stm Discuss

Rotherithe, Limehouse Link, to A13 (past the Academy ;-) to North Circular to M11

yup...they lost to Jah's lot (6)

funnily enough,prior to reading this I had just had an emotional music connection moment with the Butterfly Collector by The Jam getting my coffee....music can just do that

or died

Best price RVW 26(Decimal) with Stan James and Coral...can't C&P the whole oddschecker page

SE and E London got more than their fair share of trad bombs for sure as once the german bomber crews got anywhere near their target they were keen to unload and head home as soon as they could

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Didn't anyone point out that Liverpool was a > docks? > > That aside, give us some more snippets, Quids. Doodle bugs didn't get that far (Liverpool) and the Luftwaffe didn't venture out by 1944.....learn some history PGC

Awful bleedin' friendlies *avoids jah*

I also layed less than 1.5 goals at 5.6 , west ham v spuds, 1-0 to the tossers with a Defoe goal bad foookin day

B O L L O X nice one though MM

Last week my Aunty sent me a copy of my Nan's diary during the "Doodlebug" part of the Blitz, which she always told me was worse than the original Blitz for the nerves - it is really vivid stuff and you can tell that My nan was on the edge of a nervous breakdown - the only time she was relaxed in it was when she went down the pub and 'shot the dog"??? whatever that meant. She also talks about my mum (who was about 6 then) starting to stop talking and just laughing hysterically or cry..in the end my grandad shipped them off to relatives in Liverpool!

*storms in throws billiards cue at fireplace, smashes recently reglued 1920s vase* STUPID GAME *storms out slamming door*

:))...could be one of 'those' rumours

Good lad

More importantly Easties I'm hoping you support the Irons

He's a bit of a Francophile is MM - likes the Vino

looking a big favourite....I'm gonna take him on just to annoy you....a lay. Are you in the UK?