SeanMacGabhann

lol Char1ie - but at least that meant you didn't spend the afternoon carrying it around

AFN - I have actually mentioned the lack of imagination of menus on LL several times so I have some sympathy with that view, but it's a gross exaggeration to say they all use (name deleted) frozen shclock...

I think Allfornun is really from Brooklyn ;-) Back on the topic of food at EDT - I re-tried the chicken (suicidal version as opposed to the mild) and really, really enjoyed them. I shall be having more, oh yes

Am I alone in quite liking the weather lately? I know I'll regret such a short summer come January but the air is really.... alive at the moment. And I get to wear more dark layers so.. bonus

Louisa is eye-wateringly harsh sometimes and I have been on the receiving end sometimes but you can't say she would use the terms used above (although I know we might disagree about one phrase in particular)

I never, ever, ever,ever, ever,ever, ever,ever, ever,ever, ever* have an apoplectic fit * meaning I do - frequently But didn't the multiple Foxtons threads bother anyone else? Just me? oh well....

long dead this thread and I don't really want to restart it, but as Marmora Man commented on a related thread, and also happens to be an Laughing Len fan, I happened to be listening to this track today and thought it appropriate Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich Thats how it goes Everybody knows

ah sure Jaysus tis in the lounge already Declan... not a bother

Made me laugh.. I couldn't believe how many I saw today - but the thing is I don't put too much blame on Foxton's - they are what they are and they are using every marketing trick in the book - it's just we don't have to be so bovine about it "look honey, some purdy women are handing out balloons and even tho every other couple with a kid* on the lane has several of these things already attached to their pram EVEN THO THERE IS NOTHING IN IT FOR THEM, why don't we do the same. Uh huh" * That isn't me complaining about couples or kids. I'm half of a couple and am a kid

Hey Summerbreezee - cheers for coming back and expanding. I love a good vent myself... I haven't been to the Melbourne Grove place but Lady MacGabhann uses Willis B and says she likes 'em - doesn't look like the kind of place for me. I use Roches at the top of LL for basic guy cuts - about ?9. Not sure if you are male or female but they do both (it's just not as fancy as the other places).. Thinking about it I think there was a thread on here recently about hairdressing places locally Anyway - glad you've calmed down a bit and welcome aboard

sorry LadyG - I probably didn't scroll up enough - my fault!

Portsmouth v Reading 7-4 Anyone? Anyone??.... Congrats to Keef for getting the Man City v Newcastle and the Sunderland v Blackburn games spot on (even if his curmudgeonly bias against Arsenal prevents him from forecasting an Arsenal win...)

LL isn't THAT long HH surely?

for people who aren't aware that is honestly as big a compliment a place can be payed (although for those that are aware, the CPT reference was superfluous ;-) )

cheers man * utters something about loving his fellow man *

as for the daughter whose names sounds like a reassuringly expensive beverage - evil. The things she said to a friend of mine who happened to be a waiter at the time still make me angry.

That's a hell of a first post - and giving the lie to your username as well Honestly, why wouldn't you make your first few posts something interesting and nice sopeople get a feel for who you are as a person - but no, straight in calling someone a zombie? Jeez (that's not me saying the event didn't happen btw... just... you know...)

I've tried suggesting it within the threads themselves but.. There are several Foxtons threads/topics all dancing on the front page - wouldn't it be better to have your next pop within one of them rather than starting new ones.... there's one here: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,49273

hmmm - mine returns: Flickr The Forum Arsenal Cathal Coughlan which sounds more than about right

David I'm getting a full page of results for "le chardon" http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/search.php?12,search=le+chardon,page=1,match_type=ALL,match_dates=365,match_forum=ALL using Vista and Firefox

A nice effort at the beginning to link this to ED but it was always doomed to the Lounge methinks

I get my weekly does from the front pages of Time Out - I just love them. Even knowing they may be taking out of context you can't help but think "well, what context would that work in" The one I remember most (and have now heard enough times for it to be possibly apocryphal) is the one with one guy saing to his mate on the tube "I mean, do I LOOK like a f@@@ing people person?"

Never mind the best chip shop there is enough chips on shoulders in here to feed the whole of south-east London. Maurice, by what measurement are you quantifying "very small band"? Reading through the entire thread (at last) I can't see much of a split along the lines you mention. Some strange bedfellows indeed on either side of the argument, some of whom would be indignant at being called intellectual Once again the phrase "do-gooder" is bandied around as if the opposite description ("do-badder?") is somehow preferable Forget class, IQ measurements, newspaper habits, salt-of-the-earth-quotient and all the rest of it, the situation is this: we live in a society where an increasing percentage of the population has a drug habit of various hues. If it helps you to think of them all as junkie scum lowlifes to feed your own prejudice then by all means go ahead but you will be ignoring the fact that many of them have, at some point, been pillars of the community (and many haven't - some of them will indeed already been the sort that will do you as soon as look at you - point is it's not just a black and white picture) Any road - these people are out there. And left to their own devices, the cosy world we (would like to) inhabit is more likely to be adversely impacted than if the situation is addressed. And it can't be addressed with fear-mongering and nimby mentality There is no point having consultations, petitions, elections if people are just going to bring along ill-informed prejudices. Plenty of people on here have provided a lot of information which broadens the picture but instead of digesting that there is still a trenchant attitude of " you're all just a bunch do-gooder, hippy, intellectual types imposing your will on the masses" which is just, at BEST, unhelpful. Every time someone actually does something instead of being a focus-group new Labourite there is an outcry of "there was no consultation" - a consultation does not mean "if someone hears me speak then they HAVE to follow my idea" - If I chose to hold a consultation on badger-baiting in the right places I would win overwhelming support. That don't mean it represents the broader picture! Although if I had to choose who I would rather be led by.. intelligent people or....... it's a toughie alright

no problem PCG - and I was willing to bet you were keener on earlier ZZTop than the MTV days but I put both up just in case

oh I'll give you that but note I wasn't criticising either