Jeremy

Fabricio the Guido Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was only responding to someone else on here > who was making glib comments about the basle 3 and > capital adequacy requirements and whether that is > connected to the looting on our streets, which is > being done by mindless, automatons, who's only > interest is in the creation of disorder and the > acquisition of consumer goods. My comment which you are referring to was an obviously (or so I thought) sarcastic response to another poster who was claiming that the protests are politically motivated. As you say, they aren't. It's just kids - most of them too young to even have a job - who think it's fun to smash stuff up and steal beer from Tescos.

Facebook petition? Doubt that will help anyone...

London Bridge Tandoori is possibly the least inviting restaurant in London!

People sometimes tell me I look a bit like Nikolai... http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVE4czH8yIFj_hfu1RjuwQakCRwS6xWSD3l5ZJmXd08yUvMs3eqQ

I have it on good authority that many of the rioters were concerned that the new Basel III regulations don't go far enough to ensure that banks hold adequate capital reserves.

I agree that it was predictable. I guess it was only a matter of time before someone tried to link this to "the bankers".

Lion meat taco, anyone? http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/lion-taco-plan-scrapped-arizona-restaurant-threats/story?id=12756798

Fabricio the Guido Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @ Jeremy, you talking to me? Nope, was aimed more at someone else. > you have your facts wrong. Go up thread and all will be clarified. I've read the thread... still not sure which facts you mean, and where abouts they are clarified!

I think it's really irresponsible to start spreading rumours about him being pinned down, shot at point blank, etc. Especially coming from somebody who (I think) works in the legal profession.

Huguenot has quite clearly been on the sauce....

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The thing for me, and the most important thing, is > that other people think this argument is about > Foie Gras. It's not. It's about a petty extremist, > who in his own words, wants to 'make' people > conform to his outlook. No, I understand that. I'm just pointing out that whereas you're obviously concerned by his intentions, I'm only really concerned about the consequences. Which appear to be minimal. > The fact is that some intellectually challenged > arse brain is aiming to take away your choices. > There's no more important fight. I disagree with you there. A more important fight would be one where somebody who actually wielded significant power/influence was aiming to take away our choices.

I'm not too bothered about the "restriction of choice" argument. Any restaurant that removes it from the menu obviously agrees with Thomas' campaign - if they didn't, they'd keep serving it. It's not been on the menu in Franklins whenever I've eaten there, anyway. Beauberry House is a moot point as they don't actually have any customers.

Funky Munky in Camberwell is alright. Liquorish has a small dancefloor, and seems to attract a friendly bunch of people.

I was assuming that the young hipsters would look for things like bars/clubs, art, live music, interesting places to eat, etc. Although I can see the attraction of drawing on the portakabins, and not to mention the tent on top of the multi-storey serving campari and fish. So now that Peckham is so obviously pass? (even the Americans are in on it), where next? Penge?

I'm not in the least offended/bothered my LadyDeliah's various tales. But I can't help thinking that if a bloke posted something equivalent, people would assume he was a shallow, egotistical twit.

I agree, it does sound great - but I'm curious to find out what these interesting things are...

Chicken satay is lovely on a barbecue... marinade chunks of chicken thigh (not breast) with soy sauce, honey (or peanut butter), garlic, chilli. Make a dip from chopped peanuts, oil, lime juice, honey, soy sauce. Or "tandoori" lamb chops - marinade them in yoghurt, garam masala, chilli, garlic, ginger and lemon juice.

malumbu, why would anyone from Bromley park in Honor Oak to catch a train into London, when there is more free parking than you can shake a stick at in Canada Water? Also, even as a resident of a road, you have no right to tell people not to park there. Congested roads are one of the downsides of living near good transport connections. By all means, campaign for parking restrictions.

Me too. Even with napkins and cutlery.

Jumoak Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did I hear that they're introducing a train line > from Peckham Rye to Clapham Junction? I hope so. Yep - via Denmark Hill and Clapham High St. Work is underway. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15401.aspx

A couple of people have mentioned countdown timers. I agree this would be great, however, I remember James saying that they weren't planning to install these in the future, as the council are in favour of a cheaper SMS notification system instead (despite the number of phone thefts that already occur at bus stops).

I think StraferJack is right, the number of low bridges and tunnels would rule out double decker trains. Actually I have been on a couple of double decker trains in Europe - there were no seatbelts, and some passengers still had to stand. As others have said, there are relatively few train accidents compared with car crashes, it is an inherently safer way to travel. And buses usually travel at low speed (but coaches have to have seatbelts fitted).

There's a HUGE difference between saying "be careful where you use your phone", and "you were asking to be mugged". I would have to question the intelligence of anyone who doesn't understand the difference. You can either accept that there are some nasty people out there looking to steal you phone/bike/car/wallet, and take sensible precautions, or you can carry on as before in an act of defiance. Either way, a victim of theft is still a victim... but I suspect it's more likely to happen to the latter group. Your own choice.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So your child is in to trad jazz mockney? Not necessarily... "the plinky plonky stuff" could encompass your modern jazz, free jazz, avant-garde, styles. I believe the "slap bass/naff synth/wanky utterance" stuff Mockney was referring to would fall into the "fusion" bracket... as peddled by the rather irritating Courtney Pine, or even Miles Davis in his later career.

ibilly99 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You're right njc there is a wider issue of East > Dulwich and environs pricing but it's still ?10-50 > for a burger and chips ?10.50 for burger and chips is the same pricing as The Bishop, Victoria Inn, etc. So for political reasons, I guess they can't really sell them for less than that at The Rye. I think it's too expensive, but plenty of others seem happy to pay it.