Jeremy

Best breakfast - devilled kidneys with poached eggs. Here: http://www.ferncottagebedandbreakfast.co.uk/ Best pie - beef, oyster and bacon (made be me)

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > normally I would agree with Jeremy re: Taxi > > But 2 dodgy traffic experiences at Heathrow the > last 2 times mean I no longer trust it I wasn't necessarily endorsing a taxi, just mentioning it as an option. If I was travelling on my own, I would go with my first suggestion. Personally I avoid buses as I find the timing is unpredictable, but I think we've had this conversation before!

Northern Line to Moorgate, Hammersmith & City to Paddington, Heathrow Express. Northern Line to Bank, Central Line to Holborn, Picadilly Line to Heathrow Taxi to Paddington, Heathrow Express Taxi all the way

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Tapin Up My Heart - Mr T Experience

Someone should open a bar/club at the old site of the dream machine. It would be dingy enough to satisfy those of us who miss Inside 72.

She's Coming (Over Tonight) - Mr T Experience

No so, Sue. Organic paint + reclaimed materials + energy efficient bulbs + local organic vegetable box = "eco holiday", apparently. Despite the heated swimming pool.

Sherwick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Shall we organise a protest march outside Mrs > Robinson for this Saturday? ::o > > I get the feeling that, with a bit of > organisation, we can equal the anti-war protests > in London a couple of years ago.. No. There will be 4 of you.

Tas is pretty average IMO. It's inexpensive and serves its purpose, but not somewhere I'd go out of my way for.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We asked what > was the best steak they had and they said it had > to be the porterhouse, but don't seem to see it on > the restaurant menus here. The T-bone (which is very similar) used to be pretty common, didn't it? Until the beef-on-the-bone ban was introduced off the back of the BSE scare. Not really seen it since.

RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeremy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > ...but the weather here does suck doesn't it? > > You know Jeremy, I really don't think it does - > although I know many many people disagree with me. > I like having seasons, and rain, it's what makes > this such a green and pleasant land. I wouldn't mind rain, if we had a decent summer to balance it out. But we rarely do. Give me a mediterranean climate any day! Luckily there's other things I like about this place. > Possibly there's an element of snobbery in some > people, but I reiterate that I think it would be > terribly misguided. I mean have you seen the size > of our houses? And Lordship Lane is hardly > Marylebone High Street now is it? Exactly... I think there is some misguided snoberry around (hence the Hyacinth Bucket analogy, although I hate that TV show). But not a lot.

If we're talking porterhouse steak, it has to be Peter Luger's, Brooklyn (I believe Wolfgangs is one of several newer restaurants opened by former Peter Luger employees). A porterhouse (US defintion) is very similar to a UK T-bone... with maybe a slighty higher ratio of fillet to strip-loin.

themaninblack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anybody got the inside track on when it is due to close? It has been on the market for ages, obviously nobody has shown an interest yet... I imagine they will be there until they get a buyer. Also don't rule out the possibility of someone buying the business and continuing to run it.

...but the weather here does suck doesn't it? Of course there is an element of snobbery here, I'm sure there are a few modern-day Hyacinth Buckets around who need a reality check... but it is the exception rather than the rule in my experience.

Yep, the question is deliberately biased. Of course in an ideal world everybody would have access to excellent healthcare. But in reality, I'm not going to turn down the medical insurance I get with my job... and we live in a country where anyone can get NHS treatment (which in my opinion is still pretty good). I don't really have a problem with it.

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I was talking about McD's, not Lidl chorizo...

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I see the ex Claphamite EDD sausage roll munching > organic brigade are out in full force to defend > the new look ED ;-) Quote of the day.

snorky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We can condense this whole thread into 2 themes as per other food threads in ED & environs : > > McDonald high fat n salt / low priced food = bad > EDD high fat n salt / high priced food= good OK, now I *know* you're taking the piss. Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wouldnt say no to a decent carvery There are plenty of places to get a good sunday roast, e.g. The Palmerston...

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm very much in the middle, ever-so-slightly top > left of centre ("authoritarian left"). > > Not the one I would have picked beforehand, I must > say. The same quadrant as Pope Benedict XVI (ouch) > and Robert Mugabe (double ouch). OK, I get it now... I was just looking at the diagram explaining the axes. Duh. My actual diagram was hidden because it's blocked at work (presumably as it contains the work "facebook"! fascists!). I'm actually : Economic Left/Right: -3.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.00 But this isn't what I was expecting either... oh well.

I'm very much in the middle, ever-so-slightly top left of centre ("authoritarian left"). Not the one I would have picked beforehand, I must say. The same quadrant as Pope Benedict XVI (ouch) and Robert Mugabe (double ouch).

Tony.London Suburbs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seems exorbitant...The Ivy?;-) Doubt it - the Ivy really isn't particularly expensive. Tasting menu (with matching wines) at Le Gavroche or Pied a Terre perhaps?

I agree Louisa, we're all entitled to our own opinion regarding taste, quality, and value for money!

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeremy you know full well that there is a distinct > line between many of the ex-Claphamite types and > the old school people who have always lived here. > There isnt any point trying to hide it away in a > box somewhere, it is real, deal with it. I would agree that there is a distinction between the shopping habits of *some* of the old guard and some of the newer residents (not all... because you really can't generalise like that). That doesn't make anyone a snob though, and it doesn't mean that just because you don't like a shop, nobody else should go there! East Dulwich still has Iceland and Sainsburys. We have Lidl and Aldi stores a short drive away. There's plenty of choice for everyone.