El Pibe

Had my 40th *sobs* upstairs at the parcel yard in King's Cross and it went very well, talk to Charis, she'll take care of you [email protected] http://www.parcelyard.co.uk/

I lived in a flat like that once on east dulwich grove, and life was pretty unbearable. The only ultimate recourse to action we had was to move out. You're renting, it's a slight pain but worth it for sheer simple peace of mind.

not far off dopamine. think ballpoint, rather than ball(bat) I'll bet, with friends like this, who needs enemies.

wot jeremy said

okey doke. He certainly had a striking way of making a (ball)point.

Aaah brings back some great memories, when Idris Elba was still cool and Aiden Gillen hadn't yet been in EVERYTHING!!!!!

Louisa may need to look away now.... most people not the class they think they are

normally I'd have leapt on use of the 's' word, but in fairness I concur with all points made. Obviously having been a 20 something who now has a family, I do find that we tend to head out unless we're meeting one of about 2 remaining friends here. Otta will be glad to know that even Sydenham's looking rather spruce these days!!

Avon!!!! (not the cool one from Blake's Seven, the other one, not the Avon Lady of course!)

Was talking about Neal Stephenson with someone and they suggested if I like his scatterbrained, everything including the kitchen sink approach then I might like Thomas Pynchon, so tried GRavity's Rainbow. What could go wrong, world war 2, spies, V2 rockets..... It arrived on my doorstep and I excitedly deboxed it, a quick glance at the blurb revealed the words 'ulysees' and 'moby dick' *klaxons blare* Sure enough what starts as an apparent parody of the Monty Python 'bally Gerry' sketch soon turns into a 6 page stream of consciousness about a giant adenoid's 30 year invasion of London. I'm not planning on gettng any further, but would it be worth perservering?

Have actually gone for a west ham defeat and a ludicrous number of draws!

I went during the day....sober....on sunday!!!! What can I say, they ask after my kids and the chilli sauce is great.

it was just an old joke that popped into my head "What's Green and turns Red at the flick of a switch? Kermit the Frog in a Liquidiser"

Kermit the Frog?

Ah go on AQ, he's probably on holiday, I'm sure he won't begrudge you a go.

Awwww, happy times.

What EDjules said.

Adam Curtis is always interesting (even if he does stretch things to mke his point sometimes). Interstingly (or not) Miles Copeland was Stuart's (the drummer in The Police) dad

Nice touch from Google today http://www.google.co.uk

Fffffnnnggggghhh

Well we wanted to have them, but the energy companies simply won't buy any back surplus back to the grid, which seems a bit mean and short sighted and made us have to rethink the cost/benefit. We've wired for them and will probably still do it once the costs have come down a bit more and the efficiency goes up a bit, probably in a couple of years. Still, micro generation is already at about 20% in Germany* isn't it? *somewhat off the top off my head after article read the other day.

Yeah, can't go wrong with Samsung or LG for pretty much anything imo.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/parents-celebrate-end-of-nightmare-2013090379096

Spurs had some pretty moments admittedly. If the team really gels they could be a pleasure to watch. They might even live up to their own ideals after decades of being rubbish (references to current state of long ball pots and workaday kettles will be studiously ignored) ;)

Rarely I got to see both games. For two of the biggest derbies in the worlds most exciting league, I failed to be entertained. Man U looked like they barely cared. Much of this could be projection on my part admittedly.