KidKruger

Used to love Starsky & Hutch down at Southwark St railway arches, crap now - its a car park.

Maxxi - 'the original' you speak of sounds like Roskalnikov. I think the best IoPs are when it's the urge to DO something (which 'normally' is just not done).

Yes, the urge to jump from height is the one most people recognise. You know you shouldnt but man is it tempting !

Proxy Imp of the Perverse, a sub-genre I'm happy to explore !! Another was dropping a couple of onyx eggs off the Gosport ferry into the harbour.

I think the Imp is the urge and the perverseness of the urge, rather than the dishonesty/honesty around admitting the deed, if the urge leads to a deed. Anyway I was always straight with the gifted one.

Nette this sounds like it was an accident, rather than he succumbed to the Imp itself, however sounds a grand one to watch !

The Forresters pub, had pool tables and more interesting characters than Bishop.

The Porcupine pub on Charing X Road - was fine in the early 90s.

When I was I was an apprentice commercial photographer we used a Sinar monorail plate camera for advertising shots, typically 5" x 7" trannys, but sometimes up to 8"x 10". It was worth a fair bit and the Schneider lenses we used for it it were expensive too. Once, while working from the roof of a building opposite a hotel I was shooting, I looked down at the 3-4 storey drop to the ground and had an urge to drop the entire camera set-up off the top, just to see it smash to bits way down below. I didn't do it, but hell it would have felt good and I didn't care why. It would have been tough trying to do the same quality of work on the Hasselblads which were only 2.25" square image, if I'd bust the Sinar set. Some time later I confessed my urge to my photographer guru boss, he said this is called 'Imp of the Perverse'. EVER had such an urge - and DID you follow through ? I've has similar with 5L can of paint and new carpet laid in house. Mine seem to have been about destroying something valuable or smart, perhaps yours have a pattern too.

..had a fine meal at the Columbian cafe again yesterday lunch, it's called something like "Restaurante Santafere?o". Great Columbian stew only ?3, empanadas ?1 each, arrapas. I think 3 of us was like ?17-18

I think it's really overdoing it to paint your chest as well, why don't you just stick to decorating the furniture ? Much less complicated that way.

So what colour is it now Sue ? Pics please..

Haye did exactly what he said he'd do, I wonder how meaningful a comparison to Vitali's performance against Chisora is ? I wanted Chisora to win. It was a good fight but Chisora looked pretty basic last night, maybe because Haye kept him off balance. Although Haye was winning the earlier rounds, Chisora was always in it - until that left hook (great shot). Be interesting now to see how Vitali wants to cement his legacy - with/without a contest against Haye. If he chooses not to fight Haye I think it'll always be a black mark in his book because he'll be seen as a ducker IMO, a bit like the stick Lennox got for retiring straight after he fought Vitali. Khan v Brook. I'd rather see this in a couple of years when they're both on top. I'm really really keen to see Brook work his way through some Americans and a couple of Russians, and all the (hopefully) exciting contests that would occur. Khan is still at world title contention level so perhaps these two fight in a couple of years to unify, in a big football stadium in Northern England ? Khan shouldn't go up to Welterweight like he was saying he would after 'clearing-up the LWW division' if he's getting KO'd at this weight.

Emmanuel Stewart yesterday: "...But you know, one of the ideal situations, to me would be, you know Wladimir doesn't think it's going to happen, it would be for Dereck Chisora to win......". So there's a serious amount at stake for Chisora.

The contract apparently said 10 or 12 Rds, to be decided until last few days by Haye & Booth. A couple of days ago they opted for 10 Rds. Apparently Don Charles said OK why not make it 6 rounds because Dereck will finish Haye early anyway !! I read somewhere that WBO/WBA straps are on the line but that CAN'T be world belts, maybe it's European or 'International' or some other far lesser belt (eliminator / 'silver' belt ?). I've got BoxNation so it's in my front lounge. Surely Chisora's strategy has to be to make Haye work hard - then cash-in if Haye tires ? For all the slagging-off this fight gets its a decent match-up. Whoever wins IMO is right back with whichever Klitschko they haven't yet faced.

Any predictions for the Haye v Chisora contest this evening ? I've thought about it and think Haye on points (brain) but want Chisora in rds 9-10. It's been reduced to a 10 rnd fight at last minute by Haye's team, as per contract option. To me that shows some fear.

If there's water nearby (ie. pond) they may be newts. http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/identification.asp

I think it was on telly earlier, saw it in a shop window, they were saying cause unknown.

"Shocking photos of the effects of smoking are deemed to help scare people to their senses, why not the same with the effects of stupid driving?" Years ago when I was in provincial Thailand many small towns had the wrecks from fatal car crashes lined-up along the boundary of the police station, to warn of dangers of speeding, drink driving and dangerous driving.

Otta somebody wa offering to do this on EDF a couple of months ago, I was tempted myself ,but thought I'd just get a 2nd hand device/tecnology and do it myself, then sell the kit on. Perhaps you can serach for the thread but sorry can't remember title.

Sounds familiar, junkies infecting children etc, etc.

Good shout MoK.

Great Exhibition say no.

I was wondering about that too, it was good to see the CPT rammed for UK boxers' fights. Does anyone know if the Great Exhibition definitely WON'T be showing the contest ? I can pop in and ask them later if no-one's sure.

A couple of years ago I was ranting about Robert Helenius being one to watch, another who fought on Saturday - although I didnt see the fight - is Magomed Abdusalamov. 15-0 (15 KOs). Let's have Fury with this meanie with the sickeningly heavy hands. Abdusalamov seems to hit hard enough to debilitate his opponents but not enough to always get the instant KO. Once hit, his opponents get shy, a pure stalker and quite good defense which is mainly movement. Sounds like Kell Brook beat Carson Jones and is now in IBF contention for a scrap with the holder Randall Bailey who KO'd Mike Jones (himself a KO artist). Don't know Randall Bailey at all so must watch some footage.