*Bob*

Moos Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This thread is taking a roundabout route from > Eccentric through Bizarre to the depot at > Downright Disturbing. A perfect description of the route itself - terminating at Streatham.

Here she comes! Ready or not! The beautiful P13...

It's a start, Crispy - but not quite what I had in mind. Would you be able to upload the 'unsullied' P13 pic and I'll see what I can do?

Mrs *Bob* is the one who (after much arm-twisting) agrees to watch I film I love (which she's never seen) and then about twenty minutes in says "oh.. I have seen this one". I fear that trying to schedule-in several series of 'The Wire' might be the end of us. We have Spaced on DVD somewhere (lazy Christmas present from someone or other) so will no doubt try tick that box when we get around to it etc

I've never seen 'The Wire' or 'Spaced'. Should I be seeking professional help?

Has anyone got any saucy pics of the P13 which they could upload?

Nero, I believe Lozzy was simply referencing our recent (James/*Bob*) spat.. Let's all be friends.. if James is allowed his little bit of 'social racism' with continual sneery use of the word 'Chav' (for no reason other than people not speakin proper and possibly not buying the Guardian) then a light misuse of the word 'Gay' might help him remember not everyone thinks it's 'on'. Not wishing to open up old wounds.. but seems fair to clear Lozzy's name. On with the thread.

I hope the new bus still has the bizarre seat awkwardly positioned over the wheel arch. If the seat with 'the hump' is free, I'm in there like a shot.

local estate agent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > im bored now.... Slow day? Don't lose heart! A potential buyer could walk in any minute and you could be showing them where the kitchen (etc) is in no time.

What's going on? Is something bad happening? Honestly.. I wish we could all be kept more informed about these things by the press, news etc.

There is. Check it out - it's buzzin' http://www.nunheadforum.co.uk/

There is, of course, a difference between people turning-up with their drugs, taking them and (generally) being happy - and different sets of people turning-up hoping to sell them to people who are turning-up hoping they'll be for sale. Add to the mix a venue that doesn't quite know what it is, which means a mixed crowd who don't all rub along together (and aren't all there for the same reasons).. and you've got trouble. I'm talking 'in general' here as I've never been into the FHT (only past it to get flatbread and humous) so can't finger-pointy in any way.

Marmora Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > with a very clear No Drugs > policy, why not stick to that? Mr Marmora, Been into any (ie every) pub in SE22 from Thursday onwards and noted the vacant urinals but queue for the cubicle?

It's a shame they did away with the Surrey Quays leg.. that used to be the highlight. The timing and speed with which the P13 'pilot' was able to navigate the 'kinks' in the Rotherhithe tunnel was a point of honour, I believe.

Chin up, ????. After all, it's only ????.

I think the '13' refers to the number of extra minutes you're prepared to wait (having arrived five minutes before it was due and waited those out) before you walk off - only to see it suddenly overtake you from behind.

I think they're better than they used to be. But, like all buses, they lull you into a false sense of security and then let you down when you really need to, say, get to the Christian bookshop in Streatham before it closes.

On a good day you can be having it large in 'Caesar's Palace' in fifteen minutes flat, door to door. On a bad day you can still be waiting in East Dulwich fifteen minutes after it's supposed to have come.

The problem with being on a high horse is that it makes you such an easy target, James. In this case you shot yourself in the foot anyway and didn't need anyone else to do it. For the record, I find use of words like 'Chav' and 'Pikey', when used in that snootymiddleclassery way no better or worse than 'gay' when used to mean 'a bit rubbish'. And I don't use any of them.

I love the suburban weaving of the P13. If you're heading over to Streatham to lunch at Wimpy, why not arrive in style?

The lesson of the day seems to be that if you're planning on getting on your high horse and charging off on one about prejudice, you'd better make sure your own armour is as shiny as you think it is first.

It's an interesting one. You know the old 'chaos theory' thing? The one where the butterfly flaps its wings and something happens on the other side of the world, seemingly unrelated? Could it be possible that every time, say, a gay man makes a throwaway comment labelling someone or other as a chav, based on absolutely nothing whatsoever; somewhere, somebody else uses the word 'gay' to mean 'rubbish'?

What about 'Chav', James? Is that ok? It seems your ticking a few boxes yourself over on the 'Thresher' thread. Have a peek.

There are only two posters out of many on this thread who've been rude about the staff, and a majority of people who've been nice. You can't lock every thread because of a small minority. We'd have no threads left. The staff were nice.. the shop was crap. That's about it, really.

David Mc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Isn't TO weekly? Not the South London edition. We just get a bi-annual single-sheet photocopy of a review of Chez Bruce from 2002.