*Bob*

Look on the bright (ha ha) side - with Christmas coming, we can just pretend it's our very own festive lighting. It certainly beats the dismal decorations Southwark usually stick-up.

Don't forget to include a box for "it's only a coffee shop if you don't like it then just don't go in there"

The good people of ED having been going in there in droves and showing their hatred - by buying coffee and sticky buns. Nero won't close. It's a pipedeam.

Could be worse - you could have chewed off Freddie Starr

Well I'm bored now. You won't tell us what it is, so I've lost interest. And I won't be voting for you - even if you are a 'goer'. So there.

They should serve coffee on one side and sell free-range organic baby clothes on the other - they'd make a killing.

Well you're not being that open - you're not telling us.

citizenED Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Brave girl to stand up and be counted. Depends what 'the shit' is. I can't wait.

Can you be more specific, Chav? Get your 'spoiler' in now - tell us all about it.

Must be time for a special mention of Don Cheadle's cockerney accent in O.Eleven. Cor Blimey!

Shit! I thought it was a documentary.

I'm thoroughly enjoying this series (that's SERIES.. not SEASON..), definitely an improvement on the previous ones. Extreme silliness played totally straight is a good thing. I like the way that the recap does absolutely nothing for anyone who hasn't been watching - and not a lot for those who have. And the 'next week' bit, which might as well be a load of clips of random explosions, closeups of raised eyebrows - all intercut with a few frames of Star Trek here and there.

Of course I like all the usual masterpieces, top-100 listers and supercool obscurities, but here are some of my 'guilty pleasures' instead. Flash Gordon Big Dune Footloose Stakeout

I thought everyone had at least one piece of string in their cellar? As my old man used to say to me: "Son, if you aint of string in your cellar, what have you got?"

Chin up.. it's all be over soon.

Ban everything. Just in case.

Far too extreme. The pre-filled bucket under the bed requires far less effort for an equally satisfying result.

No pedestrians were harmed during the filming of this programme. Put your health and safety clipboard away, Macroban.

Rowanofski. RE the 'flat' thing.. I'm sure manufacturers are not allowed to label a screen as 'flat' unless it is 100% geometrically certified flat - this was always true for CRTs. So it's probably 99.4% flat, but just not geometrically flat. Either way you won't notice the difference. It was always a holy grail to make a CRT tube flatter and flatter, but it would have to be one weird manufacturer who would produce a plasma or LCD screen with any sort of visible curve to the screen. Regarding widescreen, yes, it can be confusing, but I'm sure your plasma will make the best of all the various format that you receive or play on your screen. And, at present, this is all any set can do - compromise and make the best of the formats. So if you want to watch a film in exactly the same aspect ratio as you see it in the cinema, you will, unfortunately, get those black lines at the top and the bottom.

Good point, yourmomma. Though I must confess that I'm in the Alan Dale school of televisual philosophy, in that anything over 40" has no place in your front room. So I suppose this means your Pa has made an excellent choice.

The traffic around London is slow. The sea around Wales is deep. The piece of string I have in my cellar is long. I hope these facts are helpful.

ED isn't a muggers paradise, Michael. It's the area surrounding ED. But, as Ibo says, this is in no way a comparison of ED to any other areas - I just want everyone to be clear on that.

ibo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > THe areas surrounding ED are muggers paradise . In what way is the above *not* comparing ED to other areas, exactly?

How many? Any more than anywhere else? Nope.

It's not so much a glossy view of ED.. more a realistic view of other areas, based on.. you know.. having lived there. 'Muggers paradise'. Ridiculous.