*Bob*

You're such a little ray of sunshine, Ibo. And you do talk a whole lot of rubbish.

yourmomma Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My dad just bought this telly and its an awesome > bit of kit .. it looks just as good on this as his old crt. Yep - That's progress for you!

We just upgraded our old cathode ray tube dinosaur - to a brand new cathode ray tube dinosaur. It cost just over sixpence. Excellent value for some tried and tested technology. Get 'em whilst you can.

Are you sure that wasn't Keef?

Is there still time to get a petition together? We could try and get it listed.

I know, MadWorld, I know. Goodbye to the beautiful woodyard. Whenever I have visitors, I always take them past it so that they can marvel at the chicken wire and ramshackle corrugated iron roof.

Film crew will be doing a shoot in 'Budgeons' with Mr Spall sometime thing week as well - can't remember exactly which day(s). Mrs *Bob* heard it at the hairdressers, so I'm guessing it must be true.

It might be Mr B himself: cashing-in his pension fund. Who need to sell fencing in SE London when you can retire to Spain and live like a king?

I have pre-filled a bucket with water - just in case she comes our way.

I'm shocked, Char1ie. You should be supporting your local business, not downloading illegally. Buy from the nice Chinese man who sells just-released films out of a bag from door-to-door.

I wouldn't mind seeing The Secret of Nimh again. Admittedly it was over twenty years ago when I saw it.. it might not be as good as I remember.

'the crem'.. hee hee!

The Wonderstuff at the Hummingbird in Birmingham. 88? or 89? It was terribly exciting.

ChavWivaLawDegree Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What's a Kitchen Aid? Isn't that some kind of > member of staff? C'mon, Chav.. get with the must-have ED kitchen accessories. They do a cracking toaster.. well worth a hundred of your notes - time to bin that terribly cliched Dualit number you're so proud of.

Hoagy, you should tell us what you don't like. As Nero says, we've heard it all before from everyone else - you're probably the only one (as one of our 'younger members', I remember) with something different to add.

Start us off, Hoagy..

Louisa, Ann Summers is bland and poncy. It is 'The White Stuff' of the sex shop world. Do yourself (and your other half) a favour and pop down Clone Zone in Soho instead.

Hirst and sons. That's the one with forlorn titbits sprinkled with hundreds and thousands gracing the window. I had a doughnut from there. 'The doughnut test'. It was.. exactly as expected.

A bit of business foresight is the reason why William Rose is cleaning up and Kennedy's is shutting down. I just think they've missed their chances - and now they've had enough.

The Kennedy's thing (especially reading the article) irritates me. They've got an established brand, quality stock, a solid existing customer base and an increasing desire for such independent local shops all over London. But basically the management can't be arsed to get off their backsides and take positive action to reboot the business. Their answer seems to be to keep putting the sausages out in the window with a shrug whilst their sales decline year by year and saying 'what can we do?' It's very sad for the staff. If they've had enough and want to call it a day then fair enough then they might as well just be up-front and say so. How many times have I walked past the other bakery on LL, with its forlorn titbits sprinkling with hundreds and thousands gracing the window. Every time I go past it I get a flashback to my home town in the Midlands - circa 1981. So now, instead of having one decent, reasonably-priced bakery with a few shops also selling speciality bread, we'll get a flashy one selling posh bread for the few. Anyway, we'll be buying a breadmaker, so let me tell you where I am on this.. I'm OUT

I'd simply love to try it.. but I don't own a shirt

I thought you'd spot it sewerner or later You right though, dulwichbloke. I don't think anyone should be rushing out to make placards to wave outside Celestial. As anyone who's had any dealings with builders and the like will know, you can ask opinions of three people and get three different answers. G&B's man says the problem is under Celestial, Celestial's man says otherwise. With G&B forced to close and the tills still ringing in Celestial, it's all too easy to cast the villain of the piece.. but who actually knows for sure..?

dulwichbloke Wrote: > I hope they can sort out their situation though - > neighbour disputes can be draining and costly BOOM BOOM!

I'd like to hear what they (Celestial) say first, even if their shop is full of pointless tat. There are always (at least) two sides to every story.

They won't need our help - they've got The Lord.