*Bob*

Alan.. Not watching BB is a badge of honour these days. It means 'you're a better person' and implies that instead you spend the time improving yourself at evening classes or turning the box off and having a fulfilling conversation with your partner or building a replica of the Ark Royal out of matchsticks or checking-up on your elderly neighbours. PS - sorry to hear about the Golf.

The problem with TV these days is 'money', 'imagination', 'talent' and 'bottle'. With all four elements in place, it's still possible for a mere British (or co-british) 'television programme' to be astoundingly good. Something like 'Band of Brothers' springs to mind. Which I suppose only goes to show how infrequently it happens. With combinations of some elements, you can still get something worthy of a round of applause. Dragon's Den. BB (when it started). Wife Swap (ditto). The Apprentice. This Week. Unfortunately there's no money to spend. It's very hard to come-up with anything genuinely 'different'. Lenny Henry's phone is still ringing - and less and less execs want to stick their necks out and take a chance on something. And that's when you end-up with 80+ episodes of 'My Family'.

C'mon folks.. there are more insidious things on the telly. The ITV 'news', for example. Golf. Endless cookery programmes. Doing up you new home on the property ladder in the sun. Golf. Serial dramas which are based in a medical facility. The national lottery. Quiz shows. Britain's strongest man. Jamie Oliver ("delish'..!". Makeover shows. GOLF. I could go on.

The ratings have been pretty good, C4 is coining it in on the phone lines, and C4 have signed for at least another few series (I forget how many) Sorry, Jah.

Oops.. you meant Liam is 44, not Brian. *excitement subsides, wallet put away*

I'm sure Brian won't win, but at 44 it might be worth a punt. Who've you put your money on?

Is your gaff still on the way up, then, Dom?

There is the other Tyre shop near ED station, isn't there? Or did they do different things? Perhaps two tyre shops within one minute's drive of each other was overkill.

I'm still not sure which one is which. By my reckoning the brains of the operation is (I think) Amanda.. the one who didn't want to get it on with Brian because he was bl.. er, I mean, because he wasn't the type of guy she normally went for.

Ahh.. Jonty. To quote Charlie Brooker (again): Jonty (should win), for his startling quasi-resemblance to Mark Lawson - not the closest lookalike ever, but close enough to make it vaguely possible that some day soon Lawson will be walking down the street only to find himself suddenly surrounded by squealing teenage Big Brother fans jumping up and down and taking his photo, while a van driver zooms past parping his horn and bellowing "Jontyyyyyy you fuckahhhh!" out the window

I can occasionally make out a few words when the 'brainy one' speaks. The other one.. nothing. I can't concentrate because her (lifeless) eyes are set so far apart that I keep thinking about what to buy from Moxon's when I next go.

Why would anyone vote for the twins? You might as well be casting a vote for two bowls of jelly.

Personally I'm in favour of these local magazines. How else would I find out how much my house has gone-up in value - from the comfort of the armchair? The universal practice of looking in estate agent's windows on the street (a.k.a. Pretending To Be A Buyer Whilst Really Just Wanting To See How Much Your Own House Might Be Worth This Week) is just so.. vulgar.

Do you have to 'book' to go to these open house things, are do you just turn-up?

It's a nice place to visit, sure... but you wouldn't want to live there.

I love 'The Booth' and would definitely be up for a look-see. I shall remain incognito but keep an eye out for you, Alan.

SimonM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It always reminds me of the tower at the > University Library, Cambridge where, according to > legend, Hitler had been living since 1945.... He's moved out now. To Plaistow, so I 'eard.

Alan Dale Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > *Bob* Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > > Lamoon is Thai > It says Lamoon Chinese Restaurant on the sign. > Should we be informing the trade descriptions > people? Good Lord. How can I have been such a goose? Having had a quick look at the takeaway menu, it seems I was talking about 'Lombok' and not 'Lamoon' all along. My problem is - they all look the same to me (takeways establishments beginning with 'L', I mean, obviously)

Lamoon is Thai, but there's just enough menu crossover not to need to suffer the unmitigated pain of a local Chinese serve-up. It seemed much better Thai to me than the other local offerings mentioned here and there too. You might not get a flyer (depending on where you live) as they're actually on Denmark Hill. But they do deliver in most of SE22.

Yes.. thumbs-up for Lamoon. Discovered it by accident. Their takeaway is far better than most other local eat-ins, which tells you something.

There's far too much namby-pamby liberal pinko wishy-washy metrosexual TALKING going on in that House of Commons. We need to send Mic in to talk some sense and crack some skulls.

Indeed. A highly suspicious posting. Especially as everyone knows that the food in Chopsticks is really quite pants (and always has been)

Hmm.. There does indeed seem to be much google-support for lion poo pellets. It must be worth a go.. cheers.

How does one deter our feline friends from slashing in the flower beds? Does anyone have any hot tips?

They were annihilated. But the healed themselves.