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I had some bacon that was a week old - as it was smoked thought about it but chucked :) I thought smoked stuff kept forever - but depends how much smoked I suppose.
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Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I heard someone on LBC calling for Corbyn to the > charged with treason in all > > seriousness. It's quite breathtaking. > > Someone in the Guardian called for that General > who criticised Corbyn's stand on using Trident to > be charged with treason. Stupidity is everywhere. Corbyn said he won't, Cameron says he would. Blair needed a replacement button. It really doesn't matter - you can never know what they'd really do.
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Just shows how all politicians have been the same. Where's that lying app :)
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It does need a bit of something public IMHO - under the Bold Home proposal I reckon some public things would have 'grown'
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Sorry but I'd get DDT - I couldn't live with them. http://bedbugger.com/forum/topic/ddt-is-ok-with-me if only it worked :( -- but something must - I remember my parents putting DDT everywhere.
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Lordship Lane bars about 7 years ago?
JohnL replied to writerEm's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TBH Four Quarters reminds me a bit of Inside 72. > But with added arcade games. It has a similar > ramshackle dive-bar vibe, and proper music. And love that it is still subtitled "The Peckham Meat Market" -
37 bus diversion (4th Nov 2015)
JohnL replied to intexasatthe moment's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
I've been on diverted 37s that do stop - maybe depends on the driver :) -
Lordship Lane bars about 7 years ago?
JohnL replied to writerEm's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Think lots of bare coarse chipboard. Unfinished > concrete floor. Walls with layer upon layer of > random posters glued to them. JD/Jager bottles > holding red candles. Loud music, ranging from drum > & bass to metal. One of those multi-bottle Jager > dispensers behind the bar. One single, barely > servicable toilet. Chairs and tables rescued from > the tip. Not open during the day. No buggies. > > If it was transported to Peckham in 2015 it would > be rammed. Opening this Autumn :) (hopefully with more than one barely serviceable toilet) -
First look at proposed new Station Square in Peckham
JohnL replied to Rolo Tomasi's topic in The Lounge
DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What is the point of enhancing the station > frontage when the whole of Rye Lane especially the > South end > is in such a depressed state. ? > > DulwichFox South side is improving - just so slowly you don't always notice Land next to Co-op House now purchased - for more flats. More Coffee houses than Fried Chicken places. Unicorn John might get completed one day :) Even the legendary Whistler has gone quiet. -
When I was studying 'A' level physics - the teacher used to swear we'd all have nuclear fusion fired boilers the size of a fridge "soon" Maybe Chernobyl changed peoples minds.
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DaveR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "I was told by the security guard that the basket > contained some raw steak, tea bags, and > sweets...." > > Maybe a very challenging episode of ready steady > cook? Or - The Apprentice.
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Sazzle30 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The white horse in Nigel road is openning this > Friday. Owned by the same group as the Montpelier > and Edwin's resturant great news. Will certainly pop in to see if any changes happened.
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Great news - better project than the garden bridge.
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Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On the other hand, some people are just > shoplifters. I was in a card shop back around > Easter time and a woman came up to the counter and > said, "someone just walked in, picked up one of > those giant stuffed rabbits and walked out". She > described him as "an oldish bloke with a walking > stick". > > The lady running the shop looked annoyed and said > she couldn't leave the shop (as the assistant had > popped out for a couple of mins) and, anyway, > little would happen to the person. So, I kept > perusing, bought my card and wandered down the > road and about 30m down there was a guy answering > the description with a large stuffed rabbit, just > like the ones in the shop, nonchalantly talking to > someone else. So, I turned around and told the > lady in the shop, expecting her to call the > police. Instead, she marched out the shop and > down the road, got to the bloke, grabbed the > rabbit, said "stay out of my f****** shop" and > marched back to her shop. > > I wandered off, wondering just what to make of the > whole thing. I've known people with dementia do that sort of thing. Very difficult when they do.
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It's our constitution even if it doesn't exist. otherwise they couldn't do it. Will that do for starters ?
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http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/east-dulwich-siege-area-in-lockdown-as-police-involved-in-standoff-after-disturbance-at-home-a3099836.html "Siege !!" Hope everything Okay Edit: Added quotes as I think the Evening Standard headline might be a bit sensational.
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This TERF thing is all over twitter and has been for a while. Got nasty on both sides - it's pretty complex to me and both sides have points.
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Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Territorial is just as bad, especially given that > the wealth of the country you live in (and benefit > from) was built off the profits of conquest, > empire and slavery. Where was the respect for > territory then? That wealth was not shared - it's in the top 5%. Mind you - China running the show now :)
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Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Can anyone please tell me if AOL customers are > also affected by this TalkTalk breach of security? > I've had issues accessing my bank account this > afternoon too. > > Louisa. They are a subsidiary of talk talk. And www.aolbroadband.co.uk goes to talk talk
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please talk me through the elephant and castle chaos?
JohnL replied to Huggers's topic in The Lounge
James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The problem is that the cube in the middle with > dimples is a electric sub=-station apparently > celebrating Michael Faraday. If they moved that > they could have built a new signalled crossing in > the roundabout and then over a weekend linked it > to the existing roads and the disruption would > have been nil. > > The peninsula was photoshopped with a market and > people. I doubt very much whether it will be > anything other than a deserted piece of ground and > huge waste of money. I really hope I'm wrong. I > doubt very much it will be safer than the existing > roundabout as it's so bloody complicated. Nothing > clear it intuitive about it. Again I hope I'm > wrong. > > I suspect that 5-10 years time they'll rip the > whole thing up and put in a signal crossing. If it > is a dismal failure I hope this second stab > happens quickly to minimise deaths and serious > injuries. I read somewhere they were thinking of burying the cube. Might have imagined it :) -
dogcatdog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > if you spend your time flitting between popup > burger emoporia, your job in shoreditch, the > commute on the ginger line the bussey building and > your house on Bellend road like a hirsute social > butterfly, then it is entirely possible not to > realise this Peckham wetherspoons is my worst - did get asked if I wanted to do business once. It's quite busy these days. And in Camberwell a lad asked me for ?1 - gave him a ?1 - and then asked how many wraps. The pound was some kind of code :) - I slinked off.
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this was a horrible Hack on Wednesday. Be careful. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34615692
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Ridgley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > uncleglen wrote > > Well, the only answer is to leave them alone to > get on with their 'gang-banging'...I'm sure the > poor bloke from Basildon would agree (if he was > still with us. RIP) > > The problem with that is it does not just stop > among themselves it tends to filter over and some > by standers gets stabbed if you happen to be there > at the wrong time and place. More caught in the gun crossfire I'd say (happened in New Cross didn't it) Reading some reports from 2007 I'm certain it's quieter now. I don't feel a bad vibe in Peckham at all - or am I just used to it ?
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