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JohnL

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  1. Food is so cheap anyway compared with beer (just payed 4.80 for a pint in central london) And you don't go back and order food 6 times :)
  2. Lidl Peckham seemed to have improved (gone upmarket a bit even) last time I went in there
  3. JohnL

    Rugby matters

    david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Massive loss. > > Anyone know Gavin Henson's number?! :) Liam Williams (if he recovers) is pretty good and maybe we'll call in Mike Phillips. Rhys Webb has included in a statement "See you in 2016" :( Actually Phillips called up now.
  4. JohnL

    Rugby matters

    Looks like Halfpenny is out for 6 months - and that was the lesser injury :( knee ligaments http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/leigh-halfpenny-rhys-webb-injury-10002414
  5. It does give you permission to do similar at a point in time. Usually the reason I hold off causing problems :)
  6. JohnL

    Rugby matters

    Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JohnL Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Looks like Wales have lost Rhys Webb and Leigh > > Halfpenny. > > > > is that confirmed? No - scans/results due today. But can't see how they could make it now - both bad injuries - Webbs was terrible (people saying two injuries on the same leg).
  7. JohnL

    Rugby matters

    Looks like Wales have lost Rhys Webb and Leigh Halfpenny. Uphill task now. Mood was grey in Cardiff on Saturday.
  8. Sky saying this morning the Corbyn bandwagon might be running out of steam. Still can't see him losing this.
  9. *Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > bobbsy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > On a slightly different note, major > manufacturers > > are now releasing electric dirtbikes that are > > claimed to perform as well as petrol engines - > > utterly silent running, and they look the > > business. So the whine and whiff od 2-strokes > may > > be coming to an end! > > Silent motorcycles.. Now that sounds like a recipe > for disaster when it comes to trying not getting > hit by a car. and Googles self driving motorbike will get you if that doesn't :) http://www.notimpossiblenow.com/the-latest/google-self-driving-motorcycles
  10. Article here mentions why it may be http://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2015/feb/05/missing-voters-individual-electoral-registration-disaster and today http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tories-accused-of-shameful-abuse-of-power-over-electoral-roll-changes-a2925551.html
  11. miga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Blah Blah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The E&C deveolpment was first put together > under > > the liberal/ con coalition council (and some of > > those lib and con councillors involved were > given > > jobs by Lendlease when they lost their seats!). > > And actually - the second part of that is > completely wrong - when you look at this list of > shame > http://betterelephant.org/blog/2013/04/09/report-u > ncovers-corruption-at-the-elephant/ - there are no > Tories at all, just Labour councillors and > non-political public servants who jumped ship to > LendLease after Heygate...I mean...Tories eat > babies. #redtories Sorry.
  12. Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The "x-thousand dead after being declared fit to > work" thing is a great example of awful reporting. > The kind of thing trotted out by people who have > no grasp of statistics. For instance - how many > claimants in total were declared fit to work in > the same period? What would be the expected > mortality rate for people across that age group? > > You can't claim there's correlation unless you > have all the relevant data. Is anyone actually analysing it properly ? Could be correlation or connection from what was said IMHO.
  13. Salsaboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Was he talking English as I could hardly > understand a word he said. > > KestonKid Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Interesting piece of possibly related filming > to > > be found at > > My mother called it "Patois" - not sure is that is an acceptable term now even.
  14. madger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I agree it would be good for kids (though they > looked adult size and given the masked faces it's > hard to tell) to have somewhere to ride, but > having stood right in the middle of this while it > was going on, it felt pretty menacing. There were > kids' parties in bits of the park where they were > riding, they were all masked, probably going at > c.25/30 mph past pedestrians on pedestrian paths, > about 30 of them on motorbikes, the helicopter was > circling, the police team locked the gates, and > when I asked if they were dangerous one of the > police team looked at me as though I was a real > banana and said 'yes'. I totally get the > theoretical arguments for more engaging activities > for young people (if indeed these were kids) but > being in the middle of 30 roaring bikes, ridden by > people with full balaclavas in a pedestrian park > felt a bit menacing really. Well I recognised at least one guy (just seen him around) - so understand the masks to an extent :)
  15. Baggs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > https://instagram.com/p/7DQ51NIB6a/?taken-by=mr_la > p_ryder > > Looks like this was some organised 'ride out' > rather than anything sinister. There's organised and theres organised :) No harm done though it seems (except a bit of traffic disrupted) The guys instagram is rather good.
  16. Maybe the ED Nero could do with more floor space ? But a lot more choice suddenly (in terms of independents) anyway.
  17. alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > nothing gangster about these boys they are just > having fun. it must be sooo exciting. Didn't see the motorbikes - just the atmosphere on the street late last night. Didn't the gangs always use push bikes :)
  18. Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Enjoyed a couple of pints after the Dulwich Hamlet > match yesterday, and some very nice chips (well > I'd actually call them wedges, but anyway). > > Have to say I don't understand why they kept half > the pub reserved for earing when there wasn't a > single person eating a meal. If I was going to go > out for dinner, I wouldn't choose a place showing > the football and full of post match drinkers. > > I'd say open the whole pub to drinkers until 8, > then maybe have the foody side. Usually I'd say the opposite (drinkers priority after 8) but I don't eat at pubs much :) Suppose it goes on the stats of the pub - and the new guys don't know that yet.
  19. geh Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's like Baltimore The Wire - I thought that last night walking home from the pub - think it's bank holiday. Boys who think they're gangsters around and about. Watch out Joaquin Guzman.
  20. Half moon is supposed to re-open unless we're being told Half truths.
  21. ???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > THE CRITICISM HAS COME FROM HIS RIVALS FOR THE > LEADERSHIP FFS. Not the corporate Tory media > Zzzzzzzz whole world is going mad everyone, even > people I see as normal are trotting out this > narrative. Thank god in reality Social Media > doesn't reflect actual reality, normal people are > far cleverer than the twtish memes of social > media. One day we'll get to the stage where social media leads reality ... and it's not far away :) What I notice is that people using following and blocking set up their twitter feed to show what they want it to show.
  22. Any plants/sprays that foxes don't like but cats don't mind ? It is probably looking for food - so I suppose you have to hide all food (I'd find that difficult).
  23. JohnL

    Shite hotels

    DaisyP Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Some years ago (when I was much younger and a lot > more naive) I arrived in Cairo in the dead of > night, with the streets flooded to knees depth. > Desperate for somewhere to stay i went with one of > the hawkers at the bus station who promised me > luxury at a bargain rate...... On arrival, things > didn't look to bad, a reasonably smart reception, > a lift up to the fifth floor and a large room, a > functional shower and a mini bar! In the morning, > we went to get the lift but as it was in use > decided to use the stairs. But.... there were no > stairs!! In fact there was nothing between the > ground floor and the fifth floor apart from the > lift shaft. It seems there had been some kind of > catastrophic collapse a number of years ago and > they hadn't got past re doing the reception. So > yes, a shite hotel but hell, it did have a mini > bar! In Hurghada (Red Sea) every building had a top floor that was in the middle of construction. Might have been a tax loophole ?
  24. JohnL

    Two Years

    Wow - I've been registered since 2008. Earliest forum ever I joined was a Welsh Rugby one in 2003. before that was the dark ages.
  25. Today's Corbyn idea seems to be all female carriages on trains. Response from the public (on Sky) didn't seem good. I like the fact that Corbyn comes up with ideas.
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