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Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also if you are a couple of tall stocky guys, > sitting next to each other becomes a tight fit. > I'm not stocky but I am tall and it's more > comfortable to sit over the edge of the seat > rather than cramming my knees into the limited > space in front. > > I can understand asking someone if they would move > if there are no other places to sit together, but > asking someone to move because they are in your > favourite spot? Don't know what I think about > that. It doesn't strike me odd that you (Sue) > asked one to move, but it does strike me as odd > that you can't understand why they didn't > understand why you'd ask them to move when other > seats were available. It gives a signal of your > right to that seat being more than theirs. I went into a pub like that once. Thats my seat - I've sat there for 30 years.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I love wandering around graveyards and also > certain churches do send a tingle down my spine. > But I'm not really religious in the traditional > organised sense. I'd be in confession box for days > if I were a catholic. > > Louisa. My mums funeral was in a CoE church - but rather than let the Vicar take the service she requested a lay person friend of hers - and they let that happen. So effectively we used the church but brought her own people in.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the biggest issue we have is wealth > distribution. It's getting to the point were > you've almost got a majority divested from > society. Relative wealth matters. Having the vast > majority of resources concentrated in the hands of > a tiny minority is ridiculous. Despite our > training we have to start forming some sort of > counter narrative. That's were Corbyn may come in. To be honest Boris has noticed that :) Don't know what Boris would do.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Corbyn would be a disaster for the Labour party. > Labour needs a strong leader that can take them > back to a centre-left position. Corbyn is not > that leader. The Tories need an effective > opposition to keep them honest and he's not the > person to do it. Cameron will eat him for > breakfast. > > Mind you Harman has been singularly ineffectual of > late. I don't like her as a person, but I do > respect her as a politician and she's been weirdly > meek (and weak) in this term as stand-in leader. > > Out of the rest, Burnham seems to have turned into > a "what to you want me to believe today" > candidate, which is disappointing as last time > around he seemed to be the candidate with the most > solid principles. Liz Kendall is too centre-right > for Labour. Cooper is probably their best bet for > an election-winner, but she's a bit tainted by the > ghost of Balls. Harriet started the anti Boris thing that has brought George Osborne as favorite for the next PM. I like Corbyn because he says what he thinks - whether I'd vote for him as PM is entirely different :)

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What happened to innocent until proven guilty? > surely were talking about 'alleged victims' until > a case has been substantiated? The "weight of evidence idea" without anything else is worrying for me in a world where hundreds of americans claim they are infected by biting parasitic worms carried by genetically modified cotton in a government conspiracy. if you keep reading the worm stories you think - even though doctors claim nothing is there - by the sheer weight of evidence - it's true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons

?I don?t think you heard me,? to one of his rivals who is hard of hearing Another rival ?He buys and sells politicians of all stripes,? Trump "I bought you too"

There's definitely two types of people when it comes to this :) I'm group A - it's fine

Wow - how did that happen Hope England can score a few.

Apparently there have been lots of new allegations since this news was published - I know that it is generally accepted that weight of evidence by multiple allegations means you do not need more different evidence - but I'm still not 100% sure about that. Operation Midland (I think) was said (on TV yesterday) to be investigating over 100 "household names" Edit: there actually seems to be loads of them so probably a mistake. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/04/police-child-abuse-inquiries-operation-yewtree-to-operation-midland

It's worrying that many people "on trial" - especially politicians seem to be dead - for various reasons (guilty or innocent).

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew1011 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > When I moved to East Dulwich it barely had > shops > > let alone chains, although the largish Co-op > store > > was still operating on most of the Lordship > Lane > > site between North Cross and Shawbury Roads. Oh > > and a Tesco, roughly the size of a small Tesco > > Express, and still the size of the current shop > > unit, on the corner of North Cross Road had > > recently closed down. I can't recall which > > supermarket company then had what is now the > > Co-op, but it was a smallish chain and not one > of > > the big four or five. > > > > > What year was that? > > The Co-op used to be Somerfield. That wasn't that > long ago. > > Londis on the corner of North Cross Road was a > 7/11 I think. I remember Co-op was Somerfield Somerfeld were taken over nationally by Co-op IIRC. Iceland took over Bejam (So there may have been a Bejam once).

stringvest Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My first curry was not long after I had left > school and started work in a large company. They > had a staff restaurant. There was a nice variety > of food, the curry was a mild one with sultanas in > it. They must have got lots of sultanas ... they > were in the grated carrots and in the beansprouts > too! The subsidised bar was great too, although > before spellchecker .... > > Deer Sir, > Furher ot our telephone converstation .... My mother did the mild sultana curry thing (would it be called Moroccan today). Until I was 16 that's what I thought currys were.

Callie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > *Bob* Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > No, I wouldn't have seen that one coming, > Callie. > > > > > > I can't wait to see when it does though. It > will > > be such a surprise. > > oops so sorry Bob for the spoiler! I whizzed > through the whole season online when it came back > on, love GOH! Can't wait for next season :O) Twitter went into meltdown when that happened (won't repeat) Most unpopular character action ever - until Cecil got murdered.

Some people used to be scared of upstairs (really) I've no idea why (though understand the falling and baggage bit) On non-Boris busses you can open the windows upstairs on a hot day :)

rfolgado Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Landolt & Brown Thanks :)

rfolgado Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the square and the station are different projects > by different architects. rfolgado - Realised that after going through the site - not sure who the architects are for PR station still. The drawing out and plans have a lot of detail however. There is also a small development being planned in Copeland road car park (although maybe people not that interested in that one)

Looks like this is the latest website for Peckham square :) http://www.peckhamsquare.co.uk/ I think the same architects are doing Peckham rye (maybe) This one looks to be the station (after a bit of search) - links to a pdf with pics http://www.peckhamryestationsquare.co.uk/presentations/summary-peckham-rye-station-square-codesign-workshop-04/

There still isn't agreement over how to develop it (including the square) - or if there is I'm not sure what it is. Since the Peckham CoDesign process that is - no update on this blog since November http://peckhamryestation.com/ nor this http://peckhamcodesign.org/stn-sq-ph-1/

Gin ?

My problem was always the delivery company they used didn't have any option if it couldn't be delivered Others used the Post Office or Royal Mail Parcels office.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh FFS. > > Lots of humour is quite black. > > People have different senses of humour. > > I found red devil's picture very funny. I find > some of the "jokes" posted in the joke thread on > here quite offensive. > > Each to their own, eh? > > I sincerely hope that when I snuff it (which if > people on here think 72 is a good innings then I > haven't got long to go, grammar) I won't get a > load of friends and relatives afraid to make jokes > about it. Though of course I hope they'd have a > bit of a cry too :)) Yes If you can't beat death at least you can laugh at it. and I don't think Aaron Ramsey scored recently.

Anakali in Swansea (st helens road) in the early 80s It would have been what then passed for Chicken Tikka Masala :)

I still would like to split the roads (more cycle paths I mean). The south london superhighway (for bikes) is coming :)

A work colleague of mine got a fine for overstaying our pool car at Peckham Lidl They sent the boss a photo too - and it was most certainly him. Banged to rights he paid :)

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I suspect that when someone famous dies the 'loss' > people speak of is more personal than they > realise, the loss of a time now gone...cheer up > everyone, it's Monday :) If someone has completed what they wanted from life and is content it isn't so bad. I hate it when someone dies and they never got to do what they wanted to.