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Weevils maybe Where do they come from in the UK - flour I thought, although the links say potted plants.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weevil http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/advice/pests_and_diseases/identifier.shtml?black_vine_weevil

The Hipsters drank all of the lager at The Montpelier on Sunday. Think they'd been going since Saturday night.

And how many people here wore branded track suits (early 80s) - or even worse shell suits as teenagers Embarrassed and I never wore a shell suit - but I remember wandering around town when everyone did. And what about those black and white shirts with stone washed jeans and matching jacket that were around for 6 months. charlesfare Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hasn't every generation since the enlightenment or > whatever had their own version of hipsters? > Pre-Raphaelites, flappers, beatniks, teddy boys, > new romantics and so on. Some of the posters here > are probably old enough to have lived through or > been part of at least one of those sub-cultures or > some other. > > Funny to see people on the ED turn their nose up > at today's current crop of bearded, skinny jeans > and art school "hipsters" - it's partly down to > that class of young people that the values of your > houses have shot up so quickly and that coffee > shops, art house cinemas, spangly new eateries and > the likes are popping up around here. On the other > hand, that could be all the more reason to hate > them.

Is in Derelict London now http://www.derelictlondon.com/south--south-east-london.html So many pubs in there that I've drunk in - then next visit they've gone.

seeing as so many people seem to work from coffee shops (I really don't know why but they do) I suppose the coffee shop event horizon is yet to be passed.

Mourinho making friends again No handshake, no turnout at the press conference.

This is the new age type of spammer.

There is some types though - I can often pick out fellow welshmen - before I here the accent but could be the expressiveness (hands) :). Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you know, skinny stonewashed jeans, trainers, > tight leather jacket, short hair > > So, as I have argued above, you (and probably I > and most others) would most effectively define > 'coming from a geographic location in Europe' by > clothes and hair style. Which might as well be the > actual description in the first place.

Reading the Welsh media Cardiff have given up it seems (sorry to Cardiff fans - but that's what Media Wales portray) Fulham still fighting and Sunderland with the games in hand (Spurs tonight) Norwich last 4 leaves them in the mix Swansea (my team) still act as if they are too good to go down - ominous.

I thought Melbourne Grove was moving there.

But how did the President get his bonus related to one years profits :) Margot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In 1985, a film company facing financial pressure > hired a new president. In an effort to cut costs, > the president asked the two leaders of a division, > Ed and Alvy, to conduct layoffs. Ed and Alvy > resisted?eliminating employees would dilute the > company?s value. The president issued an > ultimatum: a list of names was due to him at nine > o?clock the next morning. > Good managers story - if only there were more of > them like that. > > When the president received the list, it contained > two names: Ed and Alvy. > > No layoffs were conducted, and a few months later > Steve Jobs bought the division from Lucasfilm and > started Pixar with Ed Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith. > > Employees were grateful that ?managers would put > their own jobs on the line for the good of their > teams,? marvels Stanford?s Robert Sutton, noting > that even a quarter century later, this ?still > drives and inspires people at Pixar.? > > Source: ?Givers Take All: The Hidden Dimension of > Corporate Culture? by Adam Grant | The McKinsey > Quarterly

emza78 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why are all the cars so dirty?! Sahara sand blown up ? well in plymouth at least http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Yellow-film-Plymouth-cars-Sahara-Dust-coats-Devon/story-20882711-detail/story.html

I lived in a small welsh village for years ... and the gossip I think Dylan Thomas tended to agree :)

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bus passengers who refuse to sit down even when > seats are available and instead stand in the aisle > or at the door, preventing other, more reasonable > passengers, to move down or get off. Is it a > recent phenomenon? I never used to see so many > seat-refuseniks. Started after that program on Bed Bugs :)

Eminem could make a few albums out of this thread. Add in a few expletives, brilliant.

I take some stuff from Holland and Barrett which can (and sometimes does) cause stomach issues. 5HTP for instance knocks my stomach for six :) I try the peppermint oil too

Someone just said on another website - label a petrol tank as diesel and vice versa. Don't lend your car to a mate :)

channels change - maybe you need to rescan ?

I reckon sometimes an accident really is an accident, however much people like to apportion blame. PokerTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If someone steps out in front of a car, leaving > not enough distance for the driver to stop, then > it is the pedestrian's fault. Elderly people do > step out in front of cars sometimes. The driver > hit the brake which shows a reaction to something > he or she did not expect. Could the driver have > anticipated that the elderly lady was about to > cross? We don't know. We weren't there. The Police > will decide that. There really is no point in > trying to guess what did or didn't happen any more > than guessing who is to blame (if anyone is).

The issue is planning permission to run a business from home - which is needed when it starts to effect other residents - I'd think then the council will limit the amount of businesses approved in an area. I think the Tories have relaxed regulations from what they were. To me - about 4 cars may imply a start-up business may be being run. The business may expand - to be honest I'd just monitor for now (when does it become an issue - 10 cars for instance).

If a home is being used as a business and it begins to cause material changes - then a load of laws are invoked. "The likelihood of there having been such a material change of use may be indicated where the business or non-residential use generates visitors, traffic, noise or fumes over and above what might be expected if the property were in use as a single dwelling without any ancillary use. If the relevant inspections are passed - than OK :) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/people/6581497/Home-businesses-battle-against-legislative-barriers.html PokerTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't know about Dulwich Van Hire, but there is > no regulation to stop any vehicle that is properly > taxed and insured from being park anywhere on a > public highway. Many businesses, like taxi firms > and car hire companies park their vehicles on the > highway.

In my experience a small DIY job quickly becomes more time consuming - especially if you don't have every tool under the sun - the one you need is the one you don't have. Example Wanted to replace my cistern input flow last weekend - get the part, but quickly discover the input pipe connector is almost inaccessible - in all the internet plumbing videos it's easy to get to and on the right - mine requires you to work almost blind. and on it goes - I'm absolutely sure some newer designs are purposely difficult.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > and in ED you'd need to drink around 400 pints to > save enough for a pint. Does anyone notice if beer goes up by 1p it becomes 10p in many pubs ?

The guy (Euclides Monteiro) died in 2009 in a tractor accident Couldn't be more different from the e-fit

Yorkshire Ripper and Wearside Jack. PokerTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-20/madeleine-mc > cann-police-seek-lone-sex-attacker/5332882 > > Two of the incidents happened in the same resort > the McCanns stayed at and there was no sign of > forced entry in most of the incidents either. > Catching that guy should have been a major aim of > the Portuguese Police from the first incident, let > alone five sexual assualts down the line. I think > the problem has always been with the (now > disgraced) officer in charge at the time. He had a > theory and was determined to stick with it no > matter what. That kind of policing always leads to > problems. You only have to look at the murder of > Meridith Kercher for a case in point of that. It's > all very tragic.