Domitianus

Is she the sorry looking dipso with the brown paper bag and the beard?

I hope the police gave her a good kicking and shaved off all her hair (including eyebrows). I hope they also pulled her big hoopy ear-rings out with a chunk of flesh attacked. You know what I say, innocent until proven guilty!

Hurrah for Monica! Hurrah for Monica! We are not worthy! We are not worthy!

HH is exactly the type of intense, turkey-necked, unimaginative careerist, with her steely-glare and "I pretend to be nice but get in the way of my career and I will slaughter you" slag that I have identified elsewhere on this board, ie. just like TJ.

Fair enuf, I take it all back. Monica is actually charging a very substantial fee for opening the Wintergreen Fair but has agreed to only charge ?5 per autograph >:D

A shop that sells chains? I know we already have Callow Locksmiths but I think their variety is sadly limited. We could have chains of many colours, styles, weaves and sizes.

The popularity of the Blue Mountain never ceases to amaze me. Rude management, indifferent staff, mediocre menu, high prices, cramped....exactly what is it that I am missing?

shaman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Doe Monica count now shes been on the beeb radio:) I am told that she is now charging people to talk to her and that she is thinking of appointing an agent to handle her social diary. SHe has, however, offered to formally open the Wintergreen Fair for no fee :-)

Can their existing shop-fittings accommodate DVDs?

Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm with you Peckhamboy. People think that East > Dulwich is some magical quaint little place with > unique little shops... What a load of bo!!ocks. It > does have some lovely little businesses, but could > definitely benefit from a few bigger names too! > That's what I think anyway. > > PS. I love the name "spudulike"! > > Subway please!!!!! I a\gree with Keef and PeckhamBoy that this rant against chain stores is often misplaced. It seems to stem from some rather perverse and ironic anti-capitalist perspective that the ranters can't quite articulate - perverse and ironic because many of the critics of the chains are local businesses and, therefore, capitalist themselves. Chain usually have become chains because, having started as a small concern, they became SUCCESSFUL (oh, how the British despise other people's success!) and were able to expand. Can we extract a written, legally-binding pledge from all the local businesses who attack the chains that, no matter how successful they become (as if they don't want to be) they will NEVER open a second outlet? After all, if chains are so bad they wouldn't want to become one, would they?

International Monetary Fund has expressed concerns about stability of UK housing market..........

For a bit of sensationalism "Drug scandal in middle-class suburbia".

In defence of Le Chandelier (as if it was needed since they clearly have such sensible policies) I have heard from a source close to the owner that a number of 'yummy-mummies' (oh, the irony! I am with Snorky on this one) had taken to going into Le Chandelier, ordering a tea/coffee and then producing the contents of a number of Tupperware boxes containing a veritable picnic which they then proceeded to chompe on. This was NOT merely food for their babies/toddlers but was a spread for all. I think the owner, quite rightly, decided that her cafe was not a picnic site and introduced a rule that anyone (and as the original culprits had been mothers with kids, perhaps they were viewed with particular suspicion) bringing food into the premises should be asked to leave. Perhaps it was an over-zealous interpretation of this rule that led to the original incident that prompted this thread?

James Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Good day and God bless you Forum Users. My > grandad, a millionaire oil magnate, just died in a > plane crash off the Ivory Coast. Fortunately he > has leave me the sum of ?45,000,000 to invest in > shop selling expensive baby booties, chandeliers > and ?15 sandwiches on Lordship Lane. Don't worry, > it may seem like robbery but is all totally legal. > Who want to help me? I'm up for that, James, but only if you allow me to send a cheque for five thousand pounds to a PO Box address in AMsterdam as an indication of my confidence in the venture. Joking apart (and yes, I was joking) apparently up to six per cent of people receiving them fall for these phishing scams which kind of shows how dumb people are. I on the other hand am extremely clever - a fact that was clearly noticed by a Norweigan consulting firm I had never heard of who sent me a nice email asking if I wanted to be their MD in London. Quality will out!

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Polly.. sorry for goonish unsensitive post. > > Communal area security is often problematic and > therefore neglected: flat A wants a buzz-in > system, flat B is too tight to contribute to the > cost, flat C has a deathly fear of being > deadlocked inside a burning building and not being > able to find the key, flat D doesn't want to come > down three flights of stairs to open the door.. > been there! > > Glad to hear the DL is in place. Why not solve this issue by fitting BOTH a Yale-type snib lock and also a five lever mortice deadlock? That way you could enjoy the security benefits of locking your door with two locks but if, in the middle of the night your house catches fire, you could open the door swiftly with the snib-lock; yet, on those occasions when you have more time, you could open the door by unlocking the deadlock? Simple!

Could this be a kind of Universal Defamation (I just want to create a new legal category) whereby the allegation is "A chemist may have done something bad!" Consequently any chemist anywhere in the world would be entitled to issue libel proceedings on the grounds that people may think it COULD have been them?

This is turning into some sort of Firkin Hell!

snorky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the ?5 a loaf these orgaqnic cappies seem > to charge at teh Puckham market smells slighty of > racketeering. > > I love bread with lunmps in. I am not so sure I > want to pay what is pretty much an hours minimum > wage for that lumpy bread. > > Most organic farming is now profit driven as > opposed to ethics driven. That's if it can even be described as truly being organic. I nearly choked on my baby tomato the day I saw Jonathan Dimbleby (president or Chairman or whatever of the Soil Association) being interviewed and admitting that the Soil Association have a list of "approved" chemicals which farmers are free to use on their crops etc and still be allowed to claim organic status. As you may know the Soil Association is one of the main verifying bodies for organic status. In an instant the debate changed in front of my eyes from Chemical Users versus nice organic, manure shovelling, chemical abhoring types to an arguement between two types of Chemical Users as to which chemical were safe or appropriate to use. More a scientific ebate than a moral/ethical one really. Also, I believe that up to half of the organic food in this country is actually imported from abroad so, since many of these organic fans are environmental freaks as well, I wonder how many of them are aware of the carbon footprints their organic lentils leave behind and the fac that what they believe they are giving with one hand they may well be taking away with the other. Dr Brian Iddon, a Labour MP who debated this issue in Parliament said it beautifully and I have cut and pasted an eloquent quotation below: ?The Soil Association just does not tell it as it is. Much of the organic food now being sold in Britain is flown in from developing countries. I can?t support that because more land is required to produce the lower yields of organic crops and often in countries that have a difficulty feeding their own populations. There is also the issue of whether growers in developing countries are receiving a fair price for their produce.? Organic farmers often point a finger at conventional farmers because they use synthetic pesticides and herbicides. But, organic farmers also use chemicals to control pests, and some of these are equally or more damaging to the environment than the newer pesticides applied by modern farming practices.? Dr Iddon admits that organic food is becoming more popular but he points out that it is, on average, 63% more expensive than conventional food. Sales are promoted by a concern for the environment and because people have been led to believe that organic food is more nutritious and healthier than conventionally produced food. ?There is little or no evidence for the claims made by the organic industry?, said Dr Iddon. The Food Standards Agency test all food, whether organic or conventional, to ensure that it is safe for us to eat. It is possible for organic food to carry traces of the chemicals used in its production. ?The pioneers of organic farming were idealists?, said Dr Iddon. ?They were anti-science and had an antagonism for market-driven capitalism. Ironically, their ideals have now been hijacked by the market economy. We should not lose sight of the central message that a diet high in fresh fruit and vegetables, affordable and safely produced, and low in processed foods, with their high salt and sugar contents, is better for us all. Conventional farming practices can deliver all that?.

I am amused at the fact that whilst people refer to the apparent over-pricing of M&S food, they are also repeatedly calling for a propagation of the over-priced 'organic' food fraud and scaremongering! Ooooh, let's have an organic cafe, let's have an organic bakery, let's pay way over the odds to fall victim to a cynical marketing ploy.

karter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dom, > > you dont need M&S foods and wholefoods isnt needed > either. Like Lozzi said we have smbs foods that > sells foods, Healthmatters, pretty traditional > and the butchers and moxons spread around in this > great area. The likes of wholefoods and M&S have > it under one roof that would spoil the fun of > shopping in this area. The shopping length of LL > is growing and hopefully will reach the police > station soon. Karter, old chap, we don't all have the time or inclination to put it together for ourselves. Moxons is fine but they don't cook it for you, etc, etc.

*Bob* is a very unimaginative one.

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > macroban Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Sorry to dash you hopes, Sean, but it's not > going > > to be a sin bin, just another DummyYummyMummy > > shop. > > Oh dear. > > Speaking of which, I couldn't help noticing that > 'Moo 2' (or whatever it's called) is selling a bag > which actually has 'YUMMY MUMMY' printed on the > outside. > > If anyone out there has actually bought this item, > hang your heads in shame. Is this a bit like the yoofs who wear jeans with the words "Angel", "Princess", "Sexy" etc sequined into the arses? They are guaranteed to be the least angelic, regal and sexy characters you can imagine?

Join a hockey club. That way you can justify constantly carrying a hockey stick with you! I nearly broke a guy's leg with a hockey stick when I was in primary school.

If you offer to come round and cook for people you will have to do it in a pinnie, bow-tie and nothing else (I speak not for myself as I am wed to the ready meal but to provide an offer of entertainment for others on this forum!)

They also do a range of things that you just wouldn't see elsewhere (although some of my favourites have been discontinued - sob!) They did this absolutely beautiful chicken goujons which you stir-fried in a wok and then added a white-wine sauce with halved grapes in it. It was absolutely glorious on a bed of rice - there was no way you would have believed it was a ready meal! Now gone, I am afraid. I still think their crab salad, layered with shredded egg is tops as a little starter. Ironically, Somerfield used to do a range of beautiful chicken, ready meals - one with lemon sauce, the other was lime and coriander. They were the only thing that would have made me go out of my way to visit Somerfield. Of course they discontinued them!