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Oh PR, say it isn't so... Gone With the Wind = magnificent (book or film).

Edited because I'm a tw@t.

nutty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ...or can > afford to go private.... Oh come now nutty, this is for readers of The Times. I think it's brilliant that we have something like Dulwich and Sydenham Woods right here in zone 2.

Justin Case, I've got your pack-a-mac.

Brendan's 16 I think.

You could come by bus...

And not to rain on anyone's parade, a former employer of mine, who has a large supermarket on Dog Kennel Hill, launched a range of baking stuff (a lot of it only previously available from specialist cakecraft shops) earlier this year, so I do wonder just how specialist this stuff has to be to find a niche. And if it's that specialist, whether there's a market to sustain it. But what do I know: I don't even really like cake.

The welsh monk - are we talking the Prior? That's Matthew Macfadyen - Pride and Prejudice, ex-Spooks and Mr Keeley Hawes. Personally am a big fan of Tom Builder.

I think it's a real shame, and a signal of something deeply unhealthy in our society that they couldn't come up with better lyrics. Let's face it, it ain't no Billy Bragg. But it's catchy enough. And Huguenot, while a kneejerk "LIAR" response to all politicians isn't constructive, Clegg and Cameron have reneged on election promises, so the moniker seems apposite.

Has anyone else read Year of the Flood?

Tw@t in a hat. He can cock right off. He's on my bus.

No way sister.

Or heels are high.

antjen, I'm not. I said reiki is placebo - that's not the same thing as Chinese medicine or 'erbal remedies (where, as anna j pointed out much earlier, there are active ingredients, rather than someone nicely stroking you - ooh, I've just remembered reading somewhere that gentle masturbation is good for period pain. That's what I call placebo.)

But St John's Wort will help you if you get there and it's not all you expected and you feel a bit down about it. Unless you're on the pill David. Then it will kill you.

Lovely Woof. Sex with a gymnast - that's something else to go on the "yet to do" thread.

Look, it's not big and it's not clever, and I don't even feel guilty about it. I will go to my grave loving Mull of Kintyre. In fact, I'm going to look for it on Spotify right now.

Following a misunderstanding regarding a Facebook post, (and given that everyone's getting sexy on here), I should like to add to my list: Had sex with twins

Woof, I have no problem with your going on the pavement so that you can see your children grow up - and yes Elephant is hideous - but you should dismount. I fail to see how the desire not to die under a truck precludes your getting off your bike at Elephant (a little fallacious there don't you think?) And I also can't think of any time of the day or night when the pavements round there would be empty...

Great post Taper. I don't mean to insult anyone with my scepticism, and when it comes to a terminal illness, I'm sure that a sense of peace and acceptance can be a wonderful thing (although whether that's preferable to a sense of anger and purpose is probably down to the individual). But I just can't see how reiki can offer any benefits beyond those you get from a massage or having a lovely foot rub in the form of reflexology - it's relaxing, it's soothing, it makes you feel good and releases tension. It gives you 50 (? ) minutes of a practitioner's time so that you feel listened to, respected, valued, instead of the 8 minutes you get in the doctor's. There is a clear benefit to all of those things: stress can cause very real physiological symptoms, and relieving stress may well relieve those symptoms. But can they cure actual illness or injury? Sorry, but for a broken arm or cancer, I'll require something soundly based on evidence.

Ortolan Learned to drive A vodka luge Read Dan Brown

Gave up and am catching up with The Pillars of Earth on demand instead. Better hairdos and the delicious Rufus Sewell.

My ears keep bleeding, they keep keep bleeding.

Stylistic flourish, Quids: I figured the good burghers of ED are well versed in their Hamlet, and didn't want to insult. Although, if you'll excuse the pedantry, isn't it than are dreamt of in your philosophy..?

But headaches can be caused by stress, tension, bad posture - all kinds of things that a little tlc and relaxation could cure. Sorry, but "energy shifts" sounds like twaddle to me. I had someone do (what's the verb?) reiki on me once. She was a friend and had just completed her training. She had hot hands because she'd just rubbed them together furiously - but no more so than if I rub my hands together and use the heat to relieve menstrual cramps. Doesn't make me a reiki master.