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George Galloway on radio 4, as I type.

"trying to help/inform" "pedantic time-wasting bore" oof. tough crowd with SJ in the audience! ianr always comes across as being helpful to others. paintball. seems like a very 1990s thing or is that just me? bruises the size of a planet, over-zealous usually mild-mannered colleagues in army fatigues. nah, not for me.

I'm in the 'know nothing about football, never watch it but for some obscure reason the World Cup always holds my interest' camp. I can be easily be swept along by the excitement and enthusiasm surrounding it. using the El Pibe method: cheering Germany (my all-time favourites) Netherlands (ooh the Dutch accent, I LOVE the Dutch) Cameroon (do I need to explain...they are ace!) Uruguay (I've only ever met one person from there and he's really lovely so am going with that) Croatia (met a world famous ping pong player there, that has to count for something!) Iran (the home of Shiraz) cheering/booing fondly in equal measure England (love you really, lived here longer than anywhere) Australia (love you really, loads of fabulous aussie friends) France (the Auld Alliance but I'm in England now aren't I) booing Japan (the only country in the world I have never had any desire to visit) Switzerland (see above. my maths is not great) clearly none of this is based on knowledge of football. last but not least, a warm welcome back Huguenot, where the hell have you been?!

Go to the library. Cross the border and have a pizza at the Gowlett. Go for breakfast at toast. Spend the whole day at the Horniman museum. Cross the border and watch an afternoon film showing at peckham plex.

Hmmm know nothing about fancy pants digital or wireless ones but I can recommend a good old fashioned meat thermometer that you stick in before putting it in the oven. Can't link to pic at mo but it looks like a giant drawing pin with a colour coded dial on the top. Think I bought it in Farmers on LL for about 6 quid. Couldn't live without it now (slight exaggeration but best gadget buy since my 2 quid wooden lemon reamer)

hang on, let me get this straight, you are having a moan about parents who don't tell their children off yet your child burst a sachet of mayo over someone's jacket and you turned a blind eye? added to that is the fact the original anecdote wasn't remotely funny, the name 'Targuin' has been so widely over-used its tiring in the extreme AND you can pretty much guarantee anything that starts off with 'give us your light-hearted stories about yummy mummies (a derogatory term)' is bound to be rubbish.

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Salsaboy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Too much beer HonaB? > > Is there such a quantity? Gotta love the Hooch. And Salsaboy is alright too. PS ooooh new carpets at Mirash. That should be on the front page of the forum, KK.

What's your favourite curry place on LL, Sorehead? Or do you think we need a bit more choice?

Jeez did they have no other news that Richard and judy piece just now went on for bloody ages!

I call it east dulwich on sea ;) Avoid kings Lynn that's too far over. You want M11, A11 then A1065 at Barton mills all the way up thru Swaffham then turn right onto A148 towards Sheringham. Highly recommend the Brays Cottage pork pies made locally. Back to the Garden is fab for food and drinks. Have fun. pS the drive is really slow but it's the best way by far. Edit: sorry I know you didn't ask for food recs, couldn't help myself! edit: never type from a phone again.

Had to google Surstr?mmimg! So I think stinky fish in the shared microwave wins. Then egg. then Onion. Fried stuff. Spicy stuff. Cup-a-soup. Cheese. Knew a guy who used to travel back to Scotland from London on the coach (way before they were 'luxury', no a/c). He was a scar-faced, punk nut job who took far too much acid and speed than was good for him, couldn't sit still, couldn't stop talking. He didn't really need to take egg & onion sandwiches to deter anyone sitting next to him but he did.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > numbers Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Fish pie. > > > This always makes me think of a former colleague > who would have fisherman's pie at least once a > week and heat it in the microwave in the office. > She was really lovely, but I hated her for that > alone! (I don't do fish and the smell makes me > feel sick) Yes think Jeremy hit the nail on the head, fish nuked in microwave. Never a good thing in a communal kitchen.

ruffers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > maxxi Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Things you shouldn't (have to) eat for lunch in > > the office. > > > > It's not the 80s. > > I don't understand this comment I didn't either ruffers! Thought back in the 80s people actually did make time for lunch or going down the pub. The way it should be before hot desk call centre hell type offices came into fashion where no-one dared leave their desk. edit: suffers?!

its even worse when the destination of your bus has changed because the driver has got lost on diversion and doesn't know the area and has asked passengers for help but its a bit too late as he's already gone way too far. (don't know why he didn't get help on that radio thingy they have). more so when you're in north london and have been told specifically to get off at X stop, using a bus route you've never been on and there are no taxis and no-one will believe why you're late.

just wait until we can all afford google glass /wearable tech. nae more stooping along the pavement peering at your smartphone.

Fish pie.

thank you peckhamrye that is exactly who I was referring to. sj - I didn't word my post well, I meant food critics who are anonymous to FOH/chefs/kitchen staff are likely the ones who get the same experience as the rest of us hence their reviews being more meaningful. I didn't mean it to come across as anonymous trip advisor commentators being the ones to take heed of. No offence meant to the great JR really (pretty shure you think I'm always on the lookout for having a pop at him) but I do wonder what restaurant in their right mind wouldn't get it bang on for him once they know who they are serving. Especially somewhere local like Peckham. Near where he lives.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 'In my humble opinion'....wtf is a humble opinion > about? You either have one or you don't...... > Humble is at best an irrelevance but normally > means I AM RIGHT, it very rarely indicates any > humbleness at all it was originally shorthand for expressing yourself online the humble bit meaning to convey that it was just your opinion not necessarily the correct answer. Please don't anyone come on here and say differently. I AM RIGHT ABOUT THIS.

Are these friends the same ones who have left for jobs "with research bodies in Europe because the equivalent bodies in Cambridge can't grow enough within the space they have"?

"Peckham. Near where I live." Really, why didn't you mention it? Oh, you did. Repeatedly. Am I the only person who thinks there must be other areas of Peckham that are no-go areas for restaurants? Bellenden Road is hardly the edgy part of town. The best restaurant reviews are from the ones who are anonymous, in my very humble opinion.

"It seems mad to limit growth (which is also emanating from economic growth) for the sake of keeping Cambridge a small quaint enclave." What are you going on about Pokertime? That doesn't make sense. Nor does much of the rest of your post ("could become silicon city if only we let it"). I'd imagine there's a few leading academics and research institutions that may feel you've forgotten they exist. You've been to Cambridge and the surrounding area I take it? Plenty of growth, building or otherwise.

anyone read the invention of tradition by that old marxist eric hobsbawm who died a year ago or so? tartan AND the kilt - invented by the english :))

I can make a case for bagpipes dearest quids. and I say that as someone who, as a teenager, suffered greatly at the sounds of my younger brother learning to play the blasted things. Practising Piobaireachds over and over. Bagpipes should ideally be accompanied by drums. Which reminds me, my other brother was learning to play those in the bedroom next door to mine. I sometimes look back and wonder what it was that spurred me to leave home at 17 years of age ;-)

whoever you vote for, government wins. whoever said that was spot on. if there was ever a subject I wish I'd studied, its politics.

Best served with rustic foie gras arancini, scattered with (seasonal) wild daffodil petals and a side order of artisanal craft burger (costing a tenner, minimum).