Alan Dale

What do you call feigning disappointment at the arrival of Foxtons?

Did you get any prices? Particularly interested in the four bed faux Geogian townhouses.... I'm guessing they are ?950k. Close?

OK Poindexter. I guess you are just being pragmatic. As I said, I'd rather pay than pretend to believe in God but that assumes that I can afford it at the time. If not then maybe I'll be taking my tambourine down from the shelf. Realistically though I think that if I couldn't afford private and the only state options involved the whole family sniggering in a pew at the back of the Church then I might just move the family to Lincolnshire and downsize to a studio flat above the Silver Buckle and a superbike for the weekly commute. Time will tell...

Spangles30 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I personally would like to see > PRIVATE schools abolished before faith schools; > they are the true inequitable institutions. I agree that they should both be abolished. The order they get abolished is not significant. That said in the absence of adequate state schools I have more respect for people who are honest about their immorality and just pay their way out of trouble than I do for those who start pretending they believe in fairies and the like.

Agreed. Great place.

Surely the only reason they ask for Church attendance rather than belief is because it is difficult to find an objective measure for belief. You might even argue that attendance correlates with conviction.

poindexter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Most strange as most under 10s dont > have many informed opinions on religion and nor > should they. By the age of 10 I had suffered 6 years of indoctrination at school but you are right I had been very badly informed. I see your point though get bums on seats in first- the religous brainwashing comes after.

I went to a C of E primary but I don't remember the assembly where they said 'believe what you want but just make sure you go to church'.

I wouldn't have wasted time and money travelling around Australia. Sydney for three nights, job done, that's your lot.

Yeah- nice lake but you can't earn a pound note.

Good idea. Pedestrianise from Goose Green to and including Northcross Road. Send the traffic along Peckham Rye and Barry Road. Maybe allow a single lane of bus traffic and let traffic use the road between 7pm and 7am so that lorries can get in and out. Agreed? What about a name for the new pedestrianised area? I like Top Town but Lordship Place is obvious I suppose... How long after until you get a Franky and Benny's New York Italian Diner, a multiplex cinema and a bowling alley?

Oh right. That's a relief as I was quite impressed with Leeds.

Which of those is third world?

Maurice why do you equate anti-social behaviour and downright rudeness with third world countries?

Halcyon days.

The only places where you get this 'mayhem' are around the Green and outside Nandos and even then it's just unpleasant on the eye. You aren't in danger in either place. You can't claim that Camberwell Grove is notably different to Love Walk, Grove Lane or even sleepy little Selborne Village (estate agent name for my bit) in terms of 'mayhem'. Camberwell is generally a nice place but there are a couple of shit bits. It's a familiar tale.

Whilst I think care in the community doesn't work I don't think that the 'vulnerable adults' are to blame. Similarly for people addicted to prescription drugs whilst I feel they need stern guidance I don't think they need to be blamed. As for loud mp3 players and noisy streets then I don't feel there is any blame to attribute.

Tramps and mad-heads are intolerable and litter is a problem everywhere but shouting and listening to music?! You sound even softer than I imagined. You need to move somewhere rural not ED.

So you mean the 'vulnerable adults' who spend their days scallying about drinking strong cider and swapping prescription drugs? Totally agree. They should be rounded up and forcibly helped. Care in the community is a myth. Giving people the freedom to drink and drug abuse themselves to death is not care. We could do with some of that East Dulwich NIMBYism that won't even tolerate a late night pharmacy- let alone roaming hordes of filthy layabouts.

Anyone got a link to the web page for this development?

Who do you mean Maurice? And specifically what is the problem?

Not sure about the Grove but you can have the gangster of love and his flat. It's true that parts of Camberwell are not for the faint hearted but for every Maurice (wolf whistle) we lose there is a Peter Gasston or a Mark Dodds to replace him. To me that's progress.

You live there. You tell us.

Spangles30 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I live in East Dulwich as I have already > explained, Alan Dale. Pray why do you ask?! :) The good bit or the shit bit?

You can't claim to represent 'balance' and then dismiss all chemicals as 'harmful'. And do you really regret saving millions of lives with antibiotics?! As for grassing us up for lounging when I quite clearly insinuated that the mention of William Rose was to give the debate an ED context. ED is the Organic capital of England. The Sainsbury's in ED sells more organic chickens than any other shop in the country. If you think that Organic is more than just another brand then I think you are mistaken.