Alan Dale

So you've started trying BB! Thanks for sharing. Don't forget the folic acid.

I don't want to leave Camberwell either Mockney except maybe for warmer climate when the joints start to go.

*Bob* Wrote: > Not sure. But I do know that only one of the two > mentioned above has an active and ongoing > television career. Well that's the main thing.

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tim uses bummer in quite an affectionate way in > Spaced. "Get off me you bummer" And Emily from Big Brother uses the N word. What's your point?

Exactly. It's abit like I would never say "*Bob* is a shithead" because that's just no way to talk about anyone.

Just caught up with the second bit about working in SE5 and couldn't help thinking of the wonderful people at King's who delivered my babies. Some great people work in SE5 and they are arguably doing a lot more than selling home-made soap.

Like when Bob called me a wally.

Where do people from East Dulwich live? I have never met any.

Good luck Foxtons. Not that they'll need it - you couldn't pick a more obvious area of high demand for a Foxtons. ED really is the Angel of the South. Well done to all of the newcomers and investors who have raised the tone of the area sufficiently to attract large corporate investment on this scale!

Quite, assuming that you have correctly interpreted Lozzyloz's post as anti SE5 snobbery, that is. I had hoped for a less hurtful explanation. At least you are prepared to post honestly though rather than just ass kiss your fellow forumites. Are you The Cloak *Bob*?

I think it's clear who the 'biggest sausage on the forum' is. What do you call a no armed man in a swimming pool?

Humour me..

lozzyloz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Judging by the lateness of his posts I'd say he's > a frustrated Sous Chef (signature dish - Toad in > the Hole) working in a cafe somwehere in SE5 Why SE5?

Healthy.

Apparently rose is the ideal bacchanalian accompaniment to McCain oven chips and Sara Lee cakes.

Harmony is restored. I still think White Stuff clothes are for geeks though.

As the richest 10% own 90% of the assets they should be aiming for 90% of the shops too. Of course shops are aimed at people with cash. Hello! McFly! I don't see how we are helping you here. Does it help just to chat about it? How are you going to cope with the fact that your East Dulwich is dead? What are you going to do?

Nice to have some perspective restored Madworld74.

Louisa, your ED is no more. You now have to find a way to cope. Perhaps that is what you are doing on the forum - getting therapy from your newly aquired affluent neighbours.

Louisa, you say it's not about wealth but then you say 'they can move here on mass and fuel the fire for a growth in businesses/services aimed solely at them.' Surely that is a good definition of what it means to be wealthy.

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What's the problem with nepotism, privilege and > inheritance? It causes resentment.

The people you describe are different people to the 2 skiing holiday crowd who and are 'unwilling to succumb the depression of the daily grind'. The people Huguenot describes are the posh crowd who sail and ski and have the safety net of a network of influential friends and deep family coffers. And whilst I think that resentment towards these people is futile and self destructive I can understand why others may resent them and I think it is more than just jealousy. It is resentment of inequality of opportunity.

So what are you asking for Louisa? Is seems like you accept that gentrification is inevitable and you just wish people would be a bit more tactful about it. Is that it? If so then I think you should be a bit more thick skinned and not let it bother you. Concentrate on tackling issues that are within your control.

I'm not sure you can preach about the lifestyle, freedom and wealth generating powers of rich kids without any mention of privilege, nepotism and inheritance. That is where the resentment stems from. It's not purely envy. How come nobody ever praises the alcoholics in the park for 'Their unwillingness to succumb to the depression of the daily grind'?

MadWorld74 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ay? you've lost me Alan Dale.....why should I > embrace the White Stuff? What I mean is that they represent the future of Lordship Lane. Change is inevitable. If you don't accept and embrace it you'll end up as frustrated and irate as Louisa. The relative merits of chains an independents is a redundant debate as whatever you conclude there is little you can do about it. By all means shop exclusively at independents but don't expect your shopping habits to catch on or alter the retail landscape.