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ChavWivaLawDegree Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I hated Thomas Hardy at school - what a load of > flowery old crap. I'm going to have to take you to task on this one CWALD. I loved Thomas Hardy's stuff and have read at least half a dozen of his books. All the classic ones anyway. Never got around to reading his poetry though. Yes, his novels could be full of misery, despair and unrequitted love but he wrote it all beautifully. Maybe it was because you had to study it at school is perhaps what put you off. In fact, I think a lot of really good books that people had to study at school or University have been put off them for life. Perhaps if they tried reading them again without the pressure they would enjoy them more.

Indeed when you think about it the whole of Dulwich is in a valley as it's surrounded by hills. Herne Hill, Tulse Hill, Gipsy Hill, Forest Hill, Denmark Hill, Champion Hill etc and without any masts in the area that's why the reception is crap.

Had one of the Tee-shirts for that EDOldie. They had them for all the different Firkin pubs.

I don't do New Year's Eve anymore. I certainly haven't done pubs on NYE for about 15 to 20 years. You have to pay to get in to most places these days and you find yourself surrounded by people who can't hold their drink. Best though is going to a close friend's house with just a few of you and celebrating it together with plenty of good wine a little something to eat and a maybe a little of the heavenly 'erb. I'm staying in on my own this year as I have done the last few years with a little bit of weed, a bottle of Jack Daniels' and Jools Holland's Hottenanny. Bliss. But, whatever you choose to do have a good time and enjoy yourself and have a Happy New Year.

I still haven't read that Mockney and was going to start it only recently but put it down and picked up something else instead but staying with Henry James - and I've read quite a bit of his stuff - I do find him incredibly dry but by far the worse read of his was The Ambassadors, which, I suppose put me off reading Portrait of A Lady as it has remained on my bookshelves for more than a decade.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My favourite NYE 'locally' used to be Mambo in the > Loughboro Hotel, Loughboro Junction...any older > forumites remember? You're older than I thought Quids. Not on a NYE but plenty of other times back in the day. Good times.

Well, that's the Daily Mail for you. Sensationalist right-wing fecking bullshit written and published by a bunch of cunts just so they can sell a few extra copies. Also check for The Sun and their appalling reporting on the Hillsboro disaster - who do much the same.

It's neither here nor there whether my opinion counts or not as I haven't been in the Adventure Bar yet and nor does it really appeal to me but if the young ones like it in there and the turnover is good then there is a place for it on the Lane as long as it is popular and doing the business for the owners. I used to enjoy going to cocktail bars when I was in my teens and early 20s as they were very popular at the time and it seems they've made a bit of a comeback now we're in the Noughties. I'm more of a pub man myself though these days and have been for a long time. There are plenty of other places to go to locally whether your destination of choice is a pub, bar, restaurant or cafe. The choice is yours.

I've been going into Hoopers quite a bit recently and love it in there. It has the finest ales around for miles and a very friendly atmosphere and the food is very good too. I just wish more people would go in there as it can be rather quiet at times and would hate to think it would go the way of The Oglander and end up as flats. I remember when it was the Ivanhoe (Err...Sir Walter Scott's novel of the same name Alan?) and it could be a bit rough but that was a hell of a long time ago. I can only say good things about Hoopers from my own experience and congratulate the fine work that Jaimie and Vivien have put into the place.

To be fair to you Rosie I only managed to get through the first part (Swanns Way?) and really just couldn't be bothered with the rest. Maybe one day I'll try again.

A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust. All three volumes of it. Why? Life is too short.

Run Run Run - Velvet Underground

First time in 30 years I haven't been down the Dog on Christmas Day. Just couldn't face the crush, the long wait at the bar, the once-a-year-drinkers and silly jumpers. Went to Hoopers instead with the skin n'blister and a few friends. Lovely.

Been laid low with a virus for the last three days. Fecking brilliant timing. Just sticking cognac in my lempsip and hope it does the trick.

Happy Silly Season.

Yeah the reception in the Dog is crap but even worse where I live on Melford Road. I'm on Vodafone by the way.

Saturday night telly. Spike Milligan - Laugh At A Cretin

Mellow Yellow - Donovan

SOME INTERESTING FACTS It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach. One human hair can support 3kg (6lb). The average man's penis is three times the length of his thumb. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. A woman's heart beats faster than a man's. There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet. Women blink twice as often as men. The average person's skin weighs twice as much as the brain. Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still. If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it. Women reading this will be finished now. Men who read this are still busy checking their thumbs.

Mmm...nice and laid back. Cornershop - Sleep On The Left Side Edited because I'm brain dead this morning.

Yes it would Anna but only if we win.

Hello Goodbye - The Beatles

You're not wrong there lard. Gonna a be a very tough draw for both teams especially Spurs against the very rich Shakhtar Donesk.

SCSB79 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Da Vinci Code You're being ironic right?

Dancing In The Street - Matha Reeves & The Vandellas