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Budgens has been around for about 30 years I think

I've just realised that Man City will go into pot 2 of the CL draw and Spurs into pot 3. In spite of Spurs finishing 3rd and City finishing 4th. Apparently co-efficients based on the last 5 years of European competiton determine this. How is this even approaching fair? Surely it's just designed to keep the established European teams in the competitions at the expense of newer teams trying to break in. Grossly unfair.

I tended to spend time at the sound systems rather than watching the carnival itself. I imagine it feels fantastic being a part of the parade :) Out of curiosity I did a google search on NHC crime problems, as it's years since I last went and if it had become relatively much safer i would have reconsidered. But it seems last year's crime figures were the worst in a decade including a Policeman being stabbed.

I'm not old and past it, I love a music festival/celebration as much as and probably more than the next man. I've just had bad experiences the two times i've been. Rather than a big celebration, it felt like groups of youths intent on intimidation and not just in isolated incidences. I hope anyone going has an amazing time, truly. It's just not for me.

It's so frustrating that all chippy's can't get it right. It can't be rocket science- there are only so many variables (type of potato, type of oil, temperature of oil, number of different oils/temps, number of times frying in each for a certain time in each).

Every town in Germany (I know Maastricht is Holland, but close to border) has February carnival. So much fun, particularly if it's snowing. That's when Gluhwein really comes into its own.

Been a couple of times and both times been 'rushed' by groups of youths punching their way through the crowd. Literally lashing out with fists randomly as they pushed through.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For Quality and Quantity cannot beat Cod Fellas. > White flakes of Cod. Beautiful crisp batter. > You might have to wait as everything is cooked > fresh to order. > Cheapest prices with Free chips on Fridays. > (certain meals sit in & t/a) > > I only have sit in as too far to walk for a take > out. (most Fridays weather permitting) > > Other places more local to me I no longer bother > with.. The walk to Cod Fellas gives me an > appetite. > > DulwichFox How long have they had sit-in? Did they have a big refurb or something? It's a couple of years since i've been. Good fish and chips indeed London generally is relatively poor for fish and chips. North London tends to be better in my opinion. I used to live in Finchley and Two Brothers (in Finchley) and Toffs in Muswell Hill were genuinely decent. For obvious reasons, fish and chips at the seaside are generally so much better. Best i've ever had were the chip van on the pier on the Isle of Mull and Pete's Fish n Chips in Margete (best i've ever had anywhere, so so good) a couple of weeks ago.

Pugwash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Emily's on Noeth Cross Road. Ahmed is a delightful > fellow and food always taste good Ahmed is indeed a delightful fellow but his fish and chips are truly awful. The worst i've ever had anywhere. He keeps telling you that he's making fresh chips for you, over and over and over again but i'm standing there watching him put previously cooked chips back in the oil to reheat. They come out completely limp and tasting of stale oil unsurprisingly. The batter on the fish is sloppy and horrible too.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > looked at his (Smiths's)policies - well, Corbyn > has certainly dragged Labour back to the left if > his opponents are putting forward this kind of > crap as policy - bunch of failed economics, wealth > creation hating guff and taking union power back > to the 70s...I don't care who wins (though it will > be Jezza)as long as none of them get near power. > Nothing progressive in failed the world over, old > school socialism in my view. > > PLUS the 'rebels' have made Corby, McD and Sean > look competent in comparison, which is some > achievement! Useless protest party of outdated > ideology. I hope we get some decent alternative to > the Tories but Fallon is hardly seizing the > moment. I don't know. I think the best thing Fallon and the Lib Dems can do right now is stay out of the headlines. The main party political headlines is a crowded space right now. If I were them i'd bide my time, see the outcome of the Labour leadership election and then come to the fore with a response to that.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The most useful service sub Post Offices offer > today is the pricing and posting of packages and > parcels, including registered and guaranteed > delivery etc. Most other services can either be > offered on-line, via other service providers (such > as banks) or through other retailers (stamps). Sub > Post Offices are also used as delivery points for > PO Parcels, which can be convenient - but other > outlets could be as well (as they are for Hermes > etc.). The Post Office already does outsource some > parcel handling to non-Sub Post Offices. > > Occasional services, such as handling passport > applications, are also useful, but are hardly > day-to-day requirements for most customers. > > For an area as well served as ED is - having a > main post office as well as several sub post > offices - the economic demand for these is at the > margin. It is always sad to lose something you > have liked and is convenient for you - but social > need has to be a great deal more in evidence to > allocate tax funds to maintaining uneconomic > sub-post offices in an area like ours. In rural > locations where the next office may be miles > distant, without very regular bus services, the > argument is different. And even the parcel service is (or should be) more or less redundant due to their pricing points and convenience. There are much cheaper and more reliable parcel services such as My Hermes. They offer a courier service for a much cheaper price than the PO's track and trace parcel service and there's usually a local convenience store, open late that acts as a drop off point for sending parcels. You can book it all online, including printing the labels. The Royal Mail's prices are frankly disgusting.

EPB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 25 messages so far, and no-one has mentioned The > Dulwich Cafe or Johnnies. I've been to both and both fit the Old School, cheap and nasty ingredients, vinegary value sauce bracket.

In my experience All the Old Sch(k)ool cafes serve the same nasty cheap as possible stuff. Horrible sausages, cheap watery baked beans, value ketchup and brown sauce that basically just tastes like vinegar but disguised in old Heinz and HP bottles. But, unless you want to pay a tenner for a full english, that's what you'll get. I'd love to know of a middle ground option if there is one. Duck Egg Cafe do a good range of brekkies and their full english isn't bad value, but same again with the sauces. Oooh, just dawned on me, i know of a decent one! The Park Cafe on Peckham Rye common. Proper cumberland sausages, really good bubble and squeak, genuine HP sauce and about ?6. There's your answer! As long as you can deal with 'modern hands off parenting' (a.k.a. kids running around being a pain the arse and doing exactly what they want).

One day Louisa will have an epiphany and come crash landing into the 21st Century. Hating buses isn't an excuse my dear. I assume your 'other things to be getting on with' is moaning on here? Get yourself a smart phone and you can get on with those things on the bus ride :)

Can't you jump on a bus Louisa?

There's already one on Lordship Lane though, a five minute bus ride away- why the need for two?

Oriental Star on Upland Road has always been good. Mr Liu on Lordship Lane isn't bad either.

That reminds me; I need to get a new Detector of Csrbon Monoxide

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unless they combined the CL with the Europa, and > had a bigger league section at the start before > knockout stages. > > I do think it would be good to just have one > European cup. I'd be all up for the going back to the old format. Only the Champions playing in the 'Champions' league and everyone else in the Europa. The UEFA Cup used to be such a fantastic tournament. Today's is a pale imitation.

P.O.U.S.theWonderCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > " Yes yes I know rules are rules and all that > crap, but no harm would ever come of that > particular situation; no one was gunning it > through the lights or anything." > > It's this attitude that fosters dangerous road use > by both vehicles and cycles. Rules are rules. > End of. Not only that, but it antagonises people and further harms the reputation of cyclists as a larger group.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JoeLeg Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Personally if they're going after cyclists > (which > > I agree is probably not the best use of police > > resources) I'd rather they found a way to get > guys > > like the one who went through two red lights at > > the crossroads of Peckham Rye and East Dulwich > Rd > > while the green man was showing and I was > crossing > > with my six year old kid and ripped past us at > > high speed. > > They drive me (more) insane - if you ever see me > out on the streets I'm easily identifiable as the > mad middle-aged bloke on a bike shouting "red > light, you ****" at cyclists who ride by me as I > wait for the lights to turn green. I'm all for > police nicking them (though not in the ridiculous > circumstances outlined by Dirac above). However, > this sounds more like a sting operation by police > to catch people crossing five yards of pavement at > a stupidly designed intersection. I have seen you and applaud you.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Poste's Child Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > I realise the chronology of the above is all > wrong. Someone should put this thread in > > chronological order or the under 40s will think > the 70s was a time of variety, which, let's face > > it, couldn't be further from the truth. > > Music went from Glam to Disco to Punk. That's a > fair bit of variety! Disco and punk happened more or less concurrently

"Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And yes rahrahrah, you're right, class makes no > difference when it comes to being a noisy > arsehole." I have a very noisy arsehole.

What a long way German wine has come since the 70s!! They make some amazing Rieslings now.

I'm not sure it will happen. It takes away one of the fundamental things that makes European sport great and separates it from the US way of doing things. Promotion and relegation. I just can't see enough clubs agreeing to it. Also, the Premier League is such a massive money spinner in it's current form. The new super-league would have to be at least as equally lucrative to the premier league clubs and even then it would be taking away the huge financial advantage they have over the other European leagues. I just can't see the big premier league clubs giving up that advantage.