Robert Poste's Child

I always thought he was more of a forum persona than a real person. There were a few of those back then. Very amusing, though, and came across as a sympathethic character who knew the diffence between teasing and bear-baiting and always stayed on the right side of the line.

Any thread involving Honaloochie B, really.

The supernatural has always been fruitful. Think there was an older one than this but the tone would've been much the same. http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,1241222,page=1

OK. When I first read it, it did seem like trying to start something, so glad to hear that wasn't your intention! When I started this thread I looked back at the last posts of my previous profile and was a bit horrified to remember how aggressive the lounge sometimes felt. I'd bow out rather than go through that again.

Who knows? It's interesting that the rumours persist. Personally I think he looks like Charles around the eyes - small, round and rather close together - but more likely he just takes after his mother's family in his looks and colouring as there's a strong streak of reddish-mouse hair there, a very English colour. The ancestor he reminds me of most is another Henry, the young Henry VIII, also a younger son and much admired at Harry's age. He too married an older, previously attached woman from another country (previously betrothed to his brother before he died), and was by all accounts very much in love with her romantically.

There's a school of family psychology that says the first child in a family lives out the overt values and aspirations of the more powerful parent and the second one the more covert values and aspirations of the less powerful parent. This seems to be playing out with William and Harry, though I suspect there is more sympathy between the two of them than that might sometimes imply.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Someone thought it was RPC what killed me...... What made you need to say that, I wonder?

holloway Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nine years for me! Not the most active poster but > agree with all the comments, it's a cracking forum > and long may it continue. Good job Admin for > maintaining it. > Where is '????' incidentally? In the wedding excess thread earlier, defending the royal family.

And Harry and Meghan's children, if they have any, may well only have those few drops.

I'm not left wing, just find the royal family an anachronism and increasingly ridiculous. A slimmed down version focused on the monarch wouldn't be so bad, but this extended celebrity family, using their position to carve out public roles for themselves in which they pose as morally superior to the rest of us, awarding themselves titles simply for existing, and spending more days on holiday than actually working, disgusts me. More importantly, the concept of 'royal' has become ridiculous - there are people out there with more royal blood than most of them - George, 4th in line to the throne, has less than 20%. They pay most of their employees peanuts too, despite their vast wealth. ETA: loving the Guardian website: their coverage of the wedding has a collapse button so you don't have to see it if you don't want to.

And ????.

It's a funny thing about cycling, after a while you do enjoy the uphills more than the downs. Don't know Leith Hill though.

My understanding is that GDPR is an EU regulation (effective on 25 May) and it's in the process of becoming part of the UK Data Protection Act. Not sure if that means it might change again post-Brexit. Has anyone come across an organisation called 2Share? After I got personalised junk mail through the door from a catholic charity I knew for sure I'd never subscribed to, I called them to remove my data and ask where they got it. They said 2Share and helpfully gave me their customer service number, which leads to a recorded message where you can leave a request to unsubscribe. I'm now trying to find out where they in turn got my data from and who else they've supplied it to. It appears that they harvest it from the internet somehow, probably partly via the 'info from our partners' box, although I've always been careful to untick that. In the past some online organisations blatantly ignored your preferences so hopefully the new regulation gives individuals more control.

Totally agree, Louisa; Radio London has been talking about nothing else this week it seems. It's nauseating and seems in even poorer taste than usual given the behaviour of the bride and her family, including the media's own part in fuelling that. It really is time to disband this horribly outdated and anachronistic institution. On the positive side, surely Fergie must be welcomed back into the royal family with open arms after this.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, either!

You know 'Netflix and chill's code, don't you, JohnL?

If you're not planning to be glued to either or both of the wedding and football, what are you planning instead? I'm thinking about getting the train somewhere with a quiet beach or good walking, not sure exactly where yet. Roads and I guess shops will be nice and quiet.

Not working today, stupac999?

Well, of course there must be a pantomime horse. Love that inflatable cowboy costume too. They're probably all responsible parents now.

Hilarious. Is that a woman running in flipflops?

I had a look today and it seems to be the same people working behind the counter, and there's still a traditional breakfast menu. Perhaps they decided to focus on what customers seemed to be asking for and dropped the bakery bit. Looks good, anyway.

Bob, are you and *bob* different people? I think I may have confused the two of you.

Lynne, no one's said you don't have a right to an opinion - several people have said the opposite. The main point is that it's coming across as insensitive and not the right time given it's still only a few days since she died. Give people a bit of space to remember her in a positive way.

It's good news in a way as it's a sign of how popular the children's events are. They don't have a dedicated area but I know the staff do their best to corale them into the far corner behind the lift. Agree best to have a word with staff next time you're in and perhaps use one of their feedback forms to suggest setting up a covered space outside.

I never entered because I'm a rubbish drinker and there's no way I could have made it down the hill without falling over.