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Convex Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anetos cafe ticks the boxes on all counts. They also have very nice coffee!! Quite a few places around the area are quite nice but seem to use beans that little bit too acidic for a good espresso.

jimbo1964 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I use Mark at Galleon. . Very happy with his > scissor skills. I take it you mean this guy: http://www.galleonhair.co.uk/ Thanks will try him out.

Any recommendations for salons / stylists that do a decent job with difficult hair for men? Somewhere sensible, i.e. nowhere that will also offer to groom and pedicure your poodle at one end or unlock your mobile, fix your laptop and transfer your money to far flung places at the other.

I need to catch up for a meeting with 4 other colleagues (we do our quarterly catchups in each other's neighbourhoods), are there any recommendations for a pub, cafe that can rent out a room for an afternoon? Great to have an internet connection and maybe a bit screen we could put a presentation on or something. Budget.....very very limnited...this is coming out of our own pocket.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ... > If you ban plastic bags what's next? Shall we ban > religious freedom? Shall we ban people smiling in ... That would be awesome though. Since I moved to ED if I had a penny for every time I got stopped by miscellaneous god botherers I'd retire. I do support opinions and free speech mind you, as long as they are supported by evidence and reason.

Would be nice to encourage cycling around the area by closing postcodes to motorised traffic other than buses and commercial vehicles.

"Technical middle class" Hmmm ... " a small, distinctive new class group which is prosperous but scores low for social and cultural capital. Distinguished by its social isolation and cultural apathy "

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > of interest, was this person riding their scooter > on the pavement or were they being law abiding? > This is a difficult one. > > Louisa. One was doing wheelies on the road, one was doing wheelies on the pavement.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeremy and Otta. Class shouldn't matter, but it > does. Even more so today than it ever did in the > past. A well developed underclass of people who > are forgotten by society are a very visible sign > of 21st century class. Even putting these people > to one side, the way the institutional structures > of this country work, a certain segment of the > aristocratic classes will always be different to > the rest of us based purely on blood lines > regardless of wealth. A poor lord down on his luck > is valued more than the working class person made > good who's earned a small fortune. There is no > such thing as class equality in this country and > money doesn't necessarily play a part in this. The > mindset of this country is that those at the top > will always be better than those at the bottom, > regardless of wealth. > > Louisa. You mean there are morons who take pride in being the subjects of a monarchy instead of citizens of a nation who democratically elect their (no matter how symbolic only) head of state? ...and that there are glass ceilings? That you are unlikely to get a job at certain firms unless you have been introduced through the right channels or been to the right school? That you will never go past a certain point career wise unless you have established certain contacts and allegiances as a child that you could only get if your parents were of the right pedegree and sent you to the right school? ...or that you are at a disadvantage applying for a job if your name is Jermome Mbadiwe despite being better educated and competent than a guy called James Spencer. It's messed up, but it's human nature and we still have a long way to go. Whist having a drink with a very senior person in another european country I witnessed this guy receiving a call from another very senior businessman in that country telling him off because he had employed a 'nobody' when there were kids of very 'good people' who needed to start their career in positions like that. In a north african country I was rebuked by an Arab because I went out on a date with a black girl. In the UK I had the worst time in my life at a company because it was hijacked by uber racist Afrikaaners whilst in yet another country I had some situations facilitated because of good deeds I had done to some Serbians (and I'm not Serbian). Now Afrikaaners kids ... those can be a nasty bunch. Those kids could have very well been Afrikaaners.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Otta yes I agree the plumber/office worker > comparison is weak inevitably because class is > about more than money, as any snob who's played > the 'keeping up with the joneses' game will > verify. > > Louisa. It's hilarious you guys talk about class like you're still living in the 1850s

I have just entered the twilight zone ...

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > EDLove, I don't presume that at all. But it seems > a less likely proposition than a middle-class teen > getting mummy or daddy to buy them one. And yet, > no-one makes the presumption it was someone of a > privileged background despite the odds being in > favour of that? Bizarre. Would you describe a > private school educated child/yummy mummy/city > gent/ hipster on a bike as being a "chav"? > If they were wearing tracksuits, bandannas and doing wheelies on pavements yes. Had they been doing wheelies on pavements wearing suits I would have probably used some different but more derogatory term.

Depending on your training objectives you may be surprised to learn that you may not need overwhelming facilities and a good personal trainer may help you in the privacy of your own home. I suppose that some of the trainers who hang out at gyms may also do home visits or public space training. At the gym I've noticed a few trainers, some of whom I thought were better than others helping their clients with basic effective training rather than weird fancy stuff that imho is mostly for show. I can pm you the name of one instructor who I saw help some people work out very sensibly. Don't know him personally and only remember the name because it reminded me of someone else. However google searching the name brought up his contact details.

susiq Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > how do these chavs/assols/yummies afford bikes and > petrol - or whatever - and why not call police or > grease up the pavement, - Louisa is entitled to > her opinion without being told to push off, as > usual always picking out the bits that don't > matter and sliding of the subject in question. I don't think I've ever seen yummies on dirt bikes or Lambrettas, although I quite like the idea of girls on Vespas. Typing 'girl on vespa' in google and clicking the images link did not disappoint.

ultraburner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Calling them chavs is the least of our problems. > They had tracksuits on fwiw. My bad I suppose as always assumed chav was an umbrella term for such scum. Looking up stuff on the web I learn there is much more to being a chav than being predominantly white, young, borderline criminal obnoxious and for all intents and purposes useless.

"what to do with" as in as in "do together with" or "do away with"? Science museum? Searching on the web there are plenty of ideas of science experiments too that can be cobbled together with household items. Learn the basics of a programming language?

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Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Chav thing isn't really the issue for me, it was > more the "At best they'd make an organ doner." > attitude. Well, if someone doing dirt bike wheelies, without a helmet, on the pavement, had to crack open his skull against a lamp post I pity most the guys who have to clean up the mess.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > White working class=chavs discuss? Go on root you > start with your clever analysis and that Yes the were white and pasty, but I wouldn't go as far as saying they looked like the working kind. I am of a port and rig upbringing, so hardly anything gets under my skin more than chichiness. Acutally ... those kids did.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They've been around the area for a while now. The > bike are annoyingly loud, but the worrying thing > is that not one of them wears any kind of helmet, > and you can't help thinking it's a matter of time > til one of them takes a tumble. > > Dunno about chavs though. Must say that it's the riding and doing wheelies on the pavement that irked me. Don't really care if they don't wear a helmet and get themselves killed as long as they don't hurt anyone else. At best they'd make an organ doner. Chavs ... judging by their attire and demeanour they didn't seem to be particularly smart or sensible and they all seemed too white to be playing east coast gangsta in south london.

Anyone has any idea who those tw*ts on dirt bikes are? Been scrambling down east dulwich road (and on the pavement) wearing bandas and doing wheelies. Seemed like white kids late teens maybe early 20s.

njc97 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz, pretty harsh to describe the original post as > "scare tactics to drum up business" when he was > repeating NCA advice: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27681236 It is scare tactics. Blanket assumption that everyone is using windows and everyone is at risk. My feelings are now ... cough ... hurt

Thanks ... will email him

Have one of those DVD writers which using the appropriate disks promise archival that would outlive the user: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC My daily data is rsynced over an encrypted tynnel to an encrypted disk on a hosted server. Not sure what the OP is about though ... sounds a bit like Chicken Licken. But then again I don't use Windows ... wouldn't have a clue.

Unforuntate situation but had you given any indication how long the job was expected to take? When I hire people I always negotiate a fixed price. If it's estimated at 90 minutes but just takes 30 then fine, if it takes 3 hours then the tradesman will probably make it up on jobs that take less then estimated. Same with dentists, lawyers, etc. And I hate dentists and lawyers!!!