Seabag

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If people don't like other people's views / > beliefs then the simple solution is to stop > reading this thread and to stop posting on it > > However if you want to engage in conversation with > people who don't hold the same ideals as yourself > then carry on And you see no contradiction in these two statements of yours?

Is it a recipe for Cassis or similar? Please god no, I?m not sure I can take the excitement.

This is the thing that ?scares? people. Maybe there?s a disconnect between rhetoric and policy, but it?s an interesting clip on Labour, billionaires and taxing the wealthy. https://apple.news/An2SiECIpSzSbogmiCw5uQA You?ve also got countries like Portugal offering wealthy citizens residency.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Boris's comments this morning were nasty and mean > spirited. Which ones John? I?ve lost the thread on Johnson?s word soup comments, which I guess is the idea.

Franks Boyle sums it up in this article. Many people wish David Cameron had never called the referendum in the first place. It says a lot about how badly the last couple of years have gone, that there?s a guy who destroyed Libya, presided over needless austerity and fukced a pig, and we wish that he?d just used his own judgment. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/07/frankie-boyle-election-countdown-praying-prorogue-next-parliament

It?s come down to ?who?s the least trustworthy? out of the two, then voting for the other one.

cella Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Assume this is an attempt at irony from you? I think wine was involved

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > fishbiscuits Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > rahrahrah Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > SUVs are generally heavier / less aerodynamic > > and > > > so more polluting than similar, non-SUV > models. > > > They also pose considerably more risk to > > > pedestrians as their increased height causes > > more > > > upper body injuries even at relatively low > > speeds > > > > Yes. Generally. But not in all cases. > Restricting > > specific attributes of vehicles makes more > sense > > than just saying "SUVs". It may sound like I'm > > splitting hairs, but many SUVs are hybrid... > and > > some are actually quite compact.. > > > ?Fostering vehicle weight reduction could produce > greater cumulative emissions savings by 2050 than > those obtained by incentivising a fast transition > to electric drivetrains" > > https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rst > a.2016.0364 You?re banned rahrahrah Cut & paste + a link isn?t good enough Next?

Has anybody tried this place? South Feast Kitchen 59 Cheltenham Rd, London SE15 3AF 020 7732 2593 https://goo.gl/maps/9HwfZn1wPua6ZW9Q6

It never would have happened in Iceland

I watched, or tried to watch the Andrew Marr ?interview? How can anyone take that seriously, like really, wtf. But sadly they do. I?m sure there?s a whole group of lifers in the Tory party looking on and wondering the same thing. It?s like a description I read of Johnson, likened to a rhino. He stomps, charges and throws dust up to cover his movements. He avoids the truth in questions and adds false premises and half factual statements, and then bullies on with bare faced lies, one after the other. You saw how he weaponised the London Bridge attacks, where he knowingly attempted to turn the situation onto anyone but him and his party, their cuts and policies. Lies, mis truths, parry, deflection and blame. He?s been condemned by many respected prison reformers, and campaigners over it. But he?s shameless, and opportunistic. Dead people are collateral now. Anything is armoury to fire at the opposition. (How many times has he mentioned Jeremy Corbyn now?) It?s like a snuff movie, where reality and anything you might recognise as decency in campaigning is killed off, live on screen, as the camera keeps rolling. I?d talked to my kids in the past about the dangers of in complacency in voting, how historically the far right fed on it, but I?d been talking from a distance in time, looking back. But never did I think we?d be looking at such a blatant far right propaganda driven group of politicians in our lifetime, not here in our own country. It?s shocking,disturbing, and also very very real. And lastly, the disowning comments about the past ten years of Tory rule, with ?I?ve only been PM for 120 days!? as if that exonerates him from the policies and practices that have lead this country to this most challenging of places, is testament alone to the duplicity of the man. He, they are not to be be trusted, they don?t care that you know that either. They?ll do anything, anyhow, to form the next government. God fookin help us!

Really, this needs to be retired to the ?Old Threads Home? Things have moved on, it?s nearly 2020

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Meanwhile.. Labour voters and Corbyn fanclub > members up and down the country, desperately > trying to convince themselves and others that a > vote for Labour is a vote against Brexit. Utterly > delusional!!" > > It's a bit of a rock and a hard place. the only > route to potentially allowing the country to > choose not to proceed with Brexit is via Labour > policy. There is no other route > > But as we can see, Labour themselves don't believe > in it, won't campaign for it and so would we > really get anywhere? There are still not enough > leaders spelling out clearly the problems with > leaving - too many people still believe it's a > benefit and not a shitshow. I know many people > won't change their mind (eg The Cat) but the whole > thing is so finely balanced it doesn't need many > people to have changed their minds > > But even tho Labour is the route to that possible > reversal, you have to get them elected (a red flag > for many) AND trust them to deliver (I don't) > > But what options do we have I?ve run out of parties NOT to vote for. God help me!

I?d run a dehumidifier for a few days after, everything dries probably then

cn150 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's not too far really- depends where you're > coming from. Anyway it's all set up with lights > (on timer), tinsel, and baubles. All done whilst > listening to 'Tinsel and Lights'. Bob? Is this you?

David Sedaris on Christmas in Holland

I?m (seriously) having a Christmas branch this year All decorated and such like, but essentially a ?found? giant twig of sorts It?s going to look great 🎄🎅🏽🎁

Pinch punch, first (festive) day of the month 🎄🎄🎄⛄️❄️🎅🏽🎁 Merry Christmas (in 24 days time, obvs)

Captain Marvel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have to ask why you're bothering the forum on > your hols? I?m actually working (a bit), so skiving between tasks as I wait for replies from my office. It?s a tough life.

Canaries update: The hotel ground staff are currently putting decorative lights around the palm trees at the hotel. Xmas is coming I?m afraid ⛄️☃️❄️☀️

Loutwo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seabag I?d rather choke on my vomit than be forced > to spend half a moment watching yuppies queue up > for overpriced cheese on Lordship Lane. > > No, I will happily be spending the rest of > November (today) drinking a lovely bottle of > Argentinian Malbec with my feet soaking in a > plastic washing up bowl full of radox. This is how > I roll safe in the knowledge we are a solid MONTH > off from any religious holidays, and this is how > you and others should be spending their weekends. > > Btw Steve McQueen will make over that fence this > year. > > Louisa. I agree Lou I?m currently sitting by the pool in the Canaries sunning myself, TOTALLY Xmas free. It?s blissful ☀️

Please Lou, turn down the Crank-O-Meter just once a year. There?s so much fun to be had. You can watch telly with tinsel on it, you can watch all the Christmas special things you love. The Grinch Elf People lining up out side not one, but two cheese shops in East Dulwich Town. If you want, grab a train to London?s Borough Market and watch the queue snake around outside for the biggest (all British) cheese shop of them all, Neal?s Yard Dairy. Steve McQueen not quite making the jump over the barbed wire fence, in The Great Escape. I?ve watched that dozens of time and each year I say ?he?s going to make it this year!?. That?s the optimistic, glass half full kinda guy I am. Bah humbug, bah ?Cornish Yarg?

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rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is nothing wrong with MSG I agree per se, but it?s bandied around dismissively, often as a cultural bias. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/may/21/chinese-restaurant-syndrome-has-msg-been-unfairly-demonised

Satellite Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seabag Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Satellite Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > "work in Won Kei in China Town and the food > is > > > quite similar." > > > > > > Cheap and full of MSG then? > > > > > > Never had an msg issue with either. That?s a > bit > > of a perpetual myth around such food. I?m not > > saying it?s never used, but ?full of? along > with > > ?cheap? has a certain dismissive ring to it, > no? > > > > The WonKei reference is more towards a Hong > Kong > > style of Chinese restaurant. > > > > And like any restaurant, if you don?t want a > > certain ingredient, like MSG, just tell them. > But > > I like 148, they try hard and make some nice > > dishes. Their Char Sui is home made on the > > premises. > > > I was referring to the restaurant in chinatown > which was known for rude staff and huge plates of > food, see below > > https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/restaurants/r > ude-awakening-at-wong-kei-7431958.html So what?s your point? That article was from 2001, it mentions the changes, but little else and nothing about MSG in the article. I?m wondering if you?ve ever eaten there? Or is this a place that you?ve just heard about, and assumed it was poor quality, because it?s ?cheap? and therefore it?s assumed to be ?full of MSG? Lazy conformation bias is a dangerous thing.