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edhistory Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I see the Cheese block have won a Time Out award > for 'this is the place to be seen' waiting in line > for cheese > This may be another Seabag post-truth. I may open a shop that sells absolutely nothing, but it'll have a line of people waiting to be seen. Appointments to 'be seen' can be booked and bags stuffed with paper, to make it look like you've got 'something' will be included in the deal. Or who'd have thought that a tiny shop that sells stuff for the Xmas holiday, might get busier than normal and you'd have to wait outside I know, quite mad, but so so maddening for those who are just there to be seen being there. I mean, what are the real shoppers doing getting in the way, buying cheese for Christmas, then going home. I ask you. Do yourself and other a festive favour Lou. Turn the heat down, stop exhausting the rubbish from your brain for a bit. Don't you know its a holiday that some have worked for. And those people will go back to work soon, while you'll yet again flick the TV on and recover on the sofa from the nite before, on your own.

I see the Cheese block have won a Time Out award for 'this is the place to be seen' waiting in line for cheese Well done

You'd never get this 'problem' at Brickhouse, where some profit monger of a sandwich maker raided the shelves for ALL the sourdough loaves. But if you want 70p bread from Co-Op, I suggest you get up early enough to buy some And as a free trade market goes, selling and buying at will are pretty paramount to the overall equation. It's a supermarket not a branch of social services. Wake up sober and get your arse into gear, else you miss out. Simple really.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Saw the 'look at me' brigade queuing for cheese on > Christmas Eve, at this place. Bizarre. Who queues > up for cheese in 2016? Most normal people go > somewhere and discreetly buy the stuff a week or > two before, but oh no not in ED. Any excuse to be > seen doing something. If it wasn't so pretentious > I'd be belly laughing on the floor. Talk about > 'cheesy' behaviour. > > > Louisa. Maybe these 'look at me' people are the ones still gainfully employed, hence they're doing it after work is over Unlike the early retired people who get to sneer at them from afar Sneering at the employed is so 2016

cordsm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well I feel sorry for The Cheese Block, as I > really doubt that LL can support two cheese shops > (plus a stall in the market on Saturdays. They may > not be super friendly in The Cheese Block, but > they're never rude...Their shop is very well > stocked with cheese and a well-chosen selection of > other food goods. How anyone can interpret that as > 'not interested/not interesting', I don't know.... LSL supports more than one butcher, each has a customer base. Id probably switch from Neil's yard to Mons, whereas i'd not shop at the Cheeseblock even tho it's in E.D. It just doesn't do it for me personally, and like you say they've not been rude, but then they've not been friendly either. And unlike a doctors or dentist surgery, where you're there because you kind of have to, with the Cheesblock I don't have or need to be there, so service with some interaction which is quiet pleasureable, is prerequisite to my shopping choices. Maybe the new place will attract a new buyer, ones which don't frequent the indifferent cheese shop. Good luck to both.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nigello > > I have a Pressure washer.. but you would need an > outside tap which is Threaded to take the hose > adapters.. > I have a hose and extension power lead and > cut-out safety switch. > > See below. > > https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A > Nd9GcQHmRiq63OR-easb8obGg61GbRCPG_tg2SauGaWYU3bChW > zlFlQ > > DulwichFox > > P.S. also have soap solution that can be applied > at pressure. I'd love to look in Foxy's shed It's like a toy shop I imagine 😁

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Option 3 takes you to Rotherhithe , then by ferry across to Canary Warf and then cycle the rest It's silly and expensive, but it's quite nice every now and then in the summer

She still owns that stall, just others run it for her I saw her about 3-4 weeks ago

That voice and laugh ! I'm not generally a posh basher, but where did the dry drawn out intonation come from. The one where the voice drops off then into a kindling of barely discernible vibrato growl. Add that a 'hu huh huh huuuuuuu..yahhhhhhhh' Only it also has the ability to be both a whisper & loud together. It's not your old classic 'posh' but some hideous (young) manifestation Hellllllp or do I mean 'Helaaaaaaa.....p...mmmmyaaaah'

Talking of the Police, I was surprised when some toe-rag scratched my vehicle, that the Police were even interested But no, I had a call back that day, and the officer came round to see me super prompt 9:00 am next day. Same happened when someone stole Mrs Seabag's front number plate. Did it fix my car?, no I did that by taking it to get it sprayed. Didn't return the number plate either But at least they 'take these crimes' seriously, so they told me

Mine's gone from good to crap in about 10 years But, and it's a little 'but' things look like they're turning. ....a bit So no, don't truly Sydenham Wells park surgery

And and and....people on their phone with junior in tow, not really taking much notice as they talk/cross the road I fear for those kids

The pressure washer, much as its fun, takes a fair time and doesn't kill off the slime film for long Go for the 'patio cleaner' stuff along with it

They have a site at Spa Terminus which is open on Saturdays to visit Jeremy. I'm afraid Mr Cheeseblock has sat on his 'it is what it is' business and we've had to lump it, but no longer I don't think. I've tried with that shop, for years, many times. And much as i'm good for supporting local business , it needs to be reflected back at the customer, and the Cheeseblock lacks any kind of vibe that makes me want to return ever again. And if I were looking for a site for a cheese shop, i'd have looked at Mr Cheesblock and thought he wasn't that interested/interesting, so i'll bring my much more interesting cheese shop to the good people of LSL so I will. Mr Mons cheese man is jolly, he loves life, he lives nearby. He's going to open a 'Happy Cheese' shop. This may cheese some people off.

Great little cheese making films from Mons on Vimeo Blimey, I'm now slightly obsessed by the whole process of making cheese Here's further listening by Dan Saladino on radio 4 food programme http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084tjzw

We are to have another cheese shop on the lane, are we not. Right next door to Franklin's http://www.mons-cheese.co.uk/retail/ Run by John (that's him with the beard) and his team , he's a happy cheese monger of some repute I'm not sure when he's due to open, but i'm glad to see he is coming to E.D.

Go to Jewsons or Build base and buy 'Patio Cleaner' It's a stone friendly acid that's made for just that job. Pour on, spread and then light bass broom into the surface. Hose off with regular hose. Read the H&S instructions Moss shall be no more

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think I may make a short Film and post it my > Youtube channel. > > Foxy You have a YouTube channel Dm me the link

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I used to love a fifty pound note, all nice and fresh But they could cut your nose quite easily

Bob Buzzard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mmm...I may cheese not to go there then Whey not Bob?

If ever there was a place where people sat 'look at me' style, it was in Wimpy Littlehampton I can remember groups of people and families plotting up for a good few hours minimum It was how you saw who was alive/dead/pregnant/skiving in the town And I loved the bender and the burger there *sighs*

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There was a stall at the Pexmas market selling > wreaths for ?75!!! > > Very pretty wreaths but basically a bunch of > twigs. > > The stallholders had sold out on Saturday > afternoon, except for two .... She had had some > smaller cheaper ones, but all sold ... DAMN...I soooo missed out here

I've had some cheese in my 'cheese store' since last December Amazingly i'm still alive and the cheese is good But, if you feel the need to wait in line for 'fresh stuff' then crack on