Seabag

DovertheRoad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seabag Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > What about Spring? > > > > It's a grey area, soup AND salad > > > > Have you experience in the industry in general > ? > > But it's not just ordinary soup. It's > authentically simmered over sustainable wood fire. > you know..live fire soup cooking.... Well that makes ALL the difference, where can we get some ? Actually, what is 'authentically simmered' Is there a costume involved ? I'd like that

I'm hoping for Farrow & Ball potting sheds, with retro gardening tools screwed to the wall There's one test of a new place. You stand in the door, take a breath and say to yourself "In laws" and if yours come to mind all smelling of perfume and wearing wrap around 50% rayon knitwear shawls from John Lewis at Bluewater, then it's lost, lost to those who know nothing of life in a City And we move on, towards chips in mini buckets and breaded fish on wooden boards "No we're paying, it's our treat" as you park your adult self and be the kids one more time *sigh*

So you're trolling about a troll trolling you ?

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seabag Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Wilko's is also in Bromley. I dislike Bromley > > > > My neighbour likes Wilko's and Bromley > > > > I dislike my neighbour > > > > Penge is quite near West Croydon > > > > I dislike West Croydon > > > > Penge gets off lightly, it's a bit shit > > You really don't get Haikus do you? 770 2219

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loire Loire, oh baby, I gotta go. Want anything bought back maxxi? Tomorrow I visit the winemaker at Chateau des vaults closel. http://www.savennieres-closel.com/?lang=en

JimmyMc1311 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sandi Toksvig was also in the Brockley Jack pub > last week. She didn't smile at me though... Do NOT make any eye contact/smile/knowingly engage with 'The Toksvig' She's very seriously 'I'm not public property' famous

Loire. Wine. Very nice French people (who seem not to want us to leave the EU) Food good, sun + much rain End

My response to the 'you had an accident recently' call I answer 'the one I died in? yes I know, that one was bad" The guy the other end was pwoppa flummoxed

I must admit, you'd never know my Mother was a Northerner, she's clipped and chipped her accent into shape, like a Surrey privet hedge But, on occassion she'll drop a buuus (bus) or koo-ker (cooker) into a conversation, she's cool about it That said, I still think she was a bit of a slapper. Not sure if that's exclusively associated with being 'working class' tho She never (to my knowledge) worked down a mine

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ???? Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Come on Otta, Seabag's always had a bit of that > > and I like it, he's one of my favourites. > Besides, > > Louisa's is just as unpleasant, much more > > frequently but you're a self-confessed fan so > > maybe a bit of inverse snobbery here? > > > No. I don't mind the joke stuff, and this > particular thread isn't a very good example, but > there have been some nasty comments, and I'm not > talking about the West Croydon thread. Seabag has > been a favourite of mine too, which is why I've > been a bit taken aback. > > The fact I like some of Lou's work doesn't mean > I'm always on her side or don't think she over > does it. In reply to [www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk] Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seabag Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Burgers don't require knife and fork skills > > > > One less skill set for the clients to negotiate > > > > I'm never quite sure whether you're joking (to > wind certain people up) or not. You used to be a > funny poster, but in the last year or so you've > come out with some really unpleasant stuff on a > few occasions. I'm often a bit close to the mark, as I have always been, it's my way. But it's very very often tongue in cheek ,I'll leave you to decide which ones are or aren't That said, I'm happy to be direct and take responsibility for it. People can call me on it if I genuinely upset them, directly or indirectly But I have a lot of love in my heart, my default setting is joy. But I do have a very strong vein of mischief in my DNA Do tell where I overstepped the mark, I'll take it on board and apologise or explain if nessasary And ????'s your support means a lot, I thought you hated me - Ha ha! (Ps. Otta, I didn't mean to pm you)

Burgers don't require knife and fork skills One less skill set for the clients to negotiate Actually, the more evolved ones might use a fork, but that still equates a 50% reduction in cutleryage (I made that word up btw)

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > OK, thanks. So what's the legal position of all > this. Can they come into our gardens? Is the > rubbish in the bin ours or Southwarks? If the > rubbish is ours, then until collection we can put > what we like in it. > Personaly, I don't like people wandering into my > garden unannounced. Put a high fence, with a watchtower Monitor the perimeter in shifts Your rubbish should be safe then

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's set to be a cold "spring" though. Some are > predicting a "white easter". Slow news days, usually predicting heatwaves/swarms of wasps/ice sheets to cover Britain/Eastern Europeans to take our jobs Wrap up warm tho, that icy blast from the North East gets right into the bones

Away with your evil grain and green phallus salad dish Away!

Wilko's is also in Bromley. I dislike Bromley My neighbour likes Wilko's and Bromley I dislike my neighbour Penge is quite near West Croydon I dislike West Croydon Penge gets off lightly, it's a bit shit

I went to an Indian restaurant somewhere and the 'slate' featured, out where Kent fringes London But I think the Curry Bungalows on LSL are missing a trick Pint-o-Curry and a Naan served by a guy dressed as Windsor Davies

"A few thoughts (from DoverTheRoad) - Seabag has solid working class roots himself and has his usual tongue in cheek so *almost* gets away with it. Sydenham though...hardly a distinct beacon of cool diversity itself is it? " Sydenham is thoroughly meat & two veg, with a scattering of chicken boxes, gak faced builders and its own train station. Anywhere with a Chef's Delight and a Bose Chicken is OK with me My Mum was a Northerner, does that count toward my 'working class roots' cred?

An astronaut suit and helmet - filled with curry A skip with a pastry lid and a cement mixer to sit in

Stephen Mangan in Rocca in DV In a big big family group, everyone suitabley ignored him whilst mouthing 'look it's the guy from Green Wing/Postman Pat/Adrian Mole/Episodes' behind their menus My other half had to be 'calmed' lightly, but she recovered well. And I'm greatful she didn't do the classic "Look behind you, it's the guy from The Jam" Like she did when we were in Maida Vale "Where, what Paul Weller?" As I turned round and bumped into Paul fekkin Weller getting out of his Mini

I'm often struck by the 40 hr week myth, even when I had a 'job' the hours were based around the tasks and projects we delivered. I don't ever remember a 40 hrs and gone week, but the job was fun while I was interested in it I'm also aware that immigration throws a survival/jeopardy feeling into people. They know all too well the risk they face at not 'making it' here, to have to return home is to be defeated. And that drive is very powerful and present in this wave of migrants. I wonder though if that same ethic and drive will be passed on, wether the second generation will share that drive Culture matters too, not all immigrants are driven by the same needs or social/cultural obligations to succeed. Some want their offspring to thrive and become the Doctors and Lawyers of the future, some are here to get away from how awful the place they left was. Economic migration vs fleeing your country because your life depends on it.

steveo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Breakfast in a beard? We're getting dangerously close to 'soup in a bread/loaf bowl' thingy Where's Bob Blubber when you need him Mind you all this is old hat. They do chicken with fried potato sticks in a box, near to wher I live. Yeah, no knife of fork, just eat from the box and when you're finished, chuck the box on the floor. It's amazing, there's a round 'cheese on toast' version with the same concept. It's not quite so popular in that when you order it you have to speak, rather than just point and grunt

Oh lord, the whole slate thing has come full circle There's now a slate, made into a 'proper plate' Where do we go now? http://www.slateware.co.uk/uploads/products/REF%20HMPV27(2).jpg

miga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/upper-cl > asses-really-do-look-down-their-noses-at-the-rest- > of-us-2254133.html > > There's a known correlation between wealth/class > and height, especially pronounced in the past. If > it's true that the inner London working classes > moved out to the outer boroughs and Kent and Essex > in the past couple of generations, there's the > explanation. Of course the reasons behind the > height difference are sad to contemplate. > > I try to be aware of my own impulse for the > cultural cringe. I haven't always succeeded, > especially when I was younger. I wonder if looking > down your nose (metaphorically this time) at > specific social groups is an innate human need or > something we learn from our parents, peers and > telly. In any case observing the difference is one > thing, the conclusions we go to from there > another, and being able to recognise when we act > in ways that are just as unoriginal but from a > different set of social mores another thing again. That's an interesting article. Only a few weeks ago we went as a family to see the Fire of London Exhibition in Greenwich, which was great. But one thing I always love and it had here, was costume and clothing from the period 1680 or there about. The size of the people that must have worn it was noteably smaller, for today's generation it would have been a squeeze for most 12-14 year olds to fit into. And like the article says, that's down to nutrition mostly. Zooming forwards to today. I do get the 'impulse' control for cultura cringe, it's often good to check our own tolerances. But I'm not a shrinking violet either, it's part of why we travel to broaden our minds, but when that travel takes you to your own door step and you see this nuanced but obvious difference in an area, it can make us sit up and look and wonder. It can take us aback, but without looking down our noses, we can observe and be present in the differences we see. Maybe in this metropolis and cultural smoothie we've created, even looking a little way out of 'the London bubble' has started to feel alien. Maybe the classic North South divide is too obvious. Even the Soth of the river thing is too clunky. Maybe we're fragmenting even further into South South divides

"Owner Raffaele Giannandrea, 44, is giving established, pricier names such as the Ledbury, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and Le Gavroche a run for their money after a series of rave reviews" Ha ha brilliantly funny, but what a load of b0110x

Oh him, maybe for 10 minutes when I've got the flu, but way too vanilla otherwise Though, he's a bee and chicken lover. So not all bad