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Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > An American dictionary - I rest my case. It's also in the Concise OED.

All true - as seen earlier on this thread: Goose Green Roundabout

Well spotted indeed - but why so cynical? Three posts in 46 minutes on three different threads extolling the virtues of the Uplands? Clearly just a very satisfied customer.

Just because you don't 'support' a team doesn't mean you can't be partisan or even just enjoy watching a match. If my team - Watford - had to be involved in every match I watched in order for me to be interested I'd spend a lot less time down the pub. Hmmmm..... hope my dear lady wife doesn't see this post.

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: > Mentee (as in recipient of a Mentor's advice) So wrong. Been around for over 40 years apparently: Mentee

Cassius Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have heard that it is to be refurbished and expanded and the upstairs done up too. Any reliable updates on this issue?

SteveT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SeanMLow was fined ?80 for dropping a cigar butt. > > What price for dog turds(?) ?50 apparently - if you pay on time. Otherwise ?75 and costs: Southwark dog fouling fine

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And 'hinky' means what? I assume it's something that gives a Mott the Hoople fan a 'wibbly wobbly tummy'.

Is it ADSL broadband? If so have you got a filter attached between the phone socket(s) and each phone?

Finally got to the bottom of this (ahem). Apparently Peckham has a 'bared in one bared in all' policy in its pubs: Old pubs thread - see para 4

macroban Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I seem to remember that the last interim census for East Dulwich had about 10,800 people. > > So c80% of the population are registered electors? Pretty much spot on. 2029 individuals according to your census data were under 18. That leaves 8811 potential voters of which it looks like only about 100 were not registered.

jrthomas_uk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can't believe only 3750 ish people voted (if I've done the maths right) - was there a turnout figure > anywhere? That seems very low to me. Assuming the ED electorate was 8696 (that was what it was at the 2006 local elections) and that the postal votes were evenly spread across the 21 Southwark wards (=702 per ward) the turnout in East Dulwich was 51.2% - about 6 percentage points (or 13% in percentage terms) higher than the average across London (45.3%).

Went tonight in a group of twelve. Like what they've done to improve the place - upholstery and windows at the back. Staff friendly and attentive from the moment we walked through the door (we were first of our group to arrive). Service excellent from start to finish. Food quality very good - even according to my wife who has certain standards having lived in Italy for a few years. Particularly taken with the rib-eye rib-in steak. A couple of useful indicators were that the fresh tuna steak and the sea bass 'en papillote' (it wasn't called that on the menu) - were excellent. Price? In line with what is available elsewhere in East Dulwich of a similar quality (and that narrows it to two or three places at present). An entirely welcome addition.

bignumber5 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7395741.stm > > Oyster on actual trains! Got to say I put this as the first mark > in the Boris-Achievements column (assuming it actually happens) Except that, as I pointed out above, this has nothing to do with Boris because Ken had virtually sorted it already: Given that this application - Oyster validation machines at North Dulwich Station - was received by Southwark on 2 April, I don't think we can chalk this up as a plus for Boris. Let's not get carried away folks!

MadWorld74 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >I am worried that their backing is increasing. Not sure about that really. You have to remember that the last vote in 2004 was at the same time as the Euro elections. UKIP did well and obtained two seats on the Assembly - later to split, defect, rename themselves etc. I think that much of the 2004 UKIP vote went to the Conservatives but some went to the BNP. These things are never precise but it looks like the 15% UKIP vote in Bromley and Bexley last time split 10% to the Tories and 5% to the BNP. The fact that the total percent vote of the BNP stayed almost the same (5.33% against 5.17 last time) despite there being these other votes up for grabs is interesting.

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Magic Johnson strikes again: Mayor of London Boris Johnson > announces the start of a programme to deliver a manifesto > commitment to plant 10,000 new trees across the capital. This one's a bit odd too. ?4m to deliver 10,000 trees over 4 years at ?400 per tree? Sounds impressive eh? Well.... 425,000 new trees have now been planted throughout London since the start of Trees for Cities? ?Million Trees Campaign?, which was launched in June 2002 - ie roughly 71,000 trees per year. We were apparently on target to plant 1 million new trees by 2012. So, whilst an extra 2,500 per year is of course welcome, it's only 1.7% of the total that were due to be planted anyway between now and 2012. All details here in a Press Release dated 18 April 2008: London's Million Trees Campaign

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Magic Johnson - Mayor to discuss Oyster card plans > - although Ken was already doing this but never > let it be said if nothing but fair and impartial! Given that this application - Oyster validation machines at North Dulwich Station - was received by Southwark on 2 April, I don't think we can chalk this up as a plus for Boris.

The results have now been published at ward level for the recent London elections. Votes in East Dulwich ward were as follows: Mayor: GLA Member: London-wide list: Labour 1936 51.6% Labour 1378 37.0% Labour 1343 35.8% Tory 1006 26.8% Tory 675 18.1% Tory 688 18.4% LibDem 463 12.3 LibDem 892 24.0% LibDem 683 18.2% Green 229 6.1% Green 535 14.4% Green 646 17.2% Others 119 3.2% Others 242 6.5% Others 387 10.3%

It's only native oysters that are protected during the spawning season which is where the 'r in the month' rule comes from. The vast majority of oysters nowadays are rocks and you can eat them all year round, although sadly, at the ED Warehouse no longer.

snorky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I had better go and patent Sedition for men Sedition is trademarked - but not as a perfume name Sedition Trademark. Get in there while you still can.

dc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm a Watford fan and we've [previously] done pretty > well in the playoffs - only to crash straight back > down with a record low points score of course. > > Can't see it this year though - our form of late > has been so poor. I reckon Hull will go up via the > playoffs with West Brom and Stoke taking the > automatic slots. At the bottom? Southampton to > beat Sheff U at home to stay up thereby condemning > Leicester to the drop when they lose away to > Stoke. Tragically, if the full set of predictions are to prove correct, the Hornets will not be reversing that 2-0 'tactical' defeat we take to the KC Stadium.

Veni, Vidi, Ridebam, Discedebam. Probably the most common response from those reading this thread.

Sad that yesterday (Saturday) saw the last day of trading for the Oystercatcher in the ED Warehouse. Thank you Martin (Oyster boy) and Nigel (Oyster dad) for your efforts - very sorry it didn't work out. Have to come up with something else to fill that slot late on a Saturday afternoon now. :(

ojm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > was slightly perplexed when I went in at 9pm one recent > weeknight and was told they "didn't have any egg > fried rice left". Huh? No rice? No not 'no rice' but 'no egg fried rice' the latter takes hours to prepare due to the cooling time required. If you try stir-frying hot rice you end up with a slush. Somebody else mentioned 'tummy problems' with reheated rice. This is caused by the bacterium Bacillus cereus and, funnily enough, is often referred to as 'fried rice syndrome' where rice is cooked and then kept warm over a period of time when it should be chilled right down. It's basically down to the bacilli spores which can resist high temperatures and then multiply in a warm environment. Bacillus cereus Oh, and I've always loved TCC when I've been there. The two sittings they book can result in people hovering around your table while you finish which can be a bit off-putting. If suppose if I was waiting to sit down and eat I might look at it differently.

dulwichmum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have just today signed a contract to write a weekly column in The Telegraph Bloody hell - that's some day given that the going rate is ?245001 to ?250000 (apparently - for some people): Register of Members' Interests - Boris's Bit JOHNSON, Boris (Henley) 2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc Column writer in The Daily Telegraph. (?245,001-?250,000) etc etc etc