citizenED

There once were some folks in The City whose boni* left them sitting pretty *boni = plural of bonus? = artistic licence

Hello, John Doe here - in my family we are all looked after - I have a decent job that pays very well, and my mrs has a part-time job that she loves. we eat well, we have several holidays a year. I drive a big Beamer, the mrs a smart little run-around. I wear saville row suits and the Mrs has all the designer wear she cares for. Kids go to great schools and have all the latest gadgets. Oh, I am forgetting my daughter, ******, She lives in the cupboard under the stairs. We keep her on a frugal diet and she wears all the hand me downs of the others. We get her to do all the cooking, cleaning and washing. she's up pretty late most nights getting it done - but then someones got to do it. I was worried about posting this until i read some of the comments on this thread. But now I know that people won't think ill of me because it's not the gap between the rich and the poor that matters, its the fact that there are poor people that matters. Our daughter cannot complain she's only relatively poor - she has a roof over her head and is fed. The fact we are wealthy means she is doing OK. Sorted. Alan, whilst I agree with many of your comments, and they have made me re-visit my opinions, we surely don't live in a purely economic sense - we also live emotionally and ethically. You state "It may be counterintuitive to some but the existence of a super rich makes poor people less poor in absolute terms but poorer in relative terms. I believe that the relative measures are unimportant." I sure is counterintuitive to me. The fact that a country like the UK is relatively wealthy and has strong social structures means that we can turn our attention to solving some of the social and economic inequalities. Being a crazy idealist, I want to live in a society that considers this important. citizen

Scotland v Lithuania 4-0 England v Israel 1-1 Latvia v Northern Ireland 0-1 Slovakia v Republic of Ireland 1-2 Wales v Germany 0-3 ps. I guarantee these are exactly the right scores - though not necessarily in precisely the right order.

And write a prologue

Chi-chi, - was the shoot in the central court area? I've been in there a couple of times and it is quite something.

Asset, I cannot go next week since I am BAW*. But Mrs C will be taking our little boy. *BAW = back at work, boo hoo citizen

*raises a glass to Keef* *All the best for the stag do* *hope you get up to whatever floats yer boat, mr.*

Downsouth, group I went to, on Thursdays 9.30 - 12 noon, caters for 2.5 yr-olds to 5 yr-olds and "offers structured play for you and your child with crafts, contruction toys and a sit down story time.." according to their pamphlet. It was OK. My little one enjoyed himself interacting with the other little ones. Well worth the ?3. citizen

Here's something over in West Dulwich - there's a family centre in Chatsworth Baptist Church, I took my little boy over to a parent and child group there today. Pretty good. Took ten minutes from my place in ED and I drove past loads of beautiful houses in the tree lined streets over that way just wishing that ED housing stock was as well-built. But however nice it is, it is not East Dulwich - it's too quiet, too...too...suburban. Is it simply because it's south of the South Circular? citizen

Thought it was Friday - but it's not...

Sorry to hear about your awful experience JoGo. When we moved, we used a local company called Dulwich Light Removals - basically a man with a Luton, and three lads... and they were brilliant. Started early, just went on and on without any break, save for a quick glass of water, each. Nice, friendly bunch AND they didn't charge us a penny more than their quote. Highly recommended. citizen

Easy when you are poster boy for the Forum, Mockney.

The Stag-do that began on the Rye

I ate in the Plough for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It was early on the Thursday evening - not too many punters and just prior to the Quiz. Atmosphere pleasant, food very nice indeed. Mrs C had bangers and mash - well, poshed-up sausages and mash-ed po-tatoes more like, and I had a vegetarian Lasagne thingy. We even had puds. Not too pricey. All in all a decent experience, but there again I don't get out all that much and am nowhere near as discerning as some of the epicurians on this forum. citizen. MW74 - glad to report no sign of undesirables. PS why is it that restaurants often seem to serve smaller portions for vegetarians? Mrs C's bangers and mash was large (she didn't polish it off) whereas my veggie dish was like a starter. Kept waiting for them to bring out a huge steaming plate of rice or something whilst all the time knowing it wasn't coming. You'd think they would realise that veg's are not as filling as meat and that they are cheaper. wish that they would cater for bl**dy ravenous vegetarians like me.

Ditto Sean - Per-fect Sunday. Is MoD on tonight? citizen

Forum Drinks were unceremoniously cancelled for this month due to some other event taking place on the 21st. So, Not-the-forum-drinks are on Fri 7th if anyone fancies it. Venue to be decided - how about the CPT? citizen

Anyone go to the Fete on Peckham Rye today - I couldn't make it but am interested to see how it went. citizen

Yes I was down that way the other day and saw to my horror that they are replacing yet another zebra crossing with a set of lights - zebra crossings are all about co-operation, controlled crossings are about competitiion, ie the pedestrian versus the motorist.

I believe there is also a top state school called The Kings Dale on a dead posh street over that way.

LuvPeckham - said beast was snarling and growling through the fence at other dogs who were in the doggy section of the green. Hope that clears it up. citizen

(TT, why would anyone need a good Spanish car? oh, seat - get ya.) When Dulwich kids went back to school...

Eat with chips, Jah? Eat to the Beat, my man

so park users should give them no quarter When the Tyre man had to move out...

the plumbing went wrong

There has been a thread about this before, see here . Might be interesting to trawl through. All the same, good to give it a bump. That end of LL could do with a bit of regeneration, especially now the Plough has been done. citizen