Huguenot

Well really it's just a rolodex card with your name and photo on it! It does have some messaging and photo functionality, and you can search for people by name or group. This was the address of the ED group: click here

True, and they put vinegar on the burger and ketchup in the pickle. I'd love a place that would deliver beouf bourgignon or stroganoff, deliver devilled kidneys or sausage and mash. Delivery rhubarb crumble... mmmmmm

That's great. Cheeky kitten, he bats for both sides... I can't believe he's giving away our secrets re. the hotel discount. Still, like all double agents once we know his role we can start feeding disinformation. In fact even the fact that we recognise this should taint the data he offers them... ;-) Ah subterfuge...

Hi Thomas, I couldn't quite get the style of the food; is it organic european cookery, or organic curry/chinese? If organic is to be the mainstay I would definitely make it totally organic, I think that if there was confusion then people would just assume that it wasn't organic. Any restaurant that supplies delivery european food would be a massive supplier chez huguenot! I always wondered why there are so few of these: there were loads in Beijing!!

Great intentions - just tell us what we have to do!

'See what's happening'? Well I see a friendly open liberal forum where people can chat about anything they want, but a particular focus on ED related stuff. Moderation is with a very light touch, we welcome people with a sense of humour and a warm hand of friendship. We meet at drinks sessions and extend the matey-ness onto the pages here, which could be interpreted as back-slapping, although close reading would recognise that we disagree with each other as often as we agree. Some of the posters work at home or in small offices and so the forum is a contribution to their social lives, and as such they may post more frequently and with less gravitas than others. They do this because they're having a quiet moment and they know we love them! We don't like too many rules because we're all adults, with the sense of responsibility and freedom that entails. It's perfectly reasonable for newbies to find the whole thing a bit daunting, but I heartily recommend that people flick the 'easygoing' switch and just start posting. It's not that we tolerate our contributors, we celebrate them! ;-) I do hope that you don't think I'm dismissing your point of view, I'm merely disagreeing. I hope this is a reflection of the good debate you requested :)

Yes, I'm on there - that ED group's quite large (over 400 members) and they give their contact reference as the forum! They also said that they were arranging a meet-up on Friday 1st - same as a when we did.... Curioser and curioser...

Well, I think that if we followed some of JA's recommendations this forum would be the dullest place on earth ;-) People shouldn't have to apologise for being human - having a sense of humour, having friendships, being flirty or boisterous. When people have posted for a while they also have history and a track record to which other users will refer. I must say that this desire to control other people and destroy what makes them unique & interesting is all a bit unhealthy. Whilst I agree to Keef's point in principle, the only newbies I've seen receiving a brusque reception have been those making downright offensive comments. We shouldn't confuse being welcoming with being tolerant of bigotry. I remember one twerp suggesting that I should be murdered for being liberal.

Well, you wouldn't strictly speaking need to have a name on them - they're just a way of obtaining a discount. It's not an ID card. If they got handed over to people who don't use the forum, all well and good because it promotes the site to new users. You'd still need to come on the site to see what special offers were available for users. If shopkeepers saw a lot of them it might prompt them to use the site themselves and maybe help support it financially?

A-Zs work wonders - you don't need to be here ;-) Herne Hill is due west of E. Dulwich, maybe 1.5 miles, and is on the Thameslink line which has services straight through London, but I don't remember them stopping at Barbican: Farringdon's probably the closest you'll get. The bus between HH and ED is the no. 37. If it's commuting you're talking about I'd probably take the train from ED to Tulse Hill and chage there onto the Thameslink. Tulse Hill is south of Herne Hill again about 1.5 miles, and West of West Dulwich. WD does indeed have a station, it's on the South Circular, and on a different rail line to ED. Have a look at this map

*thinks... it all started going wrong with pramwatch* *starts casting about for airline comfort bags*

They're opening 17 new Harvester pubs in the next four months. Someone must be going to them or they couldn't afford it. They win best pub awards in places like Romford. Terrible, terrible

Maybe the time has come for membership cards? They'd come in useful for all those special offers and discount arrangements - it would allow local businesses go get a better idea of the EDF's contribution to their profits! Only 50 quid for several hundred...

Yes! I see a new campaign!!! Pingin' is Mingin' Who knows Jamie Oliver? That could be his first campaign for kids to take his school dinner campaign back home? Pingin' is Mingin' Love it.

Very cheesy indeed! :D

Blimey karter, I like to hope that existing local businesses will continue to flourish by offering great quality products and services at good value for money. I'm disturbed that housing estate terrorist tactics such as 'knocking sense' into people and 'scaring' them away are considered so acceptable that they could be bragged about on a forum like this? I must have misunderstood.

*Bloody hell, there's serried ranks of rodents on the mezzanine wearing Prussian helmets* *We've got trouble here*

*raises a warning note - there's been owls going through pockets in the cloakrooms*

*glances in mirror and is surprised to find a heavy duty stapler hanging from left arm of spectacles* *thinks... who threw that?*

Ha! Chantoozie, you have a local fan club already??! You'll have to post some stuff on Youtube or something so I can hear it!

*Well fug me, the Quiet Room looks just the same in Singapore as it does in Blighty* *Wonders at quirk of existentialism that allows everything to appear exactly the same despite potential perspective issue* *Scratches nose* *Well, that means everything's going to be okay then* *Whistles 'I would walk a thousand miles and I....' and reaches for Tiger Beer*

Hmmm. Myth can nevertheless be the foundation of society. A classic contemporary myth is the idea that if you commit a crime, you'll be caught and punished. Sustaining the myth leads to a constructive and inclusive approach to our neighbours. In those areas where the myth is proven hollow (e.g. sink estates), crime is endemic and destructive. The margins are tiny: 550+ of the 600 crimes on the Bakerloo line last year were committed in 1 month by six individuals before they stabbed to death a young guy at Kensal and got caught. 300,000 locals were nevertheless living in fear. Consequently I'm not against myths in principal, just against those given to support tyrannic (religous) government.

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Aha, a cynic faced with symbolism... but what does this flag mean? 'Tis but colour on cotton...

I used to be an agnostic, now I don't know... I'm not sure I agree Ant: atheist could be defined as one who lives his life 'without' a god, rathan than 'against' a god. Hence if an agnostic were to make rational, scientific or humanist decisions as a consequence of his/her lack of conviction then they could be described as atheist. I should add that by extension, a 'religious' person doesn't have to believe in any particular 'god' so long as they adhere to the beliefs and rituals that go with their religon. It just so happens that in my personal experience religious people happen to adhere to rituals designed to ingratiate themselves with a ruling class whose authority is founded on a unique correspondence with a particular supernatural being. Hence the Pope is 'Pontifex Maximus' - the big bridge.... By definition the authority of leadership is undermined by the existence of other gods to whom others have correspondence, hence religion winds up expansionist (hence active recruitment) and ultimately genocidal.