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The simple fact is, most people I see hanging around the doors have no mobility issues. They're lazy and/or daft.

Oh indeed. Especially when they're guarding the exit door, one either side so that you're expected to squeeze sideways to get off. Actually, if they look able-bodied, they both get the shoulders from me. Harsh but right. Back to one of Lee's original points ? have you told TfL of Abellio's nefarious false start times on countdown?

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Marx noted that there wasn't such a difference > between feudalism and capitalism, given that both > are predicated on a dominant powerful class > supported by the labour of a subordinate class. > The great difference is that under capitalism the > subordinate class are permitted to make demands of > the dominant class...whether they ever get > listened to is another matter. Well, in many feudal arrangements, non-market debts of obligation up and down the social structure were taken seriously. Those subsequently became marketised, to our benefit and detriment.

Whereas the feudal system was an egalitarian paradise.... m'lord.

Drawn away to Braintree Town in the next round. They're in the National League (aka Conference Premier) so it's a tricky tie.

Extraordinary result in the FA Trophy at Whitehawk. Dulwich 1-0 down with 20 mins to go... And won 4-1. Onward and upward.

Yep, me and Mrs BNG are up for the 9th.

A dozen redwings yesterday on Green Dale. Chatty thrushes visiting from Scandinavia for the winter :-)

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Any way you would not want to be trapped in the > pub with a foot of snow outside. Reminds me of a Monday 'snow day' about eight or nine years ago. Complete blizzard on Sunday night and obviously no way transport was going to be working next day. Told my team not to come in and those with laptops to work from home. By about 11 in the morning, I looked at my better half and said, "We should go to the pub at noon." She agreed. We walked down the middle of East Dulwich Grove, crossed Lordship Lane and went into the Bishop. There were about four people in already. I told the barman that I reckoned it would fill up. He scoffed. By two o'clock, the place was heaving, they'd run out of food and there was singing. Left at about six. Fabulous day. Beer and snow!

adonirum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's fabulous that there are so many species of > birds in London now. > > Beats just having sparrows and pigeons, which is > how it seemed to be years ago. On Green Dale fields, I've counted 41 different bird species. Many parts of Greater London have a richer variety of wildlife than some of the more monoculture 'countryside' surrounding it.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Isn't it Robin mating season :) > > Edit: I mean - it's singing to attract a mate. At this time of year, it's mainly territorial singing between males. Mating season is when it warms up a bit :-) You can also hear great tits singing and calling through the night ? and blackbirds start singing very early too. It's likely to become a more widespread phenomenon according to the theory that a male bird who can sing when others are roosting is 'showing off' his stamina and strength and thus makes himself look like a more desirable mate. A bit like dancing for hours and hours at a Northern Soul night...

Yes, 2-1. Alan Turvey Trophy rather than league.

Angelina Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So people really drink because they're bored? And > because they can't think of anything else to do? No, they do it because it's an excellent sociable drug when not taken to excess, as humans have known for thousands of years. Soda water? Not so much.

Greenfinches are less common than they were due to the disease trichomonosis, which sadly has killed off a lot of them in the last ten years or so. But we do still have them around in our parks and open spaces.

Yeah, I went for the Neck Oil instead and stayed in the bar for the duration :-) There were lots of chances late on, but I was always worried they'd nick an equaliser. Onward and upward.

Won 2-1 and still fourth in the league. Made heavy weather of it despite dominating possession. Should be making and taking more chances.

Just had a brisk walk around frosty Green Dale fields between Sainsburys and Green Dale cycle path and clocked 17 different species of birds: blackbird, robin, song thrush, wren, great tit, wood pigeon, carrion crow, herring gull, starling, blue tit, greenfinch, magpie, ring-necked parakeet, feral pigeon, goldfinch, house sparrow and dunnock.

Drew 1-1 at home against Wingate and Finchley yesterday. Bumper crowd, mediocre performance and a missed penalty. At home v Hendon tomorrow at 3pm.

Won 2-0 at Grays ? now fourth in the league.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Most normal people go > somewhere and discreetly buy the stuff a week or > two before... "'Scuse me, do you have anything... specialist?" "Oh yes, sir ? I've some lovely French stuff in. Right up your street. Proper whiffy it is too..." "Ooooh, oooh, yes. Pop it in a plain bag if you would..."

Small retailers will often buy retail and sell retail. If you buy an Easter egg or a 'tin' of Quality Street from a small retailer, the chances are they've bought it from a supermarket that has discounted it to less than the retailer would pay at the wholesaler. Blame predatory pricing and preferential pricing rather than the small retailer.

" India's small businesses facing 'apocalypse' amid biggest financial experiment in history Demonetisation revolution hits firms and workers as cash runs out, but now they are braced for the next stage ? making all salary payments digital" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/21/indian-businesses-demonetisation-apocalypse-biggest-financial-experiment-in-history

Going cashless means you can't stash your money under the mattress. In a time of negative real interest rates, putting some of your savings into physical cash is not necessarily a crazy thing to do. If all your money is in the digital realm it is all traceable, taxable and, in the event of another financial meltdown, bail-in-able. I'm not suggesting that's the masterplan, but it's intriguing how many governments around the world have started a 'war' on cash.

The excellent blog A London Inheritance today features pages from a postwar booklet called ?Hitler Passed This Way?, showing before-and-after photos of some of the damage caused by the bombing of London. http://alondoninheritance.com/thebombedcity/hitler_passed_this_way/ It includes this page showing the devastating effect of the V1 rocket which landed on the Co-op on the corner of Lordship Lane and Northcross Road on August 5th 1944, killing 23 people. A grim but fascinating pair of images. http://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Hitler-Passed-This-Way-25.jpg

nxjen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > To digress > > "People who use baby like words such as "crimbo", > "sarnie" and "prezzie" the whole time are usually > pretty suspect ..." > > Wasn't it John Lennon who first popularised the > term 'Crimbo'? QED [runs for cover]