BrandNewGuy

... off, as in bake off (of course), cook off etc. An Americanism that has crept into Middle England. I only hope that porn stars enjoy taking part in a f*** off.

Great pub ? used to get pissed in there on a Friday afternoon with the editor of "Take A Break". The Anchor and Hope on The Cut was fairly early too?

I read that as 'privates'...

That Barclays 'digital eagles' advert with the 'walking football for the over 50s'... Because, of course, everyone over 50 is a gibbering, stumbling idiot just waiting for the grave - and incapabale of setting up a Facebook page. What's worse is that 'walking football' is officially a 'thing' and not some tiresome fiction created by vacuous 20-something social media marketeers: http://www.saga.co.uk/health/fitness/football-for-the-over-50s.aspx Heavens preserve us.

?Grow some balls?, ?grow a pair? etc. Stupid and really annoying for several reasons: 1 Bravey does not reside in the testicles; 2 Women can be just as brave as men, but find it really difficult to grow testicles; 3 It sounds sad and pathetic in an urban-warrior-pretending-to-be-macho sort of way.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here we go the blow in onslaught of anything > working class yadda yadda. I bet if they were > hipster/yummy mummy/city gent types on a lambretta > doing this not an eyebrow would be raised. If anyone has video footage of yummy mummies on Lambrettas doing noisy wheelies, please... er... PM me... (rubs thighs Vic Reeves-style)

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In that situation I just catch the eye of bar > person and shout my order over the people who're > stood there - sort of sharing the issue with them, > followed by the awkward handing-over of pints, > which I rope them into - unless they suddenly > realise it'd be really great to just stand to one > side. But then you're faced with the additional hurdle of the "Right, who's next?" numpty serving behind the bar. That's your job to know, t*sser! My technique in these situations is to point to someone who got there before me and say, "I think s/he's next," which ensures that you at least are served directly after them. But it shouldn't be the customer's business.

Although the Herne Hill flood was caused by catastrophic water main failure rather than torrential rain.

Sneaked a photo of the insides of Franco Manca this evening. Ceetainly doesn't look like it'll be ready soon...

It's worth a quick Saturday morning dash over to the Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey on a Saturday to pick up a couple of cases - much the cheapest way of doing it.

We live in East Dulwich, so of course it's a first world problem. As is your inability to move to Bromley, but it doesn't stop you banging on about it.

Twitter update from Franco Manca: they're opening a branch in South Ken in October, which is before the ED one is set to open. Apparently the building is "putting up a fight". I give this purely for information purposes without taking sides as to their priciness or ponciness.

"British artist Jake Chapman has said taking children to art galleries is "total a waste of time". He told The Independent parents were "arrogant" for thinking their children could understand artists like Mark Rothko or Jackson Pollock. Standing a child in front of a Pollock work is "like saying... it's as moronic as a child", said Chapman, adding "children are not human yet"." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28639242

This from another thread a couple of days ago: "Re: East Dulwich Picturehouse and Caf? Posted by Laur Yesterday, 04:36PM Todays Ritzy news; A long-running pay dispute is set to be resolved after a breakthrough at peace talks. Bectu has said that it will recommend acceptance of a new offer by Picturehouse. Staff are being offered an immediate pay rise from #7.35 an hour to #8, rising in stages to the London Living Wage of #8.80 in September 2015." And here's to everyone in East Dulwich earning a decent living wage - but it's not going to happen any time soon.

There were several ticket inspector and just one sniffer dog, so it's an odd way of running an anti-drugs op. And a youth with a bit of weed in his pocket is not, by and large, out burgling and mugging to 'feed his habit', because weed is as cheap as chips round these parts, I believe.

If it was 5.50ish, it was a regular ticket/Oyster inspection - with three-car police back-up and a drugs sniffer dog added in for good measure.

Carlos the donkey jacket, more like.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Geeks > have always been those that are particularly good > at something generally intellectual and generally > to the annoyance/confusion of those that were a > bit scared of what was, essentially, a different > culture. So not really possible to be a 'hair geek', unless you're a top-level research trichologist?

The downgrading of the words ?nerd? and ?geek?. I saw one of our local hairdressers in a t-shirt bearing the slogan ?I?m a hair geek?. Huh? Does it now just mean it?s something you?re not shit at? In my day, nerds and geeks had severe social skills problems ? is this no longer necessary?

Depending on how early or late you set out, it might be quicker to get a bus to Elephant and get the Northern Line from there.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Posts on Facebook with 'like if you think cancer > is bad' etc. And cancer charities using aggressive slogans as if cancer is a cross between Fred West and Hitler. "Let?s Beat Bowel Cancer" is fair enough, but "Let?s Kick Cancer?s Butt"? Really? And the rather creepy "Cancer, we're coming to get you". So we're going to lie in wait around a corner and when cancer goes past we're going to kick it to the floor and smash its face in? American firefighters have a charity called "Let's Fire Cancer". What? Invite it into the office and hand it a P45? And inevitably, there's a charity in the States called "F*ck cancer". Enough!

DawnSE22 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BrandNewGuy - why do you think sycamores are > "wildlife unfriendly"? One study (Alexander et al, > 1996) found them to be the third joint best tree > for wildlife in the UK, scoring 31 out of a > possible 45 (the best were oak with 39 and birch > with 34). Sycamore scored highly for foliage > invertebrates (good for birds), leaf litter, > pollen/nectar and epiphytes. It's not so much the tree itself, but its tendency to populate and dominate areas to the exclusion of other trees and shrubs ? witness the sides of railway lines, for instance. > Ted Green an expert on tree history has even made > the case that the sycamore could be a native tree!

malcolmchurch Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > message recently posted on se23.com. closing the > pub is now a done deal. so my rumours were not > completely unfounded .... But your original post about a cinema was.

Yeah, great how the BBC news online yesterday had this earth-shattering news on their ticker above some trivial story from Gaza?

Contactless on the tube from September 16th: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28479906