rendelharris

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's no surprise that the British press will find > people to speak in favour of their national > treasure. They need national treasures to deflect > from, you know, how shit everything is. Damn, so anything good that happens (for example the first British man to win the Tour de France and, as far as the evidence of even date has it, winning it clean) is a coverup by the press to distract us from how shit everything is? I've been blind.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > From Time magazine (reference Lance Armstrong - > although LA took other performance enhancers too) > > > Corticosteroids (e.g., cortisone). These drugs > reduce inflammation, assist in recovery and can > provide a burst of energy and create a temporary > feeling of increased energy and well-being. > Throughout the relevant time period, > corticosteroids were improperly provided to > cyclists by team doctors and trainers to increase > energy and enhance performance. ? USADA will also > rely upon firsthand testimony from witnesses who > were aware of Armstrong?s use of cortisone without > medical authorization. The key there is "improperly provided to cyclists by team doctors and trainers to increase energy and enhance performance" - Armstrong was taking them every day illegally, Wiggins a) took them with full approval of the UCI anti-doping unit and b) three times (as far as we know) in his whole career. Corticosteroids are frequently and legitimately used in sports medicine not only for asthma/allergy treatment but for tendon and ligament damage, for example. Wiggins' approved use was the equivalent of a sherry at Christmas compared to Armstrong's bottle of scotch a day. As you've probably guessed, I am a fan of Wiggins, but I can't say categorically that he's never cheated - what one can say is that what has been revealed to date is not cheating.

Rosetta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, andI don't see how Peter Johns can be both a > councillor and leader of the council. He's behaved disgracefully and I hope Southwark get properly knocked back in court, but I can't see how the leader of the council could not be a councillor?

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > From Wikipedia: > > "These included three intramuscular injections of > the drug triamcinolone ? a powerful corticosteroid > which has been described as a huge performance > enhancer. > > This is the same performance enhancing drug which > Lance Armstrong was convicted of using" Hate to contradict Wiki, but this from today's Telegraph: Dr Brian Lipworth, of the Scottish Centre for Respiratory Research, said, however, that he believed there was ?no scientific reason? why a drug like triamcinolone would be performance-enhancing. ?An anabolic steroid like testosterone puts on muscle mass but this is a catabolic steroid which breaks down muscle,? said Lipworth, who sits on the WHO guidelines committee ARIA. Ian Pavord, a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Oxford, said he too doubted injected triamcinolone could help athletic performance as it would ?reduce proximal muscle mass?. Stephen Durham, the Head of Section for Allergy and Clinical Immunology at NHLI, Imperial College and Professor of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine at Royal Brompton Hospital London, said that to the best of his knowledge it would not aid performance.

As on other thread, had a few mates get caught out (we used to live opposite and at one time anyone could park there, got caught by the change), unless anyone knows a clever loophole fairly sure you'd have to pay, they have in and out cameras and pretty prominent signage. If you were caught out because you were in the pub might be worth writing to Wetherspoon's and asking for mercy, I always thought it was pretty damned silly having a three hour restriction when a summer family Sunday lunch could easily take longer, to their advantage.

breaks Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Has anyone had one and can Euro parks enforce it Had a few mates get caught out (we used to live opposite and at one time anyone could park there, got caught by the change), unless anyone knows a clever loophole fairly sure you'd have to pay, they have in and out cameras and pretty prominent signage. If you were caught out because you were in the pub might be worth writing to Wetherspoon's and asking for mercy, I always thought it was pretty damned silly having a three hour restriction when a summer family Sunday lunch could easily take longer, to their advantage.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lance Armstrong was a total hero that overcame > cancer and went on tobwin multiple tours. > > Until he wasnt anymore... But he broke the rules, and Wiggins hasn't. There is a debate to be had about TUEs but amidst all the headlines about Wiggins "fighting for his reputation" it's important to remember that everything he's taken was with the full approval of the UCI's anti-doping doctors.

numbers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The only ready-chopped convenience thing I'd LOVE > to see more widely are coconut pieces for making > south indian dishes. Sainsbury's do 'em, a quid for a small punnet - you need at least a couple for a decent sized dish.

Not joining the row chaps but pejorative means to show contempt, so bit of tautology there...

DaveR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And Corbyn is a reaction to Blair alright, but > amongst people who are in denial about the fact > that TB won three elections and the Tories have > since won two. > > Edited to add: this thread, by its title, is about > perceptions of Cameron and by logical extension, > his govt. I have made no comments on that; I have > simply observed that the narrow perspective > advanced so confidently by a few prolific posters > is way out of the mainstream as well as > occasionally straying into factually and > historically dubious territory. The Tories didn't win the 2010 election, it was a hung parliament and a coalition government was formed. Who's historically dubious?

LondonMix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lordship, you sound pretty unpleasant... That's not fair LM, Lordship suggested that given the poverty and lack of housing in this country that many people had suggested the HS2 money would be better spent on that (true) and Dave called that "horseshit." In that context Lordship's response was pretty measured in my opinion - if anyone's being unpleasant it's Dave with his failure to address a point any further than simply to chuck abuse at it.

Negril on Brixton Hill does fabulous Caribbean food with masses of vegetarian and vegan dishes.

Tom McCrae Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just got home and opened a PCN for crossing the > last part white line at the top of Dog Kennel hill > just about to turn right into Champion Hill. > I been up there to have a look and noticed there > are these new cameras on the top of lamp posts. > There white in colour and about the size of a > dinner plate. > I did not notice any signs for cameras on the way > up but did notice one at the bottom on the way > down were there's another one by traffic lights > for bus lane. > So beware when driving on Dog Kennel hill if you > need to do a right hand turn. Thanks for the warning - think you mean turning left though if you're going into Champion from Dog Kennel?

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Blah Blah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It's a non story imo. Bitter Russians who DID > > cheat with performance enhancing drugs show how > > low they really are by trying to discredit > > athletes who actually win medals because they > are > > better than everyone else shocker. > > > > Common sense tells anyone that all of the named > > athletes have given drugs tests in pretty much > > every competition they compete in and athletes > can > > be tested at ANY time during training periods > too. > > In fact, isn't that why the Russians got > caught? > > > All of which is completely irrelevant to the OP Eh? You posted about a story currently in the news, Blah Blah gave a perfectly sound opinion on said story, can't quite see the irrelevance?

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Dulwich Estate tests for familiarity with the > Mikado before allowing you to move into the > village. You also have to be able to name all the > members of the Archers family and have a current > My Waitrose card. Ha! And, of course, that you pack picnics in a proper wicker basket.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rendelharris Wrote: > > > > > Golly, and there was me thinking it was a bit > of > > meaningless persiflage to while away the > > afternoon! > > Excuse my ignorance but where did you learn the > word persiflage from and how often do you use it? > I?ve never heard of it which is no great surprise > as I communicate by re-arranging the (about) 25 > words I do know. I?ve looked it up though as I'm > keen to be educated, though I suspect I won?t be > saying ?persiflage? very often. Can't recall where I picked it up, been using it a long time - childhood reading of P.G.Wodehouse, possibly. You have to remember that former English teacher > current professional writer = florid gobshite.

Cyclists (three seen this morning as I rode from Greenwich to the City, unsurprisingly all trustafarians on fixies) who carry a boom box in a backpack or on the handlebars, blasting out techno shite. Not sure what's more annoying, the general antisocialness of it, the damage it does to the reputation of cyclists or the vapid smug message obviously intended - "I'm like so into my music, yeah, not like you squares, that I like have to have it with me at all times." Actually not sure this should be here, it seems perfectly rational to me to be sent into a rage by them...

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rendelharris Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Jah Lush Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > > > Because they are guilt ridden alcoholics in > > denial > > > about the severity of their addiction and > need > > > someone, anyone, even if it is a stranger on > a > > > local forum they have never met to okay it > for > > > them to start their daily drinkathon. > > > > Golly, and there was me thinking it was a bit > of > > meaningless persiflage to while away the > > afternoon! > > I wasn't being totally serious. Well you need to be careful Jah, we guilt-ridden alcoholics can often take things the wrong way! (P.S. I know you weren't!)

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Because they are guilt ridden alcoholics in denial > about the severity of their addiction and need > someone, anyone, even if it is a stranger on a > local forum they have never met to okay it for > them to start their daily drinkathon. Golly, and there was me thinking it was a bit of meaningless persiflage to while away the afternoon!

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As soon as the sun is over the yard arm you're > good. Well into drinky time now. That's any time after 11AM!

Just got back from two hours in a saunalike hospital waiting room, I'm having one, slainte!

TheArtfulDogger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jah Lush Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Pubs and bars that don't put ashtrays for > smokers > > on their outside tables. > > Sorry can't resist > > People who insist on smoking outside the entrance > to bars and pubs thus polluting the lungs of those > going in ... > > Actually my bigger gripe is those who take their > last big draw on a cigerrete just so they board a > bus or train then let their smoke filled breath > out inside said vehicle 🙄 Sorry Dogs - can't resist either, by "those who insist on" you mean "those who have been forced by law to..." Agree about the people who carry their smoke onto the bus though.

Or, if you don't mind a short stroll (15 minutes) to London Bridge, the 8.42 Thameslink from Peckham will get you to Blackfriars at 8.58, time to clear your head and even grab a coffee!

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting. > > Even though it was a less cynical time, I'm sure > he (Atlee) must have also hoped he'd increase his > narrow majority. :) Oh yes, that was certainly an element - he hadn't allowed for the fact that he was losing a lot of his most popular figures (Bevan, Cripps) to old age and that the Tories had a lot of younger MPs from the 1950s cohort who, by all accounts, ran a very efficient campaign. Plus the Churchill factor, in 1945 a lot of returning servicemen, while admiring the wartime leadership, held Churchill and his class as being responsible for plunging the country into two world wars in two generations; by the '50s he was starting to be regarded with more nostalgic fondness.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Atlee - true, radical reforming govt (but everyone > forgets they were kicked out pretty swiftly to be > followed by a decade of Tory rule A few points about the Attlee government, just for interest: firstly they were re-elected for a second term in 1950 with more votes than they gained in 1945, 1.25M more than the Tories, albeit with a greatly reduced majority of just five seats. In 1951 George VI told Attlee that he was worried about leaving the country for a tour of the Commonwealth in 1952 with the government holding such slim majority, as it wouldn't do for him to be out of the country when/if the government fell; instead of giving this the horse's laugh it so richly deserved (ironically George was then too ill to go anyway and sent his daughter Elizabeth instead), Attlee mistakenly agreed to hold another election. In the election Labour actually gained a quarter of a million more votes than the Tories and National Liberals combined (48.8%-48%), more votes than any party had gained in history (a record not beaten until the Tory victory of 1992), but due to the vagaries (absurdities?) of first past the post the Tories ended up with a majority of fifteen. All ancient history now, but it's surprising how many people aren't aware of the circumstances.