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bigbadwolf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry HAL Woooosh!

Daizie, Daizie, Give me your answer do! I'm half crazy, All for the love of you! It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage But you'll look sweet upon the seat Of a bicycle made for two.

What keeps drawing me to Rye Lane is the huge variety of tropical fare. I'm currently munching my way through the many different types of yam, taro and other exotic roots and tubers available. There can't be many places in Europe where one can buy such an extraordinary variety of fruits and vegetables from all over the world. Not to mention the exotic spices, herbs, dried or tinned ingredients, and other delicacies offered by the grocers. Where else locally can one find Turkish-style sheep-milk yoghurt and cheeses made in Scandinavia and Germany? For the epicurean adventurer or the curious palate, Rye Lane is an irresistible paradise.

We might as well eat, drink and be merry while we can because global famine seems inevitable - whatever we do now can only delay it by a little.

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ted Max Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > > Andy Warhol. Damn. That song appeared on one of my Google hit lists yesterday but didn't have time to click through to the lyrics!

My bad - misread your post.

Saw Terminator Salvation on Saturday. I'm a great fan of the first three movies in this franchise along with the made-for-TV spin-off The Sarah Conner Chronicles. Sadly, this film is not in the same league. It was a big disappointment given the potential inherent in the back-story. The plot was weak and muddled with virtually no humanity or humour. Nor any acting dynamic between John Conner (Christian Bale) and Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington as the cyborg): they hardly ever appeared together on screen and when they did, they mostly just screamed at each other. The special effects were contemporary-standard CGI. I read that Bale had hijacked the original screenplay requiring an on the fly rewrite during filming that raised his supporting role to rival that of the lead character - the cyborg. A friend described it as 'Dumb action with lots of explosions [and] disappointingly little nudity'. In my view, it was a clusterfcuk.

RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The boy who cried wolf didn't threaten tombside micturition. For all his faults, I don't think Mikecg is a squatter.

Effthis - tell us about it - take no mind of the jokers, they're just bored out of their tiny minds.

On occasion, I've bought good quality fresh meat (especially lamb and goat!) from the Meat Market, a small Asian butcher at 187 Rye Lane (just north of the Post Office). There's a good English fishmonger just off Rye Lane at 26 Choumert Road (if he?s still in business). The market stalls there about offer good quality fruit and veg at very low prices. I've bought meat and fish from several other Rye Lane outlets but was never sufficiently impressed to make a habit of it. These days, I do most of my non-supermarket shopping at Evelina Road simply because it's convenient: two butchers, Sopers fishmonger, an excellent bakery and a fruit and veg store within a stone's throw - and easy parking.

The Boxcar Children, The Wood Shed Mystery

Could be. Some folks said they superglue their balls to the bike - stops their nuts from falling off - or something like that.

DulwichMonkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I didn't want to mess with my derailleur Shouldn't proper cyclists, at the least, be able to re-thread their derailleur on the road? It's a bit like stripping and assembling ones weapon in the field - an essential skill.

Japanese sushi and sashimi recipes are the easiest popular cuisine to prepare at home, IMHO. Especially worthwhile today, when one can spend upwards of ?100 a head at a 'cult' bar/restaurant for the same pleasure. It takes a little practice but it's very forgiving - just take it apart and try again. All the necessary ingredients are available from various local speciality stores (e.g. there's one in Peckham and another in Camberwell) and there are literally hundreds of online guides, FAQs and how-to websites. A couple of examples: www.sushifaq.com SushiAtHome.pdf

David Aames, Vanilla Sky

Edward "Fast Eddie" Felson, The Colour of Money

Presumably, you meant to link to this video? There's a joke in there somewhere about MPs and horse manure - but it been a long day.....

Jamal Malik, Slumdog Millionaire ........ is the correct answer! (aka Ram Mohammad Thomas in Q & A) Well done. Commiserations to those whose responses may have been right in another universe :)

Clue number two: the name of the book is hidden within my previous two posts (to this thread).

Back in the early nineties, the place for sushi was a tiny, well-hidden basement restaurant on Baker Street, near the Sherlock Holmes Hotel. It was run by a Japanese family and patronised almost exclusively by Japanese customers. It served an epicurean selection of seafood delicacies on a wooden boat-like platter along with various grilled teriyaki-style meats on stone slabs. And, of course, a huge variety of rare and exotic rice wines. I don't get to entertain many Japanese bankers these days so I don't know if it's still in business - can't remember the name.

A few ingenious answers - none right, though. Time for a clue? I am the leading male character in an award-winning film based on a book.

I didn't expect to get that one. I'm playing chef today so this'll have to be an easy one. I found my true love despite questions about my intelligence.

Charles Pooter, Diary of a Nobody (by George Grossmith)

Yeah, I know. But there might be someone else out there willing to venture beyond the confines of ED for authentic cuisine since there is next to nothing available locally.

You're on kid - knock 'em out :)