david_carnell

Casa Japara had a stall in the ED Warehouse. Quite nice organic spanish things - I have one on my floor currently - but not sure if they're there any more. Perhaps a google search would help.

And the East Dulwich cliche thread of the year award goes to....

Well, some of you I might. I'm just keeping my cards close to my chest.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No Brendan he wants to screw us all...I think I do? News to me. Ted Max Wrote: -------------------------------------------------------- > It started with Belle, and ended in hell. The Shafting of Dulwich. Lordy.... what's this "Pick on David Friday"? I'll be looking out for you on my/our road now Ted! Your the chap with the stuffed dog hanging out the window aren't you?!

I have just the thing. Brogues were designed in Ireland you know. To help walk through boggy land with the holes letting out the water. Thesedays of course, the holes are merely decorative and serve no purpose - in fact they aren't holes at all. Which is good. Otherwise water would get in. So they now do the opposite of their intended purpose. Fascinating. So......football.....jumpers for goalposts......small boys....hmmm.....eh? Don't know if I'll be there yet. Am in town earlier that afternoon so might be a close call.

Not in my wardrobe it doesn't.

Says the man from....? ;-)

ratty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What's the record number of takeovers in one > season? Anyone know?? Leeds have to be in contention. I think we had three or four in a twelve month period. I feel your pain.

No Jeremy. It is merely that you have yet to evolve a sophisticated palate to appreciate such things. Make a start with a shandy and report back when you've grown a beard.

Look, stop drinking this European sheep-dip and try and proper English ale if you want something with taste and flavour, and where every beer tastes different to the next. Bunch of jessies. What next - babycham?!

Is the right to strike not something enshrined and valued in modern, liberal (small L) society? Consequences for strikers? Such as? The sack? And that would achieve.....what exactly? Whilst I acknowledge the need for a modern, efficient postal service it is an arena where a well-run monopoly service is the norm and the most sensible option. Attempts to privatise the domestic post beyond the current courier services (DHL, TNT and the like) would seem complex and counter productive. Postal workers have been treated pretty shabbily by management in this whole thing, and when no other action works, striking is often a necessary recourse. And long may it remain so.

Yes from me. See you there.

Moos Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I do like a well-tailored arse. I know. I still bear the bruises from last time.

bigbadwolf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello Dave. Long time no post. New job boyo. Only just easing back into the world of work and a bit of posting. Doubt I'll be very prolific though. Pop down to the Gowlett on Friday if you want a proper natter over a pint.

"get your arse well tailored" - is that a euphemism?

Not to put a serious note on an amusing discussion but is this not a good thing. I would make the comparison to CFC filled aerosols that were banned. These items are inefficient and waste energy. The modern energy-saving lightbulb gives off as much light but uses much less power to do so. It also lasts much longer. And the cost had fallen dramatically in the last few years. So....what's the problem?

I agree timster. I have worked in probably a dozen different jobs in a mixture of industries in both private and public sectors. There has been a constant - in every one there has been at least one lazy or useless member of staff. And when there wasn't it was probably me. The NHS is far from unique in this respect. I often wondered how they functioned in society let alone at work.

Could I suggest that this argument is being looked at from the wrong angle? Perhaps rather than question why NHS staff have more sick leave as abnormal or a sign of "skiving", no-one has questioned whether it is the private sector where staff are being forced to work, for various reasons, when they should be in bed. Perhaps it is the private sector ethos of "profit-at-all-costs" that should be addressed? Are the job security and HR management of private sector employees little more than Dickensian work-houses where absence is punished to such an extent that honest workers will now trundle into work, spreading germs amongst their colleagues, and perform to a sub-standard level, merely to ensure a perfect attendence record. All the better to climb the greasy pole. The French have a saying of "travallier mons, produre plus" (sp?) which loosely translates as "work less, produce more". Return to work refreshed after a period of sickness or ill health and your level of work and desire to pick up any slack will be doubled. Work through (presenteeism, as I understand it), with coughs and sneezes, and the amount of work produced is rarely even worth the bother. And you do nothing but irritate commuters and colleagues with your endless sniffling and wheezing. Workers should not be made to fear the rod every time they need time off. If one wishes to highlight NHS inefficiencies I would suggest looking towards the endless number of private sector "consultants" who are brought in for extortionate fees to advise on business practices (and have brought in these ridiculous absentee management systems) for very little effect. I would hazarda guess that millions are wasted on such snake oil salesmen. Or the infamous NHS IT system that was entrusted to the private sector to enact and is running years late and billions over budget. Yet the private sector still has the temerity to be smug and self satisfied with its performance and to lecture those of us who work in the state sector on reducing inefficiencies. Those in glass houses.....

That's terribly sad news.... I've bumped into your dad and Jed a few times. He was indeed a lovely dog. and I always thought their companionship a heartwarming sight to hold. I wish your dad luck in homing some rescue cats - there was an article only this week but how desperately over-crowded Battersea Cats is at the moment. So a terrific idea ....and I hope we will still see your dad out walking.

Trott looking assured.... For now. We need more saffas in the team clearly. A cunning ploy.

Make them follow on!! Huzzah!

I think we have enough sections already after the last round of changes, and yet another one dedicated to pets is both unnecessary and unsightly. You are not an ED based charity and by rights shouldn't be posting on here at all. I think the leeway you have already been given by Admin is more than sufficient.

Try the copy shop on Bellenden Road. You're not too far from there. D.

Jonathan Friedland in the Guardian says something similar but points to Zopa and other peer-to-peer money lending websites as the trend of the future. Anyone have any experience of these? The interest rates are meant to be favourable to lenders compared to savings accounts and favourable to borrowers compared to standard APR rates. Win win.

How about the Montague Arms in New Cross?