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Could do some tidying I suppose. It's a little 'after the party' round here...

OK. Thanks for some interesting suggestions. Now my next challenge is how to audition some of these babies - I am not going to blow all my wad on unheard music. I am difficult to please, y'know. PGC, don' do what? I have already done it! Do you have a bunch of recommendations (despite them not being electronic like wot I asked for)?

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OK, so today I was listening to Kraftwerk 'Tour De France Sountracks' and I realised how much I like electronic music. I have several other Kraftwerk cd's, Leftfield, Manuel Gottsching, Terry Riley and so on. Hell, I'd stick Weather Report in there too. Probably other things that I can't remember now, but if I like those things can anyone recommend other stuff with intelligently written/recorded music - not just electronically made, actually with a bit of art and soul ;-) to it. Appreciated.

I have eaten at Ganapati, but Babur looks great too. We'll give it a try.

Call me a little slow, but how exactly do the scum get your details in the petrol staion? I thought they neeed your card for half an hour or so, or is it as simple as retrieving the information swiped through. And doesn't the PIN factor make things more difficult?

I thought it was manure in Alleyn's.

I have an old Stones songbook and the refrain to Star Star is printed as 'Starbucker, starbucker'. Wonder if that's where the chain got its inspiration...

I haven't read thru the whole thread, but is The Academy good for kids? You don't need to be 18 to get in, or are kids only allowed for certain gigs? I want to take my son to see some metal or something as he hasn't yet gigged and I know it will blow his tiny.

Sorry to lower the tone somewhat, but why do you feel cold when you need a piss, yet warmer afterwards? I think we need to know.

Yes, I have cut through here loads of times and I don't like doing - and the one-way could surely be improved. It doesn't seem as efficient as it could be. Great idea.

SQ, a quick visit to a decent bike shop will provide you with many security items such as cables for your saddle rails (not chain - lighter and less damaging to your bike) to spend your cash on. LCC also provide free cycle maps, so an alternative quiet route can be found. IMO cycling is about the quality of the ride, sometimes more so than the shortest A to B, and as Asset says it really won't take you long to get a bit fitter each time and those extra stones will disappear. I am a very experienced cyclist but I would avoid the OKR if I could. Look for the thread here about 'Who Cycles To Work Form East Dulwich' (sorry, don't know how to do link thingy). Good luck - you can do it!

Dulwich College is indeed cheaper, but the scam (ahem) 'joining' fee is ?100. Good monthly payments for adult couple and students tho'.

AFAIK, traffic light sensors react to car headlights, so that at night a red light can turn to green to flow the traffic thru. I have seen motorists flashing to activate them. As a driver/motorcyclist/pedestrian/bus user/train user/pushchair pusher but mainly a CYCLIST, I don't think motorcycles should be in bus lanes. Coming down Brixton Hill is pretty scary/dangerous as m/c's undertake traffic, but overtake bicycles. I don't find buses too bad. I agree 100% that ASSERTIVENESS is the key. Other (highway code-ignoring) cyclists are the worst threat IMO.

Warming to the subject now!! I once read a fantastically pedantic book which contained a list of 20 of the most commonly mispronounced words in common english usage. The list was called Stevenson's Twenty or something and may be somewhat archaic, but some words I remember were 'dirigible', 'maraschino', 'schism', and er... can't remember any more. Anyway, you get the idea.

The 'family is' 'family are' one really gets my goat, but then again I lsten to R4 too much... it's a side effect. I DO need to get out more. I DIDN'T do english at uni or anything, but surely it is something to do with subject and object in the sentence? 'My family' is a single object, like 'the government' which similarly contains many people although is referred to singly. It really drives me mental when I hear 'a large flock of pigeons were...', when it ought to be 'a large flock was...'. Anyway, these days I deliberately refer to 'sliver' when I mean 'slither' and vice versa. Drives the partner mad and can be quite challenging knowing which one you mean. I do this because of the number of numpties who don't know the difference. Ainsley Harriett, stand up!

I have adopted London ways re: cant and fack/facknell. Half of the problems are caused by people not knowing the difference between UK and US pronunciations eg. sKedule and sHedule. The punchline to the Dave Allen joke was 'Well, that's a load of bullskit' (it was to do with bus schedules.....). Using the k sound is US. And don't get me started on rising cadences (or whatever they are called technically). Y 'know? Everything ends in a question? Really winds me up? I am glad I was working in an office recently and the guy at the next desk kept ending every sentence that way? I had to work hard not to leap across the partition and strangle him? I pity the young.

Thanks for your view, KK....

On R4 just now I heard (I think) the editor of The Ham & High (who have run an ad for the BNP in their paper) say there are parts of London where there are 7 or 8 BNP councillors on some councils. Really? Where?

My deceased grandpa used to refer to Y&Y as 'the ain't-it-a-bloomin'-shame show'.

Morning... little dry today? Nice to chat to Mark and briefly to Mockers. Wasn't minglng as much as usual due to being busy trying to induct three people into the cult. Mwahahaaa!!! Thanks for the nametag SteveT. It ended up above the urinals with all the others. Wasn't too happy with the 'sensitive' approach to chucking out of the EDT bouncers. A thankless task, mind you.

Warming up on the ol' red red wine too, PGC. Can't get down the Castle - gotta eat and get a foundation down first. Bringing a potential new forumie with me too... straight in to the deep end.

OK I know I should know, but where is The Castle?

Sounds good *Bob*. May try that tomorrow, altho' don't do the ol' white death myself (well, not THAT one anyway). Yes, we have a couple of Bialettis and I always want to stop it when the crema starts to come through before the majority of the water, but I never have. And how long does one allow the gurgling to go on for? Some people have been known to heat the buggery out of it until there is no sound. I reckon this must be a bad thing for the flavour, if not the percolator. What I really want at home is a good capuccino. You can froth milk really well as long as it doesn't quite reach boiling, although it ain't steam-stylee.

OK coffee drinkers, I am always interested in improving the enjoyment of our coffee at home. We have tried percolators, cafetieres and plain old pans of hot water, but what is your method? I once saw something on tv about barista training where they said the water mustn't be more than 82 deg c (or something...). So how do you make your perfect cup o' kwaufee?