lenk

Um, Jamiroquai :(

What's the hit rate on this board of accurately predicting which shops turn into other shops, out of interest?

Lidl's bike stuff is great. And their antipasti and parmesan. *cycles off to Lidl*

I'd not noticed you before to be honest.

These kind of threads usually summon up the admin-stapo sadly, as much as I'd love to continue this positively Wildean riff you've begun.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Or Nunhead As if you'd even dare set foot there, lest someone fwightening said 'boo' or something.

Just use Goose Green.

markeddie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lenk... were you one of those kids at school that > stood in the corner doing extra homework revision > whilst all the other boys were having fun playing > football? > > What did it sell? Weirdo. Maybe you should have > made the effort to have a chat and find out (find > it strange you couldnt figure it out tho what with > all those CD's and records). Probably to busy > standing in the corner thinking people were > talking about you. > > Go and be socially inept somewhere else. I think you dropped this... *whoosh* When I went in there it was full of unsaleable mid-90s also-ran indie and Pole 12"s. And you wonder why they closed.

Pardon my ignorance but what did the Dream Machine actually sell? When I went in I felt like I was intruding on someone?s front room and couldn?t work out what was actually for sale.

What is the main complaint with the postal service in ED out of interest?

Tony.London Suburbs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just ask any Black friend or colleague that you > know well, if, in their opinion, there is a higher > ratio or proportion of Homophobic people within > their Race, compared to other races, and see what > their response is. This statement is basically 'I reckon', and therefore null and useless as a qualifier of anything, and in that sense is also racist, being as it is a completely unfounded 'hunch'. Crikey.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Don't worry Lenk, I did, swiftly... There's definitely a market for a 'clubby bar' around here though, not to my taste really but if you're not into 'proper boozers' then I guess it serves a purpose. I've cycled past another Adventure Bar in somewhere like Battersea, I guess it's a small chain.

You could always drink somewhere else if it's not your thing I guess. It's always rammed on a Saturday night, I guess someone must like it in there.

I don't think it's anarchy. As with anything you have the underground and you have the mainstream. The world would be dull with no underground. (And the mainstream would quickly run out of ideas to rip off)

HeidiHi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > lenk Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > How come it's OK for all those rappers to use > the > > 'N-Word' in their compositions, yet when I use > it > > at my son's football match I get asked to leave > > the pitch? > > > > As usual, it's one rule for multi-million > selling > > rappers, one rule for the rest of us. > > > Well, if you are a black man calling another black > person on the pitch the N word, I am sure it is > fine if these rappers are anything to go by, but > if you are white, tut tut, shame on you! Sorry, it was a joke half-remembered from Viz about 10 years ago. I don't have a son and obviously wouldn't do that....

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can see that these pirate stations are a hotbed > of creativity, but aren't those who want to listen > to Radio 4 entitled to do that as well? I don't think Radio 4 is really too threatened by pirate radio Huguenot. Something to do with their 3 million watt transmitter. >Pirate radio isn't all John > Peel, there's plenty of maim-yo-muvva and > slap-yo-beatch that poisons our society. That just sounds like code for 'I don't like or understand half the music they play on pirate radio therefore it's probably dangerous'

How come it's OK for all those rappers to use the 'N-Word' in their compositions, yet when I use it at my son's football match I get asked to leave the pitch? As usual, it's one rule for multi-million selling rappers, one rule for the rest of us.

Why not just say what you mean, rather than use 'PC' as you then proceed to rubbish something you disagree with? 'PC' is completely meaningless, and nearly always used as shorthand. And by 'trolling on the forum' do you actually mean 'people who have a differing opinion'? I'm genuinely interested. 'Trolling' would surely consist of an out-and-out direct insult, perhaps an unfounded slur, riffs on that kind of theme. People seem to get accused of 'trolling' on here (dare I say banned) for playing Devil's Advocate or even worse, having a differing opinion from the majority. Sitting in a circle and holding hands is nice, I prefer to do that away from the internet though.

Zaardvark Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well - could you give us some guidelines then? > Criticising PCness that may not be sincerely meant > is surely not something in the league of > 'Winterval' reporting? > > Accusations of racism, are sometime warrented and > justly those posters are condemned but on this > forum this does not happen much but rather people > look for it where it does not exist (I remember my > experience of it: > http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?2 > 0,150900). > > We have gone OTT on the whole thing in this forum, > IMHO. > > Best > > Z Would you not agree that the term 'PC' could be construed as shorthand for ?I am not a(n) [insert noun/adjectival noun], but [insert qualifier]?? though?

macroban Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Bellenden "Road" was only an un-named farm track > until the third quarter of the mid-19th century. > I can't believe the estate agent never mentioned this when I bought my house. I will immediately be selling up and leaving the area.

You see, I don't know if I agree. I think I stick 'PC' in the same lazy drawer as 'some of my best friends are black'-type statements. It?s a rallying call against a world in which you (apparently, though no actual evidence is ever given) have to sing 'baa baa woolly sheep', and celebrate 'Winterval' instead of Christmas. A more worrying side effect of the 'political correctness gone mad' phenomenon is that the phrase is frequently used to profess ideas that border on sectarianism and racism. I don?t think its any coincidence that many of these stories involve multicultural British life encroaching on 'traditional' British and Christian values. It's depressing that a lot of the 'political correctness gone mad' stories often involve protecting Christian values and Christians whilst denigrating other faiths, as if the entire population were avid paid-up church-goers. It worries me that the population is willing to allow casual racism to continue unabated in the name of moaning about non-existent petty bureaucracy (see the misreported 'Winterval' et al, ad nauseum), and as such I see 'PC' as a lazy instrument of debate rather than anything of use.

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > beaver... a little suggestion perhaps... whilst > it's nice to keep passengers in the loop this way > remember there are some things you are not really > meant to share with the public or those outside of > your company. You know, just a hunch, but I reckon beaver14uk isn't his real name ; ) Quite a few London bus drivers have blogs which fly pretty close to the wind, it's a good thing. (http://buncha-eastlondonbus.blogspot.com/ springs to mind))

I?d like someone to clearly and definitively define exactly what PC/political correctness actually means. In my experience, it just means a device that neatly encompasses ?whatever topic I?m currently complaining about?.

There's a couple of ace pirate stations v close to the Radio 4 frequency whose name escapes me (most pirate stations wherever you are in the UK are at lower frequencies, the transmitters most people get hold of to set up a pirate sadly aren't powerful enough for higher frequencies) Centreforce is a good one, usually around 88.4 . Select is my favourite, around 99.3 - plays a lot of old electro and house. There's also a couple of good Ghanain ones v near the R4 frequency that sometimes have some good stuff iirc.

There's a lot of misguided snobbishness which overspills into mild racism on here - usually but not exclusively related to crime and/or 'suspicious activity'. It's worth those posting such things to remember you're in a city of 6m people, applying any generalisations to particular people or areas is naive and dangerous.