lenk

To the petrified citizens of ED: I suggest you give a book called 'Risk' by the journalist Dan Gardner a go. -- About all the scary things in the world and what degree of hazard they actually pose. Why we perceive a spate of crimes in small areas to be much more prevalent than they are. Why we will spend a disproportionate amount of time worrying about such things when we're more likely to be killed by someone in our own family. and so on. A good holiday read. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Risk-Science-Politics-Dan-Gardner/dp/1905264151

Probably not a Friday Go tonight or tomorrow I reckon...

Eliza.D Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Certain areas do have spates of incidents. A few > years back Dulwich Village seemed to the target > for a spate of muggings on lone women during the > quiet times in the day. Seems like it is our turn > at the moment. No it isn't... you live in London in case you had forgotten - there's quite a lot of crime here.

Brainstorming more hilarious material no doubt

chica1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Somehow I can't imagine a bar would be able to > serve proper & even edible sushi at all....not > with the sort of establishment like Boho. > > Sushi is handled with care & lots of preparations > for it to be consumed fresh. > > Boho seems more of drinks first then "sushi" as a > side dish in which case their sushi is probably > bought ready made & stored in the fridge until > it's sold. In which case one might end up eating > an old sushi. > > Or am I being unreasonable & critical. Call me weird, maybe you should try their sushi before you stick your review up on the internet, Mr Ronay

Ah, I should read threads more carefully. I doubt it'll be a destination on the map for sushi afficionados, in a similar way that pubs doing Thai food don't tend to make it into the lists of London's best Thai restaurants...

> > My interpretation was that the sushi is very much > an afterthought, in an attempt to fill a gap in > the market. Well, no bar is going to open and do stone-baked pizzas are they, what with the Gowlett about? Curses to Boho for researching what the Lane is lacking and then actually offering it.

Why not just report incidents to the police instead of working yourselves up into a frenzy on here? You live in safer times than humanity ever has. You?re more likely to die of diabetes than die as a victim of violent crime. Diabetes is a boring issue to most people, and takes years to kill you, hence the lack of threads on here about it I guess. Most of you are white, middle-class and reasonably affluent and within one of the most unlikely groups to be affected by serious crime. Maybe count your blessings before you start yet another shrieking, disproportionate thread about crime.

earplugs

this is nonsense. Have you seen the standard of car driver that you get in London? what have you got against track bikes? Do you even know anything about bikes? When was the last time a car driver got killed by a cyclist? I put it to you that you aren't a cyclist at all. And police and community wardens - just try and catch me.

I've been away since Thursday and haven't had time to read this thread. Anyone care for a precis? Have we imposed marshall law yet? I must knoe as I'm off to ED for dinner shortly..

Well, it's the same as buying a shedload of moong dhal and not cooking it properly. I'll leave it to your imagination as to what happens. Get a decent recipe is all I suggest...

AlfieNoakes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > lenk Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > If inviting visitors, they almost always ask if > > it's alright if they stay over as it's 'such a > > long way back to Stoke Newington'. > > > > Despite me being back home in an hour whenever > I > > go to visit them... > > Thing is, unless your visitors leave before 11:30 > they can't get a train so are looking at an hour > and a half journey. Could easily take longer if > they have to wait for busses. That's a long > journey for a night out by anyone's standards. > > Granted you can do the journey in 45 mins late at > night if you pay ?20+ for a cab. > > I used to live in Stokey by the way and have done > this journey numerous times. > > While there are many good points about ED, late > night public transport is not one of them. > > > Back to the original question, people usually just > say 'Where?'. 343 + 149 innit... an hour if you time it right.

Indeed, I was at the water cooler discussing the underlying pessimism that is such a constant throughout much of Hardy's work just the other day.

Has anyone ever told a colleague they lived on 'Bellenden Road' ? Cue hilarious 'WHAT road?'

good article in the Economist's bigger brother 'Intelligent Life' about food in Peckham... http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/story/eat-in-peckham As they mention, I think the 'bushmeat' rumour was always just a rumour...

If inviting visitors, they almost always ask if it's alright if they stay over as it's 'such a long way back to Stoke Newington'. Despite me being back home in an hour whenever I go to visit them...

Moos Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I take great pleasure in telling people I live in > Peckham, and watching their faces. They usually dredge up some half-remembered thing about Damilola Taylor, or the 5 minutes of Ross Kemp on Gangs they watched the other night from my past experience. They usually live somewhere like Homerton themselves and don't appreciate the irony.

"Really? I've heard some horrifying stories about child-abducting clowns down there"

Gimme Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you do go buying meat in Rye Lane, just make > sure you avoid the streams of fishy water that run > down the streets around closing up time. I bought a litre of that stuff from a bloke outside the station. Worst fish stock ever. completely ruined my bouillabaise.

Anyone fancy a pint?

behold the 'straw man' argument.

matthew123 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Surely the whole of Rye Lane cannot be tarnished > with this same dirty brush? no, it can't. We're going off the anecdotes of 2 posters here. 2 posters with fairly poor forum track records for turning out to be correct with their assumptions

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm not a snob nor am I ignorant, just being > realistic. Some of you have obviously not walked > by some of those filth havens in Rye Lane early in > the morning have you? I have seen the shutters > come up early in the morning and vermin run from > UNDERNEATH them - me not shopping there isnt just > to do with my complete dislike for the state the > area is now in, but also for my health. I also > disagree that public or environmental health > services do much about the conditions down there. > I have smelt butchers in Borough Market and other > places and I agree it can smell quite disgusting, > but the smells coming out of Peckham are verging > on something a lot more dubious. The argument you > make about people still shopping there is a load > of cack as well lenk, of course they still shop > there, it is primarily because of the type of > produce sold and the fact that similar butchers > cannot be found for a fair few miles around, this > still does not mean that because they are still > open that we should all trust the food they sell. > > > Two words, effing filthy, spring to mind. > > Louisa. I shop on Rye Lane regularly - it smells like a busy shopping street full of approaching 25 different, bustling food shops to me... This post seems to be code for 'they sell things I don't like the look of' As thebeard says, it only takes one call to get the inspectors round - I'm pretty sure the council would have been round by now if they indeed are the typhoid-and-Dengue Fever spreading cesspits you imply.

sophiesofa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Having witnessed a butcher on rye lane unload raw > chicken directly into a shopping trolley in the > rain then push it up the high street to his shop I > certainly wouldn't buy meat from any of them. I've said this before on here... but you've obviously never had the pleasure of a summer job in any of the major supermarket chains' warehouses, have you? I've seen far worse than meat getting a little rain on it.