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Have you read the book by Robert Elms "The Way We Wore"? You might like it. I read your name as Acid Casualty first ha ha, different thing entirely

lovey dovey lovey dovey all the time

and a Baracuta is a fish I think or hang on, is it the original mod jacket - can I phone a friend?

Ooooh, I was thinking you were making quite good sense there until then last sentence when you got all fashion one-upmanship on us.

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daizie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ED people like to be seen on Lordship Lane, plus a > bit of sun and the yummy mummys just love putting > on those shades !grrr speechless

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no surprise here (to me anyway)

I suggest you read "Fast Food Nation" Snorky, may enlighten you a little. It's got nothing to do with percveived snobbery.

I have never had a cheeseburger from McD so your assertion is untrue, mainly because I've been a non-meat eater most of my life. I ate a couple of their filet o fish about 25 years ago but now I'm more well-informed and socially aware (obviously, read smug middle-class snob) I wouldn't eat anything from there. I used to live very close to the McD on Walworth Rd and the smell of the frying fat and the litter dumped in the streets was vile.

Maybe a Dreams bed shop or a dfs sofa shop would be preferable

@ Louisa - I'm not suggesting the shop staff were in the right and it would piss me off if that happened but I'd bring it to their attention rather than just leave. I'm well aware what good customer service is. But hey, according to you I'm just a middle-class snob who for some weird reason likes to subject myself to poor customer service and over-priced tat with a smug sense of self-satisfaction. Or something along those lines. PS. the few times I've been in there and once or twice even bought something they've been fine.

The big Georgian one on Village Way/Pondmead. Huge conservatory.

I would have said 'excuse me, could I have some service please' after ooooh probably 45 seconds in that situation rather than stand there for 10 whole minutes

I'm with RosieH and Quids on this debate, but as a by the by, I found myself at a MJ gig at Wembley Stadium in the late eighties. I got a free ticket and wasn't that bothered about being there BUT I was totally blown away and it remains one of the most exciting gigs I've ever been to.

Is comic relief like hand relief but funnier?

ahhahahaha, me too, diggin the humour also, get them on here.

it's so confusing, I can't keep up

Exactly, more investment in schools and the teachers is the only answer. Nobody wants to pay more tax though.

I'm not sure that is strictly true, I think there is a fairly large proportion of middle income families at the school, judging from the kids I know. I think there is something to be said for a small catchment area, it offers a sense of community. What's the point of having a large catchment if there's no room at the inn. It's not the fault of the population that there aren't enough schools to go round. When I moved to Dulwich Charter wasn't really an option then, I'm just lucky that it is now and that my son can walk to school and that most of the kids he's there with live nearby. I certainly don't feel smug but yes I feel fortunate.

OK, on looking at their website apparently it's something called 'Contextual Value Added', which is how far kids improve from entering the school until year 11, that puts it in the top 10% nationally.

I agree Citizen, and it keeps all the green space around which would surely be carved up for development otherwise.

Maybe, but Charter secondary school, in the area, is in the top 10% of schools nationally for results apparently. So there is a viable alternative for the local population. Obviously Charter would be even more over-subscribed if the private school option wasn't available as has been mentioned above but it's food for thought. More state schools is the answer.

I just read in an online article about Boris's fabulous idea to install a countdown system on the greenman at pedestrian crossings, reducing the time to cross by about 6 seconds - that he plans to halve the congestion charging zone next year. Is that the scrapping of the western extension or is he in fact reducing it from the original? Anyone know? What a twit he is.

we've got one near us, sounds like a demented giant wasp buzzing up the road. Damn little two-strokes. Just imagine you're in Europe.