Jonboy

Understandable. I think many parents would feel the same.

Chavvy enough to scare myself. CWALD - cool blog, also great news that your daughter has married Didier Drogba!

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Asset and Sean, I apologise, I should have qualified my remark on tax. I meant to say.. The tiny amount of money Gordon Brown allows one to keep, compared to an index of how well state managed enterprises work and perform and in line with how safe I feel on the streets. This of course is also to be compared to the number of other things that I may necessarily have to fund myself as the state will not. Equally, its in proportion to the number of fantasy public sector job creation schemes which my taxes pay for such as a left handed lesbian outreach worker for asthma suffering Scottish families in Tower Hamlets. Sorry again, i just couldn't be arsed to type it all out the first time. Anyway, i think i've typed myself calm now.

Posted by: macroban Today, 01:07PM > Agents who cannot even be bothered to sell will, quite rightly, find themselves out of business in no time once Foxtons kick off. Which will be the first to fail? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Macroban, I have looked into my commercially astute crystal ball and have come up with Property In. We'll have to see what the future holds for them.

Just been charity mugged by a smiling fellow in a Shelter T-Shirt outside Somerfield. Its bad enough in town, and now it comes to LL as well. Where will it all end? Will they start making house calls to relieve you of the tiny amount of money Gordon Brown allows one to keep?

Just re-read my last post and am concerned that I sound like a Foxtons employee. Before my house is burnt down, I'd like to say that I am not.

*Bob*, you've described a process that cannot be described as selling. When we moved here from Nunhead the agent we engaged did exactly as you have described, ie opened the door and explained what each room was (as if its not self-explanatory) before showing then out again. Good selling will get people thinking about how much they would enjoy living in the house, and the area, how well their possesions will fit in it and how aspirational it is. They will also come away with a warm feeling and feel that they are very clever indeed for even thinking of buying the house. They'll also get closed early on to avoid idiot timewasting. Agents who cannot even be bothered to sell will, quite rightly, find themselves out of business in no time once Foxtons kick off. with luck, the days of paying a poorly trained halfwit 3% to open your front door and say "and this is the hall", are over in ED.

It was likely to be a feral child anyway. More than capable of looking after itself.

Not sure about the middle class status really. Shopping in a Tesco Express? I understand about the Paediatrician though, and would like to add a thought about Paedalo's. I know we dont live anywhere near the sea, but these child bothering forms of water transport are a real threat. Look how they lured Freddy Flintoff out to sea - just think what they could do to a child.

We actually lashed him to the mainbrace, then shivered his timbers for him, gave him the cat and walked him off the plank.

I went on a speedboar tour of the Thames recently - not that cheap to begin with. As we were coming back in to the pier, the drivers mate stood at the front of the boat, engaged his faux cockney accent and uttered the immortal lines as a bucket was passed round for us to tip "Ladies an' Gents, we're just simple river folk tryin' to keep ar' fammlies fed" get out of it you thieves

shouldn't they have jobs by this age? I believe the Ukranian salt mines are good payers

You could always wait until Zippos circus is back on the Rye. They have a couple of old nags and I'm sure if you bunged the ringmaster a tenner he'd let you have a go. Downside is you may have to do it in the ring, wearing a leotard.

fair point Mockney, fair point. Can i suggest strippers dressed as nurses, but carrying a bulging filofax and copy of the FT? Or is that just a bit too sinister?

or c) a pub full of pretty commodities traders dressed as nurses? Best of both worlds - capitalism with a socially acceptable uniform.

not really, only joking

Controversially, I've always put the vegetarians themselves on the barbeque for others to enjoy

A word of caution - if you use the Walworth Rd tip, check inside the bins before flinging things in. There are often people actually inside them rooting about.

Thanks Keef, needed those. Especially the beer.

Jesus. You scared the life out of me with your lights & door tomfoolery. Wheres the Administrator? - i think this counts as bullying

Great, thanks *Bob*. Personally I can't wait for a new recession and all the happiness that brings.

* pokes head round corner, never been in this room before *

watch out, the lawyers are watching!

Old DSS offices on LL - UN Building Scraping the barrel a bit there though