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giggirl Wrote:

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> Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> > Between the police station and The Magnolia

>

> That's my patch (no pun intended) and I've never

> even noticed it. I'll go for a tentative drive by

> on my way home.


A 'tentative drive by' Giggirl? That's how it goes down in the ED hood.

I reckon it involves you and your 'homies' (not 'housies', it's more than that), slowly cruising by the shop and slightly raising your voices in unison to chorus "TREAT US WELL, FABRIC FELLOW KNOWING WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE EDF AND SHOULD YOUR 'NOTIONS' SHOP NOT COME UP TO SNUFF WITH OUR RIBBONS AND BIBBONS, WE WILL SURELY 'POST A THREAD' ON YOU, WE KNOW WHERE YOU DO BUSINESS"

You never threaten to 'pop a cap in his ass' on the grounds it would be cruel to one of our dumb chums and your milliner would be livid.

jim_the_chin Wrote:

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> bypassing issues of stigmatising and

> misconceptions over the nature of psychosis...

>

> shouldn't it be 'you're never alone with

> schizophrenia'


Absolutely correct JTC, and it has been hotly debated in Ian Hunter circles.

My own view is that it's a poor title for a great album.

shouldn't it be 'you're never alone with

schizophrenia'



Just to be extraordinary dull for a moment, it shouldn't be either.

Schizophrenia means split mind, but was when first used to describe the condition was intended to mean split from reality not a split personality.


Anyway, the farbic shop was closed for a while for refurbishment, but as far as I know is open as normal now.

Toni Wrote:

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> Does anyone know if this shop is now closed down?

> I've attempted to go in there several times and

> it's always closed during the day.


You probably got about as much in the way of customer service as if it had been open (threads passim)

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