East Dulwich Street cred.

[Jah Lush]

Sorry, cross posted. God, I wish I hadn't.

[Jah Lush]

Louisa Wrote:

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Is that the sort of world we want to be living in? Why would anyone

> travel across a global city like London to visit a

> handful of average eateries?

>

> Louisa.

Says the woman who enjoys shopping in Bromley.

[DulwichFox]

It was some time back 4-5 years when I used to drink in The Bishop..

... a guy told me he had just paid ?20.00 for a cab from Putney because The Bishop was the BEST pub.

I did mention the 37 bus but he said there was the 2 of them..... and they were going to get a cab back

home later after midnight.

Surely there must be better pubs in Putney or nearby than the Bishop.

Foxy

[Louisa]

Bromley has all the chains and shops I actually want that are useful! And they don't overcharge Jah! LL has an abundance of tacky gift shops pizza parlours and fancy pants "to be seen in" restaurant gaffs!

Louisa.

[Jah Lush]

"Average eateries" - Bromley = average shops. Same difference.

DH. The Bishop isn't my cup of tea but I do recall being in there a few years ago and a couple of girls I'd got talking to had come all the way over from Sutton to be there. I couldn't believe it. Mind you, Sutton isn't that great either. But coming all the way from Sutton to drink in The Bishop, well, I was speechless.

[Louisa]

Foxy, someone came from Putney to go to the Bishop? You having a bubble? Funniest thing I've heard in years :)

Louisa.

[Louisa]

The only difference with the "average eateries" of ED, and this is where the 'Clapham effect' comes into play, is that the people who frequent them obviously believe they are better than average, or maybe they just don't care either way as long as someone has seen them go into one. Personally, the average or p@&? poor shops of Bromley are useful to me and plenty of others and I couldn't give a toss if someone sees me going in them or not tbh.

Louisa.

[NewWave]

keekybreeks Wrote:

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> Every time i pick up the Eveving standard ( urgh)

> there is some i dont know how she does it pinched

> faced ex lawyer harriden, balding ex public school

> rugger playing mid level city manager sans tie or

> bearded creative shitbag banging on about schools/

> nannies/ nurseries / street art. and 50% of the

> time, they are from ED.

Yes I've noticed that...Made me want to vomit...a woman put her kids name down at 3 months for a nursery and was afraid another mother more organised would beat her to it and therefore her kids would have a better start in life...Phleeze.

I know plenty of folk who went to avarage state schools and because of their sheer determination not due to their pushy over ambitious parents ended up with MA's PHD's etc and wonderful careers and lives.

I went to a supposedly superb school and half the girls ended up smack heads or groupies.

[NewWave]

P.S.....

I didn't become a smack head : )

[Jah Lush]

Louisa Wrote:

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> The only difference with the "average eateries" of

> ED, and this is where the 'Clapham effect' comes

> into play, is that the people who frequent them

> obviously believe they are better than average, or

> maybe they just don't care either way as long as

> someone has seen them go into one.

>

>

> Louisa.

You don't half talk a load of old bollocks. Your shtick has become terminally dull.

[Louisa]

Wow my shtick is now "terminally dull", I feel like the final six months of 'Daybreak'. Revamp time?

Louisa.

[DulwichFox]

I think Louisa it's not so much just being seen

It's about letting every one know about it if

You haven't been seen.

'Oh we went there the other night, I had the Oyster

Terraine and my O.H had the Bollocks. Oh no the scallops'

Jesus

Foxy

[Louisa]

Foxy nail on head as ever.

It's all about seizing the opportunity to gloat.

"Well we might go back and try the halibut but only if they whack another tenner on the mains so we can feel even better about eating there" etc etc

Louisa.

[????]

fook me what pair of chippy unpleasants

[DulwichFox]

???? Wrote:

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> fook me what pair of chippy unpleasants

What does that mean. ??

I'm out every night meeting my public.

I'm a social butterfly.

I talk to people. Do my magic tricks.

I talk to everyone and anyone.

Where are you tonight ???? ?

Who is the sad miserable old git?

Well it ain't me .

I am The Fox and I am just an alright geezer.

[Louisa]

Speaking in riddles again quids? And people are supposedly bored of me and to a lesser extent foxy, for speaking the truth, whilst remaining happy confident and well rounded individuals. I rest my case.

Louisa.

[DulwichFox]

Lou

They crucified Jesus.

They beheaded Sir Thomas More.

Even if you do not believe in either of their principles

they stuck to them.

A Man for all Seasons.

Joe Hill (Joan Baez)

You can never take away a mans' soul.

Even when they hammer in the last nail.

And I've only just started on my second pint lol

Foxy

[numbers]

Louisa Wrote:

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> I don't remember too many nail bars in ED twenty

> years ago. I don't remember too many take aways

> either. I do however, remember a rather successful

> family run fruit and veg shop where Franco Manca

> now is and the great Walsh Glaziers opposite which

> was ED to the core. Selective memory Rah when it

> comes to the ED of old?

>

> Louisa.

good god Louisa - ED is not the only place to lose a good greengrocer in the last 20 years or so, its happened everywhere thanks to supermarkets. The only difference being that ED has a very good, long-running forum for people to er...bang on about the changes. Anyway, its not as if you cannot get a decent selection of fruit & veg on Lordship Lane, is it?

I don't think that people are commenting on new places because they feel that's where they ought to be seen to gain 'street cred'. It's often just because they are....new, so something to talk about.

[MrBen]

I will give Louisa and Foxy ?50 each for a charity of their choice if they can avoid rehashing the same tired gentrification related topics or rehashing their last 500 posts going forward.

Not content with referring to himself in the third person, the Fox has just compared himself to Jesus.

What a total cunt.

[LalKJ]

NewWave and Keekybreeks

Thanks so much for your delightful comments here about the Evening Standard article. Totally unnecessary, and again an example of why I think a lot of people are tiring of this forum. The reason a lot of people in the ES are from ED is that a lot of the journalists are from this area and basically trawl the EDF for case studies for their story. In this case I was contacted by the journalist at 11pm the night before that story came out after she'd seen a post of mine on here responding to another mother's question about nurseries, as she was desperate for a case study - she, like I, have a boss to answer to and was just trying to do her job, so I did her a favour (although did not know at the start she wanted a photo too). I must say, I'm so pleased you thought I'd nailed the harridan look, just the image I was going for. As often on this forum, you have got the wrong idea, people round here mostly don't try to get their kids into the "right" nursery, they try to get the into any nursery that gives them the right cover and support to go back to work, and yes, whether we like it or not, it is often necessary to register your child at a nursery early to get a space to enable you to go back to work at the end of maternity leave, it's got nothing to do with getting one up on other mothers and giving a better start to your children, and absolutely nothing to do with private education - the state does not provide nurseries for small children with the hours to assist working parents.

I hope your posts below made you feel much better, your nastyness however has made me rethink any contribution to this supposed community board.

ewWave Wrote:

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> keekybreeks Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Every time i pick up the Eveving standard (

> urgh)

> > there is some i dont know how she does it

> pinched

> > faced ex lawyer harriden, balding ex public

> school

> > rugger playing mid level city manager sans tie

> or

> > bearded creative shitbag banging on about

> schools/

> > nannies/ nurseries / street art. and 50% of the

> > time, they are from ED.

> Yes I've noticed that...Made me want to vomit...a

> woman put her kids name down at 3 months for a

> nursery and was afraid another mother more

> organised would beat her to it and therefore her

> kids would have a better start in life...Phleeze.

> I know plenty of folk who went to avarage state

> schools and because of their sheer determination

> not due to their pushy over ambitious parents

> ended up with MA's PHD's etc and wonderful careers

> and lives.

> I went to a supposedly superb school and half the

> girls ended up smack heads or groupies.

[DulwichFox]

Mr Ben

Please . I do not know what legal highs you might be taking

Or any medication you might be on, but please unless

You have something positive to add to any debate

Or conversation you really need to water it down.

I am available most nights in the EDT if you need someone to talk to.

You can always PM me if that would help .

I'm a very easy person to talk to in reSl life,

DulwichFox

[KidKruger]

"I don't remember too many nail bars in ED twenty years ago. I don't remember too many take aways either. I do however, remember a rather successful family run fruit and veg shop where Franco Manca now is and the great Walsh Glaziers opposite which was ED to the core. Selective memory Rah when it comes to the ED of old? "

In 'Ye Olde ED' I remember a jeans shop where the owner would try and touch your goolies as be measured your 'inside leg', a clothes shop that you wouldn't go in to buy clothes for your worst enemy and a High St that was avoided / dead on a weekend night because the pubs were rough (Foresters anybody) and nobody wanted to visit ED for a night out.

Depending on which colour tinted spectacles one wears at the time of writing, I contend that ED was invariably a shitehole, 'in need of improvement', the perfect community now ruined by blow-ins (your shade, I believe, Louisa ?), a bit edgy, or just an average slightly dull area with cheap housing.

As I mentioned on a previous thread which covered broadly the same moans, this is fundamentally the (now an ED standard) "I miss the good ole days" whine .

[????]

Louisa Wrote:

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> Speaking in riddles again quids? And people are

> supposedly bored of me and to a lesser extent

> foxy, for speaking the truth, whilst remaining

> happy confident and well rounded individuals. I

> rest my case.

>

> Louisa.

I am not sure taking out your insecurities and stereotyping everyone whose moved here in the past twenty years under lazy unpleasant labels is either truth telling or the sign of a well rounded individual to be honest but all you come over as nowadays is boring and immensely chippy and quite unpleasant to be honest but you martyr on.....

[numbers]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Mr Ben

> Please . I do not know what legal highs you might

> be taking

> Or any medication you might be on, but please

> unless

> You have something positive to add to any debate

> Or conversation you really need to water it down.

>

I am available most nights in the EDT if you need

> someone to talk to.

>

> You can always PM me if that would help .

>

> I'm a very easy person to talk to in reSl life,

>

> DulwichFox

He can't. He's got homework to do.

[KidKruger]

Touch? !!!!!