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Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Why does not "thebeard" look elsewhere for

> somewhere to live if its so bad. Probably does not

> even live in ED.



That's kind of a stock response to most dissenting opinions on here isn't it?


'you probably don't even live in ED'


Can I ask why you think anyone in their right mind would take interest in the wrist-slashingly tedious minutiae of a minor London borough if they didn't live there?

Lenk - my point is that if someone is so obviously critical of ED I wonder why they feel they want to live here. This is one a number of threads that "thebeard" has started criticising ED pubs. His points seem to be unsubstantiated and I'm not convined his posts are intended to do anything other than stir things up.

How can someone "love the place, but mostly hate the people?" Are they not one in the same? I find that to be a fascinating predicament to be in. It's nice to walk down the street and think that someone (who doesn't know me) hates me, but loves the broken, cracked pavement I'm walking on. Nice.


Where is the new Sean when you need him?


Best,

-C

candj Wrote:

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> How can someone "love the place, but mostly hate

> the people?" Are they not one in the same? I

> find that to be a fascinating predicament to be

> in. It's nice to walk down the street and think

> that someone (who doesn't know me) hates me, but

> loves the broken, cracked pavement I'm walking on.

> Nice.

>

> Where is the new Sean when you need him?

>

> Best,

> -C


What on earth are you talking about?


The place / area has nothing to do with the people.


The social mix has nothing to do with the pavements of buildings.


You?re a fine example of the people who live locally clueless headless in the clouds and or cloud cuckoo land.


Carry on walking on the cracks?

the reason I tore into silverfox yesterday (the irony!) was because he chose a particularly aggressive and insulting post to make as his own.Who knos if it was ill-judged or the start of a minor-career delighting in pissing people off


thebeard on the other hand is fairly trollish - responding just delights him. He isn't the worst - there is a malign intelligence at work and sometimes he reminds me of early-period quids but would you want to spend any time with him??


Anyone who likes to generalise and say that anyone who picks up on the positives in the area is living with their head in the clouds.... well, you wouldn't want to crawl around the inside of their headspace would you?

thebeard Wrote:

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> What on earth are you talking about?

>

> The place / area has nothing to do with the

> people.

>

> The social mix has nothing to do with the

> pavements of buildings.

>

> You?re a fine example of the people who live

> locally clueless headless in the clouds and or

> cloud cuckoo land.

>

> Carry on walking on the cracks?


:o are you insulting all of ED or anyone in particular? I'm certainly not clueless or headless tyvm!

thebeard wrote


I do have a love hate relationship love the place but mostly hate the people. But that?s true of almost all cities the people are rude aggressive like caged angry animals.



You sound like a typical run-of-the-mill misanthropic sociopath to me. I suggest you find a small desert island and go and live there. You'll be much happier on your own.

KalamityKel Wrote:

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>

> :o are you insulting all of ED or anyone in

> particular? I'm certainly not clueless or

> headless tyvm!


Naa possibly not you, but probably 83.56786565% of the rest of the local population.


The mums with buggies probably have the edge as their brain cells are depleted so they park 1/2 way across two parking spaces and moan about the lack of parking in the area.


Then there are the city gents strutting up the road intently heading very importantly home whilst almost knocking over children walking alongside mum and buggy.


Then there?s the chavs with their child killing dogs sat outside the EDT or other quality pubs.


Not sure if the parking attendant 616 lives locally but he rides around with his indicators on one side or the other like a headless chicken looking to ticket anyone with one wheel on the pavement or one inch over a disabled kerb crossing or parked in bus lane at 1 second past 4pm?

But somehow rarely tickets anyone on zigzag lines at crossings.


Too many examples to list.

The secret to living in a society is to rise above the petty trivial annoyances and get on with your life, it's very negative looking at all the things that cause distress and mulling them over all the time. I personally don't like supermarkets, the list of tedious annoyances are endless, but rather than let it get to me I just get on with what I'm doing and don't bother myself about the crap that hacks me off, I have to really syke my self up to go and do the shopping but a bit like work once I'm in there I just get on with it there are a lot worse places to live.

Mikecg Wrote:

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I have to really syke my self up to

> go and do the shopping but a bit like work once

> I'm in there I just get on with it there are a lot

> worse places to live.


I know this a spelling error and I would not normally comment, but I reckon this a a subconscious reference to Eric Sykes, and anyone who went shopping in the mindset of the sitcom Sykes would have hours of fun.

What with the series of misunderstandings, the almost being arrrsted by the local copper who's also a personal friend and then having to explain all to your sister Hattie when you got back home.


I think you're onto something here MikeCg.

???? Wrote:

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> was the "early-period" Quids before my "Blue"

> phase?


Quids, I can certainly recall you suggesting an early morning meet up at ED station to take care of some regular unpleasantness on one of the trains.

I agreed to join you.

I can't remember who suggested the flaming torches.

But I think you thought better of it, and went on to agitate for every second shop on LL to be turned into a bookies.

Or something like that.

Oh and by the way, the whole 'meeting up at ED station with flaming torches' thing, I'm embarrassed to say it was all talk on my part. Sorry.

Hats off to Mike. Top post.

Rise above it all, life's too short.


I do love how people's misanthropic tendencies really only reflect their personal failings, not society's.


Get out from under your bridge, breath the air, admire a flower, have a pint in the bishop, even the palmerston (but ntv) and kiss a baby in a bugaboo.


Life's ok really....smile, but limit smilies to one :)

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