What happened to these things we were promised?

[James]

I thought we were getting a Vietnamese restaurant!?

And a vegetarian place?

And don't get me started on the whole M&S/Waitrose thing... will we at least get a new Co-op?

[languagelounger]

I thought I'd been promised that I would grow up to live in a rational and progressive society which would provide for the greatest good of the greatest number, with intelligent and decent allocation of resources allowing all who possibly could to fulfill their potential.

I'm absolutely certain that we were not going to start imperial wars or send young men to die pointlessly in Afghanistan (you know, what with Rudyard Kipling already having pointed out the gigantic stupidity of that one somewhat previously).

And we can't even manage a vegetarian restaurant in SE22. Hah.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Isn't the vegetarian opening up on the old Chopsticks site? - as recently as 2 weeks ago that was the word

The Vietnamese place I'm assuming just ran into lease/money difficulties and was so long ago it's not going to happen

[mockney piers]

Nice Vietnamese place on Grove Lane of course, and no Marxist dialectic was harmed in the making of these steamed dumplings neither!!

[languagelounger]

Marxism?

[phillyboy]

And Jimmy Choo...

[Jeremy]

When were we ever "promised" an M&S or Waitrose?!

[????]

Victor Chzndler?

[HonaloochieB]

I'm pretty sure a Wimpy was once mooted as well.

It's all so bally unfair.

[LegalEagle-ish]

I'm still waiting for the knight in shining armour that I was promised as a kid!

[James]

Sean I hope you're right about the veggie place!

Never mind about a rational and progressive society. That can wait. M&S first!

[Jeremy]

M&S ready-prepared food is good for days when I don't want (or don't have time) to cook, but I can live without it.

A Wimpy would be awesome. Imagine being able to get a bender-in-a-bun on Lordship Lane.

[Vik]

I'm stilll waiting for the flying car that Tomorrows World promised I would have in the year 2000!

[sophiesofa]

I'm still waiting for my trees to crop spaghetti. I hope the chopstix venue is turned into something yummy asap.

[MrBen]

Re. Co-op - don't want to get you all into a froth but in my mums little town of Spilsby, Lincolnshire have always been only two supermarkets, a Co-op and a newish and much better located Somerfield. I went back at the weekend to find that since Co op bought Somerfield they have sold on the quality Somerfield site to Sainsburys (now about to open there next month) and have kept their old site. This strategy would suggest that they are unlikely to keep both sites on Lordship Lane and may not even keep the best one either so I'm sticking with my bet that we'll get something different on one of those sites.

[HonaloochieB]

The Somerfield on LL is selling Co-op chilled meals.

What can it mean?

[cate]

Chap in the Cheese Block confirmed to me that Chopsticks is turning into a South Indian vegetarian restaurant.

[Cassius]

cate Wrote:

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> Chap in the Cheese Block confirmed to me that

> Chopsticks is turning into a South Indian

> vegetarian restaurant.

If true that would be great.

[cate]

Do you think he is lying? It's his family that are running it.

[fractionater]

When I bought my flat 10yrs ago, I remember the Estate Agent promising that the tube would be coming to ED!

[cate]

fractionater Wrote:

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> When I bought my flat 10yrs ago, I remember the

> Estate Agent promising that the tube would be

> coming to ED!

Yeah, and they are so trustworthy! Just like politicians.

[HonaloochieB]

cate Wrote:

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> Chap in the Cheese Block confirmed to me that

> Chopsticks is turning into a South Indian

> vegetarian restaurant.

Cate, if you can get a second confirmation from the bloke in the pub then we'll take it as read.

[cate]

Honie, do you want to make a bet?

[LordLane]

Somerfield's definately aren't going into the empty shops near the Plough, so unfourtunately will not be either a co-op or a new somerfield. i have however heard about Sainsbury's looking at it with a view to a new Sainsbury's local.

[????]

Rose Johnson promised she'd meet me by the boys toilets at primary school and never showed