David Mc

Oh FFS - is that for real?!

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

K=5 so 128 is right for muzjiks. I'm not going to dignify Mogs' comment with a response.

Except you still need to get the token back - particularly if it's on your keyring!

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/YourServices/environment/waste/BulkyCollections.html

I use the trolleys that take the plastic baskets Sainsbury's used to sell (?1 keeper is on the opposite side to the majority of other trolleys) and I completely understand the Frankenstein spider-like trolley monster having created several myself.

Rather good review of it in Time Out this week as well.

Nothing wrong with corned beef. http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/corned-beef-hash-with-fried-eggs,749,RC.html But in a sandwich the only acceptable accompaniment is salad cream. Try it - I'm serious!

Nature will decide. What she will do will depend on her whim at the time. Bird 'flu perhaps.

Can you recommend a decent, reliable dealer?!

An ATM outside the UK will often charge you (or your bank, or sometimes even both will) for the privilege/convenience. Even if they don't, then the rate will be less favourable (unless currency rates have changed significantly in your favour while you were on the plane). Maybe you're lucky enough not to be bothered, but look at those transactions in detail once you're home.... And sometimes you just want to get something before you can find an ATM.

I use http://www.cityforex.co.uk/ who are excellent. Amongst the things that make them excellent are that they deliver the next day to Canary Wharf, have very competitive rates, don't charge commission, give you bills in sensible combinations of denominations and give me a discount just because I work for the company I work for!

Yeah - but surely the right questions now are 1) is HE a nice-looking man? And 2), did he pull find someone? Sorry - just practising this HTML mullarkey really.

Easier to ask in Willis B isn't it? The owner is a friendly guy and you might even find that Jason's at the Clapham branch.

That is the best thing I've seen on the Interweb for ages! Most of the room pix brought on a projectile vomiting reflex! Marvellous. The Yahoo is gross (actually most of them are) and can you imagine if you'd ended up in Vouz?!

It was ammonia, not to mention strong and foul. No clue what happened after that.

It irritates the fuck out of me that atheists aren't allowed a say on Radio 4's Thought For The Day. If you agree that they should, you can do little bit to help by following one of the links in this article... http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/04/religion-atheism-radio4-bbc

I left my car in a car park the other day; when I came back to it, the bumper and rear lights were all smashed up. Then I found this note under the wiper. It said: I just accidentally reversed into your car. Quite a few people saw me do it. They think I'm leaving my name and details. Well, I'm not.

>could never understand why Urban Hymns was so huge Because the drugs DO work!

Yeah - PCness sucks.

Let's face it, it just wasn't a very (or even remotely) good joke. H, you're not being "cycnical", just a bit too PC. And bbw - please, brush up on the quality of your material before posting it. I once was proud to quote jokes that I'd remembered and found funny enough from this thread, but haven't done so since the "ghandi floss" one! Much love and a Happy New Year to all! P.S. I'll leave you with this, courtesy of b3ta: Stevie Wonder is playing his first gig in Tokyo and the place is absolutely packed to the rafters. In a bid to break the ice with his new audience, he asks if anyone would like him to play a request. A little old Japanese man jumps out of his seat in the first row and shouts at the top of his voice: "Play a jazz chord! Play a jazz chord!" Amazed that this guy knows about Stevie's varied career, the blind impresario starts to play an E minor scale and then goes into a difficult jazz melody for about 10 minutes. When he finishes, the whole place goes wild. The little old man jumps up again and shouts "No, no, play a jazz chord, play a jazz chord". A bit pissed off by this, Stevie, being the professional that he is, dives straight into a jazz improvisation with his band around the B flat minor chord and really tears the place apart. The crowd goes wild with this impromptu show of his technical expertise. The little old man jumps up again. "No, no. Play a jazz chord, play a jazz chord". Well and truly pissed-off that this little guy doesn't seem to appreciate his playing ability, Stevie says to him from the stage "OK smart ass. You get up here and do it!" The little old man climbs up onto the stage, takes hold of the mike and starts to sing. "A jazz chord to say I ruv you."

They just needed more staff; to have stocked properly to be able to meet demand from their menu and to lower the price or up the portion size of the fishcake! When the food eventually did come, it was good (fishcake excepted) but most of us were past the point of caring!

Actually The Narrow on Dec 23 around lunchtime was pretty shite too. No pasties and no sausage rolls available from the extortionately overpriced and very limited "bar food" menu. ?6.75 for a single fishcake barely 2" in diameter and 0.5" thick with some limp salad and half a teaspoon of tartare sauce isn't exactly a bargain either. Oh yes - and since the kitchen was sooooooooooo busy, they stopped the bar menu for an hour at about 1:30 as well. And the 40 minute wait at the bar was a pleasure too. Not. Neither was the 90 minute (it's just coming) wait for the "food" we managed to order before the moratorium on bar food was declared. I doubt I'll be going back.

No actually, it really isn't, Sue dearest.

Oh yes and always available during thouse hours. And so willing to do so. Or perhaps not.