thebestnameshavegone

Someone tried to mug me on Barry Road last year after I got off the 12 at about 3am. I pushed him over someone's wall, threw a loose bit of the wall at him and ran off. It's the only violent thing I can remember ever doing.

If you're keeping it outside, you really should lock it up, even if it's in your back garden. Speaking as someone who used to regularly 'garden hop'.

*rubs eyes, stares*

I wish I lived on Stoke Newington Church Street. I really do. Can we all pretend this is their forum?

'Village' is a word used by estate agents. Please don't move here, stay in Clapham. Stop writing like an absolute cliche.

An easier calculation is to each morning stare yourself directly in the face in the mirror and ask 'where is it I live again and what sounds do I expect to hear on the gentle lolloping breeze'? If the answer is 'owls, sparrows' then move elsewhere

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pearson Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Isn't there an indie record shop in a basement > > below the video shop on LL? > > There was but they no longer operate out of the > shop for the reasons Jeremy pointed out. They now > occupy a more virtual space (and a pub in Herne > Hill a lot of the time): > http://dreammachinerecords.co.uk/ Ah, good old John Lynch.

there's a good thread on here about steps you can take to get a stolen bike back (I don't recommend all of them, own risk etc) http://www.lfgss.com/thread9791.html

Speaking in the 'idiot' idiom is harder than it looks

sunday is the main 'fence' day. tbh in south London a lot of bikes get shifted on the street for ?20 / down the pub. BL mainly seems to have bikes that were nicked locally, if friends who've spotted theirs there are anything to go by. (Best procedure with BL is to go down with a largeish mate and a Kryptonite lock - lock the bike up you suspect as being yours and phone the police - be prepared to run for it until the police come)

danielgriffiths Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Posted by: Huguenot Today, 06:42AM > > danielgriffiths making a sound play for the > 'absolute nonsense' award there... > > "When ever we were shown around the house that we > were to buy there were no planes flying > overhead... No one mentioned it. We saw the house > 6 or 7 times before we moved in and got quite a > shock" > > The planes go every 2 minutes, and the estate > agents don't have the schedule. If you didn't hear > it, it was because you didn't notice it. Nobody > stitched you up. > -------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > Hummmmm.... > > Well it is so nice to be called a liar by an > absolute stranger. Thank you, you are such a good > example to the children of today. > > I stick by my story - Would also like to say that > we moved to our new house from a few streets > away... Yes that is right!! What idiots we must > have been not to have seen the planes in ED for > the year we lived here before!!!!! Must have had > $hit in our ears to miss them! The level of noise > from one part to another is quite different. > Unfortunatly for us the planes use our roof to > line up on their run for Heathrow. And I think we > all know that we have on and off weeks when the > flight plans change. > > If people are happy to just switch off the noise > great. We are told that there is nothing we can do > about it, so lets just all roll over and let the > govt and corporate world $crew us into submission. > > > If people are unhappy or concerned about something > they should talk about it, engage in society and > change things. I don't have the answer for the > plane noise or any other problem in society but by > discussing it we might find some solutions. I > thought that was the whole idea of the ED Forum. > Or is it just for people to share insults? What do you suggest is done? Maybe they could close Heathrow for you, or order the planes to fly a few streets to the left? Maybe check what the commute's like from Chipping Norton?

Anyone else noticed they've been particularly loud recently? Beauregard, my son, runs crying into my room at 5am sharp every morning when these beastly things begin their tuneless braying. WHY are the council not doing anything? Is this not what I pay my council tax for? When I used to live in Hampshire we used to sort things like this out the old-fashioned way - with birds of prey and shotguns - I'll wager those Southwark council beaurocrats have some petty bylaw against this, as usual.

Record levels of 'joke threads' on the EDF lately. Well done everyone.

If you leave a bike overnight and outdoors in London, almost regardless of what it was or was not locked up with, it will be gone / bits of it will be missing come the morning. Spend 10% of the bike's cost on locks and never leave it anywhere where someone can have time alone with it. Keep it indoors overnight. I've lived in London for 10 years and never had a bike stolen, and I ride every day.

It's almost like what I imagine living in a city to be like, what with all of these planes overhead!

I think you've just moved underneath what they call a 'busy flight path'. Remember all that noise in the sky when you came to look around? Every plane that flies over takes another ?500 off the value of your house. Mine's worth -?85k, it's terrible.

What was it locked up with out of interest?

Ayers Bakery does a damn fine brownie. Re: My opinion on Cupcakes: I have documented this elsewhere. http://cupcakesareshit.tumblr.com/

Huggers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > do the GGT even exist? or is it a wind up to draw > out the inner daily mailness of east dulwich? If they didn't exist I would have to invent them. Someone's got it right on the money if they aren't real though, applause. The best thing about this forum is drawing out the 'used to be liberal' brigade, they are tremendous value.

Meld Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > thebestnameshavegone Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I love a bit of data. > > > > You can back any half-baked opinion you have up > > just nicely if you choose your source > carefully. > > Definition of data: > > da?ta >    /ˈdeɪtə, > ˈd?tə, ˈdɑtə/ Show > Spelled Show IPA > ?noun > 1. > a pl. of datum. > 2. > individual facts, statistics, or items of > information > > Damn those pesky facts eh, always getting in the > way of a good solid opinion. What a stupid post. What do climate change deniers do, if not selectively choose / ignore data?

I love a bit of data. You can back any half-baked opinion you have up just nicely if you choose your source carefully.

Nowt gets people riled quite like HARDWORKING HOMEOWNERS being VICTIMISED like this. I'm almost tempted to move out of my house that I WORKED FOR and let these VILE PEOPLE squat in it, just so I can get more material for my next book from this here forum.

Why can't people live exactly the same life I choose to lead? I used to be a socialist, but post-30, post-child and post-overpriced SE22 house I'm not so sure anymore. Not in my back yard!

ImpetuousVrouw Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How ugly and frightening is the suburban > hysterical lynch-mob? > > Why don't you all take a pill and go back to > wondering if magnolia walls are still passe or > not, instead of ganging up on these guys? +1

*has another mouthful of fresh daffodil*