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And of course: The high point of popular culture that seems to have been consigned to the scrap heap. Damn shame! Charlie

I love the look of the modern console and PC stuff and spent some time playing (getting sucked in to) Gran Tourismo 4 last year, but TBH I never really got past the classics: Charlie *edited for neatness*

They are so different I think. Islington is just on the corner of the West End and just up the hill from the City. It has a tube, it is richer, houses are more expensive. Wait a minute. I have lived in both. I lived in Highbury Fields at the top end of Upper Street last year. Now I live in East Dulwich. What else do you want to know? East Dulwich is like a suburb, Islington is very much central London. Islington has great design shops and used furniture dealers, even if they are overpriced. ED is not there yet. Islington does have a village feel to it where Upper Street just feels like a thoroughfare with a lot of good shops on it. Bars are heaving in Islington of an evening. There's a few gay places in Islington. Islington is much bigger than ED. There are just as many estate agents in each place. Islington has a cinema. And theatres - some in pubs. Ummmm...... Just as much carrot cake and lattes. Good clothes shops in Islington. More crime too. It takes me 30 mins to cycle from ED to the city but only 15 mins from Islington. Is that enough?

I disagree. To make a song that rhymes and scans, entirely written in palindromes is quite clever. And then to use the Bob Dylan angle to imply that the song is deep and meaningful, when in fact the only meaningful thing about it is the palindromes, is also smart, especially since the lyrics are actually meaningless. So there's a lot of playful messing about with codes. Charlie

For years I have been frequenting Mirash which is cheap, friendly and always good. Nothing will ever tempt me away to another Indian. Especially not a 7 out of 10 import. Charlie

And for us it was always Labrynth in Dalston where was the tune of the night every Saturday night. Ahhh the memories. Charlie

That France Gall is a top spot - nice one. My Tube Fu is stronger! Brigitte Bardot - Contact And if we're doing classic rave, don't even mess! I was top DJ boy way back when. OK I'm a shadow of my former stuffed with vinyl DJ box carrying dude. But I still offer: Noise Overload - Right Here Right Now Rhythm For Reasons - The Grand National (Tango Remix) One more.. Satin Storm - Think I'm Going Out of my Head (one of my faves)

Practice and Licence vs Practise and License is about noun vs verb. I mentioned abseil earlier. I just heard someone say it here. It is abSEIL not abSAIL. You do not sail down the side of a cliff. (from the German: abseilen, to rope down). Charlie

There's only a few things that bring a tear to my eye. I'm a huge fan of Italian disco. And you'll wince if you can bothered to listen to more than a few seconds of them: Mr Flagio Ken Lazlo Uh oh. Guilty secret exposed! Charlie

On the soundtrack of DeathProof - a really shit film with a shit carchase. Great track though: Charlie

A also have a problem with bear/bare as in "bare it in mind". Never can get my head round this one. Also pinciples, fewer, eldest, forehead, licorice, abseiling, Soave are all bothering me at the moment. Thanks for sharing. Charlie

Don't worry, I'm not really a Yankovich fan. I culled the lyrics and info in a Wiki/Google fu session. To me he's always been a bit base in his humor and his pastiches are none too clever. However, AngryWhiteBoy Polka and this palindromes thing have lifted him up slightly in my eyes. Only slightly though. Charlie

Lordship Lane is turning into Clapham High Street. Shame. Charlie

And Bob is a Bob Dylan pisstake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg

Convertible cars - ie hardtops without the hardtop - lack rigidity and are a compromise. Cars originally designed to be open are fine. IMO of course. Charlie

You are misinformed. 1984. This little gem: A man, a plan, a caret, a ban, a myriad, a sum, a lac, a liar, a hoop, a pint, a catalpa, a gas, an oil, a bird, a yell, a vat, a caw, a pax, a wag, a tax, a nay, a ram, a cap, a yam, a gay, a tsar, a wall, a car, a luger, a ward, a bin, a woman, a vassal, a wolf, a tuna, a nit, a pall, a fret, a watt, a bay, a daub, a tan, a cab, a datum, a gall, a hat, a fag, a zap, a say, a jaw, a lay, a wet, a gallop, a tug, a trot, a trap, a tram, a torr, a caper, a top, a tonk, a toll, a ball, a fair, a sax, a minim, a tenor, a bass, a passer, a capital, a rut, an amen, a ted, a cabal, a tang, a sun, an ass, a maw, a sag, a jam, a dam, a sub, a salt, an axon, a sail, an ad, a wadi, a radian, a room, a rood, a rip, a tad, a pariah, a revel, a reel, a reed, a pool, a plug, a pin, a peek, a parabola, a dog, a pat, a cud, a nu, a fan, a pal, a rum, a nod, an eta, a lag, an eel, a batik, a mug, a mot, a nap, a maxim, a mood, a leek, a grub, a gob, a gel, a drab, a citadel, a total, a cedar, a tap, a gag, a rat, a manor, a bar, a gal, a cola, a pap, a yaw, a tab, a raj, a gab, a nag, a pagan, a bag, a jar, a bat, a way, a papa, a local, a gar, a baron, a mat, a rag, a gap, a tar, a decal, a tot, a led, a tic, a bard, a leg, a bog, a burg, a keel, a doom, a mix, a map, an atom, a gum, a kit, a baleen, a gala, a ten, a don, a mural, a pan, a faun, a ducat, a pagoda, a lob, a rap, a keep, a nip, a gulp, a loop, a deer, a leer, a lever, a hair, a pad, a tapir, a door, a moor, an aid, a raid, a wad, an alias, an ox, an atlas, a bus, a madam, a jag, a saw, a mass, an anus, a gnat, a lab, a cadet, an em, a natural, a tip, a caress, a pass, a baronet, a minimax, a sari, a fall, a ballot, a knot, a pot, a rep, a carrot, a mart, a part, a tort, a gut, a poll, a gateway, a law, a jay, a sap, a zag, a fat, a hall, a gamut, a dab, a can, a tabu, a day, a batt, a waterfall, a patina, a nut, a flow, a lass, a van, a mow, a nib, a draw, a regular, a call, a war, a stay, a gam, a yap, a cam, a ray, an ax, a tag, a wax, a paw, a cat, a valley, a drib, a lion, a saga, a plat, a catnip, a pooh, a rail, a calamus, a dairyman, a bater, a canal--Panama But that's a bit ridiculous. How about Bob by Weird Al Yakovich (from Poodle Hat) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0b/Weirdalpoodlehat.jpeg/200px-Weirdalpoodlehat.jpeg an entirely palendromic song: I, man, am regal - a German am I Never odd or even If I had a hi-fi Madam, I'm Adam Too hot to hoot No lemons, no melon Too bad I hid a boot Lisa Bonet ate no basil Warsaw was raw Was it a car or a cat I saw? Rise to vote, sir Do geese see god? "Do nine men interpret?" "Nine men," I nod Rats live on no evil star Won't lovers revolt now? Race fast, safe car Pa's a sap Ma is as selfless as I am May a moody baby doom a yam? Ah, Satan sees Natasha No devil lived on Lonely Tylenol Not a banana baton No "x" in "Nixon" O, stone, be not so O Geronimo, no minor ego "Naomi," I moan "A Toyota's a Toyota" A dog, a panic in a pagoda Oh no! Don Ho! Nurse, I spy gypsies - run! Senile felines Now I see bees I won UFO tofu We panic in a pew Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog! Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog Great stuff. My wife's birthday is palendromic: 27.11.72 Charlie

I went through a stage of thinking it was funny to ask famous people to give me a nosh. I met Shane Ritchie in a bar and drunkenly went over, face open and smiling and said hello. He said hello back. I asked him if he'd give me a nosh. There were quite a few encounters. I've never asked Jimmy Nesbitt for a nosh even though he was stalking me and the wife for at least a week. He followed me round Sainsburys once picking up the same produce as me just after me. Freak! Then I caught him going through my bins. That's when I called the rozzers! Charlie

Obviously the "Carlos" was a joke. It's actually Charlie. I live in London becaus I like it. I like East Dulwich too. It's just that I don't like the rest of the country, or most of the people that live in it. I am a Brit by the way. Just not a very tolerant one. Charlie

Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have to say that there are loads of places I > still want to see in the UK... I've never been up > to Scotland, and I really want to go to the lakes. > Cornwall is my favourite part of the country, > absolutely beautiful coast! > > That said, when you get summers like the one we > just sort of had, you understand why people want > to get overseas! Exactly. Don't go to Scotland or the Lake District unless you want to be rained on. A lot. Charlie

It's all about the bit rate for me. Full fat MP3s at 320. Still they'd be worth nothing to me. I can d/l them for free. Charlie

downsouth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Has anyone ever tried to sell through > www.Propertybroker.com? That way you avoid the > agents and their fees (Foxtons current promotion > excepted). Yes. It didn't work. We tried and tried but just didn't get the traffic. Six months we gave it. House was priced at ?350k. We didn't get a sniff. As soon as we gave it to Winkworth they got an offer of ?369k in the first couple of weeks. If findaproperty and rightmove allowed private ads to feature on their sites propertybroker would have a chance. Charlie

I would holiday in the UK but I don't like the English. Or the weather. Madeira I heard today has no beaches and is populated by old biddies. So it's the Canarias para mi. Gracias. Carlos.

I've spent the weekend with Max watching all six episodes of The Corner. Luckily being one year old Max didn't really take much in. Jesus it's bleak, miserable and depressing. Like the Wire but without the excitement of a police investigation. As in series one of the Wire its theme is the unwinnable war on drugs. Amazing acting and very high production values. Lots of drug use, intravenous heroin use, scavenging and poverty. Six episodes each focused on a character. Hardly a glimmer of of hope in the whole series. Can someone give me the Samaritans' number please. Charlie

I was in a trance and with Max when said bint pressed a balloon into my hand. Once I'd gone round the corner, and in order to not feel too guilty about littering, I handed the balloon to Max who promptly let it go (he's one), allowing me to publicly berate him for not considering the environment. How East Dulwich is that! Charlie

Popped in today to ask about a valuation and a chat about possibly renting a house. Crap greeting, nobody really had a clue about what was going on. Some girl dressed as a waitress wrote my name and number in the corner of an A4 pad. I guess I won't be hearing from them. And they didn't even offer me a cappucino. Twats! Please keep my swearing intact Mark, we're all adults here. Charlie