LadyNorwood

Just thought it was an interesting article that happened to mention Dulwich - no agenda

?150k and live in Dulwich...

Quite a long article on being 'middle class' - you have to read to the end... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/pity-me--im-part-of-britains-middle-class-and-its-rubbish/

Please contact SNARL (Tony or Boudicca) on 07957 830490 or 07961 030064 if you find/see/know anything - thank you....

Libby Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3435938/It > -s-double-width-people-carrier-two-bedrooms-s-priv > ate-parking-space-10ft-wide-property-hits-market-8 > 00-000.html Foxtons - of course.... http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-57565901.html

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > LadyNorwood Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I'm amazed at the level of > > vitriol levelled at both of them > > > Both of them? Really? Jerry Hall probably doesn't > deserve some of what is being said about her, but > Murdoch deserves a hell of a lot more. Nasty human > that he is. Sorry I should have said "levelled at their personal appearance"...

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't know much about Jerry Hall. I do remember > feeling sorry for her when it turned out her > "marriage" to Mick Jagger had been a sham. > > But Murdoch is no muppet, it's not like there > won't be a pre-nup in place if they do get wed. > > I agree Louisa that an older woman should be free > to find love, but why doesn't she go down the Babs > Windsor route and get herself a younger man? There are no guarantees with either an older or a younger man; JH and RM have their reasons for choosing each other, I'm amazed at the level of vitriol levelled at both of them - I, for one, wish them well, they're neither of them in the first bloom of youth and they've found their own happiness...

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > LadyNorwood Wrote: > > > > > I was born mid-60s, youngest of three. Never > > liked DB, was dragged to see him late 90s at > Town > > & Country in Leeds (the tour when he refused to > > sign any old stuff); managed to stick it for > about > > 20 minutes, then walked out (very obvious as > there > > were only about 200 people) and sat in the car > for > > the next hour or so, freezing my bits off... > Just > > never got the hype, give me Steve Marriott any > > day... > > > I'll not get angry about you and feel sad with > you, LadyN. > > In no order, and why should it be? > > Brixton boy, artist, dilettante, big feckin' ol' > liar, Beckenham Arts Lab Proff, Tony Newley > impersonator, Mott The Hoople saviour, Alien?, > GLAM F@CKIN' GLAM 'N' GLAM AGAIN, Actor? Man Who > Fell To Earth, Waffety-eyed long-haired div, > Converter of me to Ziggy Stardust compulsive, > Geezery sounding socialite, Discovering Life On > Mars (FACT!), Best hairstyles, ever, just bloody > ever, Berlin and all that, but not forgetting how > to make a pop tune, Thin White Duke, William > Burroughs, The Dame, being amused by being > referred to as The Dame, Warhol, hole, hole, > holes, The Elephant Man, Tin Machine, Marlboro > Reds, Iggy saviour, still being a chum with George > who hit him so hard he changed hs eye colour, the > best mullet ever, The Laughing Gnome, Lodger > Lazarus and I'll leave it there. > > I just know the world was better with him in it, > and there'll be a permanent Bowie-shaped hole. > > See Ya. "I'll not get angry about you and feel sad with you" - I have absolutely no idea what you mean by that - angry because I don't share your taste in music? Sad because, well I don't know really... I'm sure your world was better with him in it, but not mine - to quote you, FACT... Hey ho, each to their own, he didn't impact on my world, except to give me a memory of a freezing cold evening, sitting in a car in Leeds, hoping I didn't get frostbite... In fact, he made me cross so there we are - maybe he did impact my world after all, just not in the way most people would imagine... I'd forgotten all about that evening until this news surfaced, so maybe it wasn't that big a deal after all... I'm off to listen to some Jake Thackray - witty, clever and understated...

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The OP > > > > ???? Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > This has been bothering me. (well a bit). > > > > I love this man's music...there was a pre-punk > > time when it was just him alone in my book, > > certainly in the UK. But, I'm acutely aware > that > > lots of people who have similar tastes to me > but > > are younger, just don't see it. Am I prisoner > of > > my youth?...Is he in reality how I see Oasis, > ie > > ok, but if you were 15 when Definitely Maybe > was > > released you thought this was the best album > ever > > rather than a Slade tribute. Discuss. > > > I can confirm that if you were born late 70s, your > parents didn't listen to any popular music (and > we're older parents for the time), and the first > thing you saw him do was "Dancing in the street" > with Jagger, you probably felt a bit creeped out > by him. I certainly did. > > Bit grew to like him, just nowhere near on the > level of those 10 - 20 years my senior. I was born mid-60s, youngest of three. Never liked DB, was dragged to see him late 90s at Town & Country in Leeds (the tour when he refused to sign any old stuff); managed to stick it for about 20 minutes, then walked out (very obvious as there were only about 200 people) and sat in the car for the next hour or so, freezing my bits off... Just never got the hype, give me Steve Marriott any day...

Have sent you a PM

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The man single-handedly ruined English > football..... yup - thanks to his meddling we now have to endure WAGs, Hello! and OK! magazine spreads....

I recently found an old C60 tape in the back a drawer, still had a cassette player luckily as the tape was of my parents' (long, long deceased) voices just chatting about nothing - that's one I'll keep... I also found Now That's What I Call Music One - double cassette - presumably from when I was a proud(?), if broke and confused, member of Britannia Music...

Yup - it's weather, it's what happens.... Damn all those woolly mammoths driving around in their 4x4s, causing the Ice Age.... Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Climate change bandwagon jumpers using the recent > Cumbrian floods and warm December weather to make > 'off the cuff' remarks about how it is "proof" we > need to do something. If you're going to make the > scientific argument for climate change please do > so, but stop scaremongering with the use of one > off weather events to justify your narrow opinion > on an issue with potentially very serious > implications. > > Louisa.

jacks09 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What's u supermarket? It's a supermarket chain in France - there's Leclerc, Casino, Auchan, Intermarch?, U (similar to Tesco with U Express and Super U stores); there used to be Champion but I think that's been bought out....

My elderly aunt, a spinster for most of her life, took up with a younger man when she was in her 70s (he was in his 50s) - initially it was a business arrangement, they were both in the antiques trade.... He then moved in to her home and they became partners at home as well as in business. She became unwell with scleroderma and each time we made arrangements to visit her, he would cancel at the last minute and we never got to see her.... He rang me to tell me she had died and that the funeral had already taken place - it was all rather strange as when I asked if I could perhaps have a look through any family documents, photos etc (she was my last living relative). He became extremely abusive and accused me of being after her money, nothing was further from the truth, I merely wanted to know if there was anything relating to my father (which would have been of no value/interest to him) as I only have a couple of photos of him.... He also accused me of neglecting my aunt, even though it was he who refused my attempts to visit her.... He then said he'd burned all her papers and sold all her effects - she had worked in Africa and the Emirates as a hospital matron for many years and had accumulated valuable pieces together with her antiques dealings.... I never met this man, he contrived to be absent whenever I did visit her (prior to her illness) and I have no doubt that he was not interested in her for herself, merely for house, money and personal effects.... When the solicitors contacted me (she had, in fact, left me a small monetary legacy), I questioned the actions of this man - they were very apologetic and expressed concern that he had coerced and unduly influenced her. I should have followed it up, if only to prevent him from targeting another vulnerable lady.... SueV - I feel so profoundly sorry that you find yourself in this hideous situation - what is already a desperately sad time for your mother, to have to deal with such antagonism and vileness is unfathomable - I hope that you can find a solution, given that there is not much time - if your mother is mentally incapacitated I don't think he will be able to change the will, do you have a family solicitor who can advise you? I wish you strength for the future and hope that your mother passes peacefully - feel free to PM me....

And now this..... All this 'notinmyname' - well this is not in MY name..... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/12035552/Knifeman-screams-this-is-for-Syria-in-London-tube-machete-attack.html

Why specifically smartphones?

DaveR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Antwerp, Lyon, Munich all good for a few days. Lyon is great - Eurostar direct from St Pancras (although you have to 'de-train' at Lille on the way back to do security/customs checks)in four/five hours.... Fabulous restaurants (gastro capital of France), lots to see and do, toddle up and down the Rhone...

The Dame and Bing - Little Drummer Boy..... I can't bear to watch it, it's hideous - Bing doesn't know who the Dame is or what he's doing there and the Dame is, well just being the Dame!

Me myself I - Joan Armatrading

Call Me - Blondie

Let me call you sweetheart - Laurel & Hardy

buddug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You missed a trick, Lady Norwood! It was so > beautiful. In fact, I was lucky enough to be > working in Canary Wharf tower when it did its lap > of honour on its last day. All of us workers had > our noses pressed against the windows with tears > rolling down our cheeks! I was on the London Eye and we were at the very top as it went over, thought we'd missed it and suddenly there was this enormous roar as it flew over - the South Bank was packed with people dancing, drinking champagne. It was a very special day - I was with my best friend and her wheelchair-bound mother, we all had the best time.... I used to stop every afternoon and go out in the garden and wave at Concorde, ridiculous, but it made my heart sing... There's one parked at the old Terminal 1 at Heathrow - it's still beautiful to this day...

buddug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You've hit the nail on the head, Dulwich Fox by > mentioning aircraft! I used to be woken by > Concorde flying over as I didn't have double > glazing in those days. But now and again I'd get > up specially to wait for it in my garden - it was > so beautiful to watch. Now, the planes flying over > don't wake me at all, though I know it does some. > But this noise - I can't begin to describe it. It > was 20 times the noise of a plane - the decibel > levels were equivalent to a helicopter landing on > my roof. > > Of course the leaves have to be swept, I'm not > saying they shouldn't be - but at 6am!! I've never > known the council to do this before, so it happens > hardly ever anyway. Why not do it later in the > morning or in the afternoon if it's such a rare > occurrence? And why did they leave it so long so > that the leaves had piled up everywhere? > > And the poor man driving the truck just laughed > sheepishly and kept saying: "I know, I know". He > too knew it was ridiculous, and that's why he rang > his boss. Call me over-sensitive and scream > 'first-world problems', but I don't think any of > you would have been best pleased either to be > woken at 6am and then have to stagger through your > workday feeling like a wrung-out dishcloth. Is > all. I'm not talking avocados here ;) Concorde used to fly over about 5.30pm most days, never saw/heard it in the mornings!

MartinRockey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Christmas shops are almost everywhere. That is why > in our house, we bring out the Christmas > decorations as early as October, we have already > bought Christmas wreaths and artificial flowers > last September. shameless plug by a first time poster!