David A

Caught out by his cross-eyes, the liar who set pants on fire during looting

Cella, On Friday the dry cleaners, the news-agents, Thames Gallery and the launderette all had cars or vans parked outside their shops on the pavement. When the Chinese/Vietnamese was 'Hannah's' they had an outside seating area which came out as far as the bollards. Locale has a seating area which takes up a fair chunk of the pavement. PJ's aren't doing anything different to what the others have been doing for years. Southwark have put a dropped kerb along there so that cars can access the pavement which suggests a couple of things: Cars are allowed on there. The whole area isn't going to descend into Hades just because a couple of mopeds are parked on there. Whatever the reasons are for your sustained and unwarranted attack on Saint John, they simply don't make sense. I, for one, much prefer the whiff of four different types of cheese and Californian tomatoes to the stench of snobbery.

I've drunk in a few of their places in Brighton and they're fine. A couple were cracking, very sympathetically done. All quite different really, I only found out they were part of a chain by having a chat with the staff. El Pibe is probably right on the sofas though. If anyone's got an old Chesterfield they want to get rid of it might be worth getting in touch with them.

Cool. You could buy your 'Take and Bake' and pop it in the kiln at that 'Glaze your own Smaltz' place on the corner of Gowlett Road.

Pippa, You couldn't be more right. That new nail bar though? Don't you think it's a bit naily?

I haven't had a problem 'manoeuvering' around Papas, and I've got an arse the size of Hampshire.

It was taken away this morning.

Bloonoo, I think you may be on the right track. I was in the gym this morning and saw something remarkably similar. Orange liquid, non-matching bottle. That was a home-made isotonic drink the 'real' weights guys use. Maybe someone's made up a bit too much and chucked it on the way home. I can't imagine you'd want to drink more of a mixture of squash, maltodextrose and salt than you had to. I tried to sneak a photo but didn't want risk any 'roid rage'.

It should be 'THE Naked Martin' It's one of Papa John's 'Lighter' range?

Re: Executive Summary. Yes. Yes I do. Any large or extra large pizza ?6.99 collection, ?8.99 delivered.

James Barber wrote: 'I'm sure others will decide that supporting any business that clearly disregards the law and the local environment doesn't warrant their support.' Papa John wrote: 'Any large or extra large pizza ?6.99 collection, ?8.99 delivered' I'll have a tenner on the Papa.

The One and Only - Chesney Hawkes

This is The One - Stone Roses

North Country Boy - The Charlatans

I didn't try to define 'loading', simply the time restrictions on it. From the TFL website: Loading time Restricted to either 20 or 40 minutes depending on location. If no loading or unloading is noted after a five minute period, you may be issued with a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN). ETA: I agree that the bus lane probably over-rides the loading bay. I wouldn't take Southwark/Apcoa on over it unless there were signs specifically saying it didn't.

I think it depends on how long you were there. You've got five minutes to start loading up, I believe, and twenty minutes to finish. Anything over that and you're 'shopping'.

How about Barry Adamson? Pretty instrumental in the Manchester punk and post-punk scene with the Buzzcocks and Magazine, albeit not influential. He'd probably listened to Gil Scott Heron though.

It seems like anything left outside is up for grabs. I was taking some stuff out of the car the other day, parked right outside the house, and put a casserole dish on the garden wall while I got a couple of other things out of the boot. Thirty seconds at most and there was already a guy with his mitts on it asking 'Are you throwing this out?'. He looked quite crestfallen when I told him I was just moving it from my car to my kitchen. It was a nice casserole dish to be fair. And it didn't have dog shit on it.

I got chased off by number of the shop owners on Rye Lane when I was taking photos for a story on the unusual ingredients you can find there. It definitely wasn't an 'official ban', and got a bit hairy as it goes.

PBoy: Nope. Not mixed up. The OP on that thread was asking about pubs in Nunhead / ED / Peckham Rye. Pretty sure it's somewhere in one of those after 15 years of living around here. Jeremy: I bet when they put their bins out the back they're in SE15. I know it's SE22 but if anyone's thinking of opening a business there, I wouldn't look at Lordship Lane for inspiration. The artists' supplies place and the kids' clothes shop both folded pretty quickly and I can't see the overhauled Gold Lee breaking the cycle after the posts about it on here. It's difficult to know what would work there, especially as the leases are probably close to Lordship Lane levels because of the post-code but without anything like the footfall. I've taken to going along the back streets to Goose Green rather than have to look into the cold, dead eyes of the owners of the Gold Lee, nail bar and barbers when they realise I'm just passing, not spending. What about a fish pedicure place?

That chippy (and more) needs to be exceptional given the amount of time it's taking. Nothing, other than the bike shop maybe, has really thrived on that strip since 'Hannah's' which was a great, unpretentious place. Let's be honest, it is SE22 but it's not really East Dulwich is it? Even with the Zandra Rhodes bollards. How about a 'Gregg's'?

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Keep your heart right : Terry Callier

Sour Times: Portishead

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