moondancer

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm not left wing, just find the royal family an > anachronism and increasingly ridiculous. A slimmed > down version focused on the monarch wouldn't be so > bad, but this extended celebrity family, using > their position to carve out public roles for > themselves in which they pose as morally superior > to the rest of us, awarding themselves titles > simply for existing, and spending more days on > holiday than actually working, disgusts me. More > importantly, the concept of 'royal' has become > ridiculous - there are people out there with more > royal blood than most of them - George, 4th in > line to the throne, has less than 20%. They pay > most of their employees peanuts too, despite their > vast wealth. > > ETA: loving the Guardian website: their coverage > of the wedding has a collapse button so you don't > have to see it if you don't want to. A good post, RPC - This is Communal Narcissism at it's finest, and quite transparent. We can clearly see the Royal Blood thinning - think Princess Alexandra, then think Beatrice. I wanted to make a comment about low pay as I have first hand info on this - The RF, Royal Parks, and the Crown Estate have always paid peanuts, a coal allowance and yearly jamboree at the 'Servants Ball' which the Queen and other members of the RF attend. This is a perceived perk. Apart from local families who have a tradition of working for Royalty, as in Windsor, Sandringham, Balmoral, or old retainers of the 'backstairs Billy' variety who are devoted and sacrifice their working lives to serve, young single people who are Royalty struck and make this calling their career, with accommodation of part of their 'wage', tied cottages, as in 'The Village' in Windsor Great Park, or Grace and Favour apartments/houses, the mindset is particular and peculiar. It has to be? This is exemplified by hearing 'one cannot get good servants these days' said straight faced by a newly wed aristocrat not so long ago, and the reverse - " Staff nowadays have no idea about service " said by a country house cook, both remarks delivered with disdain and no irony. There is a symbiosis here which still exists, whether or not we believe it to be healthy, natural or understandable. A quite different mindset will secure employment with the Crown Estates, on a yearly contract, to use as a stepping stone, to a more glamorous lifestyle, for (obviously) better pay, conditions, accommodation, travel, glitz and glamour, using the eclat associated with the Royal House of Windsor, as a springboard, long term strategy and worthwhile pay off. However we have all seen behind the curtain haven't we, and are increasingly cynical. I want the RF to be noble, dutiful, honourable, marry well, serve it's populace, deliver enchanting children to carry on the pageantry and keep the Bliars at bay. I would only vote if they behaved themselves properly, were accountable and as you say RPC, cut down the holidays and genuinely and sincerely take an interest in the country. This doesn't label me as left wing does it? more despairing citizen. The media will continue to squeeze every last drop from this H&M true romance, we cannot really expect anything else. There has to be a point soon when everything settles down? Then it is Eugenie's turn in the limelight, a guilty pleasure for the comedic value of Beatrice's get up.

To whoever collected a tall hallstand from CPR yesterday - we have the square metal drip trays which are an integral part of the stand - pm me,

I think you are well named and not too clever

Is anyone here a long standing member, loved the old Members Room, used the new Members Canteen and has an opinion? If you have had problems or difficulties with a membership/card, I would be interested to know how this was resolved, if at all. btw, The 'Ocean Liners' and 'Fashioned from Nature' exhibitions at the moment, fabulous both.

Another worthy cause on LL

Sue do you read the GuardianObserver Environment section? There was an article on thursday 1st citing Brixton Road as having breached the annual legal limits by end January. with other data and descriptions. I am on my iphone and cannot supply a link, sorry. The Veolia lorries leave the engines running when outside the little nursery on CPR and the awful smell seems to linger - perhaps leafless trees provide no absorption Lordship Lane with three and a half buses going each way regularly creates a toxic tunnel. Yet people sit outside enjoying the fresh air We are in a basin in London harbouring fumes and pollution - you can feel the difference in the air quality when in woods, or anywhere elevated, Crystal Palace, Greenwich Park or Primrose Hill, from where it is possible to see the mast at Crystal Palace rising some mornings out of what appears to be grey cotton wool. I opened a window late evening a couple of nights ago, moongazing, and smelled an acrid unpleasant smell and wondered if anyone was burning something noxious on maybe a woodburner, or incinerator - perhaps the same olfactory experience.

It was golden after 5.00, marigold colour - some great pics here, thank you for the link - now in her ?silven shoon?

risen in the northeast, at least you will be able to say that you have seen it,

1994 was a long time ago, no it isn't OBVIOUS, be as cross as you want, this is a sub standard service.

Dog duck Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Try not complaining on the forum? why would you even post this ???

no one believes this, but last summer I encountered 3!!! P13 southbound on Whateley Road. Today I was at the bus stop at NCR outside the Coop funeral place and dismal chemist, 14 mins until the next one, an abysmal service, carrying shopping, pouring rain, we live in an affluent area of a major world city and cannot get home in a civilised manner?? with regular reliable, not packed to the gills bus? And why do they not wait a few mins at Sainsbuy DKH, ? how many times do we have to turn out of the store when the bus has just left, and a long cold wait until the next one ??

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't think moondancer was having a go at you, > RPC? > > And yes, that post from Flintstone reviving the > thread after eight months sounds like one of those > effusive paid for "reviews" you get in local > papers, rather than the usual kind of forum post. > But what would I know? > > It's a shame, because they have the opposite > effect on me to what is presumably intended. It > puts me off going to the place in question. > > It's the "crushed and devalued" thing all over > again ...... Thank you Sue, good sense and a correct reading of my post.

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > moondancer Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > RPC's instincts are legendary > > I find your post quite catty. > > Of course I could be wrong in this case, and I > apologise if so, but in my 10+ years on this forum > it's been a very regular occurrence. an astonishing analysis !!!

you see? Alice knows best !!! also like to point out that this thread is in the incorrect section

I counted 5 'regulars?' one newby ish and 3 fishers - RPC's instincts are legendary - besides, she is literary and recognises - 'we are there at the moment' would read 'we are here at the moment' if in fact they were. The next recommendation is in restaurant speak as though it has been translated. The initial post suggests that the fisher at one time worked for Michael Caine Who is being destructive or negative? and ready to be condemned? There is a difference between a bona fide restaurant/cafe experience which people want to share and 3 dubious postings, remarked upon. As one erstwhile and missed poster here opined : "they never learn, do they?"

a nod is as good as a wink to a blind man, or a blind man on a galloping horse couldn?t miss it - there as none so blind as those who cannot see and stop that or you?ll go blind

You have the kindest of hearts, Gaynor, although it seems for you that no good deed goes unpunished, and hope you and your husband are not hurt at all, rotten luck, I am sorry.

When the (P.13 especially opposite M&S) stops so that the bus stop pole, any pole, waste bin or any encumbrance is directly in the centre of the entrance, usually when there are elderly people or buggies attempting to board.

Have you just copied this out from a Woman's Own 1954 ??

Thank you red devil !! I hope you and everyone else enjoy this, and the wayfaring Jah Lush if he is here..

I miss Jah Lush ... I have been trying to embed a song but unable, I know not why, if anyone else can I would be delighted, it's Karen Dalton, 'Something on your mind' this song is for Jah Lush, also in the hope that you all are entranced by her heartfelt prose and rickety voice, Bob Dylan's favourite singer, so long ago.

JimLad, I hope the Mother of these children reads your report

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Co-op is disgrace.. > > Aisles littered with rubbish. Clogged with Wire > Cages. > > Constant leaks and floods. Broken down Freezers.. > Food on their best by date. Some past their Use By > date. > Some reduced. > > No evidence of management on site. No one to get > help from. > > No strong bags available at checkouts. Limited > staff on reduced amount of checkouts. > Most Self Service checkouts Card Only. Often > requiring Assistance. > > Complete shambles. Not a pleasant shopping > experience. > > I now use M&S. Fresh Food. Better quality meat > and other produce and now no longer more expensive > than the Co-op. > > DulwichFox M&S provides us with what we believe we deserve, whilst the Coop gives the locale it's heartfelt indifference.