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yeknomyeknom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My belly just did a flip flop. I am so > excited!!!!! Omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg !!!!!!! *does tippy toe over excited running on the spot acton with eyes squeezed closed and jazz hands held aloft *

LadyDeliah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > iPhone, not laptop. Enjoying the fresh air and > sunshine. > > Messaging whilst cycling on the pavements :-) Well played Lady D! Yes it's a gorgeous day !

Has there been a more deliciously satisfying exposition on the pursuit of power ..both personal and political ? This series may lack the sleek singularity of narrative that drove series one with shark like ruthlessness. But it still grips and consumes like nothing else. Perhaps even better than series one.

It would be SO satisfying to snap that snooping periscope off and ram it up the exhaust pipe

LadyDeliah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No, because I can pass the queue of cars > congesting up the road and sit in front of them > all at the lights. LD: cars don't congest traffic. They are traffic. To coin a phrase .

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > People need to understand that peckham is NOT > predominantly a white middle class area. All these > shops have a customer base, they are busy, they > are valuable to the residents of Peckham. > > Do people really expect some sort of mass > social/ethnic cleansing of rye lane, with > 'appropriate' new businesses conjured out of thin > air, just to suit their own preference? Yes I fear that some people do . The OP perhaps ?

Everybody needs one :)

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > *grabs chair and bag of popcorn* What's your thinking quids? How many pages ? I'm thinking five ...

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is a place. On the way to Catford. SJ and I > have been and it is exactly what you're after. > > The Blythe Hill Tavern > > Just off the South Circular on the way to Catford. > Much, much nicer than that description could > offer. Yes it really was lovely but closed now ...they've moved to somewhere else in catford but forgotten where . Liberal Club or something ? At the risk of ramming out my own local ...the Monty in Peckham has a great vibe.

katanita Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What showboat and monkeylite said. So fed up of > the behaviour of a really disappointingly high > proportion of other cyclists making life more > difficult for me, whether running red lights > (every day on my commute, at almost every bloody > junction, and frequently when pedestrians are > trying to cross), cycling the wrong way down one > way roads rather than take a slightly longer way > round, and by defending said bad behaviour on the > tedious never-ending forum pages and comment > pieces on cycling that go round and round and .... > I'm not even sure why I'm contributing to it > except that I feel like a rant now, pointless as > it will be. > > I've been cycling for a long time in London, and > it really isn't that difficult to stick to the > rules. If a junction or a road isn't safe to be > cycling on, take a different one, or get off and > walk it round. If you really feel you have to get > up on the pavement briefly, only ever do this > where there aren't pedestrians, and recognise that > your behaviour will probably piss people off, so > don't do it unless you absolutely have to and be > courteous and don't make people nervous that > you're going hit them. I don't care if it's legal, > riding fast down pavements with people walking on > it is intensely annoying to about 95% of the > population, whether you like it or not, and risks > causing an accident. It shows a lack of > consideration, which makes people think you're > probably an arsehole, and, given human nature, > makes them think that other cyclists might well be > arseholes too. So thanks for that. > > No, the taxi driver giving me abuse for a > legitimate move that inconveniences him may not be > in the right, but I bet he's partly just venting > frustration at all the other cyclists who he's > seen behaving like jerks in the past and defending > their behaviour by telling him that he's in the > wrong for driving in the first place. Way to make > friends and influence people there. It's totally > counter productive, we need major changes to > cycling infrastructure, more investment, and > better awareness from all road users. That needs > public support, and this nonsense doesn't help a > bit, it completely undermines efforts being made > by people like the London Cycling Campaign etc. > > Anyway, I look forward to this thread reaching 10 > pages by tomorrow. I don't know why I do this to > myself :P Top post. Impossible to fault. Yet what's that high pitch whining sound I hear on the wind .....oh yes that will be the Usuals getting ready for the usual onslaught ...HenryB, Lady D (who speaks a greet deal of sense on other topics) ..the floor is yours ....

henryb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If spitting was illegal and stabbing people wasn't > then it would be fair to point out the > inconsistency. The usual zombie logic. It doesn't matter how often they are hit with reason ...they will shake it off, yowl grotesquely at the moon and pedal, with demonic force, through the red light of logic..a terrifying rictus smirk across their unholier than though faces. Be afraid ...

henryb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I guess it depends on how he/she was cycling and > what the man said to them first. I personally > never cycle on the pavement but perfectly > understand why some people do. When I am a > pedestrian I don?t mind sharing the pavement with > cyclists as long as they do responsibly. This is > also consistent with the view of the Home Office > and it guidelines to the police. To re-iterate > here > > "The introduction of the fixed penalty is not > aimed at responsible cyclists who sometimes feel > obliged to use the pavement out of fear of traffic > and who show consideration to other pavement users > when doing so. Chief police officers, who are > responsible for enforcement, acknowledge that many > cyclists, particularly children and young people, > are afraid to cycle on the road, sensitivity and > careful use of police discretion is required." > > http://lcc.org.uk/articles/minister-for-cycling-cl > arifies-pavement-cycling-advice-after-1057-fines-f > or-pavement-cycling-in-london > > In my view driving a car in the busy, polluted > city is more anti-social than cycling on the > pavement. Lol only a matter of time before the crazies came out! A cyclist could pedal naked through an intensive care ward smoking a pipe and it would still be ok with this lot! Only the most Lycra constricted brain could draw the frankly ass- backwards comparison between driving and cycling on the pavement !

KestonKid Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Trodding? Think I like it. Yes I liked trodding as well ! Sounds like a reggae dance move :)

dulwichbloke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You couldn't make this up! > > On January 21, 06:59PM Pinecone wrote: > > Re: Mugged at knife point this evening > > "a few weeks ago I got confronted by a dude at the > bus stop at the corner of the gardens and peckham > rye. he clearly wanted trouble, but I ran off > before he produced a knife or did anything." > > Just 12 days later Pinecone wrote about the victim > of an incident at the same spot... > > Re: The gardens police cordon > > Posted by pinecone February 02, 10:31PM > > "it's more likely the young unfortunate who got > stabbed was a low-ranking drugs dealer who didn't > pay his supplier on time." > > Such a high degree of irony must surely have been > intentional - pinecone??? > > Or maybe there was no irony and the "dude" who > "clearly wanted trouble" with pinecone just > mistook him/her for a low ranking drugs dealer who > hadn't paid? > > Which was it pinecone? Brilliant ! This is the forum at its best !

Is Muff Match a dating show ?

pinecone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > forgive me for not wearing the same rose-tinted > spectacles as everyone else. It's not about rose tinted specs. It's just about not being a dick. But it's clear you won't get it. Insufficient bandwidth.

pinecone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > it's not misinformation. it's speculation. read > closer next time before posting. Based on what ? Reruns of "the Bill" on UK Gold+1?

Cos s/he is a dick

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > These days the gang controlled areas end at a > certain point and if another gang member passes a > certain lamp post or similar, he/she is in mortal > danger. The police did some early morning raids > across London last week on gang-related > operations and made some arrests. They are taking > i seriously it seems. This is the forum at its pants wetting worst. We've gone from a kid getting stabbed to full on gang warfare raging in ED...thanks stevieb23 and Unleglen. Gangs obviously exist and must be countered hard, wherever they proliferate. But the non sequitur-fuelled ,cleavage-heaving panic mongering evidenced here , does not assist matters . It only leads to things like the ludicrous " bullet riddled car" thread.

pinecone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > it's time to bring back birching, and hanging. And nipple clamps

This one is much funnier

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We can put people called " Steve " in the " > bothered?" Category it seems > > Aren't they lovely hmmmm? He sounds deranged. Hopped up on too many episodes of The Shield.

The bed-wetting sensibility of certain aspects of this forum is becoming increasingly ( unintentionally )comic . Had someone who aurally knew something not contributed , we would have ended up with "the legend of the ED crack shoot-out".

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So is Spotify = Bad but netflix = Good? Yes. Spotify pays musicians a pittance . Netflix is awesome

jctg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > uncleglen Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > UKIP have thrown open a much > > needed debate on Europe-it is not a matter of > > racism it is a matter of practicality jctg. > > > I was merely making an observation that people who > think that the weather is affected by the > decisions of the UK Government are far more likely > to be found in UKIP than any other large-ish > political party. Nicely put !