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Bottled water is the bane of the planet man. Nowt wrong with the stuff from the taps. At least we are lucky enough to have a water supply. Where my mum lives in the Borders there is no water supply and her water is run-off from the hills into a tank and thence to the hoose. Yon hills are covered in sheep dontcha know. She recently had her water tested by the environmental health people and it failed on the presence of Ecoli bacteria, and that's with a filtration system. Yum!

by the time you're thirsty it's too late - apparently

Can I join the 'Springsteen is boring MOR American dirge' club?

I love that track, one of my desert island discs

I think there's an oxymoron or summat like that in the above post. snigger.

Speech DaBelle's album is just about to slip out of the top 100 after rising to the dizzy heights of #65 in the wake of her Mercury prize......

They are all pretty dreadful so far. The only one with any promise is the woman from the Bill. If next weeks batch doesn't pull a few decent dancers out of the bag it's going to be a painful 14 weeks. Aleysha doesn't convince me at all.

Hang the bigger picture eh? If it inconveniences eater81 mildly for a couple of weeks....... At least they had the sense to do the work during the school hols.

well, I can think of a few reasons why - if not the world but our local environs would be a better place. Possibly impacting on the world in the long run.

I couldn't possibly comment

but if we do it phonetically it is say, Lewis's or St Thomas's what's Ajwawp by the way Keef?

So, if I'm driving along with a digital camera with some shots of houses on it I'm gonna be nicked, shit!

no, I don't think it's a gauge to feel that it's definitely official business. I just think it's remarkably excessive lengths to go to for a quick house job in south-east London. A bank job or a stately 'ome maybe.

ah yes, then shouldn't it be quids's? always a tricky one with an s on the end, I think there are two schools of thought maybe.

I do think that the term 'celebrity' is being used a little loosely for the people taking part. Fun to watch nevertheless.

Car overturned on Townley at about 3am this morning (Mr Asset was walking the dog and saw it), nowt to do with the junction though. Hope passengers are okay.

I love Strictly BTW and will be glued for the next 14 weeks, with a small bottle of some cheap french lager from Sainsbury's

and Keef, it should have been between the d and the s, not on the end.

Ha Ha Hona, my thoughts too.. Lindylou, paranoia or what? On the junction, I think it is better as it seems more intuitive for Townley to be the main road and Calton to be the joining traffic, however cars turning right into Calton from Townley now cut the corner really badly and go into Calton on the wrong side of the road as the angle is pretty tight - not impossible to negotiate just requires thought. I'm all for more crossings which there are now an abundance of there!

I don't really think that prospective burglars are going to turn up in a van, wearing reflective jackets and drawing a lot of attention to themselves! Why on earth would they take pictures? Unless you're living in a mansion with a sophisticated alarm system that needs getting past. Bit of paranoia here I would say. As someone pointed out, pictures are taken of rubbish left out in case any prosecution is required for dumping. Perhaps that is the case here, council departments not talking to each other - wouldn't be unheard of.

I'd rather pocket the tax money

ooooo, who can it be? I put money on Mockers

Yes it is supposed to be best album rather than most successful album and most often they are never the same thing, but I think sometimes the panel like to choose the most obscure out of the bunch. Has Dizee had a phenomenal year? passed me by, likewise Antony and the wotsits but then most music does now Top of the Pops isn't on.

Normally it heralds a career in obscurity winning the Mercury. Let's see; Dizee Rascal - hardly a household name; Badly Drawn Boy - ditto; Ms Dynamite; Jonny and the Antonys (or whatever) Where are they now?

I heard that it had someone from the Office in it so your info could well be correct.