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― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 14:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Boxcar (Crapstone), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 22:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 22:32 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevie (stevie), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 23:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Boxcar (Crapstone), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 23:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― bum_clit, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 00:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 10:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― 3underscore (___), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 13:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― 3underscore (___), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 13:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 13:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Vicky (Vicky), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― 3underscore (___), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:49 (nineteen years ago) link
My friend sold her 2 bed flat in Stockbridge for £260,000
How long ago? I'd think something like that could well go for double that now.
― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link
(And London weighting, when it is available, is a piffling amount of money compared to housing costs; it hardly approaches the 77% gap in house prices highlighted by Madchen).
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link
So
Average house price in London is 1.77 x that in EdinburghAverage salary in London is 1.32 x that in Edinburgh
But I'm rubbish with statistics so somebody else can manipulate the figures to demonstrate what they think about them.
― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― leigh (leigh), Thursday, 18 November 2004 13:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― 3underscore (___), Thursday, 18 November 2004 16:55 (nineteen years ago) link
This is the thing I really love about London.
― Ally C (Ally C), Thursday, 18 November 2004 17:49 (nineteen years ago) link
Londoners...how does one report a black cab for refusing a fare? I've been googling but can't find a way to report it. Also he was driving while eating a kebab.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 4 October 2010 11:03 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.london-taxi.co.uk/taxi/complaints.htm
― are you robot? (suzy), Monday, 4 October 2010 11:06 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/contact/pco/
― former moderator, please give generously (DG), Monday, 4 October 2010 11:08 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks guys...i've reported him. let the powers of official justice deal with him!
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 4 October 2010 11:25 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/AkNgf.jpg
― No Wicked Heart Shall Prosper.rar (nakhchivan), Thursday, 23 December 2010 02:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i am going to london in late april to visit some friends and 'hang'
anything i should be doin' there? fun things cool things?
day trips?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
You should be planning a FAP
And possibly seeing Lauryn Hill in concert
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
i wonder if lauryn would 'fancy a pint'
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
srsly tho i have never met any london ilxors i dont think
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
i am going to be lookin' around for funnish stuff to do during the days while my friends are at work. should i take day trips anywhere?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
definitely do a beer with some of us. what sort of day trips do you have in mind?
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
im not sure haha! i just thought maybe like... day trips would be cool? ihavent seen any of england outside of london.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
except in movies.
Oxford and Cambridge are easy day trips on the train. Worth seeing one or the other.
― Une semaine de Bunty (ShariVari), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
Was thinking bout that ya!
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 05:50 (twelve years ago) link
Just be aware that a round trip train ticket to Brighton costs approximately 1 million pounds
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah, even in the off-season? (is april the off-season?)
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
Lunchtime is about as off-season as it gets these days.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
Coach is reasonably quick to oxford (90 mins) and about half the price of the train.
thread summary:q) what should i do in london?a) get the hell out!
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
hahah noooooo
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
train tickets are a lot more affordable when bought in advance, but then you're supposed to travel only on that specific train.
― uh oh i'm having an emotion (c sharp major), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
Parks is a good idea, for things to do in london in actual london. Through Regent's Park and up Primrose Hill is a decent stroll ending with a good view over the city.
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
i am very into taking 'walks' (free, fun, photos)
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
walking along the riverside, from e.g. battersea bridge to tower bridge, is kind of a must
― uh oh i'm having an emotion (c sharp major), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
get 6 cans of lagers for £5* from an offieI've been away for a year, I get back and it seems to have gone up to £5.50. Bleak times.― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 12:52 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI'm sure it's Cameron's fault.― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 12:58 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha! the * after £5 was actually going to be the footnote saying exactly that!! something like (* more likely to be £5.50 - bloody Tories innit)
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
Bring Back Brown's Broken Britain
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
it's true about Sam Smiths - dearer than ever before, but then so is everything elsethe lager is good and distinctiveso are the specials like cherry beerand yes, they do have a different atmosphere which I still tend to like.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
is the beer really now 2.8%??
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
swap sam smiths with a wetherspoons, then
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
xp
yeah - pointed out to me just before leaving the bricklayers a few weeks ago, feeling surprisingly sober.
These people seem to be up on it all
― woof, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
It was about 2.20 in Sam pubs pre-Christmas, it's now at least 3 quid, at least for a lager. For me that jump means I'd rather go somewhere with decent food, better beer, and nicer atmos. They're not bad pubs but at 3 quid I reckon it's about 80p or so cheaper than a pint of something decent; in somewhere that's definitely nicer.
Mind you the one I frequented most was The Rising Sun near Barbican, plenty of nice alternatives around there.
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Thursday, 29 March 2012 06:19 (twelve years ago) link
Drinking round the Barbican and not going to the Old Red Cow is straight-up wasteful IMO.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Thursday, 29 March 2012 10:43 (twelve years ago) link
always too busy imo. it is small.
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:43 (twelve years ago) link
or just bring a six pack into the barbican?
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
a six pack of toilet duck
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
when it's payday
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
la dee da
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
time was you would joke about drinking a six pack of toilet duck in the street
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
really cleaned up the street
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
Is this the London thread?
Did you see this?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/magazine/china-mieville-london.html?emc=eta1
― Blomqvist, Jesper (admrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
/\/\/\
Say something about it
― Blomqvist, Jesper (admrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
i read that and wasnt sure what to think
what should i think
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 04:01 (twelve years ago) link
should i cancel my trip
Definitely, you don't want to hang out with racists and alcoholics.
― Blomqvist, Jesper (admrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 04:17 (twelve years ago) link
"eyes roll with the duh".
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 06:19 (twelve years ago) link
it's not interesting enough to, really. mostly it reminded me that i don't get along with miéville's prose at all.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 07:31 (twelve years ago) link
the fluff piece that ran alongside it (what are the LDN equivs of these NYC things iirc) was actually more interesting
"The mayor is a ninja of bumptiousness"
― koogs, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 08:34 (twelve years ago) link
Lex otm, esp re: the fluff. Such an effort to read and although I recall vaguely agreeing with him I can't remember a single specific thing that he says.
― Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
read the first page and had no idea what thesis he was attempting to expound, beyond a few 'pensions! strikes! olympics!' handwaving signifiers.
― God arrives for the apocalypse, having been traveling at the speed of (ledge), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 09:13 (twelve years ago) link
It's not written for Londoners really though is it? I mean most of us will be familiar with most of the arguments and issues in it.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 09:15 (twelve years ago) link
/Say something about it/it's not interesting enough to, really. mostly it reminded me that i don't get along with miéville's prose at all.
this x 1000. absolutely convinced he dictates his novels, and what interested me about the article most was how its prose hobbles along.
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 09:53 (twelve years ago) link
Are you all posting from the banlieues of London? Is there anything I can do to help?
― Blomqvist, Jesper (admrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
suggest banlieu
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
Haha very good
― Blomqvist, Jesper (admrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
ty
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
banlieuy jagger
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6058/6330354186_ec8974ff10_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/
that dude gets london p much
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
yeah thats great
― judith, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link