london

hey, i lost my book somewhere in london in the past couple of days. bump this thread if you spot it.
cheers!

xp The Horse Bar at Waterloo has an upstairs room that if it's not booked could be ideal - you'd be on your own up there so it would certainly be quiet. The main bar can be pretty quiet on a Saturday but I wouldn't guarantee it.

Are there any travel agencies that do good, relatively inexpensive tours of London? I have fifteen Russian teachers coming over next week and they've asked if i can suggest an excursion programme for them for the weekend.

Yeah that room upstairs at the Horse will be pretty good, there are sofas that can moved round as well if I remember correctly.

does anyone know of a newsagent in the Westminster/Victoria area that stocks or might stock the New York Review of Books?

Errr, where's the best place to get a replacement stylus? (Specificaly one for a Shure m44g). The only place I can think of is West-end DJ, but looking at their website they seem a bit pricey, and I don't know of any other "DJ stores" here. Thanks.

I think these guys have a store in London
http://www.decks.co.uk/

There's Superfi on Mornington Crescent, they don't have much of a stock. All these places are much of a muchness in my experience.

Centrally I only know of West-End DJ. Juno.co.uk have good stock of equipment these days and for some stuff I think you can pick up. They're in Camden as far as I know.

erm wtf is going on in TCR? a man has taken people hostage in starbucks? is everyone who's round there ok?

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mobileweb/2012/04/27/tottenham-court-road-evacuated-bomb-threat_n_1458437.html

@hullstephen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqxEDpvLsws

yeah all of TCR is closed!

It was claimed on Twitter that he had failed a training course and wanted his money back.

A Scotland Yard spokesman declined to comment as the situation was unfolding but a source said it was not a terrorist and was not considered a “serious” incident.

“It appears at this stage that the man either has mental health problems or has a personal grievance against a company,” the source said.

good news for wasabi and sainsbury's though as the only foot outlet not cordoned off now

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17869815
Throwing computers out of a window.

feeling him on that

the cordoned area gets wider and wider! our building is now blocked off. great.

hope you've got your sandwiches ken, stay safe man

How fucking far can one person throw a computer from a 5th floor window?

i just ate a sainsbury's curry so at least i'll die with a full stomach.. pressure sure it's just a precaution though police seem quite relaxed down this bit

i just ate a sainsbury's curry so at least i'll die with a full stomach

^ you fool, you're probably too bloated now to crawl through the air-con ducts and take him out

i can fart into the air con and gas him out though

well, i'm gonna have to walk past TCR this afternoon, so if anyone wants me to pick up anything from Sainsbury's...

How about picking up several smashed PCs?

(really they shouldn't drink on duty, but it's a stressful job)

Sorry guys I'm just excited to be here, got a little carried away

nb we don't tip our hostages in london, save your cash

pretty sure this level of police cordon is ott for some dude with a couple of cans of camping gas. it's all the way up to euston road now

and if i had taken lunch half an hour later i would have had a half day off. damn

any sign of boris in a bomb suit yet?

sky are reporting he just threw some files from the window. soon he'll be on to the paper clips.

that's our boris

Hostage-taker now arrested by police, so I guess that's that then.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17869815
Throwing computers out of a window.

― ILX uh-huh-uh uh-huh uh-huh BEEP BOOP BOOP BEEP (snoball), Friday, April 27, 2012 1:14 PM (2 hours ago)

did he want to make something real

Ha!

I think I can hear Yaz, actually.

can't believe I survived that ordeal. i think i might try and get myself on BBC news and maybe write an autobiography

Ordeal? Sainsbury's curry isn't absolutely pukka, but it's not that bad.

My eyewitness report indicates tottenham c road is still closed, with a pile of assorted rubbish on the street. However, I am in Sainsbury's RIGHT NOW.

Meanwhile, the New York Times discovers a mysterious land called East London and would like to let you know about it:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/travel/36-hours-in-east-london.html

9 a.m.
4. ETHNIC BREAKFAST

lol ethnic meaning beigel bake

Head north on Shoreditch High Street until you hit Regent’s Canal, nearing its 200th anniversary and once used to transport goods around the city. On the lively pedestrian and cycling path, walk under arched low bridges and take in the varied architecture.

Though the hottest East London club is always a moving target, you’re safe starting explorations at Hoxton Square.

they rly are str8 trolling

, nearing its 200th anniversary and once used to transport goods around the city

as canals are wont to be employed

lol ethnic meaning beigel bake

for the NEW YORK times lest we forget

lol @ how they couldn't be bothered to leave shoreditch

* Bill
* Auburn, CA
Unless you've been to London several times, I would not recommend going to the East End. Almost all the main tourist sites are in The City and Westminster.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/travel/31hours.html

urgh the queen of hoxton