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: when you go for an Indian meal what do you order for starters?
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fio, the book is split into sections, there's stuff for kids to do on their own, stuff to make with them and projects to make for them. some of it is a bit weird!, but there are some good stuff in there too, obviously mine is excellent
The northern line was very civilised last night. I got a seat all the way. A mad man was gibbering at the other end of the carriage but otherwise uneventful.
I got the 6.45 overground train to Mortlake. Twas air conditioned, I sat all the way and not one phone rang. No-one called their wife. It was heaven. I read my book and chilled.
And this morning the only noise was from a vile man coughing and two schoolkids who were whittering on about some boy and used the work "like" about like 9 like times in every like sentence.
Then I got on the northern line
Took me 3 trains to even get on nose jammed against some glowering psycho's armpit Shins busted by some agressive woman getting off with a suitcase
Aw shucks CD! Don't really care if it's not London, it's green & pleasant (though there are too many 4x4 and yummy mummys so I am fighting a rearguard battle there). But I am not a sourtherner, am sticking to my flat Yorkshire vowels. Mr Tweedy is though.
Ah, Waitrose Holloway Road... that's where a (male)friend of mine went up to the bakery girl and said "I'm terribly interested in your baps..." and actually did mean bread rolls
oh you BAGGAGE! you mentioned Waitrose Holloway Road! I can bear it no longer, only the image of the cement and pebbledash facade of the Sobell Centre will bring me down to earth.
Haloumi L T sandwich and hot chocolate for hangovers sitting at the Banners' counter ignoring Simon Pegg and Andy kershaw ... ah how I spent my early 30s
Ah well that explains it It is 20 mins to Barnes when trains running normally So the trains must have been up the chute In which case yes they would be a nightmare A total nightmare
And would explain the people talking to their wives who are prob revving up the 4x4 to come and get them but they are late therfore being courteous
gosh she is still exactly the same<sigh> luckily I have learnt how to deal with her but she still infuriates me but I take out my frustration behind closed doorson dh...
really I am amazed I always get a seat it is quiet and nice I can hear my ipod without damaging my hearing (let's just let the NT do that shall we [angry[)
I miss living there, - in zone 2, with all that stuff that tbh I didn't really make that much use of, - inc the bathroom shops!
I think you must have moved before that Chinese restaurant appeared. It truly WAS weird. The food was weird, - coz there were lots of 'pretend' meat dishes in their all you can eat buffet.
I had to walk past the Chinese Centre every day on the way to work, - and they would often have a toddler group there and lots of the adults would be singing in Chinese and playing instruments with the doors open. I kinda miss that, - although I doubt I would have taken DS as we don't speak Chinese, and don't know the songs !
Do you remember Don's Cafe, Starlight? It had superb orange vinyl chairs and tables bolted to the floor, just opposite Sitara
And I 'm also going to go slightly south and through the Golden Fish Bar on Farringdon or is it Clerkenwell Road opposite the Grauniad bulidng. A perfect land -That-Time-Forgot 1950s fish and chip bar.
wise move, Bundle, you know how surly northerners get if you refuse their native dishes or go in all guns blazing with your Southern Jessie ways aka TASTE
when we were up in manchester recently we went to the curry mile and the starter i ordered turned out to be a fishcake (looked a bit like ones you get in a chippy)
but it said something completely different on menu
do you know i have been dreaming about dropping by Sains locals to buy pastry goods. Seriously
Hey, while we are talking about restaurants on the upper end of Holloway Road, can I thoroughly recommend Nid Ting Thai restaurant which is right next door to a massive bath shop. It's the dog's.
i quite like the district line but admit i use the norf london line if i need ot get to kew (if i have a couple of days ot spare, it's a bit unpredictable)
i must order a copy!
