Reply to: What's it like living in the City?

[d000hg]

Oops, quoted wrong post. I'm going to leave it though, it's nicely surreal to read when you quote one post and reply to another. I'm sure a game could be made of it.

[Cliphead]

Any kebab shop, not even a London specific thing.

Follow the trail of lettuce, tomato, cabbage and chili.

Would be a lot of salad to leave a five mile trail to my place

[Scrag Meister]

What kebab shop?

Any kebab shop, not even a London specific thing.

Follow the trail of lettuce, tomato, cabbage and chili.

[Cliphead]

And salad carpet outside the kebab shop?

What kebab shop?

[d000hg]

I'll stick to my old barn and four acres of grounds including the orchard and the wee stream that runs through part of it. If I want to be in London the airport's 10 minutes away.

And salad carpet outside the kebab shop?

[norrahe]

There are loads of wee streams in London. Disgusting habit pissing in the street like that.

In the city you get lots of street pizza as well as the wee stains, especially at the latter end of the week and not just in street corners

[shaunbhoy]

I get most of my clothes from charity shops

Indeed. And you really cut a dash in them too, if you don't mind me saying.





sasguru on the other hand.................well.....little wonder he doesn't fear getting mugged!!




Is that a Hyabusa Trolley?

[doodab]

Says the man who is supposed to be cutting costs.

It was a while ago, in fact during that period of my life I was feeding the warchest at a formidable rate.

[sasguru]

The problem I have with a lot of London houses is that narrow frontages combined with extensions out the back make them pretty dark inside.

We've done one but skylights and complete glass frontage down one side makes it very bright and light, more than it used to be.

[DimPrawn]

Exactly. Might as well be a another country.


Meanwhile on Dim's council estate:

ChronicleLive - News - Chronicle News - Three stabbed on North East streets

I suppose it was a friendly stabbing though as they're all so friendly up there in their NorthEastern paradise.

That was four years ago. I've since recovered thanks.

[Sysman]

My quality of life will not be improved by a £20 haircut, but an extra £14 of sushi and beer makes a big difference.

Says the man who is supposed to be cutting costs.

[DimPrawn]

How much is a house in Wandsworth with a 2 acre garden, detached triple garage, parking for at least 10 cars on the front drive, gated entrance, 5000 sq feet of accommodation and at least 7 bedrooms, with indoor heated swimming pool and fully equipped gymnasium?

Don't really want to move to a smaller place.

[sasguru]

That's more like 45 minutes from Nightingale Lane though.

Exactly. Might as well be a another country.


Meanwhile on Dim's council estate:

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north...2703-22116002/

I suppose it was a friendly stabbing though as they're all so friendly up there in their NorthEastern paradise.

[Sysman]

Not sure about that. Used to have a terrace about 10 years ago and you could hear the next door baby crying quite clearly.
The thing is in the better parts of London, most people add sound proofing when renovating.
The facades of houses in posh parts of London tell you nothing about their interiors, most are like Tardis's with extensions to the back, loft conversions and stripped-out modernistic interiors.

The problem I have with a lot of London houses is that narrow frontages combined with extensions out the back make them pretty dark inside.

[DimPrawn]

That's more like 45 minutes from Nightingale Lane though.

Not if you are running from Camberwell with a dozen youths armed with knives behind you it's not.