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The entire 1987-era team at the Rupali in the Bigg Market, celebrating Darren Jackson's birthday. (In 1987, I hasten to add.) Ahh, the curry and beer school of nutrition...

Aye, I was going to say, it's not bad value for what it is. Especially when you get two copies for Christmas. Anyone need a spare?

Describing her talent as "modest" is already pushing it.

Aye, I was saying (in that whole other thread about the same subject ) that one of my new year's resolutions, insofar as I have any, is to cook more stuff from scratch. I actually bought a nifty little Kenwood food processor with some Eldon Square vouchers my rellies got me last Christmas, then managed to not use it at all for the best part of, ooh, 12 months. But now that I've started, I'm a soup-makin', gratin-bakin' machine. Yer Jamie/Ainsley-type books are fantastic, particularly the meals-in-minutes variety, but for the more basic stuff your mother would have taught you if (a) you were a girl, ( you lived in the 1950s and © she didn't spend all her time in Wetherspoons, this one's an absolute godsend: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Housekeeping-...TF8&s=books

Childhood nerdiness is to be encouraged at all times. Makes me feel less bad about my wasted youth. Surprised we never saw our Danny on there though. Specialist subjects: The Offside Rule and Line-Mincing.

Although in saying that, their myspace profile claims they took over in July. So maybe my dad's just going a bit mental.

Nah, not necessarily. Confused the hell out of me like, my old man bought me a Steel Wheels voucher on the 23rd and by the time I went to spend it on the 27th the place was gone. They didn't mention it to him or owt like that.

It's what used to be Steel Wheels. Changed hands (and name, obviously) over Christmas. (mngghh, you Joey, etc.)

Don't think all English keepers are shite. Ben Foster and Scott Carson are two good keepers. So as Nicky Weaver (at present). David James - Very good when not making mistakes Steve Harper - Steady good keeper when not making mistakes Just for clarity

A belated herzlichen one to you.

euphemism? Na

Billie Holiday - Baby, Get Lost

Euphemism tbh. beat me to it !! Shepherd's pie turned out nice, but I never got round to stabbing my rolling pin into some chocolate for a dose of hot brownie action.

Will be making shepherd's pie from scratch tonight, plus chocolate brownies for afters. This new year's resolution about cooking more stuff properly is proving surprisingly easy to keep. It's the one about the waistline that's suffering as a result...

Ear Parade!

That'd be a first...

Dirty racist Turkish bastard.

I think by the standards of South East London, she's pretty normal. Carole tried to reassure Jermaine that she was "sub-normal" by English standards, not in her area she's not. Anyone who's spent any length of time around Bermondsey, Catford, Deptford, New Cross, Lewisham way, will know what I mean. Nobby will know . Oi! Some of us try to raise the tone around these parts.

You going to come round and shit on their carpet?

Euphemism? Did I mention "pink" anywhere? You smutty little boy Why thankyou

Euphemism?

Project management blokey at work just gave me a minor heart attack by sending me the best part of two days' work to be completed by the end of today... then casually wrote back ten minutes later saying "oh, sorry, I meant 5pm on Monday". *turns espresso machine off again* Now, Friday...

But are the cats?

Well that's it, if I had any kind of confidence that the money earned would be used for something like creating an efficient and more affordable public transport system then I'd probably be more or less in favour, but since that never is the case...