Doug

Amex
Oh, and don't waste your shoe leather - as I did - by going to Budgens in Crouch End. They don't take American Express

Comment by Doug November 2012 permalink
Amex
Thanks for alerting me to this. I bought a round of drinks in the Stapleton and a take away from Meghna and got the emails telling me I will be credited £5 each. Haberdashery, though, charged me 35p for using a card (any card). Very poor customer s…

Comment by Doug November 2012 permalink
The old bill and money van hijack
I wondered about that. Is Old Bill OK? Bow Street Runners? Bobbies? The Filth? I don't really think the word 'coppers' is worth getting hot under the collar about. If your collar had been felt though you might feel otherwise. It'…

Comment by Doug November 2012 permalink
The old bill and money van hijack
Just to clear this up. It hadn't 'broken down', it had broken down. Sorry to spoil the excitement.

Comment by Doug November 2012 permalink
Skyfall - best film ever?
I saw the film on Sunday. I can't help siding with @ActionVerb on this one. As a critique, Action's view has the virtue of being succinct; also accurate.

Comment by Doug October 2012 permalink
Video Court, Mount View Road
The question, Kreuzkav, was why it is named that. Ilex House, the skyscraper on the Holly Park Estate is so called, as ilex is the Latin name for holly. All credit to the Islington Council droog who came up with that in the sixties. What is the Lati…

Comment by Doug October 2012 permalink
Video Court, Mount View Road
Video, as in Latin for view. It's got a splendid view. Of course it should now be renamed DVD Court

Comment by Doug October 2012 permalink
FINSBURY PARK STATION SIGNAGE PETITION
Yes, the third exit I know goes only to National Rail, and is clearly signposted. I would be surprised if anyone who is mobility impaired and who inadvertently uses it - as you suggest is a possibility - should be so adventurous as to embark on such…

Comment by Doug September 2012 permalink
FINSBURY PARK STATION SIGNAGE PETITION
We're not asking for anything too complex or taxing here... At platform level it says Way Out. Once you climb the stairs (and here, I think, there is an issue) you are faced with - I would say; perfectly adequate - signage to Wells Terrace

Comment by Doug September 2012 permalink
FINSBURY PARK STATION SIGNAGE PETITION
I'm not quite understanding this. It doesn't matter whether you exit the platform from the middle or the rear Way Out, you still end up at the same place. If you turn towards the Station Place exit there is no sign indicating Wells Terrac…

Comment by Doug September 2012 permalink
Alphabet streets: the missing 'N'
Woodstock is named after the Walter Scott novel - as above.

Comment by Doug April 2012 permalink
Alphabet streets: the missing 'N'
Scott! Whoops

Comment by Doug April 2012 permalink
Alphabet streets: the missing 'N'
The Haringey ladder roads are all named after admirals, and tucked in there somewhere is Admirals Close. The Faltering Fullback was previously named The Walter Scoot and surrounding roads after his works. Perth Ennis etc. (actually, not sure if the…

Comment by Doug April 2012 permalink
How to manage a pub
Can I be the bouncer?

Comment by Doug March 2012 permalink
Hijacking
Chris, You really are an arse. I didn't tell you I was clever, that was your assumption. You didn't tell me you were an arse, that was my assumption. Oddly, we were both right. I have never heard of the MP you seem to think I am. My po…

Comment by Doug March 2012 permalink
Hijacking
I wasn't starting a witch hunt. I was asking you not to send such unpleasant posts, which might, in my opinion, cause those who host this site to reconsider what its purpose might be. I also asked you to reread your posts before you send them, …

Comment by Doug March 2012 permalink
Hijacking
I seem to have been drawn into exactly the kind of debate that I think should not be a part of this site. Such a shame

Comment by Doug March 2012 permalink
Hijacking
and remember as doug says "its nice to be nice" You are mistaken. Oh, and not funny at all. Quoting comedians doesn't make you funny.

Comment by Doug March 2012 permalink
Hijacking
'that's exactly what I mean, you are such an arse kisser - You have your "yes brigade" wings. You are a full member.' Thanks for providing me with the example you asked for Chode. A fine example of drunken ranting sent after…

Comment by Doug March 2012 permalink
Hijacking
'perhaps it isnt however ' Good point

Comment by Doug March 2012 permalink
Hijacking
You perhaps have forgotten. Reread your postings, in particular those posted in the early hours. If they were not drunken rantings, then I apologise for having misread them. They were, for whatever reason, unpleasant.

Comment by Doug March 2012 permalink
Hijacking
I know, but this is worth keeping, and people will desert it if it descends into a puerile slanging match. It's a shame if it is destroyed, I wouldn't want to see that. Doug

Comment by Doug March 2012 permalink
What is going on?
JulieShrive Can I suggest that you reread your message, and perhaps make it clearer? I'm quite sure you have a good point; but you didn't really make it. All the best.

Comment by Doug October 2011 permalink
Bill Gates
Grately? I used to have the facility to have an open fire; but no more. Is that what you meant?

Comment by Doug October 2011 permalink
Book Club: Sunday 9th October 2011 at 7pm @ The Old Dairy. Discussing 'Solar' by Ian McEwan.
9th October is good. Can we make it 7.00 rather than 8.00?

Comment by Doug September 2011 permalink
Bagpipes
Being awakened by bagpipes must be unpleasant. I am usually awakened by the irritating Nokia wake up call. I think all these reveille calls are meant to be irritating, it's the nature of the beast. Happy Birthday anyhow Miss Annie

Comment by Doug June 2011 permalink
Oiley car scam!
I was just wondering Taff, why you identified your scamster as Romanian or Turkish? It made it no easier to identify the scamster, and unless you heard them speaking an identifiable language, there would be no reason to pick those particular nationa…

Comment by Doug June 2011 permalink
Book Club Wednesday 11th May 8pm - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Well maybe it is, and I can see that, hence the comment. I still need someone to tell me the further point of it all though. Should have turned up at The Old Dairy.

Comment by Doug May 2011 permalink
Book Club Wednesday 11th May 8pm - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
I put in the homework and read the damn thing but unfortunately I missed the meet this evening. I was hoping to come as I would like someone to explain the point of the book to me. It could be that I am missing some subtext, but having read this and…

Comment by Doug May 2011 permalink
The Ancient Corporation of Stroud Green.
Skewering the Gallic( French in this case) dragon in fact. The Welsh one would have been much tinier. The other badge we viewed at the V & A, which was similar in some respects, had been produced by the Anti-Gallicean League, a contemporary, …

Comment by Doug November 2010 permalink

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