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Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin & Virginia
It looks like I'll be in the US that night - California - as I was in 2008 when OB won which was truly memorable event - dinner at a friend's home everyone crying 'We got our country back' and I remember Eddie Izzard's brill…

Comment by twinspark September 2012 permalink
Little house on Stapleton Hall Road being demolished
It was owned by an architecht practice that specialise in developing small unusual buildings in unusual places [ sort of Triomphe Ergonomique if you will ] they also owned the shop. [ my friend was their FD but made redundant recently ]They had a …

Comment by twinspark September 2012 permalink
Lib Dems where 2nd = same as winning and Clegg = lying toad with craven lust for power: discuss
@ Arkady - sorry if you were confused or I was less than clear. There is of course no heart of the periphery so to be led there would be to go nowhere. Pursuing compromise just to have compromise can hollow out the conclusion - nobody gets what they…

Comment by twinspark September 2012 permalink
Lib Dems where 2nd = same as winning and Clegg = lying toad with craven lust for power: discuss
As I say the govt. is hobbled by a very low grade electorate - poor them. Arkady is it really maturity that enables a voter to curtail their expectations of a govt. to deliver just a policy or two? Sounds more like wearied resignation and a bar se…

Comment by twinspark September 2012 permalink
Lib Dems where 2nd = same as winning and Clegg = lying toad with craven lust for power: discuss
Arkday it's ok I knew what you meant, I got it. So you think the Libs will grow and remain a main party or other parties could appear on a scale similar to them? Perhaps the Cons. and Lab reduce down to Lib level? No problem with comprom…

Comment by twinspark September 2012 permalink
Lib Dems where 2nd = same as winning and Clegg = lying toad with craven lust for power: discuss
@Arkady Thanks for clarifying that I was about to ask matron which country I live in. So is this is as good as it gets then? Two non-mandates combined do not make a mandate, both parties in this govt. play fast and loose with their manifesto and th…

Comment by twinspark September 2012 permalink
Lib Dems where 2nd = same as winning and Clegg = lying toad with craven lust for power: discuss
@Arkady if only..! that may have to wait till we have a govt. with an actual mandate.

Comment by twinspark September 2012 permalink
furniture repairers/ restorers?
for chairs, sofas et al the little shop on SGR next to Sainsburys are good

Comment by twinspark September 2012 permalink
Ivy removal
Cut the root and dig it out to stop it growing back. Depending on how far it has spread it can take a long time to die as it lives on moisture in the brick and mortar so I wouldn't wait for it. It is very tenacious but take it down carefully …

Comment by twinspark August 2012 permalink
Best/worst things about Stroud Green
Reasons I think Jacks are great : We often return from holiday with a beer or wine discovery and tell Jack's about it - they order a case or two to try - that's if they don't already stock it. Our first 'success' was Pero…

Comment by twinspark August 2012 permalink
Best/worst things about Stroud Green
P.S. re best things Heath Robinson was from SG!

Comment by twinspark August 2012 permalink
Cyclists
Pedestrians have the right of way at all times - even if they step off a kerb without warning. All vehicles including bicycles must give way, ie not just swear or steer round them or worse blow a whistle and scare the bejeesus out of them. Cyclists…

Comment by twinspark August 2012 permalink
Best/worst things about Stroud Green
Lived here since since 1981 raised four children and sent them to local primary and comprehensive schools. Support local schools is the best commitment you can give to 'your' area. Most manage it until kids 7,8 or 9 then simper off back to…

Comment by twinspark August 2012 permalink
ajani-grill restaurant and jazz, Hornsey Road off the Tollington Park
We went there on Friday at 8.30 - so missed out on the Mon-Thurs set price 2 course special. The food was really well cooked, straightforward and hearty stuff. [chicken, ribs] However after ordering we discovered three of the five main dishes we…

Comment by twinspark July 2012 permalink
top celeb spot
@Stapletontavern, @gardenerjoe @brodiej, @mirandola, @miss annie Scarlett Alice Johnson is truly one of ours - Stroud Green born and bred and she went to Stroud Green primary and Highgate Wood schools. Like the other Scarlett has been acting since …

Comment by twinspark July 2012 permalink
Christmas day lunch
The Noble used to do something for pre-booked customers.

Comment by twinspark November 2011 permalink
How do you buy a TV?
John Lewis, John Lewis, John Lewis every time - we use them for replacements whenever a telly, fridge, cooker or whatever breaks down,you can spend all day looking at what they have, then go get a cup of tea and have a think. Then go back and talk w…

Comment by twinspark October 2011 permalink
Manchester United Crying Kid
@Brodie J., and Andy, Best pies at football matches? I would say Hollands , meat & potato is my favourite, especially for an early kick-off with a large tea [ steak & kidney is also good but more of an afternoon or evening snack, defini…

Comment by twinspark October 2011 permalink
PVC windows - conservation area
Another instance has just occurred at no.10 Stapleton Hall Road. Where new PVC windows have been fitted. Property is owned by Stroud Green Housing Co-op and is definitely in the Conservation Area. Phone the co-op and they basically didn't ha…

Comment by twinspark October 2011 permalink
Theresa Mays Cat
She is an idiot whichever way you slice it and not fit for office. The govt. thinks running the country is like running the tuck shop at school which is why they come across as head boys & girls. We have a Home Secretary who doesn't speak …

Comment by twinspark October 2011 permalink
New cpz charges!
Does anyone have air quality data for SG before/after the CPZ's? Be interested to see what effect if any they have had - much like the Congestion charge I suspect the effect is mostly a displacement of traffic and parking habits. Green has …

Comment by twinspark October 2011 permalink
Mott the Hoople/ all the young Dudes
Bring back the Rainbow!

Comment by twinspark September 2011 permalink
evil bloody plants (Japanese Knotweed)
How about burning it out does that work? Neighbouring garden has it, still at relatively low levels, house owned by London & Quadrant housing assoc. and tenant does not use garden.

Comment by twinspark September 2011 permalink
All purpose political thread.
We have to be wary of comparing one nation's economy to another - there are insufficient like-for-like factors for this to ever work. It's a favourite LibCon-ism to warn of UK becoming the next Greece or Portugal or Spain as they scarem…

Comment by twinspark September 2011 permalink
Is there a community garden/allotments or anything of this nature around here?
Behind the swimmng pool and new hospital on Park Road there is a community garden. Also allotments on Quernmore Rd. and Mount Pleasant Villas - folks need a hand and there are sometime vacant plots, rent is about £25 a year.

Comment by twinspark July 2011 permalink
parking near victoria road
Go to Haringey's office in Station Rd. Wood Green and get a weekend pass. You can call first or look up on the website but you have to collect in person.

Comment by twinspark June 2011 permalink
Bagpipes
Badgers sound more like a dog, lots of growl and a bit of a bark - not sure how wind effects that but I wouldn't poke one with even a blunt stick. [ they hate company you know] Badger is also Van Morrison's nickname as he's often g…

Comment by twinspark June 2011 permalink
this forum is rubbish
@theworkhouse Just to clarify a point from your speech comrade, was there a question at the end? 'if you tolerate this......last post' [ i.e ''if you tolerate this then this is my last post!'] Or was it a wry quote …

Comment by twinspark June 2011 permalink
"Stroud Green": New journalistic device for right wing simpletons
@ Jim Pennington, The Guardian's ban on SG! is this yet another example of lazy generic snobbism? Hardly surprising given the belief that Stroud Green is a made up place name, as opposed to one that predates Crouch End and Finsbury Park. Per…

Comment by twinspark June 2011 permalink
Bagpipes
The bagpipes are an undeniably beautiful sound, expressive and emotional - wish I 'd heard them.

Comment by twinspark June 2011 permalink

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