Brixton chitter-chatter & news Apr 2012

[MAD-T-REX]

Jesus. PC World and Currys!

You can get some cracking deals on stock that PC World is trying to clear - I reserved a £70 TV tuner (which they were selling for £20, probably because it didn't do HD) on their website and picked it up at Old Kent Road. It's always worth checking their site before any expensive purchases, especially for popular kit like external HDs.

 

[nagapie]

What the fuck is up with this weather? Has god smote London?

 

[Badgers]

What the fuck is up with this weather? Has god smote London?

I think we are getting away quite lightly compared to some. We just enjoy moaning more than most

Nice weather for ducks and good for the garden I heard?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Great for gardens and everyone I know with an allotment is happy.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It's too wet to do any gardening. I'm waiting for Monday when it might be dry

 

[Badgers]

It's too wet to do any gardening. I'm waiting for Monday when it might be dry

The good outweighs the bad for plants though? Unless you have a cactus only garden?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The good outweighs the bad for plants though? Unless you have a cactus only garden?

Not sure, being a new gardener, but I've bulbs that haven't sprouted yet and I'm beginning to think with all this rain, maybe they've rotted

 

[Badgers]

Not sure, being a new gardener, but I've bulbs that haven't sprouted yet and I'm beginning to think with all this rain, maybe they've rotted

Call my dad, he will know.

 

[nagapie]

I think we are getting away quite lightly compared to some. We just enjoy moaning more than most

Nice weather for ducks and good for the garden I heard?

I come from a country where you don't go out if it rains. Hence I am sitting at my computer with a hot water bottle as the damp has crept into my bones. It's the first month since going back to work after my son was born that I'm not jealous of stay at home mums.

How's that for whinging.

 

[Greebo]

The mallards yesterday (through the kitchen window). VP was too busy laughing to hold a camera. They haven't been back, I'm just hoping one of the local foxes didn't get them.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The mallards yesterday (through the kitchen window). VP was too busy laughing to hold a camera. They haven't been back, I'm just hoping one of the local foxes didn't get them.
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You could have opened the window so we could see them better

 

[Badgers]

You could have opened the window so we could see them better

Had they been Geese then maybe worth the hassle?

 

[editor]

Tis veh wet out there still.

 

[leanderman]

Tis veh wet out there still.

Not known rain like this in London.

Played football in it yesterday. Miserable, and lost 0-1.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Not known rain like this in London.

I have. Are you fairly new to London or very young? This is not unknown for April.

 

[Greebo]

I'm not saying it's wet, but even the grass at the top of this bit of Brockwell Park is squelching underfoot.

 

[Greebo]

You could have opened the window so we could see them better

That window doesn't open. And the one beside it was too far over to get the ducks in the frame.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

That window doesn't open. And the one beside it was too far over to get the ducks in the frame.

Is it broken? Or is just there for display?

 

[London_Calling]

I suspect we've got ued to abnormal rain and so when it normalises again it seems abnormal

Now back to the studio and Riz Lateef >

 

[Greebo]

Is it broken? Or is just there for display?

It's a fairly large window with an extractor fan in it. Which is why it doesn't open. ETA: I'm very sorry missus, next time I'll open the window next to it, put on a climbing harness, jump onto next door's kitchen roof and take the shot from there shall I? Just as long as you bring me a steady stream of decent takeaways while I'm in hospital after it.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It's a fairly large window with an extractor fan in it. Which is why it doesn't open.

ah, I thought maybe it was one of the council's dodgy windows.

 

[Greebo]

ah, I thought maybe it was one of the council's dodgy windows.

That would have made a better story, but no.

 

[editor]

I saw a fop/hipster strutting through Brixton Village today. Carrying a little dg in his shulder bag.

Right behind him was a bloke flossing his teeth as he walked, while a few metres away was a tight trousered arty type with a very expensive camera taking ironic pics of his posing trendy mates.

It's all go in the market, I tell you!

 

[Orang Utan]

You should have seen the lindyhopping on Brixton Station Road yesterday. All against a backdrop of cupcake and biscuit stalls. It was an odyssey of twee.
One stall was selling one biscuit for £1.50 and 3 for a fiver. What? Eh? <scratches head>

 

[gaijingirl]

We visited the new children's playground in Slade Gardens today (meant to go for the opening last week). It's v. small but charming - for parents of kids who like their scooters they've put a little circular "road" with pretend traffic lights and speed humps etc around a few of the playground toys. It's only little but was a BIT hit with our 2 year old.


We also visited the adventure playground where we all fell over on the wet wood...

 

[Badgers]

I saw a fop/hipster strutting through Brixton Village today. Carrying a little dg in his shulder bag.

Right behind him was a bloke flossing his teeth as he walked, while a few metres away was a tight trousered arty type with a very expensive camera taking ironic pics of his posing trendy mates.

It's all go in the market, I tell you!

http://m.jezebel.com/5905291/a-complete-guide-to-hipster-racism

 

[Orang Utan]

Won't be long before we have whites only water fountains eh?

 

[leanderman]

I have. Are you fairly new to London or very young? This is not unknown for April.

Been here long enough, but London had always seemed drier than anywhere else I had lived.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I saw a fop/hipster strutting through Brixton Village today. Carrying a little dg in his shulder bag.

It's reasons like this that a "hate" button is needed

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Been here long enough, but London had always seemed drier than anywhere else I had lived.

You from the West? Much wetter there.