Brixton chitter chatter, part 2

[ajdown]

Preacher man's moved to the market streets and now has his own little personal tannoy.

Behringer EPA40, if my observations are correct. Nice little piece of kit, with microphone and line in.

 

[e19896]

Dunno, as I don't use the tube that often, mid thirties / forties bloke always on about redemption and the lord, it was always good seeing his style and diction improve with time.

yes the man is still around, i was going to ask to photograph him oh praise the lord

 

[colacubes]

Behringer EPA40, if my observations are correct. Nice little piece of kit, with microphone and line in.

Yes - it was noticeably louder outside of my flat when he was there the other day

 

[ajdown]

Mrs fancied a toasted cheese sandwich... and my toaster seems to have gone mouldy in the cupboard. Argos do them for a fiver apparently so I'm off to buy a new one.

I suppose there are worse ways to end the year than with a mouldy toaster. Roll on MMIX.

 

[Crispy]

you could.... clean it?

 

[Missez]

I don't suppose anyone fancies coming and helping me get my car started do they?

 

[ajdown]

you could.... clean it?

Its about 10 years old, and not worth the bother. I got a nice new one from Argos for a fiver instead.

 

[netbob]

bust water main on electric avenue - the market's like a paddling pool at the mo.

 

[ajdown]

Was in the market an hour before that seems to have happened... wasn't me, nobody saw me, you can't prove anything.

 

[netbob]

Preacher man's moved to the market streets and now has his own little personal tannoy.

yep. he still disapproves of the gays and the EU it seems.

 

[quimcunx]

Lots of police vans and an ambulance down one of those roads beside windrush square when I went past an hour or so ago...

 

[quimcunx]

6 police cars just barrelled up Brixton Hill sirens blaring, followed by 2 other emergency vehicles that I couldn't make out.


Welcome home.

 

[ethel]

does morleys have a decent selection of wool?

 

[quimcunx]

does morleys have a decent selection of wool?

It has a selection of wool. I was browsing it aimlessly just yesterday. It is not extensive. What were you looking for?

 

[ajdown]

does morleys have a decent selection of wool?

I'm told that "Sharp Works" in Herne Hill (http://www.knitmap.com/locations/sharp-works.html) is a good shop for knitting, although I've not made it there yet.

iKnit, up near Waterloo (http://www.iknit.org.uk/) is more 'upmarket' and tends to do the fancy stuff more than your 50p a ball wool - but they do have classes and carry a lot of accessories. Oh, and apparently they're the only knitting shop in the UK with an alcohol license

 

[ethel]

It has a selection of wool. I was browsing it aimlessly just yesterday. It is not extensive. What were you looking for?

some fluffy nylon type wool.

 

[malice]

ha ha, just listening to radio 4 now, and someone on a programme about london fashion described the number 35 as "known as the fashion bus" because it went from brixton to hoxton.

 

[ajdown]

Is it foggy in Brixton? I'm up by Tower Bridge and the fog has come down so thick you can't see across the river.

 

[billythefish]

Nope. Quite a clear evening and sunset.

 

[christonabike]

Nice sunset as well, seen from the ITN building over Kings Cross

 

[TruXta]

This morning around 11 I was going down Sudbourne Road towards Brixton Hill only to find the road was sealed by the police just by the Brixton Customer Centre. Anyone know what was going on?

 

[ajdown]

Must be just along the river then.

 

[colacubes]

Must be just along the river then.

You must work near me as it's exactly the same (near the GLA). I'm supposed to be cycling home but not sure whether I'll be bale to see

 

[ajdown]

Yeah I'm not far from the Pommeler's Rest.

 

[ajdown]

Nice and sunny right now, hope it doesn't get foggy for my trip up the M11 later.

 

[snowy_again]

The front wheel thieves are out again - the single speed MTB that's been locked up outside KFC for yonks has lost one, as has the italian racer that's always outside the rec by Hive.

 

[Bob]

The front wheel thieves are out again - the single speed MTB that's been locked up outside KFC for yonks has lost one, as has the italian racer that's always outside the rec by Hive.

My whole bike (and my flatmate's) were stolen from our garden a few weeks ago.

 

[Orang Utan]

Sorry to hear that, but why did you leave them in the garden?

 

[Bob]

Sorry to hear that, but why did you leave them in the garden?

There's a high (c. 8ft) wall between it and the street - so it's not exactly easy to climb over. And there are no obvious footholds.

The kids who stole them climbed in - threw the bikes over the wall, and then climbed back out.

Obviously from now on there will be bikes firmly locked up, combined with hair trigger machine gun nests. And sharks.

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm not surprised.
There's an 8ft fence, a field and another 8ft fence between my garden and the street, but I still keep my bikes in the house - I even keep one in the bedroom.