Brixton news, rumour and general chat - May 2014

[Dexter Deadwood]

Dexter Deadwood I think he might be right tbh. I've reversed a landrover into a tree only a bit bigger than that (yes, yes, insert female driver jokes here) and it was fine- an uninterrupted root system is the same size as the tree canopy.

TBF teuchter is always wrong.
Your point about the root system is correct in so far as my limited knowledge can allow me to have an informed opinion of such matters. I would like to know more about how you reversed into a tree.

 

[boohoo]

It's a strawman argument, you are simply wrong.

you sound like Onket there.

 

[Manter]

TBF teuchter is always wrong.
Your point about the root system is correct in so far as my limited knowledge can allow me to have an informed opinion of such matters. I would like to know more about how you reversed into a tree.

I was in the US. I was driving on the right (ie wrong) side of the road. And my navigator was giving me directions in a very very treacly Alabama drawl and making me impatient and annoyed. So it's all his fault. Probably.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Discount the fence, three probables;
1 - The council lawnmower (always manic men) best job left in public sector assuming it has not been sub contracted; which would make them definitely guilty.
2 - The rain.
3 - A tree hating neighbour.
4 - Casual vandalism.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

you sound like Onket there.

I met Onket recently;

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Discount the fence, three probables;
1 - The council lawnmower (always manic men) best job left in public sector assuming it has not been sub contracted; which would make them definitely guilty.
.

if its lambeth they are subcontracted to veolia as I know someone who does that job
don't think he knocked the tree over though

 

[SpamMisery]

It's not a strawman argument.

 

[Rushy]

Discount the fence, three probables;
1 - The council lawnmower (always manic men) best job left in public sector assuming it has not been sub contracted; which would make them definitely guilty.
2 - The rain.
3 - A tree hating neighbour.
4 - Casual vandalism.

If that poxy lawnmower knocked the tree over, then there was something very wrong with the tree and it is probably a good job that it came down now rather than when it was bigger. Seriously, there is no way one of those lawnmowers could knock a healthy tree of that size over.

 

[Rushy]

If anyone was worried about where all the bumble bees have gone, they are currently having a huge party amongst the bottle brush on my back door step.
My very own Brixton Buzz.

 

[peterkro]

Dexter Deadwood I think he might be right tbh. I've reversed a landrover into a tree only a bit bigger than that (yes, yes, insert female driver jokes here) and it was fine- an uninterrupted root system is the same size as the tree canopy.

I watched a transit drive head on into a fifteen foot cherry tree at at least 30 mph in Brixton,the van was a write off,the driver survived although it was touch and go for a while.Twenty years later the tree is still in rude health.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

I hate to say this but Rushy is right. Spoke to some local kids who claim the tree fell over by itself

 

[Winot]

 

[ViolentPanda]

This was 20 years ago yesterday. What a day. A 14 year old me makes a brief appearance in one of the crowd shots. Nearly a quarter of a century on and again we're having to fight the rise of racism.

TBF the fight has never gone away, it's always there, bubbling away in the background. Has been for as long as I can remember (nearly 50 years).

 

[ViolentPanda]

Not really very secret at all seeing as it's been mentioned and named on here most Wednesday nights/Thursday mornings for the last few months.

You tart.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I would prefer you fucked off and died, but we can't always get what we want, sadly.

We can't always get what we want, but if we try, sometimes, we get what we need.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I hate to say this but Rushy is right. Spoke to some local kids who claim the tree fell over by itself

Probably been pissed on so many times over the years that the roots were eaten away.

But yeah, falling over under their own steam is entirely possible, and from what that programme about Kew Gardens was saying a couple of years ago, the weirdness of our seasons over the last ten years hasn't helped.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

This is a lovely video.
BackBone Productions presents "Nan's Brixton", a short conversational film, depicting the life and times of long-time Brixton resident Edie Cook.
http://vimeo.com/fraktiv/nansbrixton

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

It's been a very enjoyable thread this month.

 

[Kevs]

Anyone know if the kids water park is open in brockwell tomorrow? I've got a nephew to entertain.

 

[Manter]

Anyone know if the kids water park is open in brockwell tomorrow? I've got a nephew to entertain.

gaijingirl or nagapie might

 

[nagapie]

Well it's the first of fucking June so it better be but I wouldn't bet on it. There's always the playground and ice cream.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Anyone know if the kids water park is open in brockwell tomorrow? I've got a nephew to entertain.

I will probably ride through the park tomorrow, if I do I will post operational status of water park.

 

[Kevs]

I will probably ride through the park tomorrow, if I do I will post operational status of water park.

cheers dexter

 

[editor]

At the stroke of midnight, please transfer all chats to the brand spanking new Brixton news, rumour and general chat - June 2014 thread.