Tulse Hill news, chitter chatter and gossip
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Maharani
Just like Heaven
I went in but the pots were a bit pale and yucks.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
They've been rebuilding the islandy bollard road calming thing by the bridge so it feels like it's coming to an end.
Not that I'm holding my breath.
Not that I'm holding my breath.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Einstok?
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
That was kind of my thought as I walked up to Elmcourt Pharmacy yesterday: "Looks like they're nearly done. Probably be another year, though".
gaijingirl
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So after all the big upping here I went to BOB wines to get a bottle for a friend's birthday. It has a lovely feel and a nice (but small) cider collection. The French guy serving was very nice too. I liked it in there. Plus they do massive bags of Salty Dog crisps which are lovely. We don't actually buy a lot of wine these days so I think the odd bottle from there wouldn't break the bank.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I went to go in and there was a sign saying nipped out for a bit....
So I looked at the beers on the shelf (through the window) and nipped across co-op and got the same ones cheaper.
I'm new to this craft beer thing, so I've tried a few this weekend. Went to that place in Streatham, by the station. Lots of choice. No idea what I am looking at, so just buying at random and trying stuff.....
Art and Craft? At Streatham Hill? They’ve got one opposite the Great North Wood as well. Such a range of prices. Some cans £4 and others £1.50 and nothing really to differentiate them. I try to go for the lowest cost / highest alcohol ratio with poncey name / description as a tie breaker.
That’s the one. I have been off the booze for September, but in August it was my favourite beer.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
It's incredibly tasty. A bit of a change from the over-hopped IPAs every British "craft brewer" has been offering for the last couple of years.
gaijingirl
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I don't drink beer at all and hardly ever wine - so I'm not likely to be their target customer tbf. I do like a nice cider from time to time though and it's nice to be able to give a nice bottle to other people as a gift.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
I went into Bobs wines on Friday, nice friendly staff and a good selection of wine. I got a bottle from their refillable tanks which was a decent blend and very nice. Also grabbed a bottle of Crocera Barbera, an Italian favourite that I usually drink in The Eagle in Farringdon. The Eagle charge about £20, both bottles from Bobs were £8.50. Very reasonable for a decent drink.
They don't do much that's cheaper than that, which is fair enough, they're a good wine shop, and you can get cheap plonk in the Supermarkets. Reckon I'll still be getting my cheap Malbecs etc from Majestic and using Bobs for the good stuff.
They don't do much that's cheaper than that, which is fair enough, they're a good wine shop, and you can get cheap plonk in the Supermarkets. Reckon I'll still be getting my cheap Malbecs etc from Majestic and using Bobs for the good stuff.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Had a classic 'should have gone to Specsavers' moment in the Geranium charity shop....
As I was leaving I went to grab the door handle.....but it wasn't the door handle.....it was the shelving unit with all the bric a brac shit on it.....
CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As I was leaving I went to grab the door handle.....but it wasn't the door handle.....it was the shelving unit with all the bric a brac shit on it.....
CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
oh no!!! 
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
They thought it had fallen on me and aplologised....
....then I sloped off
....then I sloped off
shifting gears
Well-Known Member
If you're gonna do it anywhere - might as well be in a charity shop for the blind
They probably just thought "one of our own" and never gave it a second thought
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
A not particularly quick-witted mate back in the '80s used to get some of his kicks going into the RNIB shop in Putney, and turning all the books so that the spines were upside down. It took about 3 hours of hard work to eventually explain to him that while the recipients of the money the shop made were blind, many of the people who bought stuff - including books - from the shop, were sighted.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
A not particularly quick-witted mate back in the '80s used to get some of his kicks going into the RNIB shop in Putney, and turning all the books so that the spines were upside down. It took about 3 hours of hard work to eventually explain to him that while the recipients of the money the shop made were blind, many of the people who bought stuff - including books - from the shop, were sighted.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
His nickname at school was "brainy Steve".
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Save it as a jpeg, then reduce size in paint and try again...
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
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Maharani
Just like Heaven
Thank you Nanker Phelge
