The British Weather!!!!

[markoibook]

Got to love the british weather...

Down here in Wiltshire, absolutely amazing hot and sunny weather on Saturday and Sunday.
Hot and stuffy on Monday.
Massive storms, dark skies, powercuts and floods on Tuesday!!!

[virividox]

tell me about it, living my first year in england has taught me one thing, dont trst the weather peopel

[edesignuk]

This should be in Community, but meh...

Yeah, nice day, then when I left work it fell down, thunder, the works. But it was still 25 degrees and horribly stuffy even with the rain...I dunno...

[iGav]

I f'in hate summer here... :rolleyes:

I'm a Autumn/Winter man myself ;) :D

[MongoTheGeek]

I f'in hate summer here... :rolleyes:

I'm a Autumn/Winter man myself ;) :D

o/~ Look around, Leaves are brown and the sky is a hazy shade of winter... o/~

Its been dark and dreary here for weeks. We are actually just getting the first real feeling of summer and I am going. Odd that I never look at the weather considering its my job.

[Mord]

igav you hear that thunder that just went off, jesus christ.

never ever ever ever trust weather people they are evil and must be stopped.

[wdlove]

I f'in hate summer here... :rolleyes:

I'm a Autumn/Winter man myself ;) :D

I agree with you iGAV. Lucky for us the weather does change. We are currently in a miserable weather period mid 80's and muggy. Starting Thursday mid 70's with lower humidity. I live for those days. On the bright side Summer is already over half over, just a little over a month and our weather will be back full time.

[cheekyspanky]

I experienced the crazy weather today, I was in Worcester and then Coventry and it was so dark and grey with a temperature of 23c on the thermometer - then, a HUGE thunder and lightening storm begins, with the lightening being of the ground striking and also the spreading through the clouds variety! We then drove home to South East Wales and the weather stayed much the same for all the way to Gloucester (which had flash floods everywhere), then suddenly, within maybe 10 miles the grey clouds cleared, the rain stopped, the roads were bone dry and the sun started shining!!

It felt like going from about 8pm to 2pm, the difference in light, really odd. Wonder what it'll be like tomorrow..?!

[AmigoMac]

I f'in hate summer here... :rolleyes:

I'm a Autumn/Winter man myself ;) :D

On this side of Germany (North-West) the weather has been terrible, I came today to work with my NY Yankees Baseball T-Shirt and is cloudy, rain on the way, yesterday we had no less than 26° ... I do like fall and winter

[garybUK]

The thunder woke me up last night about 3am, massive thunder storms and bucketing rain, but us northerners are kinda used to it :) good job ive just invested in those ups' but no power cuts as yet ... good 'ole' national grid.

The weather has been dark and really close (humid) i think more storms are coming.... roll on winter!

[Ari_0]

Yeah British weather is getting more unpredictable. Its all down to global warming. Give it a couple of years and it will be so hot in August, people would stay indoors.

I was walking around wearing a shortsleve shirt and shorts holding an umbrella. Some people thought I was a lunatic :eek:

[russed]

its a bit depressing, i only got back from my hols on monday night and i have so far been through thunder, really really havy rain, roasting temperatures, and bad humidity. great british weather.

[Black&Tan]

Ahhh...but you forget...you've got some of the best beer to console youself whilst indoors....

[Mord]

brewed in the uk beer is at best ok but still far better than the week crap that is american beer, the best stuff is european or austrailian import.

my favorite brewed in the uk drink is any type scrumpie (cornish cider) it's so nice that i'd drink it even if it was not alcaholic. but it's ahrd to get in london and at best your hard pushed to find a bottle of newcastle brown or 6x (nice cider not any of that strongbow crap)

btw never ever ever drink fullers or youngs london lager it is like puke in a can the most crapy drink ever. if your in a london pub stick to stella artois or kronenbourg or any decent looking bitter (I quite like bass).

drink guinness at your own peril it's a love it or hate it type thing.

I love being a 15 year old that looks 18 it's great

[winwintoo]

How discouraging. I was looking forward to my week in London at the end of August but with all you're pi$$ing and moaning about the weather now I think maybe I should just stay home here in Canada. I can't drink so beer wouldn't help.

Darn.

m

[Chappers]

brewed in the uk beer is at best ok but still far better than the week crap that is american beer, the best stuff is european or austrailian import.

my favorite brewed in the uk drink is any type scrumpie (cornish cider) it's so nice that i'd drink it even if it was not alcaholic. but it's ahrd to get in london and at best your hard pushed to find a bottle of newcastle brown or 6x (nice cider not any of that strongbow crap)

btw never ever ever drink fullers or youngs london lager it is like puke in a can the most crapy drink ever. if your in a london pub stick to stella artois or kronenbourg or any decent looking bitter (I quite like bass).

drink guinness at your own peril it's a love it or hate it type thing.

I love being a 15 year old that looks 18 it's great

A good English ale is great - go to a beer festival (organised by CAMBRA)

As for being 15 and looking 18 well I hope you feel the same in a few years time. Alcohol ages the skin and you already look old..... have fun when your 30 and look 50.

Good to some Brits here

[Mord]

dont worry as i'm typeing now the sky is blue and it's around 27 degrees the sun is out and i'm sitting on my mac looking at mac rumors.

it's not as bad as people say it's just that it's a bit random.

dont let it bother you

[Mord]

A good English ale is great - go to a beer festival (organised by CAMBRA)

As for being 15 and looking 18 well I hope you feel the same in a few years time. Alcohol ages the skin and you already look old..... have fun when your 30 and look 50.

Good to some Brits here

belive me i dont drink much i just enjoy the odd pint of bitter. it takes over 10 pints to get me under the table pissed out of my head and i've only done that once. and i wont do it again for a long while.

when i went to bristol a few weeks ago i went to the ashton court festival they had a fair few small brewers on a stand bit pricey but some nice ale.

[cheekyspanky]

How discouraging. I was looking forward to my week in London at the end of August but with all you're pi$$ing and moaning about the weather now I think maybe I should just stay home here in Canada. I can't drink so beer wouldn't help.

Darn.

m


I'd still recommend coming over, but remember to bring: a big umbrella, shorts and t-shirts, winter clothes, sun block, a scarf...can you see where I'm going here!? Our weather is so unpredictable, it's no wonder we're always (apparantly) talking about it!

[winwintoo]

Good thing I bought that room-sized suitcase then :D :D :D

So the next question is how much money will I need. As a gauge, how much is a *big Mac* or a ticket to the cinema or one of those beers you spoke about??

Thanks, m

[markoibook]

A good English ale is great - go to a beer festival (organised by CAMBRA)

As for being 15 and looking 18 well I hope you feel the same in a few years time. Alcohol ages the skin and you already look old..... have fun when your 30 and look 50.

Good to some Brits here

Of course its the Great Britain Beer Festival this week - check out www.gbbf.org.uk

Weather update - its sunny and gorgeous at the mo - though still not as nice as Saturday and Sunday were :D

[Mord]

Good thing I bought that room-sized suitcase then :D :D :D

So the next question is how much money will I need. As a gauge, how much is a *big Mac* or a ticket to the cinema or one of those beers you spoke about??

Thanks, m

a pint of beer: £1.50-£2.00 dont pay more.

cinima: £7

dont buy torist crap it's overpriced and who wants a t-shirt that says london on it anayway

theres a giant wheel on the river go on it.

theres the imax cinima on the south bank it's like the second biggest in europe or somthing like that.

and what ever you do dont feed the god damn pigions or buy pigion feed from a hobo in trafalga square.

if you want to see all the stuff the british empire stole from around the world (mummys the elgin marbles various pieces of priceless perisan art) go to the british meuseum.

going to a pub is the type of thing that you dont do on your own it's the type of thing you go to alfter a long days work/school with some mates or something. make sure you go with someone preferably two, you will get very strange looks as a lone canadian tourist.

oh and on a final note be prepared to be called american.

[winwintoo]

oh and on a final note be prepared to be called american.

I can afford to pay double for a movie, I'll stay out of the corner pub, and I won't feed the pigeons, but PLEASE don't call me an American. What can I do to protect myself. Should I tatoo a maple leaf on my right cheek??:D

Thanks for the advice. Your suggestions all sound interesting as I'll be traveling with two 14 yo boys - and my a gray-haired old grandma :cool: :cool:

m

[Ari_0]

Woo hooo. Humidity galore :D

*sweats uncontrollabley*

I tell yea mate, at this point I'd drink anything cold; regardless of alcohol level or taste. But ciders are ok, Stella or Carling is not too shabby either. Although Carling taste watered down beer.

A bigmac is two quid (pounds). A travelcard is £5.10 for the centre of London (zone 1-2) £4.30 off-peak (after10am). Total 6 zones only zones 3-6 are the residential suberbs of London. So no taking pictures there pls.

This weather is as good as it gets so make the best of it :rolleyes: Have fun winwintoo

[winwintoo]

I think we will make the best of it and enjoy every minute. I've never been to England and my grandson has never traveled at all so it will be an exciting time for both of us. We're meeting a well-traveled cousin who's visiting his Dad for the summer so I'm sure he knows his way around by now. I just hope I don't run out of steam before I run out of time or money :D

Take care, Margaret

[Mord]

I can afford to pay double for a movie, I'll stay out of the corner pub, and I won't feed the pigeons, but PLEASE don't call me an American. What can I do to protect myself. Should I tatoo a maple leaf on my right cheek??:D

Thanks for the advice. Your suggestions all sound interesting as I'll be traveling with two 14 yo boys - and my a gray-haired old grandma :cool: :cool:

m

take tham to the pub and they will come out men

just kidding.

but seriously,

i will give you a couple translations:

if someone apotches you and says "oi blad you got a mobile phone" it means they are trying to mug you for a cell phone

if someone says "you want a fag" they are not offering you a homosexual sex slave they are offering you a ciggerette say no there bad for you.

if someone makes a non sensical bartering noise towards you in an area of london called church street, portabello, or camden they are trying to sell you somthing just say no thanks.

and finaly some areas to avoid

dont ever ever ever go to brixton or hackney at night under any circumstance.

if you say aluminium people will laugh at you just avoid that word.

act like you hate the french and everyone will like you apart from french people of course.

oh and slag off george bush and tony blair for extra kudos.


i will give the person that can tell me what pub means a prize* (no brits allowed in the contest)


*the prize may both suck and blow at the same time, I am not liable in any way

[crap freakboy]

Luckily there is decent beer in London, you just know where to look.
As a Northerner living darn' sarf' I'll been bloody lucky to end up living 200 yards from The Red Lion (http://www.executive-bars.co.uk/page2.html) which while a bit shabby round the edges does serve some crackin' beer.

I agree on the Brixton comment above, I'd add quite a few more but hey, adds to the excitement of travelling doesnt it? :)

If any 'Johnny Foreigner' is coming to London then I'd suggest they get the Rough Guide to London, a recent Time-Out magazine and a credit-card with a fair amount of credit available ...London is sooooo expensive.

Personally I'd visit other areas of GB before London, Dorset, Cornwall, well actually all counties...Scotland is amazing as well...British Isles is varied, never tire of travelling. Avoid Middlesborough...its a dump!

[Roger1]

In the part of Michigan where I live, it's normally in the 80's-90's this time of the year. Since the beginning of June, we've had only about 9 days where the temp has been above 80 degress (farenheit). The rest of the time, it has been cool, cloudy and rainy. Yesterday is was mid 80's and sunny; today it is raining and about about 70-72 degrees. So much for summer :rolleyes:

[iGav]

a pint of beer: £1.50-£2.00 dont pay more.


You'll go thirsty then.... :p you'll do incredibly well to find any pub in the West End/Soho/Noho/Shoreditch area that will sell a pint for anything less than £2.20, and frequently in any pub worth its salt expect to pay upto £3.20+ ;)

[za9ra22]

Well, well. So the weather in BritLand is crap again? What a surprise! And who (my age at least) doesn't remember Michael Fish declaring that rumours of an impending hurricane were completely silly.... 4 hours before much of the south east was flattened by it!

And I thought I'd got away from all that. Here I am, escaped to a life in the wilds of the colonies, kept awake by thunderstorms that last 8 hours at a time, with lightning so fierce and frequent you could sit a read a book by it, and a 24hour weather that can't even correctly tell me what the weather is like NOW let alone later or tomorrow. I remember whinging that Manchester was the wettest place I'd been - I know rather better than that now!

Here, where summer temperatures are typically close to 100f and stepping out of the office is like jumping into a washing machine on a hot rinse, Manchester seems rather a good place to be!

[iGav]

I agree on the Brixton comment above, I'd add quite a few more but hey :)

Same goes for the whole South of the River area... :eek: :p :p unless one happens to be frequenting either Tate Modern, The Design Museum or the fab OXO Tower, other than that.... never, ever venture South of the River. :eek: :p

[iGav]

I remember whinging that Manchester was the wettest place I'd been

No... it could be the worst place you've ever been though! :eek: :p :p heheheh

[za9ra22]

No... it could be the worst place you've ever been though! :eek: :p :p heheheh

Well now, THAT I cannot argue with!!

[Awimoway]

I would give my left nut for some cold, soggy British weather. I moved to the desert from Britain, and I've never recovered from the climate shock. Day after day of inhumanly hot, dry weather in the summer makes me psychotic. Air conditioning is too expensive to run 24/7 and sleeping at night in the sultry air is impossible.

And, believe it or not, 360 days a year of sun can make blue sky weather induce depression.

[Mord]

You'll go thirsty then.... :p you'll do incredibly well to find any pub in the West End/Soho/Noho/Shoreditch area that will sell a pint for anything less than £2.20, and frequently in any pub worth its salt expect to pay upto £3.20+ ;)

i love cheapo student pubs

i dont drink much in london pubs mostly when i go places like bristol alcahole is so cheap there mmmmm.

i have a horrible feeling that a south londoner will come and stick up for his home

i live in queens park, fifth avenue w10 (it's on the bakerloo line 2/3 of the way up)

can none guess what pub acctually means i'll give you a clue it's an abriviation

[iGav]

Well now, THAT I cannot argue with!!

just wait till the MR guys who live their read my comments :eek: :p :p I'll be for the high jump I can tell ya!!! hahahahaha :p

[za9ra22]

can none guess what pub acctually means i'll give you a clue it's an abriviation

Send me an Old Speckled Hen or a Theakson's XB and I'll tell you!

[winwintoo]

I was getting to it... pub is short for publican - which now means the owner of a "public house" but started out meaning the tax collector.

Don't know about over there, but since about 95% of the price of booze over here is actually tax, publican = tax collector is still very true.

What did I win????

m

[iGav]

i have a horrible feeling that a south londoner will come and stick up for his home

I reckon the Mancs will as well :eek: :p :p

I actually used to live South of the River a few years ago, Mill St (off Tooley St, on the Thames near Tower Bridge) and that was cool, the only issue I really have with South London is it's lack of a decent Tube service, I hate buses and for some reason whenever I'm in South London, usually after a gig I have to catch Night Buses, and I have no idea what numbers I need. :eek: :p :p

[winwintoo]

I reckon the Mancs will as well :eek: :p :p

I actually used to live South of the River a few years ago, Mill St (off Tooley St, on the Thames near Tower Bridge) and that was cool, the only issue I really have with South London is it's lack of a decent Tube service, I hate buses and for some reason whenever I'm in South London, usually after a gig I have to catch Night Buses, and I have no idea what numbers I need. :eek: :p :p

Here you go http://www.tfl.gov.uk/buses/

m

[iGav]

Here you go http://www.tfl.gov.uk/buses/

m

:p :p :p much obliged.

[wdlove]

It doesn't really do all that much good to complain about the weather. At the moment there is nothing that we can do except heating or A/C. In most areas the weather change frequently. My me psychologically, I know that in a little over a month the weather will be better over more extended period of time.

[Mord]

I was getting to it... pub is short for publican - which now means the owner of a "public house" but started out meaning the tax collector.

Don't know about over there, but since about 95% of the price of booze over here is actually tax, publican = tax collector is still very true.

What did I win????

m


your prize is........

a pint of my home brew (if you care to collect it from bristol where my barrel is at the moment)

[Loge]

the only issue I really have with South London is it's lack of a decent Tube service

I think some would argue that North London lacks a decent Tube service as well. ;)

OK, I've lived on both sides (now South), there's good and bad points either way.

[kettle]

Yeah British weather is getting more unpredictable. Its all down to global warming. Give it a couple of years and it will be so hot in August, people would stay indoors.

I was walking around wearing a shortsleve shirt and shorts holding an umbrella. Some people thought I was a lunatic :eek:

British weather has always been unpredictable, "catkins in june will surely bring doom" sort of naysaying is just a provider of political leverage and about as accurate as a floating witch.

[iGav]

I've lived on both sides (now South), there's good and bad points either way.

I've lived South, North and East... South London wasn't bad, but I was bang on the River front (just down from Shad Thames) so it wasn't like the depths of hell... heheheh, I'd live their again but I wouldn't go any further south, the lack of tubes is a problem for me and everything I like is pretty much north of the River (apart from the Tate Modern, Design Museum and OXO Tower, but they're all riverside so it's easy enough just to walk across a bridge.

The one place I'd never live is West London, a dreadful place, you definitely need to be a married 40 something to want to live out there, Suburban hell with no soul.

I actually like living in East London, I like it's continuous state of decay, renewal and reinvention.

[kettle]

my favorite brewed in the uk drink is any type scrumpie (cornish cider) it's so nice that i'd drink it even if it was not alcaholic. but it's ahrd to get in london and at best your hard pushed to find a bottle of newcastle brown or 6x (nice cider not any of that strongbow crap)

I'd say that the best and usually unmarketed scrumpy is focused in the Somerset Devon Hereford and Gloucester areas. The cornish are pasty and icecream peeps. The stuff you get in cornwall is tourist stuff sold with clotted cream and sticks of rock at dodgy petting zoos and farms. Shame cos cornwall relies on tourist pap because of the death of native fishing and mining.

Also, Scrumpy is from year dot, beer/hops were from the german invaders (the first couple of times) and vinyards from the bloody romans.

also to clear up misinterpretation for the non native, I don't think Hector meant to describe newcastle brown ale or 6x as a cider, these are just emergency alternatives.

tip. people new to scrumpy, if the farmer sells by the plastic gallon can, use this for transportation and transfer to glass containers as soon as possible, else drink it all on the day of purchase. If you leave it in the plastic, the cider starts to taste plasticy and in extreme cases actually eats through the the plastic leaving "extra" floaty bits in amongst your tasty floaty bits.

[Mord]

wow thanks igav

i live in nw london in westminster.

i'm lucky with the tube as i live on the bakerloo line but if i want to go to anywhere neer hampstead i have to take the silverlink which is the suckyest train line in the world.

where i live is nice theres a giant skate park down the road and i live near the canal. and there is a bus that go's to oxford street (6) and one that go's to euston (18 one of those bendy ones that set themselfs on fire) west london isent that bad it's just far west london like kingston, pinner and watford there like the most boring places on earth ecpecially teddington ugh total suburban hell.

the only downside to where i live is that there is a horrible looking estate down the road giant concrete type thing.

[kettle]

when i went to bristol a few weeks ago i went to the ashton court festival they had a fair few small brewers on a stand bit pricey but some nice ale.

Ashton Court is a great place, preferred it when they allowed the Tractor Pulling and the North Somerset Show, much better than smelly hippies getting jiggy with a glorified mobile disco. ;)

[evil_santa]

The one place I'd never live is West London, a dreadful place, you definitely need to be a married 40 something to want to live out there, Suburban hell with no soul.


Welcome to eSanta's surburban hell.

[iGav]

Welcome to eSanta's surburban hell.

hahahah where do you live in West London??

I've got friends who live out in Tooting way... and it just seems such a boring place to live, well were they live isn't but that's more to do with the building they live in heheheh, also seems to take an age to get there as well... :confused:

[Mord]

depends how west you go really the outskirts or london are really boring wherever you go, staying north of the river somewhere in the middle near a tube stop is your best bet

maby i'll dig up a picture of my house and post it, it's a weird house looks big but it's small 3 bedroom corner house slightly gothic looking (not gothic spelt with a k mind) built 1900.

[evil_santa]

hahahah where do you live in West London??


Sunny Ruislip (http://www.ruislip.co.uk/manorhomes/) When i got my house I though i would only be here for a couple years then get something back out where i grew up on Marlow/Windsor, that was 1993 :eek: Trains are usualy good Met & Central line, though i did get stuffed a bit on tuesday when most of west london tubes got rained on. There are some good restaurants, there is a very good Lebanese (http://www.elnomad.co.uk) but on the whole its Surburbia at its best :D

[iGav]

where i grew up on Marlow/Windsor, that was 1993

I used to live just down the road from Windsor in not-as-nice-Bracknell... :eek: :p

[evil_santa]

I used to live just down the road from Windsor in not-as-nice-Bracknell... :eek: :p

i use to go to a warter park in Bracknell & I remember the fist gig i went to was the Boomtown Rats @ Bracknell sports center 1979/80 ish,

[caveman_uk]

Same goes for the whole South of the River area... :eek: :p :p unless one happens to be frequenting either Tate Modern, The Design Museum or the fab OXO Tower, other than that.... never, ever venture South of the River. :eek: :p
Borough's actually got some nice pubs. The Duke of York and The Lord Clyde for two. Admittedly you might get mugged on the way home....and defo don't go any further south...

[iGav]

i use to go to a warter park in Bracknell & I remember the fist gig i went to was the Boomtown Rats @ Bracknell sports center 1979/80 ish,

A water park was built in the forest behind where I used to live, was called 'Coral Reef', opened in late '89/early '90 I think, I left Bracknell in '89 though to move to Yorkshire.

http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/coralreef/

[winwintoo]

I was checking out some differences in our the language (http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/) between here and there and found that the word "retired" which over here means - having reached a certain age and deciding not to work any more lives off accumulated cash reserves, means "to be laid off"

I don't want to be chatting up some nice bloke in the pub and have him lose interest when I tell him I'm retired because he thinks I can't hold a job :confused:

Doesn't anyone "retire" over there?

m
OH, thanks for the prize - I look forward to collecting it!

[caveman_uk]

Retired in the UK means to have finished working for (usually) age reasons. We have the expression 'to be laid off' but also we have sacked, fired, to be made redundant or (more recently) 'downsized'.

So it means the same thing as it does with you.

[iGav]

Doesn't anyone "retire" over there?

if you're wealthy enough you do.. :eek: :p :p

[winwintoo]

if you're wealthy enough you do.. :eek: :p :p

Dang, they told me I was old enough, they never said anything about being wealthy. I wondered why it wasn't as much fun as I thought it was going to be LOL

Margaret

[Mord]

to change the subject has anyone here been to a mac shop in kilburn high street there a bunch of dodgy buggers that overcharge you and do bad repairs.

[TreeHugger]

Retired in the UK means to have finished working for (usually) age reasons. We have the expression 'to be laid off' but also we have sacked, fired, to be made redundant or (more recently) 'downsized'.

So it means the same thing as it does with you.

any outsourcing yet?

[Giaguara]

complaining about the british weather?

welcome to ireland!

if you get any tan it's not tan, it's rust..

[sonyrules]

This year has been terrible for weather, I dont think this summer has even hit 90, And its like fall here in OH. Its just crazy, Just a glimpse of how cold it is going ot be this winter

[caveman_uk]

Did you see that place in Cornwall???? Bloody Hell!!!

BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3571844.stm)

[garybUK]

The weather is mad at the moment up here, absolutely bucketing down with rain and thunder and lightning that bad it knocked our sky off and no signal on any of our mobile's :( Lukily the national grid is withstanding it and no power cuts (touch wood) yet :)

I really hope this winter is snowy, i love winter.

Last night i went storm chasing, I live on the pennines so didn't have to travel far when my freinds car got struck by lightning with us in it. Was weird but good, wish I had a camera on me.

[WinterMute]

Same goes for the whole South of the River area... :eek: :p :p unless one happens to be frequenting either Tate Modern, The Design Museum or the fab OXO Tower, other than that.... never, ever venture South of the River. :eek: :p

C'mon Gav, there's always a good cuppa at my gaff... :D

[WinterMute]

The one place I'd never live is West London, a dreadful place, you definitely need to be a married 40 something to want to live out there, Suburban hell with no soul.

I actually like living in East London, I like it's continuous state of decay, renewal and reinvention.

I think it's best to work in West London... Hmmm all those cute nannies.... ;)

East london is cool as long as you don't go too far out. Barking anyone?

[wdlove]

The weather is mad at the moment up here, absolutely bucketing down with rain and thunder and lightning that bad it knocked our sky off and no signal on any of our mobile's :( Luckily the national grid is withstanding it and no power cuts (touch wood) yet :)

I really hope this winter is snowy, i love winter.

Last night i went storm chasing, I live on the pennines so didn't have to travel far when my friends car got struck by lightning with us in it. Was weird but good, wish I had a camera on me.

I totally agree with you winter is a great season. So far we have had more than seven months straight below normal temperature. It's fine with me. This weather is no indication of what the winter will be like though.

[zami]

take tham to the pub and they will come out men

just kidding.

but seriously,

i will give you a couple translations:

if someone apotches you and says "oi blad you got a mobile phone" it means they are trying to mug you for a cell phone

if someone says "you want a fag" they are not offering you a homosexual sex slave they are offering you a ciggerette say no there bad for you.

if someone makes a non sensical bartering noise towards you in an area of london called church street, portabello, or camden they are trying to sell you somthing just say no thanks.

and finaly some areas to avoid

dont ever ever ever go to brixton or hackney at night under any circumstance.

if you say aluminium people will laugh at you just avoid that word.

act like you hate the french and everyone will like you apart from french people of course.

oh and slag off george bush and tony blair for extra kudos.


i will give the person that can tell me what pub means a prize* (no brits allowed in the contest)


*the prize may both suck and blow at the same time, I am not liable in any way

Got a problem with South London and Black people have we?

[ThomasJefferson]

South Carolina
90 degrees in the shade for the next three days... and rain.

ugh ...

[wdlove]

South Carolina
90 degrees in the shade for the next three days... and rain.

ugh ...

That is an example why I could never tolerate living in the South. Sounds like it must be very muggy which even makes it worse. We are having some nice weather right now.

[Peterkro]

Don't listen to the robots who are frightened of Brixton,its the most vibrant part of London.It suits us not to have the usual 9-5 wageslaves ****ing up our area.Yes you'll get robbed if you arrive looking like a euroclone but if you like freedom and have an open mind come on down.I guarantee you a good time.Transport and Shops are freely available 24hours a day(I'd say 24/7 but fortunately I've avoided being programmed by MTVspeak)The best Clubs,Pubs and street ambiance going.By the way the casual racism of most non inner city english people is unfortunately a true reflection of life here in england.TTFN.

[Peterkro]

:o

[caveman_uk]

Don't listen to the robots who are frightened of Brixton,its the most vibrant part of London.It suits us not to have the usual 9-5 wageslaves ****ing up our area.Yes you'll get robbed if you arrive looking like a euroclone but if you like freedom and have an open mind come on down.I guarantee you a good time.Transport and Shops are freely available 24hours a day(I'd say 24/7 but fortunately I've avoided being programmed by MTVspeak)The best Clubs,Pubs and street ambiance going.By the way the casual racism of most non inner city english people is unfortunately a true reflection of life here in england.TTFN.

Got a problem with South London and Black people have we?

Why is it if someone says they hate Brixton they get accused of racism? I hate Stoke-On-Trent does that mean I hate white people? Brixton is a ****hole and no amount of discussion of it's alledged 'street ambiance' will convince me otherwise.

Incidently by using ' non inner city english people' aren't you referring to rural white people and thereby being racist yourself?

[whookam]

Come to Crouch End, it sounds crap but is actually a really nice place to live. (If you can afford to loose a kidney to help pay the mortgage) £185,000 for a studio flat :confused:

[winwintoo]

I'm told we'll be taking in the Notting Hill Carnival on Sunday - any comments??

m

[iGav]

any comments??

Partay! :p

Oooh, and don't leave your wallet/purse in your back pocket either ;)

[Mark James]

Oooh, and don't leave your wallet/purse in your back pocket either ;)
:bigstirringspoonsmiley:

[iGav]

:bigstirringspoonsmiley:

sadly I speak from experience... a couple of years ago I had my wallet nabbed from my bag that I have permanently slung over my shoulder... who ever stole it was mightily niffty, not only was the bag clipped shut, my wallet was also in a zipped pocket inside!! :eek: didn't feel a thing!! :eek:

[Mord]

i live in the path of the notting hill festival and i've never gone to it,

firsts off igav's advice is sound

second off make sure you drink enough water as it will be a hot day with crowds of hot sweaty people

i personally have my wallet attched to me on a long rattley chain that sits above my waller in my pocket, it's completely pick pocket proof :D

[Mark James]

:eek: didn't feel a thing!! :eek:
That'll be the anaethetising effect of the Red Stripe and the thick air?

[Mord]

Red Stripe

do americans get red stripe? here it's festival beer of choice it's nice but it has a funny alfter taste that i'm not sure i like

[caveman_uk]

do americans get red stripe?
Curiously enough most of the Red Stripe in the UK is brewed under licence in Bedford...

[Ari_0]

Wow. I swear to ya, it was raining and scorchingly sunny this afternoon for like 5 MINUTES. I just looked up and started shouting "Make up your ********** mind".

btw: I have lived so far in: Dalston, Stratford, Hackney, Peckham (good ol' old kent road), Brixton, Sheperds Bush, Notting Hill gate (when it was cheap).

Limmie tell you: All the neighbourhoods aforementioned are rubbish! And this statement is based on experiense. Its funny how expensive London is considering how it will mostly be submerged in water in 2/3 decades :) But they dont tell you that at the estate agents do they?

P.S. Canning Town is where I live now, now complaints so far!

[Mord]

Curiously enough most of the Red Stripe in the UK is brewed under licence in Bedford...

i know, nearly everything that claims that it's Jamaican or french or german ect., is brewed in the uk under license from the owner of the brand, imported stuff from the same brand is usually like nectar of the gods compared to the stuff they brew here

Wow. I swear to ya, it was raining and scorchingly sunny this afternoon for like 5 MINUTES. I just looked up and started shouting "Make up your ********** mind".

btw: I have lived so far in: Dalston, Stratford, Hackney, Peckham (good ol' old kent road), Brixton, Sheperds Bush, Notting Hill gate (when it was cheap).

Limmie tell you: All the neighbourhoods aforementioned are rubbish! And this statement is based on experiense. Its funny how expensive London is considering how it will mostly be submerged in water in 2/3 decades :) But they dont tell you that at the estate agents do they?

P.S. Canning Town is where I live now, now complaints so far!

it's a bit like that now, rain, sun, groogy, rain, sun, groogy.

and i live on very high ground :) so no drowning for me.all those places are crap bar notting hill which is ok, i live neer there and go to portabello market ever now and again, and there is a kick ass skate park pssp :D.

[norinradd]

Canning Town? I used to live down the road opposite the tate & lyle factory, Dunlop point to be exact but now live in the country and its raining here to!

[homerjward]

brewed in the uk beer is at best ok but still far better than the week crap that is american beer, the best stuff is european or austrailian import.

my favorite brewed in the uk drink is any type scrumpie (cornish cider) it's so nice that i'd drink it even if it was not alcaholic. but it's ahrd to get in london and at best your hard pushed to find a bottle of newcastle brown or 6x (nice cider not any of that strongbow crap)

btw never ever ever drink fullers or youngs london lager it is like puke in a can the most crapy drink ever. if your in a london pub stick to stella artois or kronenbourg or any decent looking bitter (I quite like bass).

drink guinness at your own peril it's a love it or hate it type thing.

I love being a 15 year old that looks 18 it's great

18...hmm...15 but look 18 means they check no ids...18...hmm...where am i going for summer vacation next year?...hmm...still not sure :D :p

[caveman_uk]

18...hmm...15 but look 18 means they check no ids...18...hmm...where am i going for summer vacation next year?...hmm...still not sure :D :p
They can check IDs. They're just not quite as hot on it as they are in the US.

Incidently I would completely disagree with Hector on his beer recommendations. I'd drink any of the beers he mentions over Stella. In fact I'd rate them Fullers>Youngs>Guinness>Kronenbourg>>>>>Stella. What's so great about a crappy, overpriced Welsh lager (stella) anyway? Oh, and Youngs and Fullers aren't lagers.

[Ari_0]

all those places are crap bar notting hill which is ok, i live neer there and go to portabello market ever now and again, and there is a kick ass skate park pssp :D.

Wow, sorry about your arm and leg man. But I guess you did need the money for rent :D

[Ari_0]

Canning Town? I used to live down the road opposite the tate & lyle factory, Dunlop point to be exact but now live in the country and its raining here to!

Cool!