Loafers Nook 22 - Food Glorious Food! La da di di da da..... by seryn

Quote:
Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
I saw those signs. But I didn't know what they meant.

Well one should learn to aquaint oneself with the governing laws of the country which one is visiting

.

You can't complain, your government owes us about a million pounds worth of congestion charge tarriffs. Our diplomats pay you for your toll roads, why can't the richest country in the world return the favor huh, huh?

Quote:
Originally posted by JadeHand:
So, how often must one pay that charge to drive in central London?

Within two days of travelling in a congestion charge zone.

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 7:52 AM

Auto refribucating double postification.

I just had a power cut. Killed my computer and over an hours worth of work.

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 7:58 AM

That's what you get for being snarky to me!

Now, be nice or I'll do worse than just cut your power.

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 8:37 AM

do you have to pay for each day? each week? each month? do you get a sticker or something that says you've paid to put on the vehicle?
How do they know to charge you? do they take pictures of every license plate that travels in all of Central London?

Sorry for the questions, just not a familiar concept. Something I'd like to understand for when I go driving about in Central London.

"But you sleep like a ghost with me
It's as simple as that
So tell me I'm mad
Roll me up and breathe me in
Come to my madness
My opium den
Come to my madness
Make sense of it again."
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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 8:38 AM

There's cameras that scan your number plate, they store the number in a computer database that logs whether you pay or not. You have to pay for each day you're in the charge zone.

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 8:50 AM

Ah. I see. Thanks. That'll help me decide if/how often to drive there. Might just use the tube.

"But you sleep like a ghost with me
It's as simple as that
So tell me I'm mad
Roll me up and breathe me in
Come to my madness
My opium den
Come to my madness
Make sense of it again."
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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 10:13 AM

LIGHTMEDARK

Quote:
Originally posted by Jadehand:
LMD, Sorry to hear you're still not feeling well.
How was the trip? I'm going to be about most of the night if you wanna talk about it.

thanks...I'm starting to feel a bit better which actually is surprising me a bit. i usually stay sick for quite a bit longer. not complaining!

trip was good, just draining. glad to be home. sorry i wasn't around to catch you for a chat

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by Jadehand:
Ah. I see. Thanks. That'll help me decide if/how often to drive there. Might just use the tube.

Damn straight! Never mind the constantly gridlocked traffic, I just received a second penalty notification.

If you have a car, stay out of London. There's no point, especially considering that once you hit the U.K. & Europe, there are transit systems that actually function well enough to get you from anywhere to anywhere else. Lesson learned.

SR: Oban is my favourite single malt scotch. Pass me the dregs remaining in that bottle, eh?

*Proceeds to loaf via the simple expedient of unconsciousness*

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 12:29 PM

I have never and hopefully will never drive in London. There are three types of people who do:
Those that have to for work, Taxi drivers, Chauffers etc.
Tourists who don't know any better...
and the clinically insane. Judging by the way people drive I think most fall into this catagory.

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 12:46 PM

well, you can drive in the cc zone after 6pm and before 7am i think, and if you're on a motorbike under a certain size you don't pay either, or if you live in the zone, or whatever.

its £8, which is ridiculous, but considering when it was £5 it was still cheaper than getting the tube, i suppose they did have to raise it.

but if you're coming as a tourist, theres really no point to bringing a car at all, unless you want to take a trip to sample the worlds biggest carpark - the delightful m25 ringroad around london, where you travel so slow i think you often slip into negative time, or are, as previously mentioned, clinically insane.

off peak day tickets for the tube are still cheap enough, though not if Ken has his way and double's cash fares or whatever grand plot he's hatching to force people to use oyster cards, and to be honest, comfy pair of boots and you can often walk to most places - emphasis on the confy - just get a really good map, and never rely on Sean to take you anywhere, he likes his scenic routes he does.

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 12:56 PM

Yaaargggh! Cut me off, I dare ya, ye bastards! Whoo-hoo!

*Curls up on the ubercomfly floor with CallMeSerenity, unconcerned about peekage.*

*Falls asleep, meh.*

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 1:26 PM

Sorry, did somebody order a wakeup call?

Just remember, London was even more congested before the charge came in.

The tube is nicer than the New York subway plus our map is a work of art. We depend on our public transport really.

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 1:36 PM

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
Sorry, did somebody order a wakeup call?

Just remember, London was even more congested before the charge came in.

The tube is nicer than the New York subway plus our map is a work of art. We depend on our public transport really.

Isn't that litteral? Didn't the Victorians have an art competion or something to come up with it?

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 2:44 PM

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Originally posted by cozen:

*Curls up on the ubercomfly floor with CallMeSerenity, unconcerned about peekage.*

*Is very comfortable*

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 2:57 PM

*Dreams extraordinarily happy snuggly dreams.*

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 3:23 PM

Glad to hear you're feeling better, LMD. No worries about the chat. Always time for that sort of thing. I'll be in tonight shortly after 10pm. Cthulhu fhtagn!

"But you sleep like a ghost with me
It's as simple as that
So tell me I'm mad
Roll me up and breathe me in
Come to my madness
My opium den
Come to my madness
Make sense of it again."
Goodbye to all that. III-The Opium Den (Brave)-Marillion
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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 6:59 PM

SCORPIONREGENT

Quote:
Originally posted by cozen:

SR: Oban is my favourite single malt scotch. Pass me the dregs remaining in that bottle, eh?

Roalll ouwt ze barrel!!!!

Scorpion Regent

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 10:32 PM

possibly.

(about the map art thing)

I know it looked like a big pile of multi-coloured spagettii, until some woman had the bright spark idea of ignoring actual geography and setting it out in a grid.

I love it when people just throw out entire concepts.

Geography? pah! who needs it?

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 11:19 PM

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Originally posted by seryn:

I love it when people just throw out entire concepts.

*throws out the entire concept of life and just assumes that all of life is the twisted daydream of an ecentric amoeba*

"But you sleep like a ghost with me
It's as simple as that
So tell me I'm mad
Roll me up and breathe me in
Come to my madness
My opium den
Come to my madness
Make sense of it again."
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Wednesday, October 4, 2006 1:25 AM

Actually it was an Underground employee called Harry Beck who came up with it in his spare time. His bosses were pretty sceptical, only published it as a small leaflet but it was a runaway success.

Here's what zone 1 would look like if it was done geographically:

And of course the map became a work of art when The Great Bear was produced by Simon Patterson in 1992, replacing the station names with artists, politicians, comedians and others.

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006 2:51 AM

Yes, that is quite lovely.

Not that I'd hang it on my wall or anythin'.

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006 8:02 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by cozen:
*Dreams extraordinarily happy snuggly dreams.*

*Is glad the Nook is air conditioned.*

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006 10:54 AM

Where'est is thou all who dwelleth here?

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006 10:59 AM

I'm just over here.

Now I am over here.

Wibble.

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006 12:07 PM

No your not.

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006 12:38 PM

*vanishes in a puff of logic*

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006 5:14 PM

here. was working, now home. Loafing over here now. Make full sentences later.

"I'm serving a sentance to write life's sentences, It's only when I'm out of it, I make sense of it."

"But you sleep like a ghost with me
It's as simple as that
So tell me I'm mad
Roll me up and breathe me in
Come to my madness
My opium den
Come to my madness
Make sense of it again."
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Thursday, October 5, 2006 3:22 AM

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Originally posted by citizen:
Where'est is thou all who dwelleth here?

*ahem*

Down here! On the comfyfloor!

Could you maybe try not to step on me next time, please? Thank you so very much.

*resnuggles, drifts back to sleep*

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 6:59 AM

*curls up in a recliner near the fire place will a nice blanket. Reclines. Loafs.

"But you sleep like a ghost with me
It's as simple as that
So tell me I'm mad
Roll me up and breathe me in
Come to my madness
My opium den
Come to my madness
Make sense of it again."
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Thursday, October 5, 2006 9:16 AM

joineth in the loafing.

I'd like to report that i'm in a better mood than i was a few days ago, but i'm not, so i'm just going to mooch about round here.

*drops where she's standing and falls asleep*

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 10:30 AM

*covers her up with a blanket*

What? I stole the blanket from a baby, don't think I'm Mr Nice Guy all of a sudden.

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 10:43 AM

LIGHTMEDARK

/me loafs furiously

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 10:49 AM

speaking of, I haven't seen Dr. EvilWho in awhile.

Remember the thread where he answered questions? That was most amusing.

Can it be 5 o'clock yet?

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 11:10 AM

You better of stole candy from that baby as well.

Plus it better be a cute baby. It's easy to steal from ugly babies. A cute baby with a cold.

Seryn: Good to hear you're starting to feel better.

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 11:10 AM

Fee Fi Fo Fumb, I smell the blood of a double post.

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 11:42 AM

i'm making an effort.

thank you for the blanket - but you couldn't steel one that didn't smell of baby?

and you gonna share that candy?

Serenity! a store near me had a really good offer on the jammie wagon wheels - so good by the time i got there they were all gone!

but i'm stalking the shop! and will post as and when able. i promise.

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 11:51 AM

*loafs like there's no tomorrow.

"But you sleep like a ghost with me
It's as simple as that
So tell me I'm mad
Roll me up and breathe me in
Come to my madness
My opium den
Come to my madness
Make sense of it again."
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Thursday, October 5, 2006 11:55 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by seryn:
i'm making an effort.

Well stop that and loaf

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 12:21 PM

ok! i'm try ing to loaf!

ow, my head hurts!

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 12:34 PM

Any idea what's wrong? Or how to fix it?

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 12:36 PM

*Would offer a phenominally relaxing massage, but knows she prefers them not.*

Mayhaps a Bufferin or three? I hear that for some folks they work better that Advil, et. al.

Or, my cure for all ailments, yeah: scotch, pricy single malts is best. Excellent short term cure for just about anything troublesome, so long as one fears not the mornings-after.

{Edit} Reply intended for the one post above Citizen's, eh?

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 1:04 PM

ooh Seryn! Thanks for stalking the store when you feel so poorly!

You need a hot bath and lots of chocolate!

that always makes me feel lots better.

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 9:16 PM

oh, i'm ok! (well, i am having headaches still, but codeine is my friend) no, the my head hurts was reference to the conundrum of 'trying' to loaf.

maybe shoulda phrased it better.

and i'd still stalk jammie wagon wheels for you if my leg fell of, never fear!

Hot baths actually make me woozy, but i'm off for a warm bath and i'll see if theres any chocolate around later. I have kendal mint cake, would that work?

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Friday, October 6, 2006 2:14 AM

Dunno. I've never had a kendal mint cake. It sounds yummy, though.

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Friday, October 6, 2006 2:35 AM

Mint....cake? yummy.
with mint chocolate chip ice cream?
I like mint.

"But you sleep like a ghost with me
It's as simple as that
So tell me I'm mad
Roll me up and breathe me in
Come to my madness
My opium den
Come to my madness
Make sense of it again."
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Friday, October 6, 2006 3:35 AM

Me, too. Mint ice cream, mint tea, peppermint sticks. Mint chocolate. Mint is nice.

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Friday, October 6, 2006 7:26 AM

Kendal Mint cake, I remember it well (although I've never eaten it). I used to have this friend at school who was obsessed (OBSESSED I tell you!) with the idea of surviving an apocolypting war. His brother was the same way, he once said to me:
"I spent £50 on a gas mask, some of those jokers spend that much on Lunch, but if someone uses Sarin gas on the Underground here who do you think would've spent their money better?"

They had NBC suits at home, that was disturbing.

But anyway apparrently Kendal Mint cake was excellent food to stock up on if you wanted to survive a nuclear war. Tinned food is also good.

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Friday, October 6, 2006 7:40 AM

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Originally posted by citizen:
They had NBC suits at home, that was disturbing.

Especially if they're the ones who commissioned Fear Factor.

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Friday, October 6, 2006 8:00 AM

I just recieved a Text message that said:
Dear Mr Young, we hope you enjoyed your service

I was puzzled and a little worried until I realised it was from the Garage.

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Friday, October 6, 2006 8:19 AM