Once In Royal Dickens' City
Dec. 22nd, 2008 09:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
peterbirksTo Tesco this morning for a thankfully brief Christmas provisions restock. It was pleasantly empty, but unpleasantly playing Christmas Carols of some mid-west provenance. The same tunes were probably playing in Idaho, Colorado, Kansas and Alabama.
Notwithstanding that, my stir-fry beanshoots and mixed vegetables had been stolen. They had been replaced by Brussel Sprouts. I'm sure there's a legal case here for religious discrimination against Confucians.
So, I bought the veg separately. But no beanshoots were to be found.
The Festive Season is alive and well in Lewisham in that "Civil Enforcement Officers" are still keen to issue "Penalty Charge Notices" (translation, parking wardens giving you a ticker) to innocent drivers who want to do little more than park outside their own house while, yes, they go to renew their annual parking permit. That's one fine that won't be paid, be it sixty quid for prompt payment or £120 if you have the temerity to take your time about it (or appeal and lose).
Indeed, I've sent a letter to the processing department (in Worthing, naturally) to tell the coastal-inhabiting non-London fuckers demanding not just a withdrawal, but also a retraction. I've also reserved legal rights to sue them for whatever takes my fancy. Serves them right for living in Worthing.
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Managed a bit more decorating yesterday and I really need to try to do some more today. It's a right royal pain, but the sense of achievement when it's done is good. Kind of like cleaning, but better.
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Notwithstanding that, my stir-fry beanshoots and mixed vegetables had been stolen. They had been replaced by Brussel Sprouts. I'm sure there's a legal case here for religious discrimination against Confucians.
So, I bought the veg separately. But no beanshoots were to be found.
The Festive Season is alive and well in Lewisham in that "Civil Enforcement Officers" are still keen to issue "Penalty Charge Notices" (translation, parking wardens giving you a ticker) to innocent drivers who want to do little more than park outside their own house while, yes, they go to renew their annual parking permit. That's one fine that won't be paid, be it sixty quid for prompt payment or £120 if you have the temerity to take your time about it (or appeal and lose).
Indeed, I've sent a letter to the processing department (in Worthing, naturally) to tell the coastal-inhabiting non-London fuckers demanding not just a withdrawal, but also a retraction. I've also reserved legal rights to sue them for whatever takes my fancy. Serves them right for living in Worthing.
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Managed a bit more decorating yesterday and I really need to try to do some more today. It's a right royal pain, but the sense of achievement when it's done is good. Kind of like cleaning, but better.
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Date: 2008-12-22 10:55 am (UTC)You buy the beans (cheaper), place them on moist tissue by a window. They sprout, you eat.
Sprout (not Brussels) growing is a big subculture in itself and many people base their diets around these sprouted seeds.
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Date: 2008-12-22 01:00 pm (UTC)Mung beans, lentils, alfalfa, grains, seeds and nuts can all be sprouted.
It's a way of increasing the calorific and nutritional value of the seed/bean. Rather than just eating the raw seed.
For city types with a vast acreage of... windowsill.
Mung Beans, sure, but what about this?
Date: 2008-12-22 03:02 pm (UTC)Re: Mung Beans, sure, but what about this?
Date: 2008-12-22 05:01 pm (UTC)BTW I can see the different leaves on the stem the tomatoes are connected to so obviously two plants.
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Date: 2008-12-22 03:04 pm (UTC)DY
TGI Birks
Date: 2008-12-22 03:27 pm (UTC)It cannot have escaped your attention that the chavs (and, unfortunately, the less chavvish), have been giving their children more and more insa ne names, frequently inspired by the world that is around them. So, whhat better name to give a son than "TGI", from "TGI Fridays"?
PJ
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Date: 2008-12-25 03:05 am (UTC)The driver rang our Banbury depot where we have a team who deal with all the tickets (i.e fight every one) and one guy got in his car and drove into London.
There were 2 men who wanted to impound the lorry. Our guy pointed out that they needed a court order. "It's not a problem, there is a court around the corner, we can get one in 5 minutes"
It was then pointed out that every vehicle in our fleet (about 2000 vehicles) is registered in Scotland who have different laws and, in order to impound it they would need a court order from a Scottish court. Estimated driving time about 8 hours there and back, and our delivery would only take an hour.
1 - 0 to us? :)