Grumpy Old Git Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 A couple of pints will get you a freshly caught rabbit or hare from the local 'dodgy geezer'. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 That was an interesting couple of days down south. Our usual excursions involve a central London hotel, a trip to the theatre and a visit to a museum, Kew or some touristy thing. This time I stayed in and around Barking, with a stroll to and from the University of East London to watch some judo (my son was competing but had a bad day at the office so we’ll gloss over that). Some things I noticed. The local shops are present in abundance and appear to be doing a decent trade. There’s much ongoing development of residential property - mostly flats/apartments. There is a real “buzz” to the area - it isn’t for me but I understand the attraction. There are numerous cycle paths, the verges of which seem to being used as secondary landfill. Electric scooters seem to be the transport of choice except for Just Eat / Deliveroo etc who use electric bikes. There are more electric scooters on the cycle paths than cycles. KFC food is awful (I resorted to eating in the Barking KFC for what appeared to be a good reason at the time but I don’t remember the rationale. Suffice to say it was flawed). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Steve_M said: That was an interesting couple of days down south. Our usual excursions involve a central London hotel, a trip to the theatre and a visit to a museum, Kew or some touristy thing. This time I stayed in and around Barking, with a stroll to and from the University of East London to watch some judo (my son was competing but had a bad day at the office so we’ll gloss over that). Some things I noticed. The local shops are present in abundance and appear to be doing a decent trade. There’s much ongoing development of residential property - mostly flats/apartments. There is a real “buzz” to the area - it isn’t for me but I understand the attraction. There are numerous cycle paths, the verges of which seem to being used as secondary landfill. Electric scooters seem to be the transport of choice except for Just Eat / Deliveroo etc who use electric bikes. There are more electric scooters on the cycle paths than cycles. KFC food is awful (I resorted to eating in the Barking KFC for what appeared to be a good reason at the time but I don’t remember the rationale. Suffice to say it was flawed). Worked around Barking and Dagenham 10 or so years ago. Lots of flats going up around barking then to regenerate the area. Not so much around Dagenham which was even more of a turd of a place than barkers. The best thing about the LBBD was the public transport leaving the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynax Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Good morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Git Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Morninininininingggggg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Came across this today - filling time before going out for brekky with my mates 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husoi Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Hey everybody I don't like this at all.... Before I had the excuse the forum's website wasn't working well on my phone. Then @Stu decided to create the TMBF app.... WWWHHYYYYYYYY?????? What excuse am I going to have now? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 1 hour ago, husoi said: Hey everybody I don't like this at all.... Before I had the excuse the forum's website wasn't working well on my phone. Then @Stu decided to create the TMBF app.... WWWHHYYYYYYYY?????? What excuse am I going to have now? Just blame the app. IT can always be blamed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynax Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Good morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Git Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Good morning everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 Wot? There's an app now? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husoi Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 1 hour ago, S-Westerly said: Wot? There's an app now? Aye At least on Android, not sure about the dark side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 I'm on android. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rennie Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Good Evening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 6 hours ago, rennie said: Good Evening Good evening everyone from rainy Gloucester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 It's warm and sunny in Houston at the moment but having to work with idiots is doing nothing for my sanity. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynax Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Good morning Getting nearer to being able to set up the workshop, got most of the flooring done yesterday, another couple of weeks and I should be in business for doing some actual work in it, happy days 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Git Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Good morning - Bike staying in t'garage today (too wet out). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideWithStyles Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 19 hours ago, husoi said: Aye At least on Android, not sure about the dark side. Which dark side? There all dark side to me, trash in most regards depending on how you look at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideWithStyles Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 10 hours ago, S-Westerly said: It's warm and sunny in Houston at the moment but having to work with idiots is doing nothing for my sanity. Maybe they'll just amusing themselves by seeing if and when Ull break? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husoi Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, RideWithStyles said: Which dark side? There all dark side to me, trash in most regards depending on how you look at them. The Icrap side.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideWithStyles Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Agree but the Wcrap side is the worst and definitely doesn't have any excuses for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Kicking off around here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rennie Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Good Evening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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