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Little Anne Street / Milk Street, Digbeth, 1953 just thought I'd post it for a contrast to some of the cock substitutes being posted

ancient, but made of the purest nylon circa early 80's?

I was typing it in and the 'other post' box popped up and I thought ah fuckitygoo, who beat me to it

olive oil works every time

@brumpic on twitter is in a rich run of form at the moment

Ultimate hipster He was into German football before it was cool. hey, I had a cycle top too, in German flag colours and something along the lines of Koln Super Cycle Boys written across it it was made of some sort of top secret woolly material that made you sweat even if you just stood still in it, bare foot in snow I wore it to one of them discotheques to look soooper cool, that thing kept my virginity safe behind a fug of desperate sweat for yet another week I found my Aston Villa Toffo's jigsaw (Ray Graydon's head missing) and a pure 100% nylon Villa scarf last weekend, I'll have to go have another deeper dig

hate rugby, it's shit, like NFL

The idea of second homes and associated claimable expenses was adopted to help open access to life as a parliamentarian to all. A good sound idea, to ensure being an MP was not the preserve of the rich, has been taken and throttled until it reflects so badly on all MP's that very few decent people would ever want to associate with them anyway.

somewhere, deep in the attic, I will have an FC Koln footy shirt, circa 1981 THAT is how cool I am

from your own town? how about........ nowhere better nowhere here, compare it with another top resort:

I like the nuneaton Co-Op one, very much of it's time. I did very well salvaging solid brass art deco 'elephant ear' door handles from branches of a High Street 'brand' that wanted to be more funky. The brass handles had lasted 80 plus years and were just gorgeous, I'd imagine the one's they replaced them with are probably broken by now, or the wrong shade of black to be funky.

Aye, castell coch, which if the tree outside would drop its leaves, I could see from today's window (with binoculars). maman, outside Tate Modern was a bit more my taste. I was working just around the corner whilst this was installed so I spent lunch hours sat there staring at it and considering myself a very lucky boy to be working in the very centre of the known universe St Paul's, wobbly bridge, Tate, National, Rose, Tower Bridge, Eye.........

I'm not seeing your problem? But for those of you that like a bit of romanticism, one from my backyard. personally, I find that a little overpowering, a bit rich.

GE Facility, Nantgarw, internal space on an epic scale it's like a Bond set (the engine is a GE 90 I believe, which is quite big)

all hail the master, less is more, Mies Van Der Rohe

Trellick Tower, Paddington, London. Possibly my fave building anywhere, past or present. Closely followed by.... Isokon a statement on how to live......

do it do an architecture thread, but I warn you, I will cluster bomb it with my brutalist faves

I wouldn't count myself as 'cheffy' but there's not much that beats beans on toast with a bit of cheese recent innovation, onion in the beans

yep, making some pumpkin soup and some pumpkin and coconut soup next weekend missus goues menthol as I hog a load of freezer space and only I eat it

Charlie Manson?

that's a pretty neat summary Awol People need to think for themselves and engage. My wife has read that Telegraph article on MP's abiltiy to not only claim for a second home, but then claim heating that house on expenses. The system is bust. My wife is a very calm and reasonable person, her reaction was that every now and again it does this country good to have a riot and get a few people thinking and get some blood pumping and get something changed.

what in the name of all that is sacred are you the **** on about? brown sauce?

yeah roasties are ok, but it's essentially a cheap bread substitute the kids like them, so I've found a freezer place that does 12 for a £1, three packs for £2, that'll do

pics ? bit late for that! the ladies are doing the dishes and I've retired to the gentlemen's smoking room

roasties bang on, crispy outer, fluffy inner, slightly salty roasties self assessment is a wonderful thing, but I nailed it today