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^^^Desoxyn was the fuel to the fire of the Warhol/Lou Reed crowd of late 60s/early 70s New York - the best stuff is the pharmaceutical gear, legitimate up to a point, but designed to have effects over and above their intended use. 'Need to lose some weight? Here, have some grade A methamphetamine'. Pleasure hidden behind another message.

Fucking hate the way new design gets slagged off in this country. Looks fine to me.

I agree with all of that. Over time, the doubters change tack. Praise must be too much effort. I can't wait to see these on the roads - only trouble is, as with concept cars which become a reality, they're always a diluted version when actually put into production, and what made them interesting has been shelved. Hopefully this mock-up represents the finished article.

The new Routemaster mock-up - already The Guardian are giving it a kicking, below;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/11/new-routemaster-bus-design-cacophony

I think though that from behind(ish), as in the shot here, it looks very good - and the 23 is my local route

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2010/nov/11/boris-johnson-unveils-london-bus

This should go in epic fail really, but a family friend wanted nothing other than to be a pilot. To his credit, he stuck with it and became fully qualified at about 27 or 28. Took about 7 years, and a horrendous amount of money.

Not long after finishing training, he was taken very ill and hospitalised. He's got a serious heart condition which had remained undiagnosed until he collapsed - result, he can no longer fly on health grounds. He still owes £30,000+ for his training. Dreadful luck and timing.

He is a cock. Looks entirely self-important the whole time.

What's it called when you sit at home wnaking all day?

exhausting/fortunate/painful/self-indulgent

take your pick

'Writer' is about the extent of it for me too

Clearly mine isn't what I'm doing right now, otherwise I'd not be starting this. If you've already got your dream job, congratulations. Tell us about it.

Mine would be a restaurant/cultural critic

Toby Young, right outside my office just now. He rides a fold-up.

How long is long in a hellish place?

Ha, dooks. Ramsay’s the consummate media tart now isn’t he. Perma-tanned, perfect-teethed, taut, lean cut of prime pork-loin. Same ridiculous hand-movements. Goes to show though, most folk have the same humble beginnings.

The legend goes that Marco is the only chef to have made Ramsay cry, when he was his boss. Natch, Ramsay becomes a bully later on. I’ve been a chef, and it can break you actually. Ramsay has remained ‘credible’ for a surprising amount of time.

For those looking for a terrine recipe, take a look here. The whole series of 'Marco cooks for' are superb, as are the ones of him cooking at Harvey's years ago. He's in his pomp here, and Gordon Ramsay is there in the background, meek and cowering. Here Marco makes Raymond Blanc a leek and lobster terrine, so maybe not ideal for this time of year, but gives you an example of the technique.

YouTube - Marco Cooks For Raymond Blanc pt1

Steady drizzle here in WC2

MDMA never went away really - the squat-party scene is fuelled by it, and ketamine in particular. When MDMA is good, it's unstoppable. Mephedrone is really not very nice though. It works, but you feel wrong afterwards. I've always been suspicious of legal highs anyway.

I've not heard about the resurgence of pills - everything is cyclical, the drug trade included, and they're long overdue a bit of a comeback, as not since the mid/late 90s has there been a wave of regular, good quality ones on the market. Everything went really mongy for years after then.

+1 to Skully though - I'm at a time in my life where I recognise where the most satisfying and rewarding of kicks come from, and it's not from bunging crap up your hooter.

Yes, I gave the speed a good going over when I was younger. Had a really good time with it actually, unlike the pills, which fully turned against me after a few years caning them. Coke is the worst of the lot though.

I work in legal publishing and have read some interesting drug trial transcripts. A street-dealer got busted with maybe 8 grammes of coke – purity of 15%. Not surprising at his level. However, some coke importers were turned over, selling wholesale, millions of pounds worth – purity upon capture, barely 24%. I’d have thought when huge amounts enter the country for top dollar it would be of a decent whack, but it really isn’t. It’ll get stepped on much more than that later down the chain. Coke is the biggest sham of them all.

Ha, speed thread. Last speed I did came courtesy of some Brazilian punks, and it was hyper-good. Best I've ever tried. A couple of dabs had me pinned all Friday at this party, and I came into work on the Saturday for a full days work, having been wired all night. I'm hardcore/dumb/delete as appropriate.

It's a very dirty, contaminated drug though, on the street-level, and generally not worth the bother, as the comedown is crippling. It's all about that mephadrone rubbish nowadays anyway.

As an aside, my dad got busted for speed when he was a lad - heavy into the Northern Soul/Wigan Pier scene. This came to light after I got busted years ago, but that's not for public consumption.

YouTube - Neighbourhood of Infinity by The Fall

@ M.O.H. – that frame is looking spanking, good job^^^^^^

What the hell? From yesterday morning to today - we're being duped, people. Was still singing on the bike though.

Beautiful

YouTube - Kosmic Messenger - Polyphonic Destruction

Harder

Stunning morning - crisp, fresh and bright. Lovely ride into town. Good start to the day.

They have indeed - the 'getting the flow' diagram will save us all.

Yes, silly. But if you want to see a bunch of sentient, mature people acting in a senile, immature way, look no further than the tube. It's staggering to see how the inability to cut somebody a favour and move aside, instead insisting on barging through to save mere seconds from a journey, results in the selfish 'me first' mentality which causes delay to everyone.