NP: London in 2007

[Joe Allonby]

OK, thanks. I'm about 6'2" as well. I felt really cramped. Most of my
questions were as you can probably tell the work of an inveterate wise-ass.
Love that beer though.

On 12/21/06, James Kyllo <jkyllo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'll try to address some of these...
>
> > Why are London subway (Tube, Underground, whatever you call it) so
> fricking
> > small? I felt like my shoulders were going to punch through the sloped
> > ceiling.
>
> This a difficult one to start with though... how tall are you Joe?
> I'm 6'2" and have never noticed this.  (It's difficult to stand up on
> the top deck of some of the busses though)
>
> > Why does all the music suck? Seriously. On this side of the pond, we
> hear
> > great British music all the time. Apparently, English people don't
> listen to
> > it. Every club, pub, and radio station seems to play either horrible
> house
> > music or the worst prepackaged pretty people pop imaginable.
>
> There's a fantastic live scene.  No college or public radio stations
> so no equivalent of WFMU or KCRW, but with broadband.. who cares?
>
> > And what's with this freehouse vs proprietary pub thing? Which one is
> really
> > the politically correct establishment to frequent? Am I not supporting
> the
> > unions if I avoid the brewery-owned pubs in favor of the independent
> small
> > businessmen of the free house? I'm confused. To cover my bases, I tried
> to
> > hit them all.
>
> No unions will be involved either way.
>
> > The beer's great, but what's up with the food?
>
> Not fair.  This was true in the 70s, but London is a great place to
> eat now.  I'm just back from this:
> http://www.bacchus-restaurant.co.uk/ newly opened and very good
> restaurant.  And the Indian food is incredible
>
>
> best
>
> James
>
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