In message , redcat
writes
Steve Dulieu wrote:

I know, apologies to the OP, have a cracking time, take a ride on
one of the Thames Clippers, get off at Greenwich and take a stroll
through the foot tunnel, or just go to the o2 for a meal or drink,
it's a pretty good destination in and of itself. Have a go on the new
East London Line, take a stroll along the Regents Canal through
Regents Park, take in Camden Lock & Market, or travel 600 miles
further east and visit the Bavarian Beerhouse on City Road, the
closest thing you'll find to a pukka Munich bierkeller without
getting on an aircraft (I once spent an entire night in there without
speaking a single word of English!)(isn't this where we came in?)
Just a blancmange* depressed that when I walked into work this
afternoon I was presented with a toilet ornament (certificate in
frame) to remind me that I'd been banging my head against the wall of
working for LUL for 25 years. Reminded me that no matter what mental
picture I have of myself, I'm no longer the young buck about town of yesteryear.
*Slightly less than a trifle...

I see everyone's dreams are to get out of London! (failing that, out of
their minds.) Congrats on your silver anniversary @ LUL. Hope some
Sterling came with that silver. Thanks for your thoughts (everyone)
and the new vocabulary words.

Not all of us; some of us actually like living here. Steve's just a
cin^cyn^Grumpy Old Man.
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