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Local discussion: Surely SGR/N4 is more exciting than this!

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    As all the posts on here recently have been of the most tedius nature, I just wandered if anyone has had anything exciting happen to them or wtnessed some awsomeness recently?

    I was on the 19 from Angel Thursday last week, and the bus was attacked by Football fans
    on Blackstock road.

    They spat at the driver and kicked the Middle doors, and then the after being spat at the driver went apeshit and drove the bus
    onto the pavement trying to run the crowd over, shouting FUCK YOU BLAADCLAAT!! it was tremendous. Then some coppers came over and it was all over.

    It was reasonably hairy, but also slightly more exciting than recounting how many types of energy saving lightbulbs are available
    in the world.


    I love N4... I hate hippies...
    • CommentAuthorTallboy
    • CommentTimeFeb 5th 2010
     
    I was on a 19 that night. 5 Algerian fans on the back of the bus playing their drums and singing, on their way to watch the African nations semi. And I thought the feral youths who play music on their phones were bad!

    Blackstock Road will be mayhem the day we play them in the World Cup.
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    The drunk old school punks were the highlight of last weekend for me.

    I haven't seen people so completely and utterly smashed for many a year. One of them bounced of various items of street furniture before leading his chums in a rousing chorus of something loud but completely incomprehensible outside Nandos. This attracted the attention of the ferals who were lurking outside the flats opposite. There was much heckling and a bit of amateur fisticuffs before the kids lost interest and the punks carried on their merry way.

    Quite a few people stopped to watch, it was most entertaining.

    When do we play Algeria? That's not one for the fainthearted.
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    15th June...

    I might stay in and watch that one..

    Not that I'm a coward or owt'
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    oh, sorry its the 18th..

    Either way I'm staying in!
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    Oh bejaysus, that's my birthday weekend - might have to celebrate in the more rarefied climes of Crouch End.
    • CommentAuthorN4mality
    • CommentTimeFeb 6th 2010
     
    During the 2002 World Cup, we were driving through Newington Green and the streets were filled with 2 large throngs of armed ethnic groups on opposite sides of the road taunting each other. The cops were in the middle trying to stop it from escalating.

    It was surreal driving through the middle of it all. You felt like it was going to kick off any minute (No pun intended).
    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeFeb 7th 2010
     

    I'm going to meet up with 'fozze' the night before and cause the most mischief in the whole world, i wish.

    • CommentAuthorSlabber
    • CommentTimeFeb 7th 2010
     
    Crouch End Broadway is closed due to a burst water main and buses are being diverted via Ferme Park Road and Middle Lane.
    • CommentAuthorwideboy
    • CommentTimeFeb 7th 2010
     
    Hmmm...Blackstock road. I was cycling home north along Blackstock Road 18th Nov 2009 (Algerian World cup qualifier) when I hit a load of traffic. As I got to the front there was a handful of policemen and women, stopping traffic from proceeding. Futher down the road near the shops and library, it had all gone a bit apeshit. I asked the copper what was going on. He said, "If you go down there you'll loose the bike. There's a mini riot going on. Don't do it." Near the library in stationary traffic was a bendy bus being vigourously slapped on all sides. I then I took off on another route but came back to the main junction to look from the other side. By that point someone had just dumped a rather large box of lit fireworks slap bang in the middle of the Blackstock / Seven Sisters junction.

    I later found this clip on the bbc from that night. Warning - turn the volume down!
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    On the 18th November when I saw it it seemed a lot more party atmosphere.

    There were lots of people but seemed to be happy, saw a couple of cars whizz past with about 20 people hanging out of and all over each.

    Seemed slighly more sinister the other thursday.
    • CommentAuthorN4mality
    • CommentTimeFeb 8th 2010
     
    Which reminds me, 1 night on the 19 going to Islington and outside I saw a guy wielding a Meat Cleaver in a Butchers going for another guy.

    Luckily for the other bloke, there was a lot of people in between trying to stop the Cleaver dude. 1 way to settle a Beef I suppose ...
    • CommentAuthorchrisg
    • CommentTimeFeb 8th 2010
     
    Excellent pun!
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    It's Back... Punch through the boring!

    Does anyone have a good story?

    I crashed my bicycle into a moped on Holloway road on Monday..

    Thats all I've got at the mo.. Thankfully I have no local issues to raise, or any outages to report... (although I do have problems with VirginMedia, I Hate Richard 'Smirking Prick' Branson)

    Surely someone must have see a UFO or witness a brutal murder recently..

    I LOVE N4
    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeFeb 25th 2010
     

    A fox had been at the bins on Mount View this morning and there were unsusual blue dog ends all over the path.

    • CommentAuthorArkady
    • CommentTimeFeb 25th 2010
     
    An enormous basement is being excavated under a property on Mount View Rd, pretty much opposite my gaff. One of the builders woke me up this morning by loudly calling one of his colleagues a ‘stinking ringpiece.’ It was funny enough that I didn’t mind being woken. They do keep breaking their 8:00AM start curfew though, they must be dead keen.
    Arky
    Yes, I don’t usually get up until 7:55, what of it.
    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeFeb 25th 2010
     

    Is that the empty place?

    I didn't realise you were an Upper East Sider Arky.

    • CommentAuthorArkady
    • CommentTimeFeb 25th 2010 edited
     

    Yup, opposite Albany Rd. Can I join your gang? Where are you on Mount View? I have one of the best views. Hope this works:

    MountView1extract.jpg or MountView1.jpg Yeah the empty place that they are renovating. Impressive job – they actually had one JCB under the house passing up soil to another JCB in front of the house, which then moved it into a skip. I’ve seen two lorry loads of concrete bags being moved down there, and several lorry loads of stone blocks. They’re installing a massive lightwell too.

    Arky

    • CommentAuthorArkady
    • CommentTimeFeb 25th 2010 edited
     

    I can't get the fecking image to work, and the guidance isn't helping. Someone correct me. ... OK figured it out, but if only shows part of the image rather than resizing it... A

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    That's it... Keep em' coming..

    I overheard to 'Hoodies' talking about how amazing it is that there are so many species of Beetle in the world, on the 19 bus this morning.

    Not exciting I know, but not about planning permission, or hypocritical Eco Fighting...
    • CommentAuthormiss annie
    • CommentTimeFeb 25th 2010
     
    @arkady
    I am so jealous of your view. I infinitely prefer cities to the countryside and I would love to wake up to see the City sparkling in the morning sunshine or even the drizzle

    If you guys live on the Upper East side I think that that makes where I live the West Village.
    • CommentAuthorArkady
    • CommentTimeFeb 25th 2010 edited
     

    About half the time it's too hazy to see much, but on a clear day it's breathtaking - you can see the roof of St Paul's and even the Crystal Palace Transmitter.

    I'm new to photobucket, but I think you can access this link http://s974.photobucket.com/albums/ae221/Redarkady/Mount%20View/ where I have lots of view shots, some at night.

    • CommentAuthormiss annie
    • CommentTimeFeb 25th 2010
     
    I'll have a proper look at those later, when I'm not just skiving at work! Thank you.

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