Well, it’s 2006, so time to give this site a small overhaul, not that we’ve ever needed a reason before… there’s a new design, but also LowerFlatLive, a handly little feature that lets us post pictures from our camera phones straight online… could prove interesting! Enjoy.

P.S. You can bookmark http://live.lowerflat.com for quick access to the mobile site… it’s a work in progress

Guess what we did last night… no, really, guess? If you’re thinking we went to a live performance of Beethoven’s finest work - you’d be wrong. If you’re thinking we went to the pub, well, guess what… jackpot!

With Rich finishing an exam at six it didn’t take long before he arrived home demanding Jim’s presence for ‘a quick beer’, and despite a quick debate on whether to accept these demands or not, it wasn’t long before we were trying out the Duke of Devonshire (Albert Road) for the first time. For anyone who’s wondering, it’s just along the road from the sex shop. On the way however we’d decided to call ex-LowerFlat resident Ian ‘Gubbs’ Gubbins to see if he fancied playing a game or two of ‘hide the pint’… we were on this occasion in luck and we agreed to meet at the Duke of Buckingham around 40 minutes later to give Gubbs the time for what he deemed to be quite a necessary shower.

A swift ride in a taxi later we found ourselves at the Duke of Buckingham - thank god really as our Greek taxi driver’s in-car entertainment appeared to be listening to musicals on Radio 3 or 4… not sure which, but it certainly wasn’t at any risk of playing something from the last two decades. Anyway, Gubbs turned up a little after and we settled in for a few games of pool on the 60p a game table (strange amount if you ask us). Suffice to say that after an initial good performance Jim’s playing went tits up and returned to normal, whilst Rich and Gubbs battled it out for LowerFlat Pool Player of the Year. Unfortunately, they reached a 1-1 draw by the time last orders were called, meaning the title’s still up for grabs… until the next time, Ciao!