johnie

johnie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The bins on the Rye are small bins for small > amounts of rubbish. When we have football matches > with supporters they are not adequate. I applaud > the people who try to clean up, but then find they > can't fit the rubbish in the bin, so leave it > close. It won't be their rubbish alone. Can't we > just have a few industrial-sized bins each > weekend? > > However, leaving crap in the park and not even > bothering to get it close to a bin. My goat is > got. Lordy, I'm amazed! There are now big industrial Bins around the park (not massive, but so much better), and so far, it seems to be working. Thank you to whoever arranged it.

I'm sorry if this point is a distraction, but I've seen retractable bollards all over the country that only allow buses through. Surely it is not too difficult to adapt these, with ANPR to open and close for the allowed vehicle? The fines seem predatory and unjust, and the supposed monies raised adequate to now cover any costs (I am thinking in particular of that one on the mini roundabout in Dulwich Village). I haven't been a fan of the closure of streets to traffic that I've seen since the mid-eighties. My opinion (note, opinion) is percolation rather than concentration. London has done exceptionally well in reducing private transport by spending lavishly on public transport. If we could follow that trajectory rather than this newer one, we shall do well. Unfortunately, I wish I had a better brain, but I don't, so there you are. *sips wine, enjoys last sunshine of the day, retires*

Bloody hell Ronnijade, where are you at? Vegetarian and vegan food is different. I gave up being vegetarian after two decades because I'm easily swayed, and I had a carnivore girlfriend (now wife of 25 years). Veggie food that tries to cater for meat-eaters is really difficult. Please don't belittle people who try. I'm not sure if you are a vegetarian who could do better or an omnivore who demands food better than real meat, but you have really rubbished a small concern, and that is not fair. Get a grip and help rather than rubbish.

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think there has to be some common sense though. > Efficacy of the four vaccines being used is > looking very promising against the strains they > were designed for. Tweaking those vaccines for new > variants should not be a difficult task. So the > issue is always going to be one of how fast people > can be vaccinated against new variants. As we can > see from the fist vaccine rollout though, there is > a big difference between countries who can afford > to pay for it, and those who can't. > > Also true is that this is a virus that mutates > easily, and that is going to be impossible to stop > in a world where it is spreading easily. So those > returning from India are going to have to be > sensible and quarantine themselves properly. > Unless we want a world where all borders remain > fully closed, that is going to have to be the way. > Track and trace systems that work. Testing that > works. And people doing the right thing. > > I think it is safe to say that we are not going > back to the way things were before this pandemic. > Businesses that rely on mass gatherings are going > to have to change. Health resources are also going > to have to change. Vaccines, testing, tracking and > constant monitoring for new variants all cost > money, lots of it. The impacts are going to be > felt for some time to come. Hey Blah Blah. As I understand it is this virus that isn't a very speedy mutator, unlike flu. Isn't the hope that the vaccines should have efficacy longer than the flu virus? But yes, it will be about for a worrying period. If we can reduce its prevalence we might still win. Let's hope this time we can battle it off, unlike Foxtonovirus, M&SFoodHall18, and the awful DLL-MelmorneGrv21 traffic clot.

I hammer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A few weeks ago, my downstairs neighbour had > several amazon parcels delivered in 1 week. > This neighbour was absent, and didn't consider the > security angle of attracting parcel thieves, or > burglars to an unattended property....which could > have included my flat above. > I received no thanks for bringing the parcels into > the communal hallway. > Unbelievably ignorant and rude. Surely this is what we should just do? Sorry I Hammer, but though it is nice to get a nod of thanks, it shouldn't be obligatory or stop you from being neighbourly if no thanks are given. And it should certainly not make you resort to theft ("One night I might accept the food and tuck in"). In big cities, it is common to feel shy, even of close neighbours. I bet they were really chuffed you looked out for them. On their behalf, thank you!. And I would hope to have you as a next-door look out for me too. Anyway, good on you for doing the good thing.

smooch Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh please give a local business a break.... /\ /\ This.

The bins on the Rye are small bins for small amounts of rubbish. When we have football matches with supporters they are not adequate. I applaud the people who try to clean up, but then find they can't fit the rubbish in the bin, so leave it close. It won't be their rubbish alone. Can't we just have a few industrial-sized bins each weekend? However, leaving crap in the park and not even bothering to get it close to a bin. My goat is got.

OP. Hmm. The small independent shop you used to use but suddenly can't, even though they haven't actually changed their practices. You have "woken up" suddenly. If you think this post will not reinforce negative attitudes to "woke" culture, frankly you need to wake up. Be nice, don't post on forums, talk to them (and more than once). Small independent shops are fragile.

Signed, hug

postandparcel.info seems to be hosting malware.

That looks like woodchip paper to me

An old laptop can be given a new lease of life by replacing the old hard drive with a new, faster, solid-state drive. SSDs can be picked up for about ?20 now. https://www.amazon.co.uk/ADATA-Ultimate-SU630-240GB-Solid/dp/B07KQXKK12/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2QMSPY10O38L7&dchild=1&keywords=ssd+240gb&qid=1610107922&s=computers&sprefix=ssd%2Ccomputers%2C184&sr=1-4 If people are worried about their data being lost or compromised that might be an answer.

tedfudge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My nephew went into a well known coffee shop and > asked about a job they were advertising at the job > centre when he went for the interview they said > they cant employ him as he is a British national > and only employing foreign nationals ... these > coffee shops are a joke and bloody expensive.. > hope your daughter finds a job.. I believe B & M > IN OLD KENT ROAD MAYBE HIRING > My daughter just left there 2 weeks ago to start a > new job In a doctors surgery tell your daughter to > pop in and try there .. yuk. zenophobia

Pugwash, can I add to your pragmatic thoughts? I'm 56 and moved here 15 years ago from Brixton hill. Where we live seems idyllic (Scutari Road) as we are surrounded by greenery. I have two cars, a stupidly massive old BMW and a little MX5 Sports car. The MX5 hasn't moved all year. I'm just about to take delivery of an electric bike conversion kit slow-boated from China. I have always cycled in London, and the cars are just for long journeys, or sentimental. Neither has done more than five thousand miles over five years. Yet I am deeply worried that these are the wrong things to do (shut key routes). I'm not going to add to the arguments already given, just to say the concentration of traffic is awful, whereas dispersion may be better. 20 years ago roads were closed to stop "rat runs", and I saw my own road become twice as busy as a result. I've recently been cycling to the Thames with my very nervous twelve-year-old daughter as it is now so easy, with Rye lane a dream, and I love it. Yet if there are key workers screwed getting to the needy we have to become flexible. other countries are doing it I have been told. My single keyboard stabby finger is now tired and needs a rest.

Well, I'm jolly happy. My son is a communist, my mother is daily degenerating with dementia in a nursing home and I can't see her, my wife though excellent isn't getting any younger and I seem to be getting more and more dick-heady by the day. But I have danced my little sandals off since the orange plonker missed the putt, the absolute cock.

I would like to bag up sweets and leave them to collect, rather than my usual grubby fingered bowls of sweeties. We will bag them with proper PPE stuff worn. Is that an OK idea? The pathos of a little kid taken round after 9 pm, when most sweets have gone, by late to home working parents, has always broken my heart. This year it is a generation, how can we make it fun for them. I'm saying this as a 56 yr old grumpy bloke who thinks Halloween is American bollocks, but won't anyone think of the children?

Nice one!

I was recommended Deep Heat Spray. But I can't remember whether that was for pates or pilates.

Sally Eva Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > johnie Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > So now anyone wishing to drive north from the > > Ivydale area will need to divert down Colyton > road > > past Harriss Girls School and onto Forest Hill > > Road? That's going to work really well, given > > Colyton is a major A road with hardly any kids > > cycling to school, dog walkers, and school > > coaches. > > Why wouldn't they just go north via Linden Grove, > Consort Road etc? Both those roads have pinch points that already get congested. Consort road in particular. Also Consort road is very residential. Why force more traffic that way?

So now anyone wishing to drive north from the Ivydale area will need to divert down Colyton road past Harriss Girls School and onto Forest Hill Road? That's going to work really well, given Colyton is a major A road with hardly any kids cycling to school, dog walkers, and school coaches.

The Gumtree link seems broken

We spent a few nights here recently - it was lovely. https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/10789566?adults=2&check_in=2020-10-02&check_out=2020-10-06&source_impression_id=p3_1599491395_foYYcemUsQCOjflT

peckham_ryu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You?re fine johnnie. Maybe whoever messaged you > has struggles of their own, impairing their own > reactions. > > Now get down here and scrub that scrawl off the > walls ;) Thank you PR, and I would absolutely love to join others in scrubbing any hate away. I could really do with being part of a community effort right now.

johnie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Don't you like it? I never knew. I shall stop > immediately. Please accept my apologies. Banksie. I'm not sure, but I posted this in good humour, was that wrong? I've just had a PM calling me an idiot. I couldn'treally GIS, but come on, be nice people. [i love art, and I do appreciate most street art, and get pissed off when good street art is vandalised by taggers (queen and corgies).] We are on here to discuss stuff, not abuse each other. Let's keep it friendly, and pause for a moment before jumping to a conclusion about posts.