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CPZ are a bit of a nightmare. They can be many streets big and the notices only have to be posted at the entry points of the zone, not on every street. Bit of a con, I think, but councils love them. But, on the other hand, that is also their weakness - should any entry point lose their notices then you have a ready made get out clause! The council has the CPZs on their website. It confirms that Welland St is in zone G (Greenwich Town Centre) which applies MON-SAT 09:00-17:00 SUN 09:00-18:00 http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/info/473/street_parking_-_zones/343/controlled_parking_zones/2

Mustard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How did they get your number? Did they call your landline? I suspect they called a random 8299xxxx

jim_the_chin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, same Mr Roberts name, having said Mr Cameron first, it sounded so amateur, wouldn't say who > parcel was for or what it was, said it was a lost one, never asked for my name or any personal > details. Number with-held. Mindless prank? Even if if a number is withheld, if the call came from a landline or mobile the police can still access it.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is why she is called Colin.. > > Georgia Arianna, Lady Colin Campbell (n?e Ziadie; > born 17 August 1949) is a Jamaican-born British > writer, socialite, and television and radio > personality. > > On 23 March 1974, after having known Lord Colin > Ivar Campbell for five days, Ziadie married him. > > See. it's Good to Google.. There's much more to the story than that. She was assumed at birth to be male, and christened George William. She had corrective surgery when she was 21, and then changed her name to Georgia Arianna.

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also, Colin is a bit of an odd name for a lady don't you think? I blame the parents. She changed it. It used to be George.

NunheadIsClose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > However, if you keep it as a BTL and also buy another property that will then become your main > residence. So when you come to sell the BTL you will need to pay CGT on the uplift in value from > when you bought it until now. Please double check this with an accountant, but that is my > understanding. How much you originally bought the flat for and how much you eventually sell it for > will determine your tax bill. It is much more complicated than that if you have ever had that house as your primary residence, as the OP has done. Essentially, you calculate the number of months you let it out (less 18 months) and the number of months in total you have owned it, then that is used to calculate a proportion of the capital gain to be applied to the letting period, which is taxable. But after that there are other possible reliefs as well. So, yes, do consult an accountant. > Apologies if I am wrong I am not an accountant, but if I am, knowing the EDF I am sure someone > will point it out within minutes. http://www.emoticonhq.com/images/ICQ/blush.jpg

Don't think Dominoes has that deal at the moment, but Pizza Hut does - 40% off ?30+. Code DT111A.

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Or the OP could just sell the home and give someone else the chance of owning their own home, > instead of seeing all their hard earned wages going to pay off someone else's mortgage. That's > an option too. As explained before, there is no way that you can do BTL in London and have the rent "pay off" the mortgage. The best you can hope for is that it covers the interest payments on that loan.

There was a bit of a fall-back in 2008, post the banking crash, but it was more like 10-15%, rather than 25%. There was also a rather big jump of about 20% early to mid-2014. ED prices over the past 10 years have tended to work in fits and starts.

Our house isn't zoned, so I picked up Hive on the cheap in the Black Friday sale, as did many others as we now have to wait until early Jan for an engineer to install it. I went for Hive as it is NOT self-learning. Our schedule is so unpredictable I felt that we just needed an easier way to tweak the schedule so we're not heating the house when we're not actually in it.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loved that Independent piece, Otta. > > Bill Gates isn't in a position to do anything about "closing up the internet!" And even if he > was, Trump is little more than a turd on the sole of this shoe. Gates isn't able to, but the US Government certainly could, since they still control ICANN and so, amongst other things, IP addresses each and every one of the root nameservers. So, in the unlikely event he did get elected president...

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I could murder one of these.. > I love the cheese-tastic parts of France like the Savoyard, but I have to draw the line at raclette. FFS - it's melted cheese and boiled potatoes. That's not a meal - it's the last contents of the fridge when you've forgotten to do the shopping.

There's a lot (relatively) pointless stuff being suggested as well. I've been looking at our energy usage and taking steps to reduce it (admittedly more for cost reasons than for saving the planet). One of the popular moves suggested is to switch to low-watt lighting. But, after looking into it, the percentage of our annual bill caused by lighting was very small. A 40w light bulb costs less than 50p to run for 100 hours. Considering how much more technically complicated the compact flouro bulbs are (and so take more industrial processes to make), I suspect the total energy saved is probably close to zero.

But, on the bright side...

I agree with that Miga - I think Lou and DF get some quite ugly levels of bile on here. As a balance, I think sometimes they don't help themselves, but that doesn't excuse some of the crap that is posted about them.

Personally, I think it is real, but I really cannot fathom what the effect is going to be, whether that be a slight change in climate or complete disaster. There is crap science and numbers on both sides and this is magnified by the unseemly, often childish polarised row between the two sides. Quite often I think, "a pox on both their houses". For instance, it annoys me when people keep saying "97% of CC scientists agree on Climate Change", as it's not true. That figure refers to numbers of peer-reviewed articles, and even that number hides a vast difference in what the effect may be. Apparently, as far as can be ascertained, about 83% of CC scientists agree. Now you may say that is nit-picking, but it's important that incorrect figures are not bandied around.

Have to say, my spidey senses failed to twitch with that poster on the recommendations. Though he/she does seem to have it in for Lou & DF.

Slightly tangential, but did anyone else see Corbyn's brother, Piers, on This Week last Thursday?

ploberman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi there. > > Just heard that the Labour Party had a new leader > elected some time ago. > > As I am interested in politics and voted back in > the eighties can someone fill me in on the current > situation? Considering you posted in this very thread back in August, I'm rather surprised this news has somehow managed to pass you by.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Was Leonard Sachs the guy with what seemed very long made up words? I think you might be thinking of Stanley Unwin.

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It wasn?t that long ago that more women than not > had to put up with all sorts of actual (real) crap > from men in a variety of social, public and > workplaces. > > Now the pendulum has swung. Consider the fate of > poor modern man. Forced to share a public space > with a load of women whose only passing interest > is in stopping their children from bothering him. > > Woe is him. Ha ha. Classic Guardianista comment. Basically, it's "Gadzooks! I have consulted my 'Big Guardian List of Acceptable Identity Groups That May Complain About Things (2015-2016)' and I can't see anyone here is included on it. I shall therefore post some whataboutery, and for increased emphasis of my personal disdain for their complaining, I shall include the word 'real' in brackets to truly underline my mockery".

Have to say, they chose a great candidate.

LondonMix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was trying to be conciliatory offering to take down the posts now that its clear that the group > isn't asking for old sims as has repeatedly been falsely claimed on this thread. I don't feel the > need to take down anything I've said but thought offering to do so might induce others to at least > correct their statements. I see now there is no point, which is what it is. Conciliatory, my a***. You have annoyed me enough that I have a few more things I can post on why handing over a phone or a SIM is a bad idea. I was holding them back but, frankly, I no longer see why I should.

bodsier Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cameron, like so many other MP's really haven't got a clue, an alternative idea to defeat Daesh > does not even occur to them. > [www.independent.co.uk] I really can't see how a no-fly zone over Syria would help to defeat ISIS/Daesh.

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anyone who thinks that tirbes that hate each other can be brought together to get rid of > ISIL and then live peacefully side by side in the aftermath is in cloud cuckoo land. That is > precisely why Iraq and Afghanistan are in the mess that they are. It is also why, as heinous as it > is, you often end up with totalitarian dictatorships in government in the region. I've considered a couple of times lately that Assad may just currently be the least-worst realistic solution for Syria. At least in the short term.