Sue

So Louisa. If you drive to visit relatives or friends. Where do you park your car? And if there is no room outside their home - where do you park it then?

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I'm with EE and it's fine here. North Cross Road area. ETA: Assuming you mean mobile network?

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can recommend the crochet and knitting classes > at Sharp Works in Herne Hill, a haven for ladies > of a certain age (particularly their 'wellbeing > crafternoon', which includes prosecco, pilates, > tea and cake and macrame). :)) :)) :))

Lowbrow poem to start the thread off again: "Build me my tomb," the Raven said, "Within the dark yew-tree, So in the Autumn yewberries Sad lamps may burn for me. Summon the haunted beetle, From twilight bud and bloom, To drone a gloomy dirge for me At dusk above my tomb. Beseech ye too the glowworm To rear her cloudy flame, Where the small, flickering bats resort, Whistling in tears my name. Let the round dew a whisper make, Welling on twig and thorn; And only the grey cock at night Call through his silver horn. And you, dear sisters, don your black For ever and a day, To show how true a raven In his tomb is laid away."

Crikey, ten years old! Shall I revive that one then, do you think? ETA: Yes I will,though it's a shame nobody has posted on it for nearly a year. So, ignore this thread!

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Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Especially people who are commuters looking for > free parking during the day whilst they head off > into town. It?s just not a very moral thing to do, > despite it not being illegal. Would you not agree? No, I don't agree, sorry Louisa. What would you do in their position? I would look for a place to park whilst I headed off into town. Where do you park when you drive to somewhere not your house? I do realise that I'm just falling into your trip-trap trip-trap trip-trap here .....:))

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I can't find another poetry thread, though surely there must have been one? Anyway I'm starting it off with a probably rather lowbrow poem which I happen to really like. Not very seasonal, sorry. The Raven's Tomb by Walter De la Mare "Build me my tomb," the Raven said, "Within the dark yew-tree, So in the Autumn yewberries Sad lamps may burn for me. Summon the haunted beetle, From twilight bud and bloom, To drone a gloomy dirge for me At dusk above my tomb. Beseech ye too the glowworm To rear her cloudy flame, Where the small, flickering bats resort, Whistling in tears my name. Let the round dew a whisper make, Welling on twig and thorn; And only the grey cock at night Call through his silver horn. And you, dear sisters, don your black For ever and a day, To show how true a raven In his tomb is laid away."

Dom Johnston Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's not going to be an Argos. Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams ........

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yawnsville, TN. Ah, come on KK, keep up :))

Ha ha ha. I have just ordered a book on crochet from The Book People. I haven't crocheted anything since an ill-fated waistcoat which turned into a sort of tunic thing, made of squares, circa 1970 :)) It was red, purple and white. Clearly ill-fated from the start. And now I may be about to start again. I feel your pain :)) :)) :))

Last hour and a bit now. Please support this initiative to help children living in poverty - in 2018 :( - in Southwark.

Do you have a coal hole or cellar beneath the understairs cupboard? If you have access to it, maybe have a look down there to see if there are any gaps between your and your neighbour's house that could be filled? Or, if you are on good terms with your neighbours, ask them if they can see any gaps on their side? Good luck, I'd hate to have the smell of cigarettes coming into my house (I say that as a (decades past) ex smoker).

Amy A, a brilliant post, thank you, says it all.

Here we go again .....

BigEd, I am in awe of your ingenuity! There is a similar discussion going on on the Nunhead Facebook group (Nunhead Rocks). Look people, as soon as the weather warms up (it will!) the mice who have come in from the cold will go back outside. Really. They will. Trust me :))

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I have had many a argument with people over this > outside my house, and would do so again. I'm not surprised. You do not own the road outside your house. Anybody can park there, including people who may have urgent need of that space, including an ambulance needed for your neighbours. ETA: Perhaps it is my imagination, but you do seem to sometimes post things deliberately designed to provoke. "Out of town space stealers actively shunning said convention and ignorantly parking wherever they can." Like visiting relatives? You're having a laugh, no?

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's a poor first question: > > "1. Do you, or your visitors, find parking where > you live difficult? > Yes - all the time > Yes - Monday to Fridays > Yes - weekends only > No never" > > What about 'Sometimes, but it doesn't unduly > bother me'? I guess I'll just go for "No never" Yes, those options are very poor. Whoever produced the survey either has no knowledge of research/survey methodology or else is very bad at putting it into practice. Or else is trying to manipulate the result they want, of course ..

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Now having visions of baffled Sainsbury's staff > staring at an endless procession of EDFers > clutching a pint of milk queuing up for the > self-service over the next few days... :)) :)) :))

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, I agree it isn?t a charity, neither was > Iceland. If a business model isn?t working, it?s > time to move on. However, if the James Barber post > is correct, it can?t become a coffee > shop/restaurant either. If that?s the case, what > will it become? This space is not big enough for > anything else. No big chains will be interested. > Unless it?s taken on by another convenience store > offering. > Surely there are plenty of shops on Lordship Lane which are neither big chains or convenience stores? Why is the space not big enough for anything else? It seems like quite a big space to me. To the best of my knowledge shops like Pearspring, Celestial, Karavan, the jewellery shop, Farmers, the independent food shops, are not part of chains, let alone big chains. However I have no idea of relative rents. And there is a limit to how many convenience stores a place like East Dulwich with a totally changed demographic over the past couple of decades can support, surely. ETA: Many or most people will do a regular shop for basics, on or offline, and therefore probably won't run out of them. I have no idea what the pattern of Londis' sales is, but I suspect after the other food shops close it is mostly alcohol, cigarettes, confectionery and snacks like crisps. Not onions or stock cubes.

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Sue, I think the shop on the corner of East > Dulwich Road and LL isn't a Costcutter now. The > other Costcutter at 395 Lordship Lane rebranded as > Payless. Ah, you're probably right. I haven't been in for a while. Louisa, unfortunately if a business is losing money, for whatever reason, it is unlikely to stay just because some people find it useful. It isn't a charity! Anyway, James Barber on the other thread says (if I understand him correctly) that it would not be allowed to become a coffee shop, for reasons he explains.

Haven't been to Sainsbury's for ages, and now I too feel the need to go and investigate these screens :)) Maybe I can combine it with a trip to buy the things I can only buy in Sainsbury's (if they still sell them ....) Surely their check-outs can't all now be self service though? Aren't supermarkets obliged to have at least one till with an actual assistant, or is that wishful thinking?

Drive-In MacDonalds? Multi-storey carpark to solve the ED parking problem (joke)?