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Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Seabag Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > > > > I'm often gobsmacked at the sight of that > coal > > > stuff for sale in winter. It's illegal to > burn, > > > why they don't clamp down on it I don't know. > > > > It's not exactly hidden from view. > > > > > > It isn't coal, is it? > > > > It's smokeless fuel. > > Yes REAL coal often. So often I'm gobsmacked to > say. > > Along with smokeless fuel. Who is selling coal round here?

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I'm often gobsmacked at the sight of that coal > stuff for sale in winter. It's illegal to burn, > why they don't clamp down on it I don't know. > It's not exactly hidden from view. It isn't coal, is it? It's smokeless fuel.

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The only thing you can do is tackle it head-on, > with a smile and an overabundance of politeness > (and caution). If it is a firm, ring the head > office if the driver doesn't do as you ask. The van was unmarked, and the driver wouldn't tell me who he worked for. And I'm afraid I was neither smiling nor cautious. In fact when he wouldn't turn the engine off (and no, it wasn't a refrigerated van) and told me it was my problem if I was feeling ill from the fumes, I shouted at him :( ETA: I'm not proud of this. ETA: Thanks for that info Mark, I shall look it up, print it out, and keep copies about my person to hand to these polluting drivers in future. They shall all know The Wrath of Sue :))

I think they're great! The first time I saw the one near the bus stop, I thought somebody had moved it from North Cross Road! But apparently they are concreted to the pavement. The woman who has the silver jewellery stall in the market is most upset about the seat because it is opposite her stall and she says people sit on it and eat. I don't understand why this should affect her, as there is loads of room between the seat and her stall. If anything, I would have thought it might have encouraged more custom from the people eating, as they can peruse her jewellery from afar whilst having their lunch :)

Is there anything that can be done about vehicles which sit for ages churning out fumes? I was sitting in my front bedroom and became aware of fumes filling the room, even though my windows were closed. I looked out of the window and there was a guy sitting right outside my house in a large van, on the phone with his engine running. I went and asked him to turn it off and he wouldn't. I said the fumes were making me feel ill inside my house, and he told me that was my problem. It was a Vauxhall Vivaro CDTI and I have the registration number. I presume he is working somewhere in this road or nearby. Is there anything I can do about this? Is there any way of reporting it somewhere? The pollution in this area is a real problem, and I have asthma. I hate to think what it is doing to all the small children round here whose lungs are still developing.

I don't have any suggestions re compensation, but I just wanted to say how much I feel for you. I have had so much substandard work done by "builders" etc in my house, and it is absolutely soul-destroying when it is your home and you know exactly how things should be, not to mention the stress and financial cost involved.

Thanks, reminded me I need to arrange to get mine. I'm also in the at-risk group. Just arranged to get mine at a walk-in clinic at my GP on Monday (NHS). Slightly worried as one year I had a really really bad reaction to it and was off work for ages practically unable to move out of bed, however I think it's possible I was already going down with flu when I had the jab, and that possibly the jab made it worse.

ED Light Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bathstore moves on, Tile Giant moves in from next > door, Tool Station comes in after Tile Giant. > > That's more interesting than Simply Food or > Waitrose Speak for yourself! :))

If anybody knows the house but doesn't want to post it on here (fair enough) please could they private message me? I have heard someone shout at the dog to shut up, so I assume it is not just me who is being frequently disturbed.

Jennys Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The painted sign above the door says Iris Yes you're right, it does now. I'm confused!

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The last time I went I honestly thought they'd > forgotten to put the meat into my meal, there was > so little of it Was this the vegetarian night you mention above? :))

nxjen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > solar Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Where is there a CPZ near Crystal Palace Road? > > I wondered that. In fact I've wondered about all > TS1973's posts. Ah, OK. I fell for it. WUM.

NewWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I only ate there once and was very underwhelmed. > It just never looked very inviting tbh. I ate there several times and the food was absolutely delicious. Not recently though. ETA: I mean I haven't eaten there recently.

But QuestionAir had a notice on it saying it was being refurbished?

Of course as soon as I posted the above, it stopped, having been barking very loudly for ages .....

Does anybody know in which house a barking dog in the North Cross Road/Crystal Palace Road area lives? The noise (frequent, and particularly bad today) seems to be coming from a garden in Crystal Palace Road between The Great Exhibition and The Actress, but towards The Actress end. However sound is a strange thing in the way it travels, so I could be wrong. With all my windows closed, I can hear it in every room of my house. The dog barks at various times of the day and night, and seems to have arrived a few months back.

Toosmart1973 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Myself and my neighbour both live on a road with a > CPZ and Crystal Palace Road is the nearest road to > us without a CPZ so we both park our cars on CPR > pretty much daily and nightly, as its quite an > effort to apply for a permit to park near our own > homes! Sorry if I'm being dim, but have I understood this correctly? You and your neighbour live on a road with a CPZ, which means that people who don't live on your road can't park there, as the CPZ presumably was introduced to ensure that residents (including you and your neighbour) are able to park in their own road. But you don't want to make the effort to apply for the permit which would enable you to park in your own road. So you both park on CPR "pretty much daily and nightly", thus taking up spaces which people who live on CPR could otherwise use. Those people probably include parents with small children having to carry the children and all their paraphernalia from their car to their house; people with heavy things which they find it hard to carry a long way; people with mobility problems which aren't severe enough to qualify for a disabled parking space; people having to make several trips to and from their car with luggage, shopping etc.. Do you not find something a bit wrong with that? Especially given that the residents of CPR are not able to park in your road. To be clear: I am not suggesting that only people who live in CPR should park there. I am suggesting that to park there night and day when you could quite easily park in your own road with a small amount of effort on your part is ..... well, you decide. Or is there something I've missed here?

Crikey those reviews are bad. The manager keeps responding that things will improve, but these are ongoing issues, aren't they? Do they not carry out any staff training at all?

Why do M&S need another shop so close to the existing one??

The price went up from ?10 to ?2000 and she paid it???? She paid ?2000 in advance for someone to fix guttering????

Over ?200??? Seriously, check out Asda next time. My partner got decent thin lensed varifocals for under ?50.

Oops sorry brain malfunction

I have a dual fuel radiator/towel rail which I originally got to dry towels when the main heating wasn't on. I've only used the electric option about twice, but it could be a cheaper solution than underfloor heating?

Oh FFS

Sexist as well, then. Great.