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DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Run out of beer... Could not be bothered to go > out for more.. > Crikey, Hop Burns and Black is just a few doors away, isn't it?!

Bony Fido Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I often use an app called QuickMark to scan > barcodes on goods that interest me while going > around clothes shops etc. > The app uses the phone's camera to scan the tags - > seems to be a legitimate use of the camera's phone > and likely to benefit the shop in the long run, > assuming I subsequently purchase an item that I've > previously scanned. > > Thus a blanket ban on use of cameras in store > could be counter productive. Presumably a bit of > discretion when actually photographing/filming > would be best i.e. make sure staff are not > watching... But surely most (or at least many) would be photographing items in stores and/or their barcodes in order to then go off and try to get said item cheaper online or in another shop?

So what was the verdict? Any good?

Cover up the fireworks prior to lighting them When I was a kid, someone else's rocket landed in the firework box and we had an unexpectedly brief (but splendid) display :)

His lyrics are brilliant, and as songs they are even more brilliant. In my opinion the prize is well deserved. Great choice. ETA: And he has written a book, though not a "literature" one. He has written the first volume of his autobiography. Chronicles.

Laura Danielle 86 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wow!! This beautifully constructed menu is well > worth a try. In fact those that don't go are well > and truly missing out. I visited spinach for its > soft opening on Wednesday and sampled some (quite > a few) of what this exciting menu had to offer. i > think I've stumbled across my new favourite south > London restaurant! Between the intriguing wine > selection and the incredible dishes that are on > offer I'd find a harder spot to rival this new > restaurant in east dulwich. I'm not a creature of > habit by nature, far from it however I think I'm > going to be a staple regular at the delicious new > home from home. Can't wait for my next visit. Oh dear oh dear. I will feel crushed and devalued eating anywhere else now.

Is the menu the same as the other Jaflong? Sorry if this has already been answered somewhere.

C&I Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi all, > > Is anyone else having problems with loud music > being played around the Whateley Rd/Crystal Palace > Rd area? It's been occurring most Saturday nights > for quite a few weeks now and happened last night > (Wednesday 12th). It normally starts around 12am > and continues until 3-4am. No idea where exactly > it's coming from but it's becoming very > disruptive! > > Thanks Suggest you phone Southwark Noise Control (via the council). If this still exists, that is, as I think they changed the hours when they operate. Also keep a record of when the noise is happening and for how long.

Pierre Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rendelharris Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Imagine your neighbour doesn't like you, you see > a > > gang of people with baseball bats vandalising > his > > car - are you going to go out and risk your > safety > > just to make sure nobody blames you? Amazing, > > we've gone from travellers being blamed for > being > > criminals to now being blamed for not being > > policemen! > > That's a really bizarre way of interpreting it. > > Imagine if you were only ever planning to be > temporarily parked up in one place, but you > thought that place was OK so you'd like to stay a > while, if they could put up with you. > > Imagine if you had to live in a perpetually > nervous state of always having to be ready to pack > up your generator, hitch up your caravan - your > home - and get back on the road to somewhere else. > Maybe somewhere you'd only heard about through a > phone conversation with a trusted friend that > you're not literate enough to have written down in > a useful way. > > Imagine if a large group of teenage girls show up > at your latest stop, screaming and throwing > conkers and food, or a couple of grinning, > menacing guys in a tipper truck arrive at your > pitch and dump a load of rubble next to you > because they know you can't fight them off on your > own and you haven't a leg to stand on because the > locals will blame you, while they can pick up more > rubbish (and take money for it) and dump it half > way up Layhams on Tuesday morning and you'll still > get the blame? > > Imagine how transient you'd feel, wherever you > stopped to park up, and how resistant you'd have > to become to the taunts and the shouts and the > prejudice of those who were all too keen to make > you feel you're not Part Of Their Community. And > imagine how little you'd then care about dropping > some litter, or driving across some grass, or > leaving a mess, that's not all your own making, in > a place that you thought might be good for a short > while but has very swiftly taken on all the > prejudices and hatred you and your children are so > used to facing...? > > -- > > Sorry, slightly inebriated rant but it's very easy > to try and paint this in terms of black and white, > but the fear and protectiveness I saw in the > travellers of that group that I spoke to when they > were attacked made me remember that they're > people, human, parents, not the evil predatory > monsters that we're so keen to believe in. And > maybe the fly-tipped pallets and building waste > wasn't their fault. But may have hastened their > departure. Another good post. I hope some of the people on here who have been so quick to lay blame read it and feel even a tiny bit ashamed.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Back on subject.. I spoke to one of the Jaflong > staff last night who claimed Jaflong on L.L is > staying and not being sold. > > Now I believed the deal was done and dusted. So > now I don't know. ??? > Perhaps they haven't told the staff.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Blah Blah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I've taken lots of pics in Nunhead Cemetry and > > never been told off. > > > So have I.. I entered the cemetry from the back > gate. But I noticed the sign at the main gate. > > There are not many people around to 'Tell you off' > as you say.. and no complaints from the residents. > > But.. It's against the Bye-Laws.. > > Foxy See Renata's post above.

What would you have done? Let him go away and be possibly attacked? Good on you, Hilary, and thanks for sharing on here so we are aware of it.

lavender27 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nothing else to put on a piece a bread, we were > poor, and then the sugar butty was born. I used to get given sugar sandwiches. Made with white sliced bread. But they had butter on them as well so maybe they were slightly nutritious :))

People who do that automatic "love you" thing at the end of every phone call. It just totally devalues it for me. It reduces it to "OK I'm going now, bye." Oh, and Fox, Whitten Timber in Peckham are brilliant. I ordered a load of fence slats on the phone early one morning and they had them loaded and delivered within the hour.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There are many places where photography is not > allowed. Nunhead Cemetary is one such space. > There is a notice inside the gate that clearly > says No Unauthorised Filming or Photograhy > Allowed. > That is surely only for professional photographers, and not for people taking the occasional photo on their phones? People might want to take photos of a relative's grave, for a start.

It does give you an easy guide at the end which it says you can use on any roses. If this makes you feel better, some years ago someone did a controlled study of pruning roses. It found that just lopping the tops off with a hedge trimmer had just as good results the next year as carefully pruning every stem individually above an outward facing bud :))

Pickle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ... And when I was a kid, my Nana used to cut the > rind off raw bacon and give it to me to eat while > she cooked. Loved it! Oh yeh, my mum did that. But I wasn't allowed to eat raw sausages, because she claimed it would give me worms.

Surely the library staff would have told you the reason if you'd asked them?

P.O.U.S.theWonderCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Posts like Calsug's last one remind me why this is > a great forum. Agreed. Unfortunately some of the other posts remind me why it sometimes isn't.

Sorry for some strange reason the forum allowed me to post a duplicate post which was still showing on my phone as unposted.

Great post, Nunsuch (the first one). I

binkylilyput Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Children from Harris Academy were seen throwing > things at the travelling community on PR > > Well done to those ED parents who have > successfully taught their children dubious values Where are all the people condemning these children and saying what do you expect, all ED children are bad and do this? It would have been a different story if it had been Traveller children throwing things at ED residents. Posters on here would have been falling over themselves to comment and complain. Wouldn't they?

It depends on the type of rose. What are they? Climbers, Ramblers, HT, shrub? https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=186

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > But always sad to see the prejudices confirmed. Prejudices are always confirmed. Because if a group of Travellers had left no litter, nobody would be posting about it on here. We only hear about the "bad" things.

TE44 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Scotlands travellers have a long and very diverse > history. And unfortunately suffer the same > prejudices. I used to live in a tenement in Dundee, and every year a group of "tinks" as they were locally known used to come to a patch of waste ground nearby. To the best of my recollection they neither caused any trouble nor left any litter. But still people used to talk about them in derogatory terms. It's sad that so many people seem to want to live in a world where everybody else is just like themselves.