Sue

Depending on what you want to use the table for, ordinary emulsion may not give a strong enough finish or wipe down easily? That chalk paint eg Annie Sloan is a pig to use, because it dries really quickly, as well as being extraordinarily expensive, and you have to wax it afterwards :( I think there are cheaper version of it now. ETA: Ooooops sorry PGC, hadn't looked at your link :))

Once this has been (hopefully) sorted out, sounds like you should change your bank!

Why are you starting another thread on the same subject? You've only ever made two posts on this forum, and they're both on the same thing. http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,1555892,1555892#msg-1555892

redjam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Back on the subject of the North X Rd/Lordship > Lane roadworks (can we keep the yellow lines > debate on the other thread?)? > > Start date: 22 June > Original end date: 7 August > Revised end date: 24 August > Revised revised end date: 7 September > > Um, anyone know when the revised revised revised > end date is? 2017??

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Louisa, Newsnight has just shown images of a > toddler, a baby washed up dead on an Italian (I > think) beach. FFS stop being a spoilt 'poor me' > idiot. You live in a country that looks after you. > You have free education and healthcare and > pensions (paid from your and other people's taxes, > including people who have no children or use > private healthcare or pensions). 53% of all income > tax is paid by just 10% of the workforce. THEY > help subsidise your needs. > > People do not choose to be born into tyranical > societies or war zones. They are ordinary human > beings like you and I, and they are at the bottom > of the pile, a bottom that no-one in this country > has to endure. When you next turn on your light > switch ask yourself this. Where does the fuel come > from to provide that? Blair and Bush thought they > had a perfect right to invade Iraq to protect our > access to resources like oil and that's why a baby > ends up washed up on an italian beach. > > Don't you even dare label my compassion as middle > class do goodery. My compassion comes from my > conscience, something you clearly don't have. Well said, Blah Blah.

Judy2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- A guy set fire to the car and was > subsequently arrested (I'm not sure how the police > got him so quickly). Known to the car owner, perhaps? (just guessing, I have no idea).

MissusF Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just to make a point already made: these roadworks > are really really dangerous. > > I saw a little girl yesterday almost get hit by a > car coming around the corner too fast. Was pretty > frightening. A tragedy narrowly missed. I'm not sure this is due to the roadworks, though they probably don't help. I have been noticing driving round here recently - most lately whilst waiting for a bus outside the old police station. Cars just take the most incredibly stupid risks, driving from side roads onto Lordship Lane really fast without waiting for a proper gap in the traffic, and scarcely missing vehicles on the main road. I'm amazed there haven't been more accidents.

I haven't had one either. Nor do I have a current passport! Try posting on James Barber's thread to see what he says about it?

Franco Manca :) ETA: ToastED is indeed yummy, but hardly budget friendly, unless you have quite a large budget!

We had lunch here today. Excellent ales and starters. Good friendly service. Disappointed with one of the mains, especially given the price, which they apparently subsequently took off the menu and replaced with something else. They are onto their second head chef (not sure if this was connected). Despite that, we like the new Cherry Tree and we will be back :)

:)) KK

It was the "you are the future" line that made me think it must be a joke. It was beginning to sound like a wind-up. White walls or Farrow & Ball etc.. If it isn't, then profuse apologies. But why consider putting chandeliers in a house you're selling? Or a range cooker? Sorry, I'm not convinced. ETA: Alice said "ah intexasatthe moment yes yes its def the latter - I want to know the wow and the yuk - like stair carpet or painted stairs decking /patio or shingle white walls or farrow and ball and what would be a dealbreaker you are the future" In any case, what appeals to one person is going to turn someone else off.

Is this a joke? Thanks for wasting our time when we were trying to help. Just look in house style mags if you are doing up a house to sell it. Or ask an estate agent. :(

Good luck! Noise is a bummer, and often because of the way it carries, what sounds not very loud in one place can sound very loud indeed somewhere else :(

May not be possible for you but do you have a bedroom which isn't at the front? Years ago I moved into my spare bedroom because of early morning car noise waking me up. Unfortunately after some years of relatively peaceful sleep I then got woken by a neighbouring boiler going on and off throughout the night .... Then at crack of dawn running continuously .... I got acoustic glass which improved things considerably though I think the boiler noise has gone anyway ... But may not be a solution for you. And I'm now sleeping in a very small room :))

Glossy are likely to date quickly and only fit in with certain styles. Taste again though ... If you love them, get them. I think wooden painted cupboards are good because you can change the colour and finish if/when you fancy a change. But then But if you want something very modern looking, that might not work for you ....

Surely this is absolutely all down to taste, as Jeremy says. It might be more practical to have certain things, but if you prefer the look of something else, then you have to weigh up the pros and cons. I have wood worktops. I know they're likely to be impractical in the longer (or medium) term but I like the look of natural wood. Oak. Nice long lengths not little blocks stuck together. It's not that big a deal to look after them! And I know built-in ovens blah blah would be more practical for various reasons, but I like my new range cooker, even if I have to bend down to put things in the oven/s. Unless there are really mega practical reasons to go for something you don't really love, listen to your heart (old hippy speaking :) ) You've got to live with it day in day out. Do you really want to have something that makes your heart sink a bit in the morning? Put your two choices side by side and see which is "the biggest yes." Then go with that and just forget about the other one.

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wonder if the women only carriage idea was more > to do with creating an environment that some women > would feel safer travelling in, esp late at night? > Whilst it's probably not a practical idea (which > might explain it not being pursued), it's not a > silly idea either when thought of in those terms. > Someone somewhere considered there to be a need to > think about addressing. > > Totally agree though on the hypocracy of who likes > an idea! I think it's a brilliant idea. I'd use it :)

Thanks Cherry Tree, that's useful! Looking forward to trying your food!

What a lovely idea :)

Thecherrytree Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > The lunch offer will only be a one starter, one > main and one dessert that we put on that day. Sorry to be dim. Will there be a choice, or will there for example only be one starter available? And if so, will you be putting what's on offer on your website each day? Only asking because I'd hate to come down looking forward to lunch and then find it was something I couldn't eat (without horrible results :)) )

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Sazzle30, > ALL food waste is taken to the new integrated > Waste Management Facility. Put in massive concrete > lined rooms. Effectively composting on a massive > scale and can handle ALL food waste. > > The centre has an interpretation centre you can > visit. And they do tours of the plant. Earlier > this year I helped take a scout group there. My > second visit and just as informative. > > Would anyone be interested if I organised a group > visit from East Dulwich residents? I'd be interested!

Sazzle30 Wrote: > Growing up the country I was always told never to > compost meat products and food waste unless it was > veg/fruit so I do wonder what happens with the > contents of the brown bin. > In "normal" compost bins the advice is not to compost meat etc because it attracts unwanted rats and other pests. I assume the council has large, rodent proof bins :))

Do you have to book a table for lunch? And is the lunch offer from the all-day menu, or is it another menu which isn't on the website yet?

DaisyP Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's funny that you mention Hurghada, I went there > too. On entry to our hotel there, we were > confronted by a very large cockroach eating a > slightly smaller one! That's just reminded me of a hotel in Penang where my then partner was confined to bed with a fever so if we wanted to eat together we had to eat via room service. When one meal arrived there was a large cockroach clinging to the underside of the tray. Then there was a place in Alice Springs where we were lying in bed and cicadas were dropping onto the pillows from the air conditioning. AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH :(