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Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 'And if that seat is occupied I watch it with > eagle eyes until it isn't, then make a dash for > it.' > > Ah you are one of those people Sue :D > > P.S why left over right? Just curious. Yep! I'm one of them! Just feels like I'm getting a better view from the left side. I guess because it's nearer the pavement. On the right side you're looking over a load of traffic. Worst case scenario is being stuck on one of those single deck buses and not being able to see out. Maybe it's due to some deep psychological trauma. I don't like facing the wall in a restaurant, either :))

There's an app called SMS Backup+ which is very easy to use.

dulwichrat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My mate died of Sudden Cat Syndrome, in St > Francis' Park, under a bush. :))

Front left seat upstairs for me. Always. Unless I've got luggage which is too heavy or bulky to drag up there :) And if that seat is occupied I watch it with eagle eyes until it isn't, then make a dash for it. Front right seat is a just about acceptable second best :)) And people who block the bloody stairs and the doors are an absolute pain.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeremy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Otta - lots of people away on holiday. The > office > > and train both seem quieter than usual this > week. > > > Yeah that was my theory. Was a bit disconcerting. I expect they're all in their second houses in the country :))

Andrew1011 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When I moved to East Dulwich it barely had shops > let alone chains, although the largish Co-op store > was still operating on most of the Lordship Lane > site between North Cross and Shawbury Roads. Oh > and a Tesco, roughly the size of a small Tesco > Express, and still the size of the current shop > unit, on the corner of North Cross Road had > recently closed down. I can't recall which > supermarket company then had what is now the > Co-op, but it was a smallish chain and not one of > the big four or five. > What year was that? The Co-op used to be Somerfield. That wasn't that long ago. Londis on the corner of North Cross Road was a 7/11 I think.

I don't use prime because I find their free deliveries are usually pretty quick anyway. What really annoys me though is their so-called "tracking" system, which generally bears no resemblance whatsoever to what is happening in real life. You see a timeline getting closer and closer, then it reaches the end and - no delivery. Or you are told a parcel is going to arrive on one day, then it arrives the day before. There's no point in having a tracking system if it isn't accurate! And yes, I've told them. On the other hand, I have found Amazon's customer service extremely helpful whenever I've had cause to contact them, in fact they have gone beyond what I would have expected.

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Sue, it took just 5 mins for my own two children > to go from stabilsers to no stabilisers at the > ages of 6 and 7 respectively. I remember it taking > me a similar amound of time and at a similar age. > Kids tend to get that you just have to go for it, > better than adults do. A bicycle, once it's going, > is hard to fall off of. Adults find it harder to > learn to ride a cycle because they worry more > about fallling off than kids do. It's the same for > many things, like skiing and swimming for example. > All easier to pick up in childhood. And there's > plenty of evidence to back that up in a fair few > psychology manuals. We can even test that here. > How many people who cycle can remember when they > went from stabilisers to two wheels? How hard was > it? Well, you may be right but you are extrapolating from a rather small sample of three - your two children and yourself :) I can't comment because my grandchildren never had stabilisers, they had balance bikes before their "proper" bikes. They both learned to ride their proper bikes very quickly (their parents are both keen cyclists) but I'm pretty sure it was rather more than five minutes :)) However if memory serves they were younger than your children, as the little one has just moved on to her second (larger) "proper" bike, and she's not six and a half yet.

Oh FFS. Lots of humour is quite black. People have different senses of humour. I found red devil's picture very funny. I find some of the "jokes" posted in the joke thread on here quite offensive. Each to their own, eh? I sincerely hope that when I snuff it (which if people on here think 72 is a good innings then I haven't got long to go, grammar) I won't get a load of friends and relatives afraid to make jokes about it. Though of course I hope they'd have a bit of a cry too :))

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What if Cath Kidson opened a store locally > > How would we feel "We"? I'm sure many people would be delighted (not me). ETA: And I believe it's Kidston with a t.

Hooray!

wulfhound Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > would it not make far more sense to make > Bikeability (the modern-day replacement for > Cycling Proficiency) a compulsory part of the > National Curriculum? It would also help make those > who do later choose to get cars a lot more > cycle-aware than some of those behind the wheel > currently. > Excellent idea!

Blah Blah Wrote: -> > Most people learn to cycle as young children, and > they do learn in 5 minutes. 5 minutes? I think not! Where is your evidence for that?!

How do you know the OP is a woman?

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Vesta. Loved it. OMG Vesta. I'd forgotten about Vesta.

Thank you Red Devil, first time I've laughed out loud today :))

People who are idiots, angry or whatever will still be idiots, angry or whatever whether they are cycling, walking or driving a car. The problem is, being an idiot and/or angry when you're cycling or driving is likely to be more dangerous to others than when you're walking.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yeah quite possibly there will be a few more > chains. They've been creeping in slowly along LL > (oliver bonas, white stuff, gourmet burger, > sainsburys, and now potentially M&S). > You forgot Cafe Nero :)) And the Co-op ...... :)

Mustard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I went to a kindergarten, aged 5, for half a day. > It's the year before starting primary school in > the United States, and many other countries. The > word nursery to me always makes me think of a room > with lots and lots of cots in it, with sleeping or > crying babies. When I started school the first year (5 year olds) was kindergarten. That was in Streatham :))

> malumbu Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > People who use Farenheit instead of Centrigrade > > (or Celsius to be precise). Educatated in the > > metric system 40 years ago. To be fair, if you've been brought up with Fahrenheit (sic), as I was (I was educated (sic) at school/uni in the fifties and sixties) it is often still very difficult to imagine what kind of heat level temperatures in Centigrade represent. I still have to mentally try to convert them, or do it on my phone. It's easier with length and weight because you are using them more often, but I still sometimes have to consciously mentally convert them.

numbers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pimms. If you're going to make it at least have > borage, an essential ingredient, the stuff grows > everywhere. It's not difficult to obtain. > I grew a load of borage because it has pretty blue flowers. So then for the first time in my life I bought a bottle of Pimms, as what else can you do with borage? What happened? The f-ing weather changed and it tipped down with rain and then became freezing cold GRRRR :)) The Pimms is still unopened (oh and then my sister informed me that she had a bottle I could have had GRRRR :)) )

That's weird. Could this be connected to the one in Ulverscroft Road where a similar thing happened?

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- (FFS, WTF, OMG etc etc...) LOL, ROFL, PMSL, LMFAO etc etc ...

So it wasn't about waiting for concrete to set, then? Glad it's moving now, anyway :)

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you go in.. You can always get an appointment > if your request is not urgent and you can wait. > > You just need to pop in.. 2 minute walk Sue. ? > Lot quicker than all that typing and time you > spent on the phone. :) > Fox, you've missed my point. Yes of course I can just pop in to get a same day appointment. Yes of course it's just round the corner from where I live. But I've already explained twice above that I would rather book an appointment further ahead so that I am not taking a same day appointment from somebody else who might need it more urgently. And the point is, that I can't. And nor can people who live further away and/or are not retired, for whom "just popping in" to then be given an appointment later on that day could mean taking a whole day off work for something which is not urgent. Not good.