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Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Which is exactly why I avoid seeing those > conditions. And that's why the cruelty continues, because people don't want to know and so there is no financial or other incentive for the cruelty to stop. One small indication of human nature, and the terrible (in many respects) world we have made for ourselves :(

Tarot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dave Milliband zoomed in on the > camera just like gromet Sadly not :))

How did you get that video to embed, red devil?

Monkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So all their staffing problems are magically > sorted when shit really hits the fan... > Interesting. Confirms my opinion of the Guptas. Sorry to be dim, but what in the posts above suggests that any staffing problems have been magically sorted? Have I missed something?

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So we need to put lights everywhere now so that > Police Officers don't have to go anywhere in the > dark? > > What when Police have to go into any of our parks > at night? Is this Police Officer going to ask the > same of those areas? If this Police Officer is > scared of the dark then maybe she should change > career. They are btw equiped with powerful > torches, pepper spray, radios etc and they also > travel in twos, so it's not as though she ever has > to negotiate this path alone after dark. > > Am I the only person somewhat bemused by this? No, me too. Seems like she's in the wrong job.

I care as well, though probably I could do more. I eat very little meat, but I won't eat chicken unless I know it is free range, and I won't knowingly eat battery farmed eggs. I didn't know about prawns, why do they do that Fox? Apart from anything else, prawns are quite small, it must take ages?

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the past applications to use Cleaner, Greener, > Safer funding have been made to light this path. > It was refused on the basis of public safety! > You mean they said that lighting the path would make it more unsafe for people?? How come??

Really nice to have some positive posts about DMC :) Hope you both get better soon, Jessie and giggirl.

Women, Know Your Limits! Harry Enfield.

Contact the sofa manufacturers and ask their advice?

shell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > she loves a bit of live music too > so I was wondering if The Goose is Out might be > good. Any suggestions would be so appreciated. Hi We would love to see your Mum at the Goose! You/she can find out what's on here: http://www.thegooseisout.com Tell her to make herself known to us when she arrives (I'm usually on the ticket table), and we'll find her some friendly people to sit with. There will be people of all ages, and usually plenty in her age group. On popular nights she would need to get there early to be sure of a seat (or a ticket in some cases). Do PM me if you'd like to know more :) ETA: Our most informal nights are our monthly Singarounds, which are free entry (voluntary donation at the interval). Listeners are welcome too - she doesn't have to sing if she doesn't want to, but we usually find that most people at least join in the choruses where songs have one (or sometimes the whole song if it's well known!) Those are perhaps where she would find it easiest to get to know people - it's a very friendly and supportive environment - though we can certainly introduce her to people at our ticketed nights as well.

chuff Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > cella, we had to have all of our box hedges > removed from the front garden due to some cracking > on the front bay window. They took them out and > told us we couldn't plant anything else, we can > only have plants or trees in pots or planters. I also had to remove shrubs from my front garden years ago, which was a shame because they were lovely :( There was differential movement between the bay and the rest of the house, which if memory serves the insurance company said the shrubs had contributed to, and I was also told I couldn't plant anything else. I too now have to have just plants in pots.

cella Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We have been told that the olive tree is causing > the cracks in ours. They insist on chopping it > down which is very upsetting. Also no replacement > is factored in which means we are out of pocket by > the time a new mature tree is bought as well as > the excess premium. Has anyone else had a similar > experience with an insurance company? Sorry to be dim, but if a mature tree has been causing cracks, is it a good idea to replace it with another one? And surely that would invalidate your future insurance?

Eh?

pablogrande Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- the new people > seem to have ramped it all up a notch, theres a > great selection of pastry/turkish bread type > things in there and a lot of nice fruit and veg. Yes I agree, I hadn't been in there for ages but I went in recently and was really impressed by the good selection of stuff they had.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > There was discussion about this scheme on the > > forum about a year ago. > > > > I think it's a great idea. I will deffo get and > ride a bike if I have somewhere to keep it which > doesn't involve climbing over it every time I > open > my front door :) > > Well Sue.. Do it. The Bicycle Hanger is planned > for outside 52 . Not that far from you.. > Six places available First come first serve for a > small fee. > > I don't know what that fee would be. Perhaps just > ?2.00 per day ?? ?60.00 per month . ?? > I'm just guessing. > > So go for it.. get rid of your car . get fit and > save money and the Planet. > I reserved a place last year :) The fee is very much less than you guess :) ETA: I was told (by the people who install the hangars) that the rental is ?30 a year. It may have gone up now though.

There was discussion about this scheme on the forum about a year ago. I think it's a great idea. I will deffo get and ride a bike if I have somewhere to keep it which doesn't involve climbing over it every time I open my front door :)

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > The Cinema is very much a Cult thing these days.. > It has a limited novelty value. > Eh?!?!?!?!

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They are about as useful as ebola....and I > daresay, just as costly. Art isn't supposed to be "useful" :))

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- < One Thai place too forgot about that. There are two actually - Thai Corner Cafe in North Cross Road, and the one in Lordship Lane - can't remember its name, which I think changed. Both mediocre in my opinion. There is also The Begging Bowl in Bellenden Road, which is much better and a mere hop skip and jump away from ED :)

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I have not been to the Cinema for 37 years. > Is there going to be enough people to fill three > screens every night. ?? > > I really don't know. > Fox, I think you would be surprised how many people do actually go to the cinema. I guess that's why they are opening a new one :)) But, a bit like pizza restaurants not being intended for people who don't like pizza, cinemas are not intended for people who don't go to see films :))

Hi James, not sure if you are the person to ask about this. I took a car load of stuff to the council tip off the Old Kent Road yesterday, including a large can half full of old oil-based paint. I asked someone where to put the paint, and they said "Is it any good?" When I said no (it had gone off and wasn't useable) they told me to put it in with "general waste". I said "Are you sure?" and was told "Yes, of course I'm sure, I work here." I thought things like paint had to be disposed of separately for environmental reasons? That was the only reason I took it to the tip in the first place!

ToastED isn't French, is it??

Just received the email below (obviously it's also been sent to many others!!) In my experience she's been a good MP and has always dealt with issues I've raised with her very speedily, so I wish her the best of luck. Dear Sue, As I hope you know I am not standing for election as your Member of Parliament at the forthcoming general election. As the House of Commons is dissolved on Monday 30th March, that will be my final day as your MP. I wanted to write to thank you for the support, good advice and feedback that you have given me, and also for the opportunity as your Member of Parliament to help and represent you. I have been your MP for 23 years and on each and every day have felt deeply the responsibility that comes with being your representative. Yesterday, I made my final speech in the House of Commons, and I wanted to share it with you (below). If the last 23 years have taught me one thing it is this: this community - our community - can achieve anything when we put our minds to it and we work together. I am so proud of how far we have come, and I am honoured to have had the chance to share in your lives and your success. As I said yesterday, our constituency, and indeed all of London is at risk of becoming divided in two, between the comfortably off and the very poor. Because I feel I have to try to use all my experience of representing you and of being in government, I will be putting my name forward for the nomination to be Labour?s candidate for Mayor of London after the general election on May 7th. So the purpose of this email is to both thank you for your support and your contribution to the community, but also to ask if you would like to keep in touch with my future work and campaigns for London. If you do not wish to, then please simply opt out of future contact using the link at the bottom of this email. In any event, I will miss you, the constituency, and the work we have been able to do together and I wish you all the very best for the future, With all best wishes, TJ_signature_blue.jpg Tessa Jowell Email: [email protected] Phone: 07752 679341 Follow me on Twitter: @TessaJowell Like me on Facebook: fb.com/TessaJowell House of Commons Debates 26 March 2015 (Hansard): Column 1652 Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood) (Lab): Like so many other hon. and right hon. Members, I begin by thanking you, Mr Speaker, for the way in which you have led us and conducted our business. It is many years since you and I first met over the Dispatch Box when we debated a piece of secondary legislation on European employment law. The House and our proceedings have been extraordinarily enhanced by the way in which you have presided over us, and I thank you for that. I also thank the other officers of the House, who conduct their duties often without being properly recognised, including those who provide a service in the Dining and Tea Rooms, the Door Keepers who direct us and, of course, the formidable staff of the House of Commons Library, a facility on which I make far too many demands. I thank all of them very much. I was first elected in 1992. When I became the Member of Parliament for Dulwich, as my constituency was called then, there were more MPs called John or Jonathan than all the women from all the parties combined. Why does that matter? It matters because the authority of this House is in crisis, which will no doubt be discussed and debated in the forthcoming general election campaign. As you so often tell us, Mr Speaker, this House should talk to the country and not to itself. The Westminster village can be a very comfortable abode, but it is not what we are here to serve. We need a Parliament that looks like, and that talks about the issues that matter to, the rest of the country, and that recognises the cost of child care, the shortage of decent homes and how difficult it is for an 18-year-old with very poor levels of literacy and numeracy to get a job. Dealing with these things is what inspires the confidence of people who live their lives with our politics as a low ?brrr? in the corner most of the time. Those are the things that make them feel that we are worth it and worth engaging with. I faced many challenges in my constituency, and the same is true of other London MPs in particular. The big issue when I was first elected was the number of elderly people waiting on trolleys for admission to the A and E department at King?s College hospital?the extraordinary hospital that serves my constituents. Another issue was the number of children who could not get into the primary school of their choice. There was an educational divide at age 11 whereby white and middle-class children went either to a private school or out of the boroughs. Now, however, with redevelopment at King?s and five new secondary schools in the constituency, the situation has begun to change, but the nature of our progressive politics, which Labour Members in particular hold so dear, means that the job is never done. The great risk facing my constituency is that it will become a constituency of two types of life: that of the comfortable and well-off and that of the poor. Similarly, our capital city of London faces the risk of becoming two cities. I am very sad that Sure Start, which was set up as an early nurturing programme by the Government of which I was a member, has been hollowed out. I hope we will never forget the optimism and ambition of the Olympic games, which, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, showed us the better angels of our nature. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm150326/debtext/150326-0003.htm Edited to add the speech

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > KidKruger Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > "When the wrong ply separates on 2 ply loo > roll" > > > > Just unroll the outermost ply a full turn and > it > > should line-up with the innermost ply. > > > > (If I understand the description correctly) > > Or just use 1 ply at a time and the roll lasts > twice as long.. Foxy saver tip.. :) Oh yuk.