Sue

LOL. Do the lottery already, never won more than ?60! Yes I'm extremely lucky, and even more so because a very short way ahead there was a slip road with cars entering the M40 and if it had happened there I'd have had another lane of traffic to get across :(

I had a horrid incident on Monday afternoon - when driving quite fast in the middle lane of the M40 my bonnet suddenly flew up and smashed the windscreen. I was by myself. Managed to get onto the hard shoulder despite no visibility, miraculously with no collisions with anything else :( (The last time the bonnet was up was a homestart mechanic last week who came out to investigate a very loud rattling noise (loose outside cover of heat exchanger as it turned out - which he removed). GRRRRR) Anyway. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt. Possibly one or both of the bonnet catches suddenly became faulty :( The windscreen has now been replaced (insurance) but I need to decide whether or not to put in an insurance claim for the totally mangled bonnet (presently temporarily but securely held down). I have a protected no claims discount, so any claim would not affect next year's premium, and the windscreen replacement doesn't either. It's a 1998 Micra GX, low mileage, regularly serviced, just MOTed and (was) in pretty good nick for its age. However clearly it would be a write-off were I to claim as it would be considered beyond economical repair. I've spoken to the insurance company and asked what they would value the car at, and they basically said they couldn't say, but that if I claimed they'd look at available market info etc.. But once I've claimed their engineer will presumably look at it, and I imagine I can't withdraw the claim once it's been written off and valued. I've done some googling, but the lowest price was a valuation site which gave the value at ?262 whilst the highest was a garage which is selling an identical car (same spec, same colour, similar mileage) for ?1100. That's a very huge range :( My excess is ?250 and the ?75 excess for the windscreen (already paid) would be deducted from that if I claimed, ie I'd have to pay another ?175. I don't want the hassle and expense of buying another car, and I'm getting a quote shortly to replace the bonnet. I'm assuming that the insurance company would let me keep the car if they write it off, but don't know if I'd have to pay anything for it. What should I do? If I claim, after I've paid the excess I could end up with nothing from the insurance company to spend on the repairs. On the other hand I could get sufficient to pay for the repairs. It all depends on how they value the car :( Is there something I've missed? Should I just not risk making a claim?

Laddy Muck Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ABSOLUTELY! Do go on the website and TELL them. > :)) Keep them on their toes! I will do!!

They could get their finger out and install the promised cycle hangar in my road, for a start :))

We now seem to have two threads running simultaneously about Franco Manca, and now people (well, one person) has posted the same post on both of them. This thread is headed Draft House, so can't we let this one die and move discussion about Franco Manca to the other one, to avoid (my) total confusion?? http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?30,1427039

I'm sorry that you lost your phone, but if you don't look after your valuables anywhere, and particularly in an urban environment, you will be very lucky if you see them again. It's not as if somebody had stolen your phone from your pocket, or mugged you for it. And I too would like to know what you mean by "Gypsy woman". Why didn't these people who say they saw her go off with your phone say something to her? From your description, she doesn't exactly sound very threatening.

Dopamine1979 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Speaking of Iceland i saw that they sell lobster > for a fiver now. > > Bargain. Blimey, I love lobster. Not sure if you can farm lobsters cruelly though?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What Pizza.? > > Were you serious about spotting me queuing at > Franco Manca.? > > Queuing ? > > I can assure you that will never happen. > > Foxy My other half said he saw you ..... Possibly he is visually challenged .....

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was jesting. So how's your pizza?!

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Foxy has just been spotted queuing (queueing?) > at > > Franco Manca!!! > > > > We await his verdict with - erm - curiosity :)) > > Did you not see Louisa in front of me.. > > We've got a table booked for 9.30 so hour and a > half to go. :) > > Foxy No idea what Louisa looks like, Foxy :)) ETA: Didn't know you could book a table there?

Foxy has just been spotted queuing (queueing?) at Franco Manca!!! We await his verdict with - erm - curiosity :))

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And agree their prices sound very reasonable by > today's standards. But would people please stop > describing it as a bargain, because it isn't. I'm genuinely interested to know what you would consider a bargain when eating round here, then, Otta? Two large pizzas, very good quality ingredients, two glasses of very nice organic (I think) wine, for just over twenty quid? And you don't think that's a bargain?! It could have been even less if we had chosen cheaper pizzas. OK there was a tip on top, and it was very well deserved - quick, friendly and efficient service. And all tips genuinely go to the staff - we checked. And a nice vibe in the place. Bargain describes it pretty well in my opinion. At what price would you call it a bargain? I don't know how they can do it for that price as it is, but I'm very very happy to take advantage of it :)

Love it. Went there this afternoon late-ish. Didn't have to queue. Two yummy pizzas, two yummy glasses of wine, all for just over twenty pounds. Absolute bargain. Capers, anchovies, olives, all much yummier than my basics from Sainsbury's :)) Really friendly service and a buzzy vibe. They really deserve to do well, and I'm sure they will. A great addition to the Lane, and we will deffo be back. ETA: Shouldn't this be in a thread headed Franco Manca rather than Draft House? Really really impressed with what they've done with the space, btw.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, you used to tell us all what an easy walk it > was from ED to Hoopers when you had gigs there! > (it was an easy walk... the Gowlett is even > easier). Did I? Well, I suppose I would say that, wouldn't I?! :) But then, I was looking at a walk to see people like Wizz Jones or Bob Rafkin, who you couldn't see elsewhere locally, not a walk to eat a pizza. > > "Pea, leek, gorgonzola, ricotta and spinach" - > it's unorthodox for a pizza topping, but as a > combination of flavours I would consider it fairly > normal. Actually it sounds quite good. Tell you what, go and have one, then come back and report on it here. Of course, I agree it might taste a bit better if actually cooked :))

katanita Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Very sad. This is not a newspaper, obviously, but > thought it may be useful to share the Samaritan's > guidelines for the media on reporting deaths of > this sort as I think a lot of this is relevant to > their discussion in public fora as well > http://www.samaritans.org/media-centre/media-guide > lines-reporting-suicide/advice-journalists-suicide > -reporting-dos-and-donts. Thank you. Those guidelines are all very sensible.

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > > > Looking forward to trying the new place, as it's > a bit of a trek to The Gowlett. > > > Considering I know more or less where you live I > find that statement ridiculous. It's a short walk > away from where you live xxxxxxxx It's a much shorter walk from where I live to other places serving pizza, and it will be a very much shorter walk to Franco Manca. It's all in the perception of distance, not in the actual distance. But do feel free to find my statement ridiculous :)) ETA: Re The Actress's pizzas: Pea, leek, gorgonzola, ricotta and spinach. You don't find that strange, Jeremy?? Anyway, I had it (once). It was both raw and vile. And I love gorgonzola usually :(

The Christmas decorations were up in North Cross Road before 5 November :(

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > DulwichFox Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > rahrahrah Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > It's strange, their website doesn't say 'posh > > > cheese on toast' either. Go figure. > > > > Their Basic 'Pizzas' are ?4.50 & ?5.90 Does > > not merit 'posh cheese on toast' > > > > 'posh cheese on toast' costs ?10.00 + like the > > ones at The Actress. > > > > Foxy > > In that case I'm predicting a massive downturn in > The Actress's business. Sadly The Actress's pizzas are mostly vile (in my opinion). Admittedly I'm biassed (biased?) by having one served up to me almost raw (twice), but some of their topping combinations are just strange. Not very impressed by Sorsi Morsi's, either. Looking forward to trying the new place, as it's a bit of a trek to The Gowlett.

ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry but who voted for these and what are the > criteria by which they were judged "the best" ? Anybody could vote for them via Time Out's website. I don't think there were any specific criteria.

cella Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's not always important to have the last word > Sue. Oh FFS. I post an honest comment agreeing with Penguin68's post (perhaps you'd like to come round and check my browser history today to confirm that I googled "prurient" before I made a previous post on this thread) and somebody has to have a go at me. Why do you think I wanted to "have the last word" because I made that comment? What is wrong with some people on here? ETA: To make that kind of personal attack on me on a thread about a sadly dead man is totally inappropriate, in my opinion.

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Which is odd, coz it's in Nunhead. > It's SE15. I guess they couldn't have a separate category for every London area, it would be totally unmanageable :)

Sorry, DUH. The Ivy House won best pub/bar in Peckham!! Hooray!!!

Do you have the SE15 winners, BNG??

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think there is a clear difference between > 'interest' and 'prurient interest'. Yes, exactly. I was going to post exactly that earlier, except that I googled the meaning of "prurient" and it was different to what I thought .....

Jacqui5254 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But that's the difference, isn't it? Its > not 'reported' here, it's put up for public > discussion. There is nothing to discuss. It's only being "discussed" at all because some people objected to the thread title. This is a news section of a local forum. This is legitimate local news in which I for one am interested. It explains a significant amount of police activity outside at least two entrances to our local woods on Sunday morning. Nobody is asking for further details other than what was in the original post. I imagine that friends and family of the person concerned have other things on their mind at the moment than looking in the news section of the East Dulwich Forum. ETA: And yes, clearly the OP was a cut and paste, and the facebook/twitter thing is a generic thing presumably attached to every piece from the paper. ETA: And even if it was shared on facebook and twitter, there is no name and no details, so I can't actually see any issue there anyway.