Sue

Just received the following email from the Lib Dems in case it is any help to people East Dulwich Snowy Weather Update - Friday 18 January. The weather forecast is that it will snow all day Friday 18 January and settle. That it will keep snowing all day Saturday and Sunday with minus temperatures. So the snow is likely to stay. Monday the forecast is for snow but temperatures hovering just above freezing so during the day we should see some melting. Elderly. If you have elderly family or neighbours please check that they're alright. If you're worried about anyone contact Southwark Council's Older People team - [email protected] 020 7525 3324 Roads. The Council highway contractors have been out gritting roads as per the winter plan: using their lorry gritters. We're also fortunate that we have a large number of hand gritting machines (80 bought 2009) and unlike the last two winters we've been assured they're out and about gritting pavements. IF you think an area has been missed or is dangerous please contact me immediately - [email protected] or 07900 227366. Schools. All East Dulwich schools are open and as of 12.30 today were not planning to close early. NB. Goose Green is closed to pupils on Monday 21st for a staff training day. Transport. TfL report they have robust winter weather plans but ask that you thoroughly plan all journeys before setting out. London Overground and tubes running well with problem limited to northern end of the Northern Line and Overground into Euston. Buses. No specific delays for bus routes P13, 12 40, 176, 185, 197, 484. we've asked for the road works at East Dulwich Road/Peckham Rye to be suspended to relieve congestion during the snowy weather and before the road become icy. Trains. First Capital Connect have a broken train at Blackfriars causing delays to services via Herne Hill, Denmark Hill, Peckham Rye, Nunhead. Southern trains into East Dulwich are running an altered time table - still trains running just not as many.

Parkdrive Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I bought my wife a Christmas gift from House of > Fraser in Oxford street which she wasn't keen on, > took it back with my receipt and debit card, money > refunded and no questions asked. I was happy with > the excellent customer service. xxxxxx But I understood from the OP that the reason the money couldn't be refunded in the first place was because the person didn't have her husband's debit card with her to process the refund electronically. That's fair enough. It was the rest of the saga which wasn't.

Is that the same mural? My memory of it is completely different!

It's probably better that they issue a revised timetable to be adhered to come what may rather than people being unsure which timetable is being used, I reckon.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > DulwichFox Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > 'Wrong Type of Snow' only requires a 'Single > > > Flake' for all Train Services to come to a > > > grinding halt. > > > > > xxxxxxx > > > > Optimistic as always, Fox :)) > > Trust Me... > > 'Wrong Type of Snow' IS forecast for Friday. > Fox. xxxxxxxx Foxy, it was your mention of the "single flake" I was referring to when I commented on your optimism, not the type of snow :))

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Southern Trains are planning on running a 'snow > timetable' starting tomorrow. xxxxxx Let's hope it's not a "no" timetable :))

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 'Wrong Type of Snow' only requires a 'Single > Flake' for all Train Services to come to a > grinding halt. > xxxxxxx Optimistic as always, Fox :))

As Twirly says, side roads round here (and of course pavements) can be like ice rinks in certain conditions. I once set off in the car to try and get food supplies to a friend with flu, and gave up after a very short time as the car was virtually uncontrollable. All very well steering into a skid blah blah, but this was ridiculous. Had to walk - luckily it was just about within walking distance. If you're on Dog Kennel Hill Estate your friends might be OK as it's only just off Dog Kennel Hill which I'm sure will be gritted. You could always grit the smaller roads to your parking place yourself!!! ETA: Or put salt down.

If the snow is very bad then probably the main roads will be fine, but obviously the council does not have the resources to keep clear every single side road. Last time there was heavy snow it was virtually impossible to travel by car via side roads for a day or so. Transport will depend on the particular situation. I think it's probably impossible to predict. Tubes should be OK though I don't know about those lines which are partially overground. ETA: Probably best to keep an eye on the Met Office weather forecasts for London, which may change as it gets closer to the weekend. ETA: There was one infamous occasion when London buses were brought to a complete standstill by snow, but the tubes were unaffected - assuming you could get to a tube station!

LondonMix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- any planning for minimum > emergency service levels will never fall below > what's needed to deal with a major terrorist event > much less an accident like this. xxxxxxx Let's hope so

Going by the label on Tesco's burgers, it seems they're fairly low in fat, but surprisingly high in Shergar. Sorry :))

Green Goose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > > > > > And the missing animal posters torn down after > > three days? > > > > What's your non-cuddly-wuddly take on that? > > > > I'm guessing you have no pets. > > > > ETA: And Green Goose, are you really saying > that > > people trying to find their missing cats and > dogs > > are flyposting? > > Yes, most definitely it is flyposting. It is an > offensive practice. There are other ways of > advising a message. A card in the news agents > window costs only very little and helps local > business. > > And by the way, I have a lovely ginger tom called > BigPus. He snuggles up on my lap at every > opportunity and when I am out the back he ambushes > me playfully by leaping out from hiding. I work on > the basis that dogs have masters but cats have > servants. > I know my place! xxxxxxxx Let's hope your lovely ginger tom doesn't go missing. I doubt if a card in a newsagent's window is going to help find him.

Huggers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > First they came for the putter-ups of lost cat > posters, and I did not speak out, because I hadn't > lost a cat, > then they came for the putter-ups of primary > school fete posters, and I did not speak out, > because I didn't have a child still at primary > school.......... xxxxxxx :)

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Typical laissez-faire, cuddly-wuddly reax from a > fair few ED residents. How can you like > bedraggled, rainwater-filled, dirty signs and how > can you tolerate the selfishness and laziness - > for that it what it is - of those who put them up > and don't take them down. > If they are up for a week or so, fine, but after > the event, they should be taken down. To leave > them up is the same as saying 'not my problem guv, > someone else can clean up after me'. xxxxxx And the missing animal posters torn down after three days? What's your non-cuddly-wuddly take on that? I'm guessing you have no pets. ETA: And Green Goose, are you really saying that people trying to find their missing cats and dogs are flyposting?

polla2256 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm currently looking into a multi pronged > approach. Cctv and a huge dog. xxxxxx Perhaps we could train up the neighbourhood foxes :)

According to this, he was a very experienced pilot: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/16/vauxhall-helicopter-crash-pilot-named-pete-barnes_n_2486918.html?icid=maing-grid7|uk|dl1|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D146323

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There was no passenger. xxxxx Yeh, that's what I said above. "No passengers on board". Very fortunate. I know the area very well too, often drive through and also use bus station/tube station. Absolutely amazed more people weren't hurt, especially at that time of day. But very unfortunate for the pilot. Apparently he had been diverted, so possibly wasn't familiar with the area. It seems that a mist/fog had recently come down, as apparently the view had been clear earlier. But according to early reports I heard, a specific warning had been given to air traffic about this particular crane. Don't know if that's true, as I don't know why it would have been singled out. But in any case it should have had lights on, don't know if they were not visible to the pilot in the mist.

Heard Chris Shaw interviewed on the BBC News Channel earlier, sounded like the Chris Shaw who is the melodeon player in Gig CB, he used to live on Peckham Rye, don't know if he still does. He was stopped at red lights, if lights hadn't been red he'd have been under the crash :( Very lucky escape (as had the crane driver who was late for work this morning). One man was rescued from a burning car. Amazing there weren't more casualties. Met giving press conference (I think), anyway a statement, at 11.30am according to BBC. Terrible for all involved but especially the families of the dead :( ETA: Pilot killed, no passengers on board, one person on the ground killed, one person critically ill.

I have not the least interest in football usually, but that's really interesting, thanks :)

Green Goose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > If it's about missing cats or dogs I ignore them > for 3 days - after which the animal has either > returned home or has gone to meet its maker. After > that they come down. > xxxxxx Great. Many animals are found after a far longer time than that. I hope you feel very happy that you might have been responsible for some animals never being reunited with their owners.

Thanks, I'll have a look.

:))

I had the same test result as you once, but nothing at all was found from subsequent investigations. If that helps!

Thanks Jeremy. I don't think it's going to be worth spending ?55 on it - the money would be better put towards a new laptop, however that isn't going to happen in the near future!

Just realised though, isn't this converter going to be the wrong way round? I need a converter from analogue to HDMI, not the other way round, because the signal (or whatever the term is) would be going from my laptop to the projector.