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Presumably they can trace his correct address via the car registration number/s, so if you've informed the insurance company who sent it I'd have thought that was all you needed to do? Unless you think it might be somebody living in your road and the minion at the insurance company typed in the wrong house number .... in which case I suppose you could try knocking on doors .....

"They indicate that they will keep the ring but that if you want to hand it in, you must give them money in order to secure it. What do you do?" xxxxxxx Tell them you are not stupid and that if they don't f- off you will call the police? And then report them to the police anyway? ETA: Well, that's what I'd do :))

FFS. You bought something. It wasn't described as faulty - presumably. When you got it home you found it was faulty. Is that it? Did you ask to see it working before you bought it? Do you know how to use it? When you found it was faulty, did you take it up with the person who sold it to you and ask for your money back? If so, what did they say? Did they refuse? Or what? Why are you posting about it on here? What is anybody else supposed to do about it? Tallulah, :)) :)) :))

How was it stolen from a lobby, did somebody break in?

Sorry, as you were :)

sedm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >> I live opposite where the pharmacy would be > I'm a young woman and because I work shifts I'm > often walking along the road at night around 10pm > in the dark - a needle exchange (which is part of > the proposals) worries me xxxxxxx And your image of the typical user of a needle exchange is - what, exactly? Somebody who is likely to cause you fear, or worse, when you're walking along the road around 10pm in the dark? Because ..... ??? I can't believe we're debating this on this forum yet again.

Salsaboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I didn't generalise from a small sample. My > experience is based on attending at least 3 > different churches. xxxxx That is a very small sample in relation to the number of churches/Christians in the world. And given that you were part of the congregation in each church, are you suggesting that in every case you were the only person who wasn't small minded, insular and nasty?

Chillaxed Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > aprovocateur - there's a wall on the corner of > Spurling Road and East Dulwich Road calling out to > you. xxxxxxx :)

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why? xxxxxx It was a previous census, which I should have made clear, and let's just say it was very poorly managed. I can't remember all the details, and even if I could I probably signed some confidentiality clause, but I have never trusted census results since. However hopefully things may have improved as I made my feelings known at the time.

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There was some discussion of window locks in this > thread: > http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5 > ,537002. Apparently even a couple of these locks > in the top side of the window frame weren't > adequate against a crowbar if the wood wasn't > strong enough. Jeremy suggested a type that goes > at the side, that may be better. The URL he > linked to is now gone, but here's a picture from > the same site, which I think is of that type. > What do crime prevention officers say? xxxxxxx That looks like the kind of window locks I have. They are approved by insurance companies (mine anyway) and have the advantage that you can leave sash windows open a little way, either at the top or the bottom, when it's very hot during the Summer and you want to go out whilst (obviously) leaving the house secured.

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Crown and greyhound menu > > http://www.thecrownandgreyhound.co.uk/pdf/specialm > enus/thecrownandgreyhounddulwich-dn12repodailymenu > -20130201.pdf > > > Plough menu > > > http://www.theploughdulwich.co.uk/pdf/specialmenus > /theploughdulwich-dn12retrodailymenu-20130201.pdf > > > Chef is redundant. New "person to blame when > customers complain about the food" would be more > accurate > > Same goes for youngs pubs like the clock house. xxxxxx Fair enough. Haven't been to the Plough for years so I have no idea what their menu is like now. All I know is that the new manager at the Dog, Jake, is young and enthusiastic and keen to do new things there (like live music). He told me that he had brought in a new chef. I haven't eaten there. If said chef is any good but isn't actually going to be able to do his own thing there food-wise then I imagine he won't stay long. But whatever the food is like, it can't possibly be worse than the appalling "Sunday roast" I had there some years back where the peas were like bullets and the "roast" potatoes were made to look roast by some sort of food colouring. It looked lovely - just tasted absolutely vile.

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Most of the places people have mentioned already > merit inclusion, but anyone who has anything good > to say about food at the Crown & Greyhound or > Plough shows the problem with this kind of thing > xxxxx The Crown and Greyhound has a new manager who has brought a new chef with him, as from a few months back. I agree the food there used to be absolutely dire (I once had one of the worst meals of my life there) but apparently it is now good. Haven't tried it myself yet so I can't say.

ennevive Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I recently took my friend for a coffee and a cake > in East Dulwich.....I made the mistake of going to > Luca's......?13.70 later I had bought 2xlatte > 2xslice of cake......total rip off!! xxxxxx Well, going by the posts of many other people on here over the years, you were lucky to have been served at all :))

RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is it still au courant? I seem to recall its > being in vogue ten years ago. xxxxx It is Chez Sue. Blush. Ten years ago? It seems but yesterday .....

Salsaboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What Nigello said. > > In my experience (I was a regular church goer for > about 10 years) christian folk are some of the > most small minded, insular, nasty people you could > ever meet. xxxx What, all of them? In my experience, some people generalise from a very small sample ..... I am not a Christian, however I have relatives who are, and I have in the past lodged with a Christian family and also had devout Christians as neighbours. I would say that some Cnristians are lovely, warm people who are a pleasure to be around and clearly follow whatever Jesus said. I would also agree that some Christians are petty, small-minded, and divisive. It has made me laugh to see churches split themselves apart - very Life of Brian, in fact, though that wasn't about churches but about politics. I have also seen a Buddhist centre split itself apart for similar reasons .... divisive factions developed. Yes it's a joke but people are human ..... But please don't make these generalisations and apply them to everybody in a particular group. It really isn't helpful.

neilson99 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I read today that Southern are introducing sleeper > carriages next month given the length of delays > between Peckham Rye and London Bridge. xxxxx :))

Didn't the bus driver do anything? (Not that they ever do).

Since I worked on the census, I take all its results with a large pinch of salt ....

Luca's has had a terrible press on this forum, with scarce a good word to be said for it. There are several threads. Do a search! Homemade can be good, but I've not been back since having a "stew" with only two tiny pieces of meat in it.

EvaC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry to disappoint some of you... xxxxxx "Some" ??

EvaC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just found out that Croydon Council intend to > purchase private houses in Upper and South Norwood > to house their homeless people. I can only see > this as a bad thing. Is there any other way to see > it? xxxxxx If I was homeless, I would see this as a very good thing. If I thought it was a bad thing to be homeless, I would see this as a very good thing. If I was a NIMBY, I would be shouting from the rooftops because homeless people were likely to affect the value of my house or make it slightly more difficult for me to buy one. FFS. ETA: Let's hope your circumstances don't suddenly change and you find yourself homeless. Maybe your view might change then. Or maybe it won't, and you will prefer to sleep on the freezing cold streets because you think it is wrong that kind people might offer you the chance of a home.

Surely as somebody has already suggested, the obvious thing to do is to speak to the people running the church and try to come up with a mutually acceptable solution. Though I really don't see why people attending a church should have to car share or park many streets away just so that somebody doesn't have to walk to their house occasionally. I expect some of those people have disabilities - why should they have to walk instead of you? But I stick with my posts made a year ago (goodness!). This is part and parcel of living in London in an area where there is no residents' parking (and thank goodness for that). You may think you have the right to park near your house, but actually you don't. If it is essential to you that you can always park near your home, then check out the parking situation before you move. If a church or other building likely to attract a lot of people at certain times is nearby, then check out the times of the services and other events and see whether you can park at those times. If you can't, and you are still determined to move there, then arrange your car use so that it doesn't coincide with church events. Otherwise, well .... move elsewhere! The church was there first! Or push for residents' parking (actually no - please don't :) )

Dan G Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Ganapati way better than > Indian mischief. xxxxxxx Ganapati way more expensive than Indian Mischief :)) Indian Mischief is vegetarian, Ganapati isn't. Both are mostly excellent :)

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't really care what tax they pay so long as > they're passing cheap prices on to me. xxxxxxx Yeh, must admit in this particular case I feel the same :))

Ah. Well if you didn't already know, eBay now do Nectar as well (fairly recently started). And what's more, with eBay, once you've set it up, you don't have to remember to go through the Nectar site each time :) And I think it's a bit unfair all this tax evasion criticism. If I could find a legal way not to pay tax, not that I pay much these days, I would bloody go down that road as well ! ETA: I'm sure there's probably at least one thread on the forum already about this, but it's up to the Government to change the tax rules, so blame them, bloody Tories making the rich richer and the poor poorer, GRRRRRRR.