Sue

We are talking about people who are responsible enough to be using a needle exchange. Not people who are "compelled by their addiction to engage in behaviour that most people wouldn't want in their neighbourhood." Do you actually know anything about addiction? And Forest Hill Road and Peckham are not very near Crystal Palace Road, so it would seem that there may be a need for something more local. ETA: Two close relatives of mine were both in the past heroin addicts, and both held down responsible jobs. Both of them have been off it for years, no thanks to the sort of people whose prejudices are expressed in this thread.

LuLu Too Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > James Barber Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I'm really disappointed that the Dulwich > Medical > > Centre is reapplying for what was so vehemently > > opposed only a few years ago. > > > Vehemently opposed due to ignorance, social bias, > prejudice and Nimbyism? xxxxxxx Yes.

They're in a time warp due to all the drugs :)

Joiner's Arms in Camberwell has one every week, not sure what night it is. Only been once, but it was OK - but obviously any open mic depends on who turns up :)

nashoi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This thread reminds me a bit of the bright idea I > had of scanning my 35mm negs. I think I managed > one roll in the end. xxxxx Oh God don't get me started on that. I chose a printer specially because it could do that, and several years later I haven't even started :)

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does the Cocktail have a turntable? xxxxxx No, it's a tiny black box :) http://www.cocktailaudio.co.uk/ ETA: I think I can use my turntable to input vinyl directly into the Cocktail, but I haven't actually tried that yet and anyway I may need to edit it with audacity first so I don't get each side as one long track. Or else need to sit over it and physically lift the needle at the end of each bloody track. ETA: My turntable has a USB connection Otta, you can just plug it straight into your laptop or whatever

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > most people I know who have gone down the route of > digitising vinyl and/or old VHS cassettes have > bought the necessary equipment, converted a few > files, spent ages going "wow this works really > well!" and then... somehow... putting off the > remainder of the collection to an unspecified time > which never arrives > xxxxxxx Yep! It's very time-consuming. Some of the vinyl has come out on CDs since or as downloads, but much of it hasn't. But now I'm converting all my CDs as well to MP3s (well, FLACs actually, but that's a different debate) on a Cocktail audio system (basically a hard drive but rather nicer looking than playing stuff in your living room off a laptop) and that's also time-consuming partly because at present you have to put the album art in separately via a memory stick or other file, and partly because it doesn't pick up the info online for every CD immediately (or in some cases ever) so that has to be put in manually, ditto. So I spent several days shovelling CDs in, but still have several boxes of stuff which either I've got to get the album art for or else key in all the info. And as you say, it has - like the rest of my vinyl (and cassettes) been put off to some unspecified day which will likely never come....... Winter??? It is brilliant for the music that is on there, though! And gets regular automatic updates of the software, and gets zillions of internet radio stations. Not that I ever listen to them :)

They are apparently putting in a new computer system next month. No idea whether that will help with all the perceived problems, but it would be great if you were able to book appointments online.

RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pibe, RosieH do have a beeyoodiful B&O on cherry > wood plinth from the 70s, but never ripped > anything to MP3. > > Is it pretty easy then from any turntable? xxxxx I believe that you can, but I only found this out after I bought mine specially, however I didn't have a turntable anyway so it didn't make much odds really. I'm not very technical but I'm sure someone on here will be able to tell you how.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, cheers, that would be great. How much does > audacity cost? xxxx It's free to download. I'll PM you my contact details.

redjam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Getting back to the subject of the police station > closure itself, can I ask (genuine question) why > people feel they really need a police station in > East Dulwich? xxxx When I had two credit cards stolen from my purse (I still don't know how - I only found out when one of the credit card companies phoned me re unusual transactions) the police would not take a report on the phone and I had to go physically to a police station and fill in forms. I had to walk to Peckham police station because the ED police station was closed, and then wait for ages to be seen amongst, as I think someone said above, some not very savoury people. I do take your point redjam, but Peckham is not very convenient.

Otta, I have a turntable you can borrow which I bought to digitalise my vinyl collection with. I didn't get round to doing many though, so I'd want it back! And yes, I downloaded Audacity. It's quite easy to edit stuff with it. ETA: PM me if you want to borrow it.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not sure that local pharmacies are that far from > DMC xxxxx Very recently I was ill, and it was a real effort to walk from DMC to the nearest pharmacy in North Cross Road to get my prescription made up, and then walk back to my house, even though had I been well it is a very easy short walk.

Twirly said: However, when I received the email to confirm my address, it then took me through to a part of the site which showed my "account" with the LibDems, allowing my to change my password, but nowhere could I see a means of closing the account down, and nowhere in the process was I informed that by signing the petition I would be setting up any form of account with the Lib Dems. This seems rather disingenuous. xxxxxx I have looked at the website again, and I clicked on "my account" at the bottom. In order to register on the website (and get into "my account") it appears that you have to give not only your email address but a password. If you have not at any point entered a password, I don't see how you can have been registered just because you happen to have given your email address in order for your petition signature to be verified as being you. I have not tested this because I do not want to register either! I am very sorry that my good intentions in starting this thread have been mired in red herrings :(

anonymous_third_part Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the general rule is, anything in a front garden > will be taken as most people leave stuff in their > garden to throw away / or for people to collect. > > Why didnt you move it to the back? xxxxxx Perhaps they wanted to sit in their front garden?

Fair enough, but many GP's surgeries have pharmacies attached. It's obviously much more convenient for the patients to be able to get their prescriptions immediately.

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There was quite a lot of opposition mainly based > on mis-apprehension and prejudice. xxxxxxx Yes, I remember the prejudice and total misunderstanding. People seemed to think there was going to be an influx of hundreds of people dressed like tramps leaving infected needles strewn all over the area.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm really disappointed that the Dulwich Medical > Centre is reapplying for what was so vehemently > opposed only a few years ago. xxxxxx "Vehemently opposed" by how many people? And supported by how many people? And where did those figures come from? I don't recall a local referendum on the matter.

Zebedee Tring Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I thought that Le Chardon's predecessor was > Thistles Restaurant/Wine Bar and that many years > ago there was a branch of grocery chain David > Greig. The thistle motif that remains in Le > Chardon was the David Greig symbol - there's a > deli or restaurant in the Herne Hill end of Half > Moon Lane that has the same motif and is therefore > the site of another David Greig shop. xxxxxx For some strange reason though, it wasn't called Thistles, it was called Thistells, if memory serves. Who knows why!

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That list is going to have to be redacted. You've > mentioned the unmentionable! xxxxxxx I'm surprised it hasn't already been zapped :) Heaven forbid a new local business should want its name mentioned on a prominent local forum :)

A reasonable precaution in my view would be chaining it down in some way, as I have now done with my window boxes. Doesn't totally prevent theft, but acts as a deterrent as they may look for easier pickings elsewhere.

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On the subject of sitting outside pubs, it's just > possible the streets would be cleaner if the > cleaning staff spent less time sitting on the > benches outside the Palmerstone ( have I got the > right pub name? the one on the junction of North X > road..) They're there regularly, not at what might > be lunch break times. I don't know when my street > was last swept, some of the rubbish is now part of > the permanent scene. > Lynne xxxxxx I have only ever seen the street cleaners at work. I've never once seen them sitting down, outside the Palmerston (sic) or anywhere else, and I live just round the corner. And if they are, so what? People get breaks other than at lunch times. If you think your street isn't being swept when it should be, you should complain to the council. Dissing people on here isn't likely to get your street clean, and it's a bit unfair to make insinuations when presumably you have no idea what their work schedule is.

It's obviously about taking REASONABLE precautions.

Oh FFS. It was because I felt so strongly about this all those years ago - after, if memory serves, somebody was getting people to sign a petition against it outside the North Cross Road pharmacy - that I googled the issue and first came upon this forum. Do people honestly think that addicts responsible enough to be using a needle exchange are some sort of danger to the public, including small children? Get a grip. You're probably unknowingly working with some of them.

Ms B Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Beware: I signed this petition and now regret it. > > > What neither the OP nor the website tells you is > that signing actually registers your personal > details in an account on the Southwark Liberal > Democrats website. It then sends you an email > asking you to confirm your email address, > apparently to confirm your identity before adding > your name to the petition, but in reality > confirming the account. There doesn't appear to be > an option to delete your details from the site > either. > > I'm completely outraged by this. I would never > have voluntarily registered my personal details on > the site and I assume even the Libdems understand > that it's possible to agree on one point without > wanting to become a supporter of the party. Who > knows what trumped-up statistics they'll publish > about people showing interest in their policies > etc. > > Southwark Libdems, please communicate openly and > honestly. You should be ashamed of this kind of > subterfuge. xxxxxxx There IS an opt out option. Please look at the website again, and check your facts before posting. I opted out of further communications. (Edited to add) It does ALSO say that you can opt out in the future at any time, but you can definitely also opt out from the outset, as I did. Giving your email address is solely so that nobody can sign the petition pretending to be you and giving your email address. This is common practice. You then get an email which you reply to, to confirm that the email address given was genuinely from you. I think it would be a pity if people are now put off signing the petition. Edited again to say: I have no connection whatsoever with the LibDems, and I think the issue of who has started the petition is completely irrelevant to the substantive issue about the closure of ED Police Station, which is why I saw no need to include information about the Lib Dems in the OP. Edited again for clarity.