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gm99 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As an example, one of my neighbours has their > green bin covered in a beech hedge pattern plastic > wrap, which neatly disguises it (just googled and > found e.g. this). xxxxxxx I've resisted these covers for ages, but I now reckon they would be preferable to bright blue. I quite fancy the Cottage Garden version :) Though I'm going for (a pile of) boxes rather than a bin.

I took that as just stating facts, not taking a position.

DJKillaQueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > James...be careful of posting on a thread where > you sit on the planning committee. That in itself > is a conflict of interest. xxxxxxx That's why he was careful to point out that he couldn't express an opinion

The most stressful thing in doing up a house, in my experience, is not making decisions about colours, worktops etc - that's fun! It's having the "I can do that" tradesmen/women in your house for months who - it turns out after you've given them chance after chance - can't actually "do" much of what they confidently say they can. But they still charge you an arm and a leg for not doing it. And then add insult to injury by charging you for rectifying what they've not done properly in the first place. And what they can actually do, they take three times as long as anybody else would. And charge you by the hour. If they actually turn up. Fingers burned? Not me :)) So reren, if you were also able to recommend local competent tradespeople to do the work, with genuine checkable references, that would be a great addition to your design advice!

There's also a branch of Wyevales just off the Purley Way, a little way past Ikea. It's good for bedding plants etc but don't know how it is for trees.

That's really not funny (6)

"Deceptively spacious" - so that will mean extraordinarily small then, no? "Vintage" - old second hand stuff that ten years ago you wouldn't have been able to give away.

Will there be a car park for Asda?

Willard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > At last. Thank you Karter and Jeremy, can't > believe how worked up people are getting over some > scaffolding. Weeping Jesus... xxxxxx I don't think anybody's getting "worked up over some scaffolding". I think a number of people are objecting to a large and hideous illuminated advertising billboard on two sides of a building in a prominent position in Lordship Lane. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I saw what I think was a heron on the roof of a house in Crystal Palace Road on Saturday lunchtime! If somebody around the area of 109 Crystal Palace Road has a pond in their back garden, they might want to check that their fish are still in it :-S

intexasatthe moment Wrote: > ( I rather like the colour myself .) xxxxxx There's nothing wrong with the colour - as a colour :) It's just far too intrusive a colour to have on a bin in a neighbourhood where many houses have nowhere to store the bin except in front of their houses in full view of the street. Just my opinion, obviously. Maybe others like to be confronted with a sea of bright blue plastic clashing hideously with the plants and trees. At least the brown and green bin colours look vaguely natural.

Meant to say, if you have loads of plastic plant pots I'm sure there are schools etc who would be glad of them, why not try a post on this forum! I got rid of loads that way a year or so back. It's a real waste not to reuse them, unless they're split or broken.

Senor Chevalier Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is it just me or does anyone else think that we > have now converted our streets into unsightly > wheelie bin parking lots now? > I know it is partly that I was used to the green > and brown ones and it is just a change - I may get > used to the blue in time. But at least the green > and brown ones vaguely blended in with trees and > shrubs in front gardens whereas the blue ones > stick out like sore thumbs. > > I'm all for recycling, but it does look terrible > having anomolous plastic lumps in otherwise > charming victorian streets. > > And what about the people that have gone to the > trouble of building a bin store thingy in their > front garden who can't now fit all the bloody bins > in? > > If we are all generating the same amount of waste > (or hopefully less as we become more conscious of > food waste) then whilst we may need more > receptacles to divide our waste, our total waste > holding capacity should not have increased. Are > there other options? What about using different > coloured bags within the same overall bin? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I totally agree with all that. I'm all for recycling too, but the streets round my way (terraced houses) look awful with so many bins crammed into such small spaces.

Willard Wrote: > > How many windows do you think the owners would > like to block out with a permanent hoarding? > There's plenty to chose from: There's no public space upstairs at The Bishop, is there?

:)) Didn't know NYPD had a branch in Balham :))

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also it might set a precidence > for a permanent hoarding xxxxxxx Yes, my thoughts exactly

first mate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > More fox calls/vocalisations > xxxxxxxx Beautiful pictures of foxes on this too, thanks for that :)

Just hearing screeching noises at the moment and it deffo sounds like foxes rather than cats to me ......

pablogrande Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I forgot supergrass - I should coco > > And of course - the best of the Beatles xxxxx Best of the Beatles? How can that have been a debut album?! Please Please Me wasn't it?? ETA: Memo to self: Get off this thread :))

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >> > ABBA - ABBA > > *only mention them because they were just swedeing > their way through Dancing Queen on 'TOTP 1976' on > BBC3 - honest!* The Spooky Men's Chorale do a great version of :))

YAY! FATHER TED!! :)-D

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Are we even allowed to call them Christmas Lights. > xxxxxxx There's no other festival around that time, is there? Diwali (festival of lights) is much earlier I think. So can't see why calling them Christmas lights would offend.

RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >. > > One thing I'd really like to see is mulled wine / > cider and boozy hot chocolate available on the > lane / Northcross. xxxxxx Prettys did mulled wine on Saturdays in Northcross Road last December :)-D

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue - the real excitement starts when pools of > liquid collect at the bottom of the bin ( > condensation I guess ) and the lid is all gunged > up with coffee grounds . > Guess who's not a good housekeeper :-$ ? xxxxxx Ah well, at least the council have provided binliners to use, though that may not prevent the coffee grounds gunge problem I guess ..... I still feel a little thrill every time I raise the lid - hadn't realised quite what a sad sad life I must lead :))

Blimey :))