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maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Trick or Treat? We innocent tots were always too > busy trying to mug those exiting the local pub > with boozy beatific smiles by shoving our 'guy' > under their noses. > > > "Gimme some money so I can blow stuff up!" > http://www.teenagerockopera.com/imgs/aug08/bonf2.j > pg > > > > So todays tots collect sweets not cash?! > Amateurs! xxxxxx That's a bloody scary guy, maxxi :))

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Honey Don't - Beatles

Kalamiphile Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am in my sixties > with silver hair, part of the group targeted and > would not be seen out in most of them! xxxxxxx Hate to break this to you, but she has said that over sixties are not her target age group, you (and I) are too old :)) I haven't checked her shop out but from the clothes shown on the telly I don't think I want to - most of them looked vile and like something my mother would have worn, and that's not a compliment. Don't think she's a great advert for style either, tbh, in the first programme of the series she looked absolutely terrible in most of her outfits, looked like she'd visited one of those people who tell you to wear scarves with everything to "dress up" your outfit. Bitch over :))

SCSB79 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Didn't see or hear that thankfully but did hear > what seemed to be a moaning man circa 5am?! Anyone > else hear that? Very disturbing noise. xxxx Moaning man? Did you not investigate? It could have been somebody badly hurt and needing help :-S

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tonight Sue asked a public question at full > council assembly about why are the blue wheelie > bins so very blue and was the streets cape team > consulted. It transpires the streetscape team went > consulted. > Sue obtained commitment that future orders of blue > wheelie bins will consider the hue of blue and > hopefully choose a more subdued blue that. Doesn't > stick out so much. Well done Sue. xxxxxx Ooops sorry James, I must have been writing my post at the same time as yours and they crossed. Yours is very much more concise than mine :))

I'm not sure if this is the thread where I had a rant a few weeks ago about the hideous bright blue wheelie bins, but anyway, I attended Southwark Council's assembly tonight, having put a written question in beforehand. I think the final outcome was as good as I could have expected, and James Barber and I will be liaising to make sure it actually happens :) My Written Question Was an assessment made of the impact on the visual environment - particularly in streets of terraced houses - prior to introducing bright blue recycling bins rather than bins of a less obtrusive dark blue as used in other areas, and was the Southwark Streetscape team consulted? The Written Response (received a couple of hours before the meeting) We didn't carry out a specific assessment , however we have been using blue containers, currently boxes and bags, for our recycling collections for several years and we believe it is important to keep the colour theme consistent. Many of our residents know that green is for rubbish, brown is for garden (and now food waste) and blue is for recyclable materials. To maximise recycling it is vital that contamination, where the wrong materials end up in the containers, is minimised. We believe that changing the colour scheme that has been in use in Southwark since 2001 would lead to confusion and an increase in contamination levels. During the food waste pilot that we carried out last year, a number of residents and Ward Councillors specifically requested that the blue boxes were replaced with blue bins as they wanted additional storage capacity. The provision of these bins is in direct response to resident feedback. With respect to consultation with the Streetscape team, this team is represented in all senior decision making around this project, but also as bins are generally contained within the property boundary consideration of their design is not what we have envisaged to be the purpose of the streetscene design manual. The design manual is intended to relate to the design of fixed physical assets on the highway such as lamp columns, benches, guard rails etc. We do of course understand that the new blue bins won't be suitable for everybody, which is why we are still offering the old blue boxes as an alternative. This can be requested via the Council's Customer Contact Centre on 020 7525 2000. The Verbal Supplementary Question I asked at the meeting itself The blue recycling containers previously used in Southwark were an unobtrusive dark blue, whereas the blue wheelie bins are a very bright blue. As the effect on the visual street environment does NOT seem to have been taken into account in making this colour change, will less obtrusive dark blue bins be used in future for any new bins which may be required, now that this issue has been brought to your attention? Verbal answer Basically I received a commitment that yes, they will take aesthetics into account in future. Hooray! :)-D PS - I know there is a feeling amongst some on the forum that this is a very trivial matter, but I see these bins as offensive visual noise which is definitely detracting from the appearance of the area. Just to be clear - I'm all for recycling, but there are more aesthetically pleasing options than what we have had foisted upon us by the council ....

civilservant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you've got a pumpkin outside, a small witch and > I will come knocking on your door on Monday 31 Oct > evening hoping for a treat. > We haven't got a trick option sorted, though - > ideas welcome! xxxxxx I've never really understood this trick thing - is it like a sort of forfeit? Who does it? Do I do it if I'm too mean to give you a treat? Or do you do it? :-$

binary_star Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We've been > evicted twice now in as many years. Both times > because the landlord wanted to do the place up and > sell on, both using the 6 month break clause > written into our contracts. xxxxxxx But isn't that what a break clause is for? It's so either side can end the contract at that point. So if you don't want to risk being kicked out after 6 months, you need to hold out for a 12 month contract at the outset? I used to let my house whilst I was working (and renting) out of London, and I once included a break clause before I thought I might want to sell the house and move permanently. As it turned out, my tenants used the clause to move out because one of them had got a job with free accommodation included. They had been such excellent tenants, as compared with some I'd had in the past, that I couldn't bear to let the house again and moved back into it :)

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So what; you leave him in the Hall while you go > and look? xxxxxx The first post says the guy asked if he could look in the garden .....

TE44 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Agree mynamehere, employing a private company who > took there employers to court to stop information > being given to public > > http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/166262/1/5847# > top xxxxxx Veolia is the company used by Southwark Council - apologies if that was why you posted this!

Excellent Monica, great to see such community spirit in the area! Just hope the plants I've earmarked survive till then, my garden's been a bit neglected lately and they're in smallish pots - and not much rain :-S

damzel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Sorry damzel, I misunderstood :-$ > > Apologies if my post sounded grumpy, it wasn't > supposed to! xxxxxxx No it didn't sound grumpy, no probs, I hadn't read your first post properly :-$

Sorry damzel, I misunderstood :-$

It's legitimate but if you google loft insulation grants you will probably find that there are companies providing it cheaper than this one. The company Southwark Council is recommending is not the cheapest.

damzel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We only had the brown bin emptied today (last week > we had a successful brown and green collection). > My blue bin won't last another week (I'm amazed > how full it's got!) xxxxxx I think the brown bin gets emptied every week, but the blue and green bins only on alternate weeks. My green bin was left blocking my way out of my house, and my other bins thrown all over my plants - again. Why do they think I have a bin recess?

peterstorm1985 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > The whole recycling scheme seems to be in > complete > > disarray :-S > > There may be outbreaks of disarray but not the > whole scheme surely? Painting a bit of a bleak > picture there Sue for all those council workers > who do their very best to get things right. xxxxxxx Fair point, apologies, yes probably just outbreaks of disarray.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My large Brown Bin still not emptied dispite > living in same road.. > > Fox xxxxxxx That's very weird, because I'm sure they weren't just collecting mine, as they stopped for ages further down the road. Very near your place in fact, Fox. The whole recycling scheme seems to be in complete disarray :-S

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents :)

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As nobody can prove what they were doing at the > time, they are Innocent of the crime. > xxxxxxx No, they are not necessarily "innocent of the crime." They may be. They may also be guilty of the crime, but because it cannot be proven, they are legally presumed to be innocent. That's a totally different thing. Their innocence hasn't been proven either.

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Huggers Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > there's not really 14 hours missing. There's > > Solecito panicking when police tell him the y > can > > prove Knox was in apartment (they > couldnt)during > > the night and he admits that if he was asleep > she > > could have left. They were stoned they were > > bonking, they were probably doing mushrooms > too, > > they couldnt specify every moment. > > phones turned off, big deal, or battery run > out? > > or just turned off. > > > yes, phone turned off for the first time since > killer ms. knox had been in Italy xxxxxxxx Really? Then that's another "coincidence" or whatever which just adds to the stack of circumstantial evidence which doesn't actually prove anything but added together might indicate, er, let's say, something amiss with the duo's version of events. Or, as it seems, versions.

My small brown bin was emptied around 1.30 yesterday. Definitely by the council as sadly it coincided with my leaving on an Ikea trip, and I and two other cars had to reverse down the road between two rows of parked cars plus one double parked, and then do an illegal (I think) reverse turn back into North Cross Road to get out of the way of the ****** lorry. Bad enough having to go to Ikea without that :)) So, can we expect another emptying on Tuesday when it's supposed to happen, or what?

Eh?!

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Hi Sue.. > > Oooops You are quite right. > xxxxxxxx Hurrah! At last !! :))

Huggers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > no, it was a very hard crossword but luckily I had > two days to do it. xxxxxx I meant, I was in no fit state to be trying to do a crossword, hard or easy :))