Sue

I've got some in a pot outside that are about to flower :)

Can't remember if I've said this before, but standing near Sainsbury's about 2am the bird song is incredible. Jaw-droppingly incredible in fact. OH thinks it's because of all the lights and they think it is still day, and of course there is little traffic noise at that time. But surely they must sleep some time?

Thank you for getting my tree finally replaced! I now have a lovely Betula jacquemontii outside my house complete with two stakes and even a little cage around it. I'm delighted, please pass on my thanks to the tree people. I'm quite sure after all this time it would never have happened without your involvement.

Busted. Do I meant busted or do I mean another word completely? Who knows. I've had three glasses of red. Or possibly my brain is addled through listening to too much folk music :))

MissS Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > thanks for the tip. > > I have now called the right bus garage but nobody > seems to want to answer the phone. Must have > called around 30 times until the phone itself > rang-off. xxxxxxxx That's very unlucky - when I phoned Camberwell Bus Garage (for the 185, don't know if it's the one for the 40) they answered straight away and were extremely helpful. You could try googling to see if there's another number - maybe the one you've got is out of date or otherwise not in use?

I'm mainly doing it to annoy bignumber5 because he objects to "reckless smiley usage" :)) (td)(tu):)-D>:D<(!)(6)(?):'(:)):-$:-S::o;-):(:):XB) :))

:)-D

Muley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ah, that'll be Joni Mitchell, "Carey" xxxxxx Yep, it's supposed to be your turn now, but sadly this thread only works if the person who posts the lyric is permanently glued to the forum :)

Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees :))

Roll Deep Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I'm interested in a lot of different types of > music, but not the type that requires me to > believe in fairies and knitted underwear. > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Oh God, not another person who clearly doesn't know the first thing about folk music, which I presume this is having a dig at :))

Ladymuck Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Acted upon!;-) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx That's much better :))

Administrator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > bignumber5 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > nobody's perfect > > I beg to differ :)) >:D< xxxxxxxxx Yeh we'd sort of picked that up :)):)):)) Edited to say: LadyMuck, please occasionally use that big key on the right of your keyboard, in fact the biggest key, with an arrow on it. It takes your cursor down the page so that you can have the occasional space between your sentences, ie it divides your text into paragraphs so that it is readable :) Edited again to say: You must have discovered this big key, because you do have a space at the top and bottom, just an indigestible mass of text in the middle! In my opinion, obviously.

You need to phone the bus garage - they keep lost property at the garage for a time before sending it to the main lost property office (who should have told you that!) I don't know which the garage is for the 40, but you can google it, there is a list of garages and bus numbers. Each garage will have a customer service line. Let me know if you need any more help. Sue

I personally can't see the problem with signatures unless either a) they are offensive in some way or b) someone is clearly posting on the forum with the sole purpose of getting their signature about. If some are removed and not others, which is what is happening now, that is just unfair and divisive. Why is it not OK to have signatures advertising things which are of clear benefit to the East Dulwich community, like a humanist funeral celebrant, and folk music events, which people may not otherwise know about, but OK to have politicians advertising their political party just before an election? If people want to contact these politicians they can PM them on the forum, so they do not need to give other contact details.

Jah Lush Wrote: (edited by Sue) ------------------------------------------------------- > > My good friend and quaffing partner Steveo has > never been allowed to advertise the two books he > has written but other people on here like Sue have seemingly been allowed to do just > that for ages. xxxxxxx I don't particularly want to continue this discussion because I have reluctantly accepted admin's ruling, but may I just say that presumably neither of your friend's books has anything to do with East Dulwich (apologies if I'm wrong). Our Goose gigs were started specifically to bring folk music to East Dulwich because there wasn't any here, and my signature (Folk returns to East Dulwich etc) was intended to let people know that. We only started putting on the gigs after posting on this forum to find out whether people would be interested and getting a very positive response. However after two years we still get people living in ED who have only just heard of us. We don't have time to promote the Goose as widely as we'd like to as we both have day jobs, which was why the signature was so useful as it reached people in the area who were interested in folk music but who might never look in the "what's on" section. Anyway it's water under the bridge now.

I'm so sorry that PeckhamRose's signature has been removed as a result of this, I was not intending that at all. Surely hers is a different case altogether?

Yes I agree, better to remove the signature facility altogether, or else allow everyone to have a signature unless it is blatantly either being used excessively for advertising purposes or is offensive. It's not just the Lib Dem councillor, there is also a Green person whose signature is promoting Green things - I'm not opposed to either of them, good luck to them, just seems the present system is divisive.

It's a huge monster living beneath East Dulwich, its tail is just beneath Wood Vale nearish Horniman.

Bus to Elephant, Elephant to Paddington via Bakerloo, Paddington to Reading is what I'd do. Bakerloo line from Elephant is fine in the rush hour, as it starts from there. But book overline train beforehand so you don't have to queue at Paddington, and leave plenty of time to get to Elephant on the bus. Personally I wouldn't drive unless you've done it before around the time you're going, are familiar with the route and know what the traffic is likely to be like. Good luck :)

We were conducting it via PM, but you didn't reply to my last PM. What's a "free signature"? Why are politicians allowed "free signatures"? Are there signatures which you can have if you pay for? We can't afford to place an advert - we did ask how much it would cost a while ago, and it was too expensive. I am not "kicking up a fuss", whatever that is, if you now have a rule that "event signatures are not allowed" then fair enough, it's your forum, for which I have expressed gratitude many times, but the rule wasn't there before. I just feel a bit aggrieved (sp?) that people who have really worked to improve what's going on in East Dulwich are not being encouraged, but fair enough, as I say, it's your forum, it is whatever you want it to be. Pax :)

Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan

Neil Diamond - Forever in Blue Jeans My fingernails are filthy, I got beach tar on my feet And I miss my clean white linen and my fancy French cologne

Why is there no clear guidance in the forum rules, so far as I can see, about who is allowed to have a signature and what the criteria are? On each post, there is a box to be ticked which says "add my signature to this post", but nothing, so far as I can see, about who is allowed to have one. So, we have a humanist funeral person (respect!) and a few politicians who are allowed to freely advertise their services/politics via their signature. However people such as myself and FlapJackDavey who introduced music gigs to an area which was a musical desert because they saw a community need for it (and actually asked forum users whether they would like us to do this) are no longer allowed to include a link to their website saying when and where the gigs are (all in East Dulwich) on the grounds that it is a "business". And because apparently the forum admin has to constantly explain to every tradesperson or whatever why they can't do the same. Surely a) the difference between a builder making a living from a building business and someone putting on music events in their spare time is quite obvious and b) if it isn't, a clear explanation in the forum rules would suffice?

Down the Dustpipe - Status Quo

Minitoots Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- As the meeting wasn't very well attended, I > think Pippa may try and have another consultation. > We reminded her that there are many artists and > designers living locally who may want to come up > with better ideas, but it sounds like it needs to > be sorted very quickly. She also said they will > not be taking comments on this website into > account in any voting so it's important to email > her your views asap!!! > We suggested that they hire a stall on Northcross > Rd to display all the other suggestions that local > residents may come up with. Their budget appears > to be up to ?2,500. I've attached the form for > comments and also a photo of the wall for anyone > who wants to do their own thing to email her - > sorry the pic is not very clear! > I'm not sure if e-mails count in the voting xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sorry to be negative but I just don't think this is good enough. Three pretty poor options put forward, no local artists asked to suggest ideas, very limited consultation to date, (apologies Mr Barber if you think there is going to be more but from MiniToots post it doesn't sound like it), everything got to be sorted "very quickly" but emails and posts on this forum apparently not taken into account. Don't want to be cynical, but who is making money out of this? ETA: It wasn't a "meeting", was it, it was a sort of drop-in-anytime-between-three-and-six. That meant there was no opportunity for discussion - when we went, there was nobody else there, they were just asking people to fill in leaflets and then they put them in a bag! There needs to be a specific time for people to come and talk about this, all together, surely? Or else a proper consultation with a leaflet drop round all doors.