Sue

Don't think so PeckhamRose. Admittedly I have a crap memory, but I thought they said it would be repainted with some sort of graffiti-washoffable paint, not that the blue paint could be washed off. If the blue paint could be washed off, what would have been the point in putting it there in the first place, or am I missing something here?

You've always had to pay for parking there as far as I know, and last time I was there (ages ago admittedly) it was quite clearly signposted that you had to pay.

dazeykat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The swifts are here. Soon be summer. xxxxx Yeh just saw them for the first time this evening over Ulverscroft Road, YAY :)

Blimey! The walls of my little Victorian house seem quite thick. Noise doesn't seem to carry through them much, anyway. Only prob with them is that you can't have that insulation that goes inside walls (forgotten what it is called, duh) which I have had in previous places I have lived in.

Marmora Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is a Victorian area - almost by definition > our houses will be energy inefficient. Drafts, > thinning glass in windows, elderly central heating > systems, many chimneys, thin walls. Some actions > can be taken to improve matters but a Victorian > house will never be as energy efficient as a > modern purpose built property with all attendant > technology. > > Beware being told you're well off the mark and ask > what is the best that can be achieved in this sort > of housing stock. xxxxxxx I agree with most of the above, but - thin walls???

Thanks that's useful - maybe I'll go for it then!

:-$ Edited to say: Kingcups aka Marsh Marigolds do look like big buttercups, but it might be a bit late for them at the mo.

Did anybody else get a letter recently from "The UK Carbon Census" saying they were conducting a census in your road? They are basically offering to provide an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for ?20. They claim to have already done six streets in East Dulwich. They say they can save you money by showing where you can conserve energy. But then they say if you want to use the EPC to sell or rent your house you have to pay them to register it. Is this something useful, or a total scam, or something in between? If it's just recommending "energy-saving lightbulbs, more insulation, draught-proof, condensing boiler" etc I can't see much point in shelling out any money at all.

Hurrah, what a happy ending :)

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > sweetiepie! > > Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May... xxxxxxxx Eh?

kingcup?

Mikecg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Except there are less wicker men around ED Sue. xxxxx :))

Louise_mckenna Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue seems to think we > live in a village in Sussex. XXXXXX I did used to live in a village in Sussex - Ditchling. I was born and brought up in South London and have lived in East Dulwich for nearly twenty years. I think I'm well able to distinguish Sussex from East Dulwich :) Edited to say: And I feel no more unsafe here than I did in Ditchling.

Nice to discuss things calmly with you too, Louisa :)

Louisa Wrote: > Peckham is one of the fundamental reasons this > area is so sensitive to violent crime. I would not > walk north of Peckham Rye after dark even on a > well lit road such as Rye Lane. It is an unsafe > area xxxxxx And your criteria for an unsafe area are ...... ??

sophiesofa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do men really get mugged more than women? I don't > know any men that have been mugged but I know > quite a few that women who have. I just don't see > why a mugger would pick a man to mug over a woman. > I think men are more likely to be the victim of > some violent crimes because of things like pub > arguments etc. xxxxxxx My ex was attacked at night by several complete strangers while just walking down the street - in Bristol, not London. He lay on his back and flung his arms out as if to say "go on, give me a good kicking then." It completely threw them, and they left without hurting him at all.

Gnats!!!!!

Mikecg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ok try fend off a maniac knife weilding crack head > at midnight desperate for a fix and let me know > how you get on. xxxxxxx What a positive contribution to the debate! So this hypothetical maniac (yeh I've noticed ED is crawling with them) would only target women walking by themselves, then?

Well said Peckham Rose

Parents who have those two-seater buggies where one poor child sits at the back with nothing to look at. The kids always look really miserable. Would the parents like to be walked around staring at a blank wall all day?! I'm sure they're easier to get in and out of shops etc, and I know from personal experience that it's a nightmare in small shops and on buses with a double buggy where the kids sit side by side, but surely that's preferable to making one of your kids have absolutely no stimulation apart from being able to see out of the sides a bit? Actually I suppose it causes me sorrow rather than irrational rage ......

Do they actually serve any useful purpose?

Louise_mckenna Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue I think you are going slightly over the top > with this. I am a 'modern woman' if you like, but > I would never walk home alone from the station > late at night as it is just not wise to do so. > Like it or not, a woman on her own will be seen as > an easy target. This isn't being sexist, it is the > truth. xxxxxxx You are more likely to be a target if you are a man, according to statistics which someone has already quoted above. I don't think this has anything to do with being a "modern woman", whatever that is - everyone is different. Obviously I'm not suggesting forcing everybody who feels safer having a man with them to walk home alone - they'd be giving out such frightened vibes they'd attract every mugger from miles around! What concerns me is the scaremongering resulting from one - appalling - isolated stabbing which suggests that no woman should walk around ED late at night. I think that is the over-reaction, not mine .......

Cassius Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >> > Gosh Mike you are so right - mmmm I'd better give > up having a social life, working shifts, going to > buy a pint of milk or doing anything that might > mean I am walking alone at night. Perhaps we'd > better start asking our big brave men folk to do > these things for us, or ask to be accompanied at > all times. My partner will love to come and pick > me up from the station or bus stop............. > > I thought statistics show that young men between > 18 and 25 are more likely to be attacked than any > other demographic? xxxxxxxx Yes exactly. Perhaps we "ladies" should return to the days when we sat at home all day and night and did embroidery and waited for the men to come back from their exciting outings. Yes people sometimes get stabbed. Yes sometimes they are women. Usually they aren't. This can happen anywhere. London or out of London, day or night. Yes you have to be careful when walking alone late at night. Anyone. Anywhere. That doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. I'm very very sorry for the person who was stabbed in Melbourne Grove, but unless there is a spate of similar incidents in ED and the police recommend people do not walk alone at night, I intend to continue to do so. And it's nice if your partner or whoever is protective, but not everybody has partners, and even if they do, why should they have to pick you up? And Jeremy, of course if something happened you would really really regret walking home alone, but what tiny tiny tiny percentage of the women who walk home alone get mugged?

tommy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Apparently tonight's episode will feature the > "budding romance" that is Phil and Kate - with Ben > playing gooseberry. Oh joy... xxxxxxx But it didn't, did it.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Boyfriend - Alphabeat xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels