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Brilliant idea - links please !!

Was it just me, or was the noise particularly bad this morning? Seemed like a load of very loud planes, very close together and very low. And once they'd woken me up, I couldn't get back to sleep again .... :(

There seem to be gas mains being replaced all over London. My theory is that it's related to a fairly recent gas explosion in a house which killed a guy, and which I think was due to a leaking gas main. Not long ago, you could smell gas in various streets around London. I guess they don't want a repetition (and don't want to have to pay out loads of dosh in compensation to the grieving relatives?) Just a guess ....

Natalious13 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > yep coop bought somerfield but they won't keep all > the sites which means there's still hope for a > waitrose! but hey i'll settle for a co-op over > somerfield any day. xxxxx Me too, whether Co-op or Waitrose, has to be better than Somerfield - both good, in different ways. Is my grammar right there? I fear not :)

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Surely Somerfields mission statement should read > something like > > "Our business associates in Canada and India > appreciate your generous donations" > > And if you don't like it, we'll kick the crap out > of you. xxxxxx :)):)):))

Hey Keef, if you hate your job, why don't you write a job description for your ideal job, then write your CV around it (if you see what I mean), then send the CV to any organisation/person who might be recruiting for your ideal job? Just an idea :) Many jobs aren't filled by advertising them, unfair as that may be.

mikese22 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > has anyone actually spoken to Somerfield? > > If their head office PR department knew about this > debate they'd be horrified I'm sure xxxxxx Somerfield do know about the debate. Their head office issued a statement which I believe is posted earlier on this thread. They sent it to admin.

:))Lizziedjango Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am afraid that accompanying it with a smiley and > a 'sorry couldn't resist' does not make it 'OK' in > my book. This is a thread about the Co-op and > therefore not really the place to attempt to > correct how people write. 'Sue' could have PM'ed. > me and that would have been more appropriate. xxxxxx My name's Sue, not 'Sue', and coming back from a day out to read this has really brightened my day - rofl :)) I wasn't "attempting to correct how people write", I was making what I thought was a funny comment - sorry you took it so personally. I have an MA in psychology, shall I analyse your response? :)):)) Ooops sorry, perhaps I should have PMed you.

Lizziedjango Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Also the staff doesn't speak very good English at all. xxxxxx Doesn't they? Sorry, couldn't resist :)

Lady Nunhead Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > excellent food - nicely presented, and very, very clean xxxxxx Do you have a cleanliness obsession?? Do you often get dirty food?? :))

Went there last night for the first time, and had a bar snack. The thick-cut chips were excellent, but I was rather taken aback by the very small portion for ?3. I was slightly disappointed by the atmosphere - found the lighting too harsh (and the tealights didn't come out till very late on in the evening ..... though the harsh lighting remained) - whole place felt a bit bare and "cold" (not temperature wise) - hopefully they will have some lovely real fires in the Winter which will make it seem more cosy. Do agree it's the best of the recent incarnations, and the wine was good (comes from Green and Blue apparently) though not much choice by the glass.

Rabbler Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When, oh when will East dulwich finally get a > working class chain pub with decent prices & > affordable food? > I don't suppose anyone from Wetherspoons reads > this do they? xxxxxx There's a Wetherspoons just down the road in Forest Hill ..... And isn't there one in Peckham?

Shame, it clashes with the Goose's free folk night at Hoopers - would have liked to have come to the Duke, too, as haven't been down there to see its latest incarnation ..... See you all in October :)

Thanks for the explanation Tropica, I feel a bit better about the palm now :) And at least we didn't get council-chosen sculpture ......

What was the tree on the public consultation document, macroban? I can't remember (though I'm sure I would have commented on it in my response if it had been a palm tree!)

Muttley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is it just me, or is our new friend the palm tree > looking a little bit unwell - leaf tips turning > brown, and what looks like a dead branch. Maybe > it's the lack of sunshine. Is there a tree doctor > in the house? xxxxxx No it's not just you,I've been noticing it for a while. It's been getting gradually worse. Maybe it's just adapting to its new situation, but my suspicion is it's not actually suited to that situation. I meant to look it up - the brown tips could be windburn. They've possibly planted something they think will be suited to the ED climate in fifty years' time, without considering the shorter term - but who knows. :-S

Another word in for Ganapati - but Keef, I'm sure they do change their menu - I went once and they didn't have my favourite - I mentioned I was disappointed - when our order came, they'd made me up a little dish of it specially, and didn't charge. Now that's service :)

Please don't blame yourself, it wasn't your fault. In the country at night, you can en hear small creatures squealing as they are carried off by owls etc.. and sometimes in the daytime too. I had a bird of prey make off with a screaming starling in my garden in ED. I know it's upsetting to witness, but basically animals kill each other. It doesn't sound like it was your rat poison that did it.

I've only eaten there once, and the whole place reeked of toilet freshener, which put me off my food somewhat! However the food and service were OK (but we were quite early so they weren't very busy). My gripe with the Herne is their advertising a beer festival via posters with no times on, then closing the beer tent early (I think it was 9.30pm) "because we don't want people making a noise in the garden, but you can buy a beer from the bar and bring it into the garden if you want". Erm, some error in logic there? :))

Big K Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue...get a life...and quit your constant use of > smileys.. Argh! xxxxxx I've got a life which I'm enjoying very much thanks, hence my "constant use of smileys". Sorry I and they irritate you so much you have to spend part of your life commenting on them on a public forum! I shall continue to use smileys as much as I want, and you of course have the freedom not to use them at all if you wish! :)):)):)):)):)):)):)) :)-D

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > KalamityKel Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Bon3yard ever tried doing the job yaself? It's > > not as easy as it looks ;-) > > Seem to have improved when trying to get rebates > on being charged a ?4 Oystercard fare. First time > I tried the lady in Canary Wharf just shouted 'You > must touch in and out' ad nauseum - seemed not to > realise that some of the equipment might be dodgy. > Recently in Canada Water the guy just refunded > the ?4 - no questions asked. > > I'm sure some machines struggle when you have ?2 > or less on the card (They take off ?4 then refund > the difference on touching out it seems). xxxx Off topic, but if you top up your Oyster card automatically online, you can get a printout of your journey history, and you can easily check whether you have been overcharged. On topic, I have had a few bad bus experiences recently (176 driver completely missed out the stop at the Elephant, so a load of people waiting to get off had to walk all the way back from the other side of the roundabout; 40 driver of half-empty bus failed to stop when hailed at request stop). I got the reg number and the run number (on the side of the bus) of the 176, but when I tried to report it via the tfl website, I got a "this email address is not known" message back! Would it be too cynical to suppose that tfl is trying to minimise the number of complaints it has to a) deal with b) publicise statistics of? I just couldn't be bothered to pursue it any further :-S

monica Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I say bring back signature, > obviously chip and pin is not fraud proof, and why > dont the americans use the same system. (?) xxxxx Anybody can forge a signature, it's easy - anyway, most people never checked them very thoroughly, just a quick glance, in my experience

Well it's amazing it arrived at all - I posted a vintage postcard to my sister-in-law for her birthday last year, stupidly not putting it in an envelope, and it never arrived - I assume it was nicked en route from the East Dulwich postbox I posted it in to her East Dulwich address. :(

Pippo Inzaghi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the open air it would be quite fitting, and > perhaps more relevant than ever even though it's > 20+ years old.> > > Top suggestion. In fact, the best suggestion. > > They screened this onto the outside of the South > Bank two or three years back and it was wicked. > > That was free, ?7.50 is OTT, a fiver would be > acceptable. > > Px xxxxxx Can't remember the name of the burger place that used to be next to Liquorish before the place that's there now, but they used to have koyanisqaatsi on their screen on a loop :) Edited to remove typo - what a saddo I am :)

ceefer99 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Chez Bruce is definitely on Wandsworth Common & I > had to book six weeks in advance to secure a table > for two on a Saturday evening! It's also SW London > ..17 (I think) sorry to be a pedant :) xxxxxxx Also being a pedant, it's actually SW18 - my parents used to live just up the road :)