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  1. kford
    Jeeze. What an utter waste of money. There must be dozens of these vanity projects happening all over the country, while local councils bleat about having to cut front-line services. So my nursery kids have to go without the - probably cheap-as-chips-to-run - Southwark mobile library, while budgets like this are signed off without even local consultation? Words fail me. Edited to say, thanks James.
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    How much is this costing? ?75-100k?
  3. kford
    How would you know - you apparently don't drive along there
  4. kford
    Contractors have marked the road - looks like a done deal
  5. kford
    I'd say the people who use the road every day have a better idea of what works, and what perhaps won't work, than any council traffic management 'expert'.
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    Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A kissing gate should solve the problem. Is that misspelt with a 'p'?
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    It seems like an expensive experiment. Something to bear in mind next time we read about Southwark's essential front-line cuts, in that glossy publication Southwark Life.
  8. kford
    It looks like several pinch points, with the removal of that pedestrian island with traffic lights in favour of another narrow section. The word 'tact' is spayed in the road, which I assume means those tactile knobbly paving slabs to help blind folk. The pinch points might have speed cushions in between, which would be interesting if you're cornering on two wheels on a wet day.
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    1911 census

    kford replied to new mother's topic in The Lounge

    In the 1901 census there were three families - eight people - living our three bed terrace. God knows where.
  10. kford
    LozzyLoz: "these low level crimes go on all the time" Hmm. I'd consider graffiti or dropping litter as a low-level crime, not having your bag/phone/wallet snatched from you, probably with menacing threats, possibly with weapons. I'd call that violent crime. And blaming Tory cuts is just too convenient. The perpetrators of these crimes have spent the most influential years of their lives with the other lot in charge. edited for syntax
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    For Rent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unbelievable. > > Might be worth having a few cameras installed at > the exits to the park Or better still, the occasional policeman.
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    I agree. No amount of expensive raised block paving will cure that. I could solve this junction's issues with two cans of yellow industrial road marking spray and a big roll of masking tape. Cost the council tax payer about ?15.
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    Shame about the STOP sign. I really do think they make you pay extra attention at a junction. And those sight lines look like they'll still be too short, even with the extra kerbage.
  14. kford
    Well, they've always been pleasant and cheerful and grateful when I've taken stuff - and I turn up with giant laundry bags full. Hope that redresses the balance of comments a bit.
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    It's because they're not looking for you, and there are cars parked right up to the junction, so even if they are, they can't see you. Looking at the layout (in pic), double-yellows for at least three car lengths would solve it. And the existing white lines are faded. Or install an American-style four-way stop sign junction.
  16. kford
    All you need to know: http://cprr.org/Museum/Rail_Wear_Johnson/index.html
  17. kford
    Ann's right - especially at the 'chain' charity store. The really good stuff goes on eBay: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/British-Heart-Foundation-Shop
  18. kford
    Correct. Especially in bike/cycle-filled London.
  19. kford
    Worried about the overclaim, perhaps?
  20. kford
    A cover is good - a dirty old tarp stops the opportunists. A chain or disc lock will stop the hammer-and-screwdriver mob, but nothing except a ground anchor and chain stops the most common M.O.: four blokes loading the bike into a van with cut-off scaffold poles.
  21. kford
    Once asked the girl at the fish counter at Sainsbury's to prepare a sea bass I'd bough whole (Moxon's was closed). She looked at me and said, 'sorry I'm not trained to use knives'. The girl on the deli overheard her and ran over to muck in, filleting my fish perfectly. 'We'll have to train you up then' said the deli girl. The fish girl giggled and said 'Eww, I don't really like fish though'.
  22. kford
    What kind of bike, barcat?
  23. kford
    Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wot managed to get a girl's number in those > circumstances? Fair play to you! And she did the classic - gave you a fake one!
  24. kford
    Looks flash - there's a few hundred quid's worth of custom-made transfers in the window announcing the arrival of the hospice 'superstore'. I wonder how many Celine Dion CDs, old teapots and shiny suits they'll have to shift to pay off the lease.
  25. kford
    The latest: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23919210-teenager-stabbed-to-death-in-front-of-shocked-bus-passengers.do

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