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peterstorm1985 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think that choosing the colour blue is madness. > The public has got used to the idea of green > indicating something for cyclists. To use a new > colour simply allows the individual (driver) to be > smug in their ignorance of what it's about. It's > never a good idea to bring potential confusion and > that's all this will do. It's Barclay's Bank blue: http://group.barclays.com/About-us/Barclays-news/NewsArticle/1231784680193.html Be thankful they weren't sponsored by Vanish. http://www.vanish.co.uk/

And a LFB fire investigation unit tearing up Denmark Hill. Any idea?

I could listen to you all day!

Good luck indeed. A friend's experience in Camden, trying to get footage from the council's parking CCTV of his Mercedes being stolen was met with 'Sorry, the Data Protection Act forbids it.' Just to rub salt into his wounds, a fine arrived on his doormat a few days later for a lapsed parking permit on the same car, filmed by the same camera a few days earlier.

And those blue strips look awful. They'll look even worse with diesel and tyre marks all over them. As Peckham Rose said, those of us who cycle to work know where to go anyway (and the best routes don't include LL).

God help the East Dulwich bus commuter today. Not only do they have to put up with extra passengers because of the Tube strike and kids going back to school and continuing roadworks on LL, they have to contend with the northbound bus lane blocked by the Southwark Camera Car - again! Still, APCOA, their American contractor, has bucks to make.

Old E-classes are popular targets, apparently. They're stripped down and the parts are crated to west Africa where these cars are used as taxis: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Stripped+down+in+just+three+hours%3B+Stratford+car+gang+stole+120...-a0150754348

Woke me up. It was hovering over there on Monday at about 2pm too. Illegal BBQs?

Near my parents' house (in the provinces) the local council erected a new streetlight, for 'crime reduction' reasons, in a quiet cul-de-sac that had been unlit for 40 years. It's now the cool hang-out spot for the local youths, who stay up to the early hours shouting, snogging and boozing. Go figure, or something like that.

It's a fallacy that light = fewer crimes. If anything, it creates a false sense of security.

http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/restoring-civil-liberties/reduce-the-luminosity-and-number-of-street-lights-and-security-lighting

Traffic light cause motorists to speed up when they see a green or amber, unnecessary congestion and are generally ignored by pedestrians anyway. On the occasions the traffic lights at the top of Dog Kennel Hill or Denmark Hill have failed, for example, traffic flows calmly and smoothly and people rely on eye contact.

Your caps lock's on

Honestly, I could've done better with a garden roller. Is this a temporary surface? I'd ask for my money back if I was contracting that out.

Ping Pong is very hit-and-miss, usually miss. A Bodean's would be good. Or a Cattle Grid.

A good tapas bar

Weegee Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > shame on those folk who downloaded (illegally and > from LoveFilm) They were friendly, but at the end of the day, shame on Blockbuster, Apollo et al who have been charging ?4 a night rental, with punitive fines if you're late returning your scratched and skipping DVD. They even latched onto the cybercafe idea 10 years too late. LoveFilm and X-Torrent etc are doing so well because they've seen that the market's changed completely.

Gowlett Road, The Gowlett pub, Gowlett pizza.

computedshorty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I remember that Grocery store, and the > Oil/hardwear shop on the other corner and Noeths > the Bakers shop, and the Castle pub, two shops up > from it the family of Sidney Pitman came from > Jersey in a small boat to get away from the island > as the Germans had occupied it. > I have an old picture of that place about 1948 of > me Computedshorty on my bike on the right. note > the Bomb site facing Jennings Road with the > Emergency Water Supply brick built water Tank the > bricks were used from the damaged houses. > > See att. Pictures Then and Now. That bombsite today: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=jennings+road+se22&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=14.327693,39.506836&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Jennings+Rd,+London+SE22+9JU,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.45283,-0.074651&spn=0.007368,0.01929&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.452565,-0.072984&panoid=Hs9jfcSoYK3wpzoNfSz0VQ&cbp=12,115.09,,0,5

I'm with you. That would ruin my day. At least it wasn't trotter's.

I'm obsessed by the misuse of the apostrophe.

Female sparrowhawk.

A rodeo

A decent noodle bar Motorcycle spares/repair/accessories If there must be 'chains': Leon Bodeans Itsu Northface/Blacks

Dunno, but i'd like to see that dark brickwork restored to its original colour.