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I'm with Louisa on that - anything is better than that brick front. Will someone start on that KCH building opposite now?

Traffic lights used to be positioned for safety reasons; more and more, they seem to be placed purely for traffic control. It's no wonder drivers see them as an obstacle rather than a driving aid and avoid stopping.

Some fine comments here. The no-road markings/traffic lights/signage experiment hails from the Netherlands, of course, where they've had great success with similar schemes. Everyone: motorist, pedestrian, cyclist, stays on the move, albeit with a bit of consideration for one another. There is no more of the cork-from-a-champagne-bottle dashes from traffic lights brought on by unecessary red signals, as noted by *bob*. Get emailing!

Like most traffic lights, there is no need for them. Has anyone ever noticed that traffic runs more smoothly and motorists drive more carefully, using eye contact, when traffic lights are broken?

It's not a bad gym, even though their plasma TVs were nicked recently. Could do with a makeover though. It'd be nice to see the Victorian pool restored to its former glory.

Ace! 'The Shard' looks good too.

mamafeelgood Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > this is off thread but hey, i'm liking the NY > speak so: > > is the bottom end of ED (station side) down or up > town then? or is NY parlance only applicable to LL > which seems a bit nuts if that is the case as it > misses out the whole stretch to the station and > goose green back to the rye. > > i'll assume that it's (the station) up town as we > are going north. therefore i am 2nd street upper > north east side, just off pytchley & vale, so > (counting from pythcley) about 8 blocks away from > the tyre shop?? > > i may start a thread about this, could be fun? Technically, you would be in Harlem.

Mr Liu's in the winter (especially for the lotus leaf special fried rice); Chopsticks garden in the summer.

In NY parlance it's at Lordship & Bassano, Midtown; AKA the Franklins Quarter.

A luxury biscuit boutique selling PC peripherals.

I like the tyre shop. It's got a great used look to it. Why can't it be the vile chicken and pizza shops?

Nero Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is it, do you think, the world's only tea and > chandelier shop? If it is, then that is SOME > unique selling point. (Shudders to self at using > such blatantly corporate language.) Nero They seem to sit well together though, don't you think? Like the basement restaurant in W1 called Firevault which also sells hearths and mantlepieces.

Just been. Had 'Russian Caravan' black tea. Dark and barky. Mrs kford had tea that used to be harvested by trained monkeys. Cute, bustling little place with friendly service, nice salad menu, wine list and interesting beers. Good luck to 'em. And the chandeliers are all for sale too, they say.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sean is indeed happy - nice one muttley > > Although I would suggest Northcross Rd is > Greenwich Village Correct. Nunhead is New Jersey.

And The Bronx, Harlem?

Likewise making them swerve all over the road to staddle or avoid conventional speedhumps, as any cyclist will tell you.

Hey, for replacing the suspension-crunching, ambulance-slowing speedbumps on Colyton Road with those flat trompe l'oeil-effect ones, which still seem to calm traffic, you get a thumbs-up from me. Pretty good with the old heavy-item rubbish collections too.

Mark - as a biker I would endorse that policy straight away.

Unfair ticketing is rife. I've suffered (and successfully appealed) so-called 'ghost' tickets, whereby the parking attendent writes the ticket but does not issue it to the windscreen; a PCN, even though I've had a valid parking permit; a PCN for not having the year on a scratchcard permit visible because the card slipped down the window; a PCN issued while moving(!) in Westminster; a PCN on my motorbike while parked on private land; a PCN while in a bay with the sign obscured by ivy. And it's not always to do with the perceived anti-car policies of local councils - I've seen blue badge disabled vehicles and free-parking G-Wizz electric cars with PCNs on the windscreen for no obvious reason. 'Parking Solutions' is big business now. To abandon quotas and all the other scams local councils employ to pull in fines would leave a big financial hole in their accounts. And you don't have to be Littlejohn or Clarkson to suffer from this policy.

I saw them the other day, emptying the place. Two blokes in overalls were loading fans and lights into the back of a large white truck with 'under police escort' written on the front. Two PCs watched over them. I thought it was bailiffs working on behalf of the police to recover stolen goods or the preceeds of some crime, although I thought it strange that it was mostly junk they were loading. What next? A crystal meth lab in Iceland?

It's those anti-car hairdressers again.

Plough DIY for bigger DIY jobs, like painting, coving, tiles. Very helpful, unlike B&Q. Moxon's Fish Counter - they know their - daily-landed - fish and shudder at the very thought of shoppers buying from a supermarket (apparently their fish is at least two days old before it hits the shelves) That Turkish shop is a late night gem for rare foodstuffs. The friendly dry cleaners by the post office. (I dare say the new Sainburys will be competing on that front) Bell's Bathrooms - Good for plumbing needs too.

I've had at least a couple in the last year or so; usually when there are skips and builders about - they like to sweep wheelbarrow spillages into the gutter. Melbourne Tyres will plug a nail hole - as long as it's not in the shoulder of the tyre - for a tenner.