PeckhamRose

Declan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I didn't realise women were ever older than 21? I am 51. The pressure on women 'of a certain age' to not reveal their age, and women who won't do so, irritates me too! It's putting women's 'demands' to be treated equally back to the 60s. My Mum has alzheimers and I hope it's not hereditary. I'm 51. Did I say?

TRB your assumption that you'll get more female responses in the family section is not a little irritating, since so many men and women don't do / have 'families' and the thought that only females do - like, you know, was irritating. grrrr. So wait till you hit fifty - then you get irritated more easily. But in actual fact becoming forty upset me because I had hoped I'd have been more successful in my chosen careers, but in another way I settled into it nicely because my friends accepted me as I was (and still am) and the depth of friendships meant a lot to me. I spent five days in Paris being spoilt rotten by MrPR. And quite rightly so. Friends of mine who turned forty also reported that they began to notice their parents stopped hassling them to have children and started accepting them as they were. A nice thought. Enjoy it. It's just a day. You're still alive!

It's not that you need glasses; things really are that expensive!

But this is England dammit. We have standards! If not public toilets. They weren't even trying to be discrete (or discreet). Oh christ I am sure this is going to be mis-read and mis understood and my poor reputation shall be tarnished further.

Went for a walk today and was in Centre for Wildlife Gardening where we saw a sign saying all Southwark Residents could claim their free tree. We live in a flat but we may get one and plant it somewhere anyway... Meanwhile, on my thread in the Lounge called My Post Prandial Walk I mentioned that I witnessed two occasions on the walk where kids were peeing in the street with their parents looking on / condoning it. Other folks have said that there is a lack of public toilets at our shopping centre (ie Rye Lane) so could you suggest the idea you and I discussed previously about pubs restauratns and cafes to be on a scheme where the public can use their toilets?

Least I'll make sure no-one's watching....

And relax!

When was your day? 1952? I am a member of the Friends of Peckham Rye Park although I can never make meetings so it's my fault. And your fault for not taking part. What the hell is wrong with a nature garden? Know what you mean about the trendy cafe though. A greasy spoon would be far more appropriate.... You were kidding though, right?

Does anyone have any comments to make about the fact in the first para I was describing white middle class SE15 and the second paragraph I am in what's fondly known as 'Little Africa' and the two children and their respective adult carers I witnessed pissing had black skins? Oh - and the girl pissing on the bags - she was on her own and had rushed across the road from her folks' car and was too young to make any distinction between good and bad pissing positions or places. Resting on a black bag was merely more convenient and comfortable for her. Whether you're black or white, male or female, old or young I think it is a Bad Thing to urinate in public in a civilised society. There was not even any attempt by parents to encourage their offspring to be discrete. (Or should that be discreet? I can never remember which is which!) Maybe people going to Community Councils should demand more public toilets. Or, as previously suggested by me, the council should give money to restaurants and cafes and pubs so they can advertise with a toilet seat type design on a sticker in their windows that they are part of a toilet going scheme! Cllr Barber agreed with this idea on his thread. Tony Curtis book is Fabulous!!

I saw a boy pissing too, as I said. Someone said it was shame that there are no public toilets in the shopping areas. Some people don't use them even when there are. Anyway, they weren't that far from McDonalds or the cinema.... There IS no excuse.

If the signs were not there, you have a case. Go back and take photos of the street. Have them ready for the court case...

So we walked down Peckham Rye Common and delivered something to John Beasley's house in Everthorpe, then down to Centre for Wildlife Gardening where we bought some little honeysuckle plants for our new balcony troughs. As their cafe wasn't open we wandered down Bellenden and browsed around Review, buying the 2008 Tony Curtis biog in paperback and a few other items. Then strolled the short walk to Petitou and had coffees and cakes, a treat for someone who doesn't earn much! It was scrummy. The place was full. Then we walked a few yards down the same road towards Rye Lane and saw a girl child squatting and pissing on to some rubbish bags by a lamppost before running into her parent's (or some adult's) car, which drove off, and then we walked round the corner to Rye Lane where we saw a boy child pissing in the street into a drain, whilst his Daddy held his hand, and then they walked off. And then we walked home.

I notice computershorty has deleted his posts on this subject which I quoted and responded to. Don't know why! But I won't bother mentioning it tonight on paper!

I am so sorry to read this terrible thing to happen to your boyfriend. I am so glad to read it was reported to the police. Best wishes to him, and of course you.

I would love to have the laser treatment but simply can't afford it. And if I did have that kind of money I'd rather get up and go travel! gg what you gonna do, what kind of exercises? Why don't you do it on one eye and see what the differences are? !!

Depends how much you earn. You need only fill out the 4 page mini one if you earned less than ?15,000 (tho I think that's going up to ?30,000 soon??) If you're less than ?15,000 then just fill in the basics for now that it asks for and worry about the detail to back it up later. And learn from this to save yourself time and money in the future!

gg that's +1.25 reading glasses (yes, PGC from chemists and supermarkets) ON TOP OF +10.75 contact lenses from opticians. Exercises never helped me! Neither did laziness. I was at a boarding school and we broke into the sanitarium section and learned the eye chart off by heart. Ahem....

Please would you be so kind as to read the website and consider emailing your MP to sign the early day motion? There is a link to your MP within the website. Thanks ever so! I have to have lots of prescriptions but can't afford the annual prescription ticket, nor can I sometimes afford to pay all my prescriptions charges.

I argued about the fairness and reasonableness of not being allowed to wear my helmet in supermarket when I was told that it was because they could not see my face. I said (having lifted my visor) they can not only see my face they can see what colour lipstick I am wearing and that a camera could see my bike when I drove away and I offered my Drivers Licence. I then said why don't they suspect women in full burka dress and that this was discrimatory since I do not live by a religion I can hide behind. He agreed and let me go.

My prescription is +10.75 on each eye. Them's THICK GLASSES! So I wear contact lenses. Only recently has the technology been there to do the laser thing on me (inserting a lens in the eye I want you should know!) but it would cost ?3grand per eye which I do not have. Now I have found I need reading glasses on top of wearing my lenses, at +1.25. Glasses Direct stop at +8. This is all very expensive! giggirl, I wish you well mate!

I have heard that some farmers use it on their livestock and it works on them. Doesn't make sense to me at all but animals do not have any such opinions or knowledge.

I am sure I made a suggestion; maybe I dreamt it. Could you email a housing officer at the local council housing office and maybe she will know if Gladys is a resident in the area. [email protected]

This area (and I include the Peckham SE15 side of Peckham Rye Park) is the best place to live in London. Lordship Lane has only a few chain shops far too many trinket shops but lots of atmosphere. We have Peckham Rye Park, Nunhead Cemetery, and whilst there's a lot wrong, there's more 'right' than in many other places around London. This forum is very special too. Have a read around it. Hope things work out for you here.

Someone had a bad accident and they were being airlifted? Or is that too obvious. Prince William showing off?

Brilliant!