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85volga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have a crazy solution ............... > > Lets decamp the "Phoenix" pub from the original > train station entrance, return it to its original not crazy at all, an excellent solution! but not likely to happen any time soon, I fear, given that Network Rail, the NHS etc are being encouraged to lease or sell off 'unproductive' estate to fund activity and deliver savings...

RobMiller Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > seems that the three firms who are working on > sites near the junction might be ready to > coordinate a bit more effectively together. hi, Rob, would you be able to share what the three firms have committed to do? we live nearby, so it is of interest to us

I'm at a loss to understand what this forum or indeed any other bystanders could offer - or should offer - that wouldn't be available via the school support network. This sounds like disaster tourism to me - so move on, nothing to see here.

we discovered that some of our mail was being delivered to Ulverscroft Road to the house with the same number as ours, even though the address on each piece of mail clearly said Crystal Palace Road.

Pat Lanips Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > just a feeling and a sense that you dont wanna be > getting involved. Thats it really. thanks for clarifying, pat but i agree with first mate and others that we need to know why they seem to feel they can be so cosy with the council

i'm sorry I don't understand your point, Pat Lanips are you saying that MYN http://www.mynproperties.com/index.php/contact have put the frighteners on you, on the council and on James Barber, so that they can make a public nuisance of themselves with impunity?

our bus stopped for a while to allow the ambulance to attend the incident - from what i could see, it involved a pedestrian. it didn't seem right to hang around - i do hope he's ok.

blah blah has nothing to apologise for the idea of making reparation - financially, not just saying sorry - is a big issue, and the long-term impact of conquest, plunder, slavery etc on native peoples has been a serious and enduring one. JohnL, you might really appreciate the irony in our treatment of President Xi last week if you look at the history of the 19th Century British opium trade with China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_opium_in_China which ultimately led to the rise of the Chinese Communist party - yes, it all happened a few years ago, but one would have to be rather stupid to say it has no current impact on us at all

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The problem is that the cube in the middle with > dimples is a electric sub=-station apparently > celebrating Michael Faraday. so that's the story from TFL is it? pretty ironic that,James, since Michael Faraday was born at the Elephant and the cube is the only monument in the UK to probably the most significant British scientists ever speaking as someone who goes through the Elephant every day, it's not the roundabout which is the problem the problem is the roadway-narrowing and the ever more complicated road layout that's trying to accommodate the cycle route malarkey on top of the complex geography of the many roads that converge at the Elephant

there was just one south-bound lane of London Road open today around 7 pm and it was packed full of buses - every bus i've been on this week has taken over half an hour to get from the Waterloo Road roundabout (the one with the obelisk) to the Faraday monument roundabout - a distance that should take less than 5 mins. the roads are now so narrow and the turns are so tight, it's like a slalom run for buses all around there as for changing buses at the elephant each morning, going the other way, it's a new game of "hunt the bus-stop" every day as the road layout changes on a daily basis hoping it'll get better over half-term, but not holding my breath...

yes they are

just seen 'publically' used on the BBC website in a news item. (sigh!)

I really can't see how Denmark Hill station could cope with more peak time traffic than it gets at the moment - this morning for example, one of the turnstiles was out of order and the staff seemed unable to manage the mass of incoming and outgoing passengers. The result was a jostling crowd spilling off the pavement into the path of oncoming buses and other traffic. and wouldn't it be lovely if Thameslink could make its current service work? Trains that arrived on time, weren't cancelled at random and which allowed passengers to travel without being jammed in like sardines

dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have always found their in store baked > bread to be really good. Co-op seem to be able to > consistently bake good bread in store. agree - the Co-op baguettes are particularly good

i see today that the bus stop has finally re-opened

Sue started this thread on 20 July, nearly two months ago, weeks after the works began. Since then the narrowed road has re-opened to traffic, but not much else has happened - most of the pavement is still cordoned off and the bus stop is still closed. What happens next and when does it happen?

front seat upstairs for me everytime - if Sue's after the one front left, I'll take the one front right except on a Boris bus my bus-related nominees for Room 101 a. people who insist on staying in the narrow bit between the doors instead of moving down, forcing everyone else to stand near the front door or shove through - and then shove everyone else in their rush to get off at their stop b. bus drivers who think that their bus is full because of the idiots in a. and sail blithely past the signals of desperate people waiting at bus-stops c. bus drivers marking time till the end of their shift, who take an hour to get from ED to the Elephant d. people who recline against the support posts in the bus, fingering their smartphones, preventing anyone else from holding on e. people who refuse to hold on d. the cyclist who toils sloooowly up Dog Kennel Hill, in front of a queue of buses grinding along in lowest gear and chock full of people worrying about missing their trains e. Boris buses

yes, it is definitely in the conservation area. i'm not at all surprised to see that the number of proposed residential units is the magic number 9, hence the development is outside the social housing requirement. what's happening to Roy Brooks and the vets'? as ITATM and FM point out, absolutely no reference to them in the current uses listed in the application.

The Greeks - all of them - want to stay in the eurozone. They FEEL European and the euro is the most potent signal of that. They're up a creek anyway whether they leave or stay. The country has been living on borrowed time, borrowed money and empty politicians' promises for years. Syriza is just the latest of a bad lot. It is painful to watch them - Tsipras, Varoufakis, various MEPs and MPs - twist and squirm and bluster under questioning. Its going to be painful no matter what

I'd have loved to join the chorus of 'it ain't good enough, DMC' especially since discovering today that I wss no longer registered as a patient there - however, the young man behind the reception counter sorted it all out and even got my repeat prescription issued without me asking having failed in the recent past to get a same-day appontment for a sick child, I'm reserving judgement on DMC, but want to give credit where it's due

we did it too, with a small child and a small dog - it was supposed to last 6 months, but went to 9. we lived in the sitting room which was converted to kitchen/living room - it helped to have access to cooking facilities (a portable induction hob and microwave), a washing machine and a fridge - although through lucky coincidence we were away for two weeks in the summer while they knocked down walls when it all got a bit much, it helped to remember that it was a lot like how most people lived well into the last century; and it was also useful that the child was young enough to be persuaded it was all an adventure! overall not an experience we'd want to repeat it, but not impossible to survive either; and of course it'll all be worth it in the end. good luck!

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The OP has a point though in that there seems to > be no catagory for things that warrant serious > discussion, but are not ED specific. there was a place called the Drawing Room or the Waiting room or something that was full of people opining about things far-flung e.g. Greece, the NHS, US voting habits. i rarely ever dared to venture in, let alone post, in there. It was closed down by Admin in his/her wisdom some time ago i don't think that this is what the OP is regretting, however

we might never know... can you live with that, Bob?

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Are there any glorious reviews in particular you'd > like to mention, firstchoicegary? i thought that was a pretty good first sarcasm salvo, Louisa

some very helpful tips from Michael P, but the OP's allegations didn't involve trouser investigation, just that they went about their business while being rats. For which Network Rail is going to pursue them - although given its track record, the rats might still have some hope... in case anyone thinks I'm some kind of undiscriminating rat-lover, I agree with prunellabutterworth that the Peckham Rye rat, with its complete lack of personal hygiene, was a disgrace to its community