TheArtfulDogger

What time is he on ?

Scandinavian embassy ? Only one type of suit for that sort of event sir, a birthday suit !

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Recording TV shows on my Virgin Media box which > cut off before the end of the show. Why?! I > thought the days were long gone when you had to > program your video recorder with the start and end > times you wanted, in the hope that the previous > show didn't overrun. After that there was then the > sensible system with a unique code for each show > so that it recorded it all automatically > regardless of overruns. But now we seem to be back > to the 'dark ages'. Grrr! Homes under the hammer again brandnewguy? It's frustrating investing all that time in watching the show only to miss how much the last house is worth .... 🤓

Wow Just been dazzled by channel 74 on freeview It's called true Christmas and its dedicated to... Christmas themed films It's scary, although it's saving grace is that from 1am till the early hours they show the waltons and little house on the prairie (gawd Nellie Olson was a dream queen lol ) Never realised there were so many (rubbish) Christmas films

Hey Pato, did you and charliebub ever hook up or are you still lonesome tonight ? Lol

Money making scheme perhaps ? James one for you to chase up if this has happened (not observed it myself)

Thankfully the east Dulwich forum held up against this global outage of social mediocre 😜

jaywalker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > there seems to be a dodgy assumption here that WW2 > has come to an end Well paying the yanks for the loan to get through ww2 hasn't come to an end yet st least

pop9770 wrote --------------- > Maybe the question those who do not suffer should > ask themselves is do they feel it is acceptable to > support inflicting pain on others less fortunate > than themselves or are they happy to look > themselves in the mirror and live with double > standards? Sorely tempted to say YES in this instance pops

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have you seen the queues at William Rose around > Christmas Yes, but no worse than the queue to get into and use sainsburys I guess And the quality is better I bet

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > This will be a bugger on Christmas Eve. The > left > > hand lane queue normally starts by the station. > > > Ah well, let them use M&S instead :)) Or God forbid, use our local shops before they get taken over by chains ....

Wow LadyNorwood You either are very unlucky or you should write a book about your life

I suspect foxy was making a comparison and pointing out it could be worse if the b52s played overhead A I'm not talking love-shack baby

Just now I received an email from someone called larryjohnson which read Greeting, I contacted you last two weeks and I got no response. I mentioned about my late client that has the same surname with you. He deposited the sum of $9.5million dollars in one of the bank here in our country and they have asked me to provide a next of kin. Kindly show your interest to work with me to enable me forward the details of this project to you. Question is what's the best way to respond ? I was thinking "Dear Larry Oh my god, I can't believe cousin Wayne Kurr has finally shot his load and parted this earth, how did he die? Hopefully he went with a bang! Have you managed to trace his sister a miss S Pamm or his ex wife Pauline Kurr nee miss p hish? Did old Wayne Kurr really deposit $9.5 million into your hands? That's a load and a half, it must be quite sticky to dispose off ! I never did think his idea of an online porn site called scamrus was going to work but obviously he played with it enough until it come to fruition and his load came to him. Regards " Any thoughts or better ideas (apart from ignoring it) ?

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bit off topic, but re monitoring, I know many > people would say Big Brother etc but why isn't it > made compulsory for every vehicle to carry a > tamperproof GPS transmitter so that it can be seen > to enter any chargeable zones - which could also > be used to enforce speed limits, prove red light > jumping, track stolen vehicles, stop hit and runs > etc etc. I know, loads of people will hate the > idea, but at the moment traffic laws are a joke, > broken by most people some of the time due to lack > of traffic police. I'd accept one on my bike to > prove I don't jump reds if that would help! Same reason we don't have a national identity card to stop things like benefit fraud, infringement of civil liberties

Hi James, I was talking of the cost to implement the necessary cameras or systems to know when a vehicle enters the zone, plus the need for cameras to monitor vehicles already in the zone, after all people shouldn't be charged a daily rate if their vehicle is on their drive! Not quite sure what your air pollution of moving vehicles statement is actually saying, it seems very confusing. As I said I want to see the projected costs for implementing, running and maintenance of the proposal before making any decision As Bil said in his post, before penalising drivers in the south, we need better transport alternatives implemented first he wasn't questioning the unfairness of alternatives to diesel vehicles, although the mayors proposal is that we replace or convert any vehicle that doesn't meet the standards, a lot of Londoners simply can't afford to do that especially those who use cars infrequently but still need them

Talking of investing, how much would it actually cost to set up the cctv system needed to monitor the north /south circular route. I found a document from Islington https://www.islington.gov.uk//~/media/sharepoint-lists/public-records/environmentalprotection/qualityandperformance/reporting/20152016/20150401islingtonulezextensionstudyfinalreport that suggests a cctv network would cost ?10.2 million in 2014 (allowing for inflation) per km The north circular is 41.4 km long (source https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Circular_Road) the south circular is 33km long (source https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Circular_Road,_London) A total if 74.4 km at a potential 2014 cost of ?10.2 million per km makes it ?758.88 million Allow for inflation from the 2014 estimate, cost overrun and other costs and that could be closer to a billion pounds in 2019 just to implement then there is the potential cost to householders to replace their vehicles that don't meet the necessary levels. Finally there is the cost to run the scheme, I assume capita will manage it on behalf of tfl. I would be interested to see the figures that the mayoral office predicts for implementing as far as the north and south circular Whilst cost should not be a factor compared with lives saved, it has to be considered. Equally did anyone see top gear a few years ago where they did no2 comparisons during and after a London wide bus strike ? They showed that no2 levels dropped significantly during the bus strike, and the following study backed it up http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2394054/oxford-street-pollution-plummeted-during-bus-strike-say-scientists Therefore turning all buses to electric or converting to run on petrol rather than diesel will aide a drop in pollution levels which is a good start. As Bil pointed out above south London doesn't have an effective transport system to replace cars if they are taxed off the road. By restricting heavy traffic to the south circular and further out, it means that the already congested, slow and heavily polluted south circular will just get worse thus moving the no2 problem out to the south circular , which depending on weather and wind direction could cause it to drift into the edges of east Dulwich Finally, deliveries to stores and businesses in the new zone will potentially increase cost wise which may be passed on to consumers as vehicles will either have to be converted, replaced or pay the new charge. Overall I believe that there needs to be a better understanding of what expanding the ultra low emmision zone from the current congestion zone to the north and south circular roads actually means for London and Londoners as a whole before we can make any sort of informed decession.

Bob, are you a wild boar Fan Is so head down to the Forest of Dean and assist the council there in their culling program and have something different for Christmas http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-9fyfc5

I find potatoes a wonderful vegetable Especially when shoved up an exhaust pipe (although I am not suggesting anything here)

Hey admin Have you ever thought about having a section where you can move such posts into so that everyone can poke fun at them away from the main sections Just a thought as the first time gushing posters are so obviously put up ?. Just a thought mind you

Sadly all road users occupy their own space bubble A clear example is my drive from the a3 to se22 on Sunday night First a deliveroo cyclist was cycling the wrong way on the Wandsworth one way system (towards oncoming traffic) with no lights, Followed by 2 bikes and 2 moped drivers who pulled out of side roads without looking By this time I believed that my car was invisible despite having lights on Then two (suspected uber) Prius drivers were doing 15 in a 30 zone with no concept of who was around or behind them (breaker breaker looks like we have us a convoy) Whilst I believe cyclist jumping lights is highly dangerous (for them, pedestrians and other road users) I also believe there are a whole range of twats on different modes of transport using the road As for the Dutch, can we really look at coffee (nee hash) cafe cultured clog wearers as an example ? Or maybe we need more Dutch style coffee shops to make everyone mellow (man) !

James Thanks for chasing up on the old police station, on a related issue I have a few days off and I have noticed an increased amount of construction turning into upland road and traversing down to north cross road and then back again later (I assume it's the same vehicle) They seem to be sivyer bulk hardcore lorries and my origional thought was it is related to the crystal palace road site but I don't think they have a need for multiple deliveries or removals at this stage. Obviously side roads are not suitable for heavy construction traffic like this, any chance you can find out where they are going to / from and also put pressure on the company to use main roads and not side roads where possible ?

From the citizen advice website on the matter (https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/somethings-gone-wrong-with-a-purchase/if-something-is-advertised-at-the-wrong-price/) If you take an item to the till and are told the price on the tag or label is a mistake, you don?t have a right to buy the item at the lower price. You could still try asking the seller to honour the price.

lavender27 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wake up humming out loud "the Blue Danube" > sometimes and then realise I've wet the bed Oh lordie, that's going to open the flood gates ;-(

Interesting observation Siousxiesue So where did mr sun sun, mr golden sun by the fun loving criminals come from this morning ? (Opens curtains on a grey day)