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Loads of UK libraries do eBook lending (most using the Overdrive system), and it's a real shame that Southwark don't. Yes, it's a fragmented market - most systems don't work with Amazon's proprietary and wildly popular Kindle - but that's a pretty poor reason not to offer it at all.. The eBooks have a 'self destruct' date on them, analogous to the return date on a traditional book, after which they self-destruct from your eReader. The Kindle lending library is indeed a lot more like a subscription service - not really a lending library at all.

My folks live in Kent, where the libraries offer Overdrive. It's great for loading up on books to take on holiday. Just without the weight. :)

Yep, go for Seema Chopra - https://www.facebook.com/chopchophair and www.seemachopra.com

I'd love to see somewhere like Newcastle's fabulous Star & Shadow in SE London (http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/) - a volunteer-run cinema, music and comedy venue that also serves as a meeting place for special interest groups and classes. All run as a Community Interest Company.

Can only echo the positive praise above.. Have been going for a few weeks now, and this place is very good. Particular praise to the staff, who really know their stuff, and don't fit the usual ignorant "just pedal faster if you want to get fitter" mentality you get at the chain gyms..

Christopher Wrote:

> How about the Hob in FH?

Good shout, this is a nice space.. It's a good size, has a stage, sound system, and upstairs bar area. Would definitely be in for a decent local folk club. Drop me a PM if you'd like any help with the organising, Sue..

I don't think anybody could say that internet banking is 100% safe and guaranteed to protect your heard-earned dosh - but then neither is getting cash out of a cash machine. It's just a different type of threat. Banks are spending a lot of money on making their online services as secure as possible, and although I know there are others here who have had bad experiences, my own experience (with Natwest, over the last 10 years) has been entirely good and I've never had any fraud problems.

For me, there are a few key rules I follow.. I use a different password from my other internet services (email, Amazon, etc), I avoid writing down my login details anywhere (and destroying the piece of paper sent to me with them on originally), and try and use a banking service which gives you a physical 'token' which reads off a set of digits for you to type in when you login (sometimes called 'two-factor authentication'), as these involve more sophisticated security.

Not to say that others here who have had problems haven't done exactly the same things.. I just think these are good things for a first-timer to aim for. A lot of problems you hear from others others citing fraud through internet banking are just as likely to be due to them purchasing from less reputable online stores who don't transmit and store your credit card details securely.

Stop - Spice Girls. A forgotten classic. :)

Again further afield, but Carnevale (http://www.carnevalerestaurant.co.uk/) near Barbican is a really lovely vegetarian restaurant and does a great 3 courses or 2 courses + drink deal for ?13..

Definitely interested in the supper club idea, and happy to rustle up an old Crank's favourite or two..

Curmudgeon Wrote:

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> 2 small parcels posted to me last week first class

> .. one on Tuesday, one on Wednesday ... absolutely

> NO SIGN YET!

Agh! Mrs Landellite and I were just discussing how shockingly arbitrary the post has been here recently - some things arriving next day, others (mostly parcels) taking over a week. What on earth is going on? It's been like this for the last month or so, since the strike.

Thanks for all of your thoughts... My mother (who lived in a flat above the dairy very briefly as a young child) remembers it as being towards the bottom-end of LL, near the common, so the junction with Friern Road or the Landells/Underhill junction (coincidentally, right where I now live!) look like likely candidates...

I learnt recently that my great-grandfather used to work at a dairy either on or just off Lordship Lane in the early '50s.. Does anybody know where this might have been, or what's now in its place?

Domitianus Wrote:

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> Why not an M&S? There is simply NOWHERE in ED

> that does decent grub to cook at home. Somerfield

> is a joke and trudging through the labarynthine

> aisles of Sainsbury's is enough to deter anyone.

We've just moved to ED from Blackheath, where an M&S Simply Food opened a few months back. Those who have had to suffer M&S being their local 'supermarket' will I'm sure share the frustration of 1) it being vastly overpriced for the basics and 2) it not having anything like the range of ANY other supermarket chain (aisle after aisle of microwave meals and 'picnic food' -- the culinary equivalent of the LL 'tat shops'?). I actually think the Dog Kennel Hill Sainsbury's is exceptionally good, compared to their usual offerings. Well-stocked, good range, and well-priced. Be grateful for what you have!

> M&S provides [..] fair enough prices.

Sadly not true! Only once you've been fleeced a tenner for a loaf of bread, pint of milk, and a poxy jar of sundried tomatoes will this become painfully apparent. :-)

figgins Wrote:

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> What time does the quiz kick off?

8pm...

Jamma Wrote:

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> Has anyone partaken of their Thursday quiz night?

> Any good? It's unfortunate that it's such a big

> space so tends to look a bit empty, but the fewer

> people there are the easier to win the quiz.

Yes! Went last Thursday, and it's good fun. A relatively serious quiz (first round was "Art and Architecture"), but don't be put off, as the range of questions covered most bases. We came 4th out of 7 with only a two person team of me and the missus..

For those unable to justify lining Murdoch's pockets, here's the online version. :-)