Crepe Suzette

I have been receiving all my packages lately, albeit one or two days late sometimes. I did have problems with two items that I posted in the Goodrich Road mailbox (near the school) three weeks ago - neither has reached its destination yet.

I just had Southern Electric at the door. Mr Sunil Sharma, district manager. He said he was the local supplier and wasn't selling anything (but the coloured A4 prints in his folder implied otherwise). I said I wanted to do some research first so I gave him my first name and phone number and told him to call back next week... I shouldn't have even given him my number of course.

I obviously didn't let him take any meter readings or get into the flat or anything else.

System sounds as waterproof as my old shoes

Thanks guys. So the lists they find your name on is like a guest list at a club (not that I'm ever on guest lists or go to clubs) and not a fancy electronic system. Ah well, all the less likely to crash.

Apologies, one more question about the election. Do you have to vote at your own polling station? I didn't receive my polling card and have now understood that I can vote anyway (with id etc) but my "own" polling station is not on my way home from work whereas another one in ED is (yes I am lazy). For those that voted without a polling card or those that just Know: can you go to another polling station in your area?

Sorry, boring question.

Great, thanks all!

I did get all my other election related post (the booklet, the confirmation of names on the electoral register) but didn't get a polling card. Did this happen to anyone else? Can we still vote, e.g. with a proof of id and proof of address?

I didn't get a polling card (ED Royal Mail being funny again?) whereas I did receive all the other election related post... so it's good to know where the polling stations are. By the way... can I vote without a polling card? I do have id and proof of address with me and plan to go after work....

Will do this weekend, thanks Max!

Thanks Sean and everyone else for your replies - this definitely sounds interesting. And Mark, yes, would love to join your (and Sean's/Mark's) table together with Mr Crepe. I posted a similar message on the What's On board - not sure if you'd come back to this thread. Thanks for the invitation! Will buy the tickets tonight.

It's a nice street and has great access to both Lordship Lane and Bellenden Road but parts of it get quite busy with traffic cutting through the neighbourhood to get from one main road to another. I noticed it when viewing a flat there once. Check it out around rush hour and see if your part of the street is affected. Since the road is quite close to the houses you might really hear the traffic.

Dulwich park, followed by a drink outside at Crown and Greyhound (be careful not to order the Sunday roast!)

The greengrocer on North Cross road (quality, speed, staff, price)

A lunchtime drink (and meal) while reading the paper in the Bishop, for the atmosphere and the staff

View of Canary Wharf while walking down Landells road

Overall residential architecture

Wondering if the comedy night in EDT is any good - do they still do it on Wednesdays? What kind of performances have you seen and how entertaining were they? Will go and have a look myself soon but am curious to hear your opinions in the meantime.

Does anyone know if you can use the new gym on LL for single sessions (just weights/cardio without a trainer)? I think the monthly fees are rather steep and would probably only go there once a week. Would therefore rather pay per session than per month...

Keef Wrote:

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> Amazed this thread got as far as it did before The

> Lounge.

LOL

Yeah, I was waiting for it, too

Yes, Saturday and Sunday afternoons are the best. Not too crazy about the evenings.

The smoked haddock & parmesan is a good snack, and I miss the chicken and white bean stew. The vegetarian lasagna is good and so is the venison chili.

They should indeed rotate one of the dishes each week and consider the winners for the fixed menu. I'd eat there more often if the menu were a bit more "dynamic". Best staff anywhere in London! I hope these compliments won't make them arrogant - keep it up guys.

Bought some salmon at Moxon's (or is it a plural - Moxons??) today and there was a stand in front of the shop with a girl selling bread from the bakery-to-be, called Luca's. She gave me a flyer that said they'll open in early 2008 - they have a site www.lucasbakery.com

First line of the flyer: "family owned and run we will bake organic hand-made breads, cakes and patisserie from our shop, till then we will be selling from outside Moxon's".

Oh yes, thank you, only now do I realise how eager I was to spill my guts about Royal Mail! Excellent group therapy. But is this really a local thing or is it Royal Mail in general? I've had a horrible experience with mail since I moved to the UK in 2006. I first moved to Crouch End and had issues there too, but it does seem a lot worse here. Letters arriving 6 weeks after posting, magazines being 3 issues behind and cheques not showing up, you name it. I don't care whether it arrives at 9am or at noon and even a day's delay is acceptable, but more than a week is just a joke.

Ok, enough complaining now.. if this is local, can we do something?

Does anyone know what it might cost (roughly) to replace the piping from your house to the main water supply?

We live in ED and a couple of months ago had searches done on a flat we wanted to buy, also in ED. The searches came back with a "failed test on lead in the drinking water" (or "one of the 51 tests failed for lead" - don't remember the exact details). We pulled out for different reasons and now found a new flat, also in ED, and are awaiting the searches.

Has anyone else seen remarks about lead in the water in this area? Is it very local or more widespread? Is it serious or pretty much standard to fail some tests at some point in time? From the searches it didn't seem like the test was done inside the property so it would have been in the public water supply.

Thanks all!

Someone recommended Tony to someone asking for a reliable window cleaner on the "wanted/recommended" board of this forum. Would it have been Tony himself?

I got his number off that discussion - the first time I called him he called back 2 weeks later, then he said he'd be in the area later that week and would call back about the exact time but never did - and then he called again two months later, asking if I still required cleaning and I said no (I don't like working with people I can't communicate with).

Until now I just thought this guy wasn't reliable in terms of showing up but I now understand the whole thing might be a scam?

So what is still left of the hospital (i.e. what wards/clinics and would you ever choose any over those in King's) and are there any plans to revive it? Those blue fences/boards used to make me think redevelopment work was going on...

Undercover Economist.

Waiting for Thousand Splendid Suns to come out in paperback - not so much for the ??? but because the hardback is too big to carry around.... I mainly read on the bus to work.

No chains ideally. But a good bakery, yes. And a big independent bookshop! One more good bar/restaurant would be nice too... it's mainly pubs and curries now, and the overpriced Chardon. I wouldn't mind a big tapas bar (or Basque pintxos or something similar) on the main stretch of LL (I read there is a tapas bar somewhere but it doesn't seem great - has anyone been there?)

We are often given the wrong videos, we get scratched videos, and now you have to pay when you bring them back (instead of when you pick them up) which means you pay twice if you have an overnight and a three day rental - and you have to come into the store and queue again. The staff are depressed and depressing at the same time and they look like they come from one of those "this is what will happen to you if you smoke" ads. Lovely place, great lighting