Earl Aelfheah

Definitely get back onto the Police. They are obligated to investigate. If they try to fob you off, ask to be passed higher up the chain and failing that, speak with your local councillor.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've shared it three times now. :-)

One final push needed for it to reach 1000

Good grief.

Boris certainly does like to spend transport budget on vanity projects - routemaster - Thames dangleway anyone?

Which user name?

I had a car come shooting out of a side road today, without slowing down, or looking. Nearly knocked me off my bike. Crazy.

I got a call from my wife shortly after I'd left work, to say that she'd locked herself out of the house! So I ended up cycling home, letting her in and then got the train back into town. Actually didn't take too long and meant that I didn't have to worry about my bike being nicked. Next time I will plan ahead a bit better (and hopefully so will my wife).

You would think that some engineers out there would have come up with something a bit smarter to slow vehicles than a bump. I mean it's not a very sophisticated response is it?

We spend a fortune resurfacing the roads to ensure that they are flat and smooth and then the same again putting bumps back in. I'm pretty sure (although admittedly, I can't evidence it) that speeding is just displaced by humps. You so often see van drivers (not sure why it's always van drivers, but anyway), leaving a 'bump zone' and really putting their foot down, which I'm sure is at least in part born out of the frustration bumps invoke.

Currently at 953, just one small push to tip it over the 1000 mark.

Problem is Foxy, I'm already at work and have the bike with me. Didn't cross my mind this morning. Just laid my hands on a cable, so will have a chain (HipLok), a D-lock and a cable (which I can use in conjunction with the D, to lock the saddle). I'm thinking I may just risk it. ...also just realised that I don't have any lights with me! Really haven't didn't think this through.

vgrant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Music that actually endures is music that isnt > enhanced by drug use. Is there any music which isn't enhanced by drug use?

Going out after work tonight for some drinks and thinking of leaving my bike locked up in Waterloo overnight. Is it ridiculously naive / optimistic to think that it won't be gone by the morning. It has two good locks.

vgrant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I want to see a world where all kids are higher > than average. :-)

Sorry, phone doing weird things.

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stephent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They do save the state from having to pay for the > 8% of pupils that attend, plus bring in overseas > investment for foreign pupils, etc. There are > certainly some negatives too, but it's not as > black and white as you make out. I don't think it's black and white and I admit that there is nuance as in any debate. On balance though, It's my belief that the system is divisive.

It is notable that a lot of those 'defending' the charitable status of private schools are actually just resorting to name calling. Thankfully not all.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Middle class lefties of East Dulwich Unite, you > have nothing to lose but your envy Well that's engaging with the arguments.

I think you may misunderstand what a meritocracy is.

All these italics are irking me

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nine per cent - almost one in 10 head teachers and > senior staff - said that a child aged between five > and seven had come to school wearing a nappy in > the past year. The figure was five per cent for > classroom teachers. 5 per cent of classroom teachers come to school wearing a nappy?

The CS6 Superhighway (Penge to City - via Camberwell and Elephant and Castle) has been dropped. Yet more proposed transport improvements for SE London dumped by Boris. So not only does this part of London lack the tube, have an increasingly unreliable rail network, very few Thames bridges (after Boris dropped a proposal), no tram (after Boris dropped a proposal) and no Boris bikes (They're being extended West). It now misses out on a cycle highway too. Maybe he could also withdraw the bus service in this part of town? Excellent.

DaveR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You can also turn the question around and say in a > modern world where educational charities exist, > and comply with their obligations, should they be > stripped of their charitable status because the > state is willing to provide education to everyone? > And ask a similar question about medical > charities, for example. The difference with medical charities is that they are not exclusive in the same way - the research they undertake, or the treatment and support they offer isn't limited to mainly wealthy individuals, but is for the general good.