malumbu

Why is this on the transport part of the forum? If it goes wider than East Dulwich then surely the Lounge. It is about a nice public location. The impact on transport is covered over numerous other threads. As for sourcing of stone I expect virtually all of us are guilty of purchasing stuff that we maybe shouldn't. Single use plastic, fruit and veg from half way round the world and products containing palm oil being some obvious ones. And Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat if you want to talk about poor treatment of workers.

This comes up on YouTube - the sort of only an idiot would not buy this It's a electric ceramic heater that is apparently far cheaper than central heating. I expect that it defies the law of physics, akin to cold fusion. But anyone know any more? https://lumiheat.com/

I got ripped off for the equivalent of a couple of quid in India many years ago. Perhaps I should have started a thread. Fortunately I found a home on the ticket collectors thread as it was related to scams on public transport. Thank you for reading.

Thanks Earl, I'll check it out

Reminds me of touts in India, showing you to a bus seat, but we're not official. And the guy that sold me a meal on the train only to disappear. I'm probably a pound or two out of pocket I also got threatened by a drunk railway bloke in Hungary who tried to take money off me All good anaddotes!

There was also a shooting in Walworth. Sadly there are murders every day. Still not sure why this has been posted. I find out about local events on this website but don't usually use it as a news source. Edited to add, not wishing to offend of course, as the OP has made some good contributions,

I expect that virtually everyone is aware if this. Was there a point in posting?

Oh sorry, I thought you were talking about pipe tobacco

It used to be an excellent pub in the 80s, 90s and 00s, and no doubt decades before

I prefer Old Holborn. I should be more imaginative. https://www.davy.co.uk/wine-bar/segar-and-snuff-parlour/ I may try this place

I got responses, just not very good. I could have written a better one myself. No doubt her team replied. She has a good record of dealing with difficult family issues I'm reliably informed. I go out my way to call elected representatives by formal names. Mayor Khan and former Mayor and former PM Johnson. Off this site I just called them by their surnames. I detest the whole move to first names for politicians. It started with Johnson, whose first name I won't use. He is not my mate, he is not cuddly and funny. He is a self serving liar who was happy to screw the country up for political gain. I asked the Beeb to not use his first name but they fobbed me off. I use Ellie here for effect, to make out we are on close terms, which we aren't. And for effect, ie complain through official channels before posting on social media. I go threatened by my MP once, a long time ago, that anecdote is for the pub

This is a forum to discuss issues,; could you tell me where in the 100s of posts responding to my generally thoughtful and informed posts, you have actually discussed my points rather than dismiss them? I struggle to see why my last post would result in your response. You are most welcome to disagree with what I post, but at least be prepared to have a proper discussion.

I had a great bus and tube journey to and from central London on Saturday night. Trains weren't running, but my connections were brilliant. Friday to North Greenwich was also successful. Conversely my bus journey to Sydenham yesterday was disrupted by road works and the fatal shooting. London public transport is brilliant and no need to use a car for the majority of my journeys. I did raise frequent engineering work on the Overground and a reduction in post COVID mainline with Ellie and feel she needs to make this a higher priority.

1. I was responding to a post that inferred that drivers were not a problem due to licensing, having to pass a test etc. I disagree. I made a number of points why. You simply dismiss these points. 2. Where have I condoned cycling on the pavement? Please go through the hundred of posts on this subject and find one from me saying that riding on the pavement is fine. 3. I tried to get some proper debate about how to address this issue. But there was failure to engage, just the usual stuff on LTNs and that the police and local authorities should patrol the pavements. To repeat myself education, information and training is important. 4. The authorities will not take action against children cycling on the pavement. What age is appropriate to ride on the road? I'd say year 5 with appropriate training and the presence or approval of a responsible adult. 5. I will occasionally try to discourage pavement cycling either politely or with older children and adults bluntly. Depends on my mood

Drivers - oh no they don't, Most signal late when turning left at junctions, if at all. Recommend you actually check for yourself. No point in signalling as you are actually turning. Too late. It's good when cyclists give indications of what they are doing, through good road position, checking behind and where possible signalling. But your post suggests you have a massive bias against cyclists whilst believing drivers do little or nothing wrong.

Guilty as charged. I'm always riding over equestrian crossings! Glad they didn't ask me that in my driving test. I was asked about bus lanes, and had never driven on one. We also didn't have level crossings where I came from. Like here Anyway nobody appears to have commented on my well presented points on poor driving standards. Do you agree or disagree?

Not demonising drivers. Pointing out the bad habits that most have, that will not necessarily lead to points on the license but could lead to someone being killed or seriously injured. I've said on numerous occasions that information and training is the key to good cycling standards. Most of the primary schools offer this through the government's Bikeability programme. Sadly due to funding some adult training has been cut.

Yes that one is great. Sydenham is small, they have done up the larger one on Southend Road towards Downham

Anecdotal from driving instructors I worked with on driving standards and smarter driving. A select cadre of advanced driving instructors together with friends who are, or were, instructors. Pick any junction, and see how many indicate properly in advance, one in ten I expect How many check their mirror before indicating? I expect less than half How many people check inside before turning, well under half How many people routinely exceed speed limits when their are no traffic cameras? The majority How many people cut corners when turning - most One hand on the steering wheel, etc etc Not backing off the accelerator when shops, crossings, schools, cyclists, Judging by Honor Oak Road and the school there, majority don't. Driving smoothly in traffic calmed streets, most don't. You may get away with one of those on your actual test, but any more expect it will be a failure. And that is for generally inexperienced drivers where there will be some leniency from examiners. You may well get away with this low level poor driving skills for all of your driving life without a serious collision, but it only takes one turn left across a cyclist or right when a motorcyclist is overtaking...... If you've got an idle moment then stand by a junction, or a school with relatively free flowing traffic and do your own research. Of course you go to some other countries in Europe, and beyond, and there is far worse. Cross over the border from France into Germany, or Austria into Germany, and you will see fairly quickly much more aggressive driving styles. I expect most of this is just poor driving skills rather than aggressive driving, The one in twenty that should give cyclists more room is probably simply unaware rather than seething due to their views on cyclists, clarification in the Highway Code etc But if you tested most drivers on the Highway Code, unless newly qualified, yes, you'd guessed it, they'd fail.

Drivers need to demonstrate this on the day they pass their test. Then much of that goes out of the window. Do a spot test on drivers on the road today and 95 percent will fail. There is no compulsion for refresher or advanced training of drivers. I've posted this many times but a number of you continue to be apologists for poor drivers/driving.

I'll do an order from Lidl in Sydenham if you ask nicely 😁

There are several of you who take every opportunity to criticise cyclists, Southwark, active travel campaigners, road safety campaigners across numerous threads.

Property has been for a long time a good way to invest. When interest rates are low, even more so, as returns can be better than banks and the financial markets, and money is cheap to borrow. Some people are fortunate to come from money. Some are successful at work. Many of us inherit from parents or other relatives. Governments do take action from time to time. Mortgage tax relief, tax relief on landlords, inheritance tax and gifting (waiting Starmer) and stamp duty. The UK has also been historically a good place for overseas investors, including laundering dirty money. Over our lifetime most of us have seen is the widening gap between property owners and those unlikely to get on the housing ladder. Owning multiple properties has made this more stark. Family stayed in private accommodation in big university cities where we did when we were students. Except the four bedroom houses are now seven. You could argue that increasing multi tenant properties could help the housing shortage, even if this does benefit a few already well off landlords. Of course it could all collapse again. But unless Trump trashes global economies would always pick up. Personal interest? I once put an offer on a one bed flat with the thought of adding an upstairs bedroom, modest and a skylight which was permitted development in those days and not a major project. But ironically the current owners decided to stay and do this. That was a long time ago.

Men? Youths?

Today I have seen in the backstreets around Sydenham several cars cut corners when turning right, one van completely on the wrong side of the road, several speeding, one well exceeding 40mph, one bizarre car stopping and then with no indication reversing towards a cyclist by the curb before doing a three point turn, on pick up truck on their phone, one van driver peeling a banana (well at least it was healthy) and delivery vans parked by a junction on the pavement blocking the line of site for road users approaching the junction or turning into this. All of these could led to serious collision. As it was not commuting time, and not a cycle route, about four leisure cyclists doing nothing particularly exciting and one delivery moped not crashing into loan women drivers, just doing their job. This fixation with cyclists is ridiculous.