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sandyman

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  1. I think I may have seen him carrying a large crate full of what I presume was dusters etc near to Dulwich Library earlier. One thing I've noticed is that these sales people don't go door-to-door to every single house. Is there a reason for selecting particular houses or do they only do a few in each street so that they can get away quickly if necessary.
  2. Is this regarding an insurance claim? A few years ago some slates blew off our roof and we put in a claim. An assessor came all the way from somewhere like Swindon, opened his computer, looked at the windspeeds on the night in question and said we weren't covered - I can't remember whether it was because it was too windy or not windy enough butI don't know why he couldn't have googled "weather" from his desk in Swindon rather than come all the way to SE22 to do it.
  3. Just had to negotiate the curious left-then-rightish-turn from Turney Road to Calton Avenue. do people actually get paid for coming up with road layouts like this?
  4. Thanks - yes I've seen that, but as you say it only goes from Liverpool Street and does take 30 mins longer (assuming no traffic hold-ups). Normally I'd go to Brixton and pick up the stansted express at Tottenham Hale. The other option is going to Stratford by train/tube and getting a Terravision coach from there - it's cheaper and probably a bit faster too. ------------------------------------------------------- > If you check National Rail they are running a bus > every 15 minutes from Liverpool Street to Stansted > Airport. Taking 75 minutes it's not much longer > than the train from memory. 7:30 arrives at 8:45 > and 7:45 arriving at 9:00am. I always used to get > the Victoria line to Tottenham Hale from Vauxhall > to cut out the slow section into Liverpool street. > A 40 bus turns off a few hundred yards from > Liverpool Street station and should be quite quick > early on a Sunday morning if your luggage is not > too heavy. Otherwise an Uber to Liverpool Street > should be cheaper than a cab all the way.
  5. Bit of a longshot but just found out Stansted express is not running this Sunday January 7. Need at be at airport by 9am, just wondering if anyone else driving or taking cab to airport at that time. Happy to pay share of fare. thanks
  6. KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > everyone has this problem bro. We used to have a dodgy bell but replaced it with wireless bells in various rooms so that we wouldn't miss postie. Hasn't done much good.
  7. Was in lounge ten minutes ago and saw red mail van outside - assumed they were delivering nearby. Walked out of lounge and "nobody-in" card left on doormat. There is no way they rang the bell or I would have heard it. Anybody else had this problem?
  8. I expect if you've got a dodgy credit card you can hire one and not return it without worrying about losing your deposit. Personally i think anyone who can cycle a Boris bike over Denmark Hill without stopping for a rest deserves to keep it. Ruskin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We were wondering just yesterday how many > Boris/Santander bikes have been nicked. There are > loads of them around south London boroughs being > ridden by people who really don't look like > they've been 'obtained' legally. > > Presumably it's common knowledge how to hack then > use them for criminal activity.
  9. This was a woman. When i told her we already donated to other charities she wanted to know who and how much. She then told me that my neighbours had signed up so i should as well. When I said no she then asked to speak to my wife*. It felt like very hard-sell, foot-in-door, double-glazing salesman tactics. *I'm not objecting to this because I make the financial decisions, as I don't. I objected to this because it felt like she wanted to work her way through the household until she could persuade someone to sign up. goosey-goosey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We had a Unicef campaigner knock on the door just > after the election telly bash started this evening > (so rather late). He wasn't aggresive at all.
  10. Did anyone have a visit from a UNICEF person recently? Maybe I was not in the mood but easily the most aggressive person i've ever had on my doorstep. And that's including duster sellers.
  11. Thanks for the reassurance. As it happens I had to pop over to my elderly mother at the weekend to fix her cistern and took a couple of screwdrivers with me so this was on my mind again. i would imagine the chances of getting a conviction for finding a tiny screwdriver in the glove compartment would be pretty slim. And as it happens I often carry a small swiss army penknife with me, which i assume is legal but could probably do more damage in the wrong hands. rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > sandyman Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > A while ago i had a problem with the lock on my > > car door. The AA man showed me how to open the > > door with a screwdriver but warned me that if i > > was found carrying a screwdriver I could be > > charged with something (carrying a offensive > > weapon?). > > As I understand it the courts have decided that > an unmodified screwdriver (i.e. one that hasn't > been sharpened to a point) doesn't fall under the > Criminal Justice Act 1988 which makes it an > offence to have "any article which has a blade or > is sharply pointed" in a public place (excluding > folding pocket knives of less than 3 inches). > However a screwdriver can be classed as an > offensive weapon if it can be proved it was being > carried for that purpose. So you're not going to > get done carrying a screwdriver round to a > friend's house to wire a plug for them, or indeed > going out to unlock your car (provided your > explanation is believed of course), but carrying > one around without a good reason is likely to get > you in trouble if stopped. > > (Not legally trained but read up on all the > regulations when teaching secondary school in > Vauxhall to make sure my lads knew what the law > was)
  12. A while ago i had a problem with the lock on my car door. The AA man showed me how to open the door with a screwdriver but warned me that if i was found carrying a screwdriver I could be charged with something (carrying a offensive weapon?). Phlox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A while back, I saw a man stab a woman in the side > with a screwdriver at the HSBC cashpoint on > Lordship Lane to get the money she had drawn out. > He threw the screwdriver into the gutter and took > off. Until then, I didn't even know that > screwdrivers were used as weapons. This happened > mid morning time.
  13. Bit of a longshot but my bike was stolen from Herne hill station some time last week. It was a pretty knackered Ridgeback with a very torn seat so the only thing that is worth anything are the wheels. I was just thinking they may have been removed and the frame dumped - if anyone happens to spot an abandoned frame - or an abandoned bike please let me know. thanks PS. I've looked on Gumtree/ebay and i know about buying dodgy bikes in East End.
  14. Hang on - am I being a bit dense or does that mean if someone has two cars and parks car A in their drive and car B in front of their drive across their dropped kerb a warden could ticket car B because they wouldn't know whose car it was? (advance excuse, I've had a long day).
  15. MGJ 537L - although I imagine the first thing they've done is switched plates as CCTV cameras can flag up stolen vehicles. kford Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What's the reg?
  16. I know this is the longest of long shots but our camper van was stolen overnight from Beauval Road. If anyone saw/heard anything at the time or has seen it around please PM us. Here's a picture - it's pretty distinctive. And pretty.
  17. I'm curious too. I saw silver van towed away then when I went out there was a lot of white 'gunk' on the back of my car as if there had been a shoot out with Bugsy Malone-style splurge guns.
  18. Maybe the Council has a joblot of yellow paint they need to use. https://dfijamiesamman.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/double-yellow-madness/double-yellow-small2/
  19. emmmab Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks guys! Glad to get the message out - hope no > one else has to find out the hard way that those > bike racks aren't secure. > > it seems like they're operating in the area, there > was this report from Camberwell recently too: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-356691 > 81 > > You're definitely right about locking your bike to > the garden fence being a bad idea. If you do have > to leave them outside, it's probably best to leave > them somewhere near a shop that has CCTV, which > can act as a deterrent. Ours were on a residential > street so they were easy targets. Not sure how effective a deterrent CCTV is - my bike was locked up inside Herne Hill station next to ticket machine right in front of CCTV when the bog standard front wheel was removed. All caught on camera.
  20. I've been told by a ticket collector that if you have to queue for more than five minutes you are entitled to board the train without a ticket without paying a fine. (can't find this info in writing though so you'll have to do it at your own risk!) > When there's only one ticket machine and there's a > queue or a confused person having trouble with it > (happens all the time) you can end up with a > choice of travelling without a ticket or missing a > train (that may set you back by an hour, given > connections). >
  21. Anyone had someone ring their bell and ask if a cab had been ordered* when the door was answered? We had one this afternoon and for some reason it didn't feel right. *it hadn't
  22. Hi Strange thing has happened today. I posted a set of keys in SE22 to someone in Essex earlier this week and when they received them the jiffy bag had been opened ? and two sets of keys were in it! Bit of a long shot, but if you have sent a set of keys/or are expecting a set DM me with with description. Sounds like one for Derren Brown.
  23. Got letter for him with our address on it.
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