BJL

There are still people who are paid in cash and need to pay it into their bank accounts.

uncleglen Wrote: > I don't care who said what since the responses are > so predictable...in your bourgie way There's nothing wrong with a bit of bourgie, Uncle.

sidebirds Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm a girl. You actually - like - MISGENDERED me. > Possible "hate crime"? > Oops...I suppose there was a 50% chance I'd be wrong - apologies (and thanks for not being a snowflake about it).

Amy A Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >Sideboys remark about lattes and nibbles > was offensive to some extent because there's some > truth in it. It was silly and belittling, but it > referenced the real problem of house prices, > gentrification and social exclusion of lower > income brackets that I'm sure we're all > uncomfortable about, whatever side of the divide > we're on. Well, sidebirds' first EDF post asked for recommendations for cocktail bars in ED. He later said - sidebirds Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I live just off Lordship Lane so it's a > shame it seems there are no actual cocktail bars > on LL (or even in ED). Sounds like he'd quite like a bit more "gentrification".

Perhaps this place might help? Repair Cafe, SE1.

If you like great ice cream, try Giolitti - http://www.giolitti.it/en/

hpsaucey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > maybe it wasn't modelled well enough, or it wasn't > seen as a priority? Looks like it but it's a shame that they didn't seem to think about people outside the buildings. Much of that 1983 New York Times article applies to the new London Bridge, I'd say.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is always a vortex of wind at the base of > tall buildings- Centre Point used to be the worst > in my experience. The problem isn't just at the base of one building - the whole LB entrance/exit area suffers from it.

I'm really surprised that this problem wasn't anticipated by the architects/builders...or if it was, it wasn't fixed.

It often seems incredibly (and unusually) windy outside the main station entrance/exit (by the News building/Shard) and I can't help thinking that this is due to the design of the new buildings in the area. (Here's a 35 year old New York Times article discussing the problem.) (Edited for clarity.)

redjam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd assume the reason they don't use that driveway > is because it looks like it's only a single-lane > width, so whichever coach was at the front would > block in all the others. And it would prevent > emergency service access, as mentioned above. > > ETA: Though it wouldn't be that difficult to widen > it and make it two lanes! It's not a single lane - if you look at the attached photo, you'll see that there are several cars parked under the trees in front of the main building and there's still space for other vehicles to drive past. It might be a bit too narrow for two coaches to pass, but - as you say - it wouldn't be difficult to widen that driveway.

A while back, edhistory posted this helpful photo - has anyone explained why the school coaches can't park on the drive in front of the school itself?

Cora - I edited my post to add his number. (For some reason I can't post a link to his website, but a search for "Broken 1210" will find it.)

A friend recommended Mike Hall at Broken 1210 (07889 207914) in ED to me - despite the website's name, he doesn't just repair Technics 1210s and did some great work on a couple of vintage Garrard turntables as well as giving me some really helpful general hi-fi advice. Good work, quick turnaround and fairly priced.

Mince pies and Christmas puddings on the shelves at my local Sainsbury's. Remember - it's "only" just over three months until Christmas...

edhistory Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Don't rely on these "journalists". > > This is a small scale pilot for selected types of > VISA registered businesses in the USA only. > > From this morning's BBC article:

It's starting to happen - from today's "Independent". Visa ?declares war on cash? by offering UK businesses incentives to only accept card and digital payments

In Nordic countries, there's a big push to get rid of cash in a move towards electronic payments for everything and for some time it's been quite normal to pay for tiny purchases by card or phone. When I was last in Finland, I was with a friend who wanted to exchange around ?1000 worth of Swedish Kronor into Euros and needed to have evidence of the source of the currency. Without it, the banks/currency exchanges wouldn't deal with him. I was told it's the same for larger purchases (a car, for example). The banking establishment (which receive a percentage from retailers for processing the card payments) and governments (who can monitor their citizens even more closely) are all in favour, of course. I imagine that hackers/cybercriminals are also looking forward to the cashless society...

I've got hundreds of unwanted secondhand CD jewel cases - can anyone suggest a group/organisation/whatever which might be able to put them to good use? (Or let me know if you need a quantity.) http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mTioZec3PChz6ikU-dh9NrA.jpg

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > An Estate Agent in Manchester took ALL the house > pictures out of their window > and replaced them with I love Manchester posters > as a sign of respect. > > M&B announce the opening of their new pub. > > Says it all. > > I'm with bgw on this. > > DulwichFox A royal garden party at Buckingham Palace went ahead yesterday. "Keep calm and carry on"?

If anyone can easily help me understand the accounts (Abbreviated Balance Sheet from Companies House) of a small business, would they please PM me? Thank you in advance.

I'd be interested in finding someone too - I used to go use Mojo Audio (by the Palmerston) but they disappeared a year or two back.

Thanks for the information - I wasn't sure if Cool Chile Co still had their stall at Borough Market (but I've also discovered that the Whole Foods Market chain stocks CCC's masa harina). Franklin's is local so I'll check that out too.

Masa harina is a special corn flour used to make tortillas, tamales etc and is not the same as regular corn meal/flour. It's available online but I'd rather find a local (or localish - SE/N/E/Central London) supplier - can anyone help?

Bluerevolution Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BJL you obviously haven't been to Lisbon, there > are no speed controls and drivers really don't > give a .... , pavements are really narrow, many > making it impossible for people walking in > opposite directions NOT to use the road, there are > TukTuk wizzing around totally regardless of what's > in front of them-love the City, hate the traffic Correct - I haven't been to Lisbon but I've seen the system working fine in other parts of Portugal. However, I'm not really sure why that's relevant since (from your description) Lisbon doesn't sound very much like Barry Road. Apart from the lack of effective speed controls and drivers who "don't give a ....", that is.