Shaggy

Thanks Penguin 68. Very sensible IMHO. Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hardly anyone is social distancing, pubs people > were sitting > 1 ft apart back to back [ only takes one sneeze]. > > Actually (1) sneezing isn't particularly a Covid > symptom - and the incidence of infection in > Southwark is quite low and coming down and (2) > evidence suggests that infections indoors are most > likely following prolonged conversation contact - > 30 minutes or more > > Runners, run past me less than a metre, I cannot > hear them coming, puffing panting. > > Infection outdoors is far less likely - and see > above about length of contact required. > > Clearly it is possible to contract Covid through > no contact with others at all - but through > transfer from surfaces - hence the handwashing > mantra - although current views are that this is > not as common a vector as first feared. But we are > living in an area of low infection rates, and so > long as you don't indulge in long conversations > indoors your risks are, frankly, slight. > > Annoyingly it seems that the Tier 3 restrictions > were beginning to work - so maybe this lockdown, > effectively forced on the government by terribly > warnings from Sage about 4000 deaths and the > collapse of the NHS wasn't necesssary.

No need to crowdfund. I?ve had one of these for two years, and it?s great and inexpensive. It is perfect for attaching to bicycle handlebars or a rear view mirror, if you are that way inclined. https://plumelabs.com/en/flow/

Thanks James -- that's really useful. I'm planning to get rid of my car and get one of these: https://www.ternbicycles.com/bikes/472/gsd Most people who say that "cycling isn't an option" really mean "I don't want to cycle," or "I'd like to cycle, but I think it is dangerous," or "I could get a car for the cost of that bike." However, increasingly there are cycling solutions to most problems. Hopefully, as prices go down, and uptake goes up, more and more people will realise cycling is simply a better option than sitting in a cramped little aluminium box, poisoning the world, and getting nowhere fast. James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The alternative I found to driving my kids around > when small - Nihola trike - > http://www.nihola.com/home.html > You can try one out at London Recumbents in > Dulwich Park who distribute them. > > Kids LOVED It. Once had six little ones in it > around Belair Park. > Best part was convincing them if they flapped > their 'wings' it helped me cycle up hills. > Furthest cycled kids loaded was Coram's Fields. > > Happy to share privately pictures of family using > it. > > > Shaggy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Mrs Nicklin Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > I can't believe this is happening. Cycling is > > not > > > really an option when you have to get 2 small > > kids > > > to get to school and there is literally no > > other > > > way that the South Circular and a car, > electric > > or > > > not. > > > > > > The standstill traffic is horrific for > > pollution > > > and traffic AND not all the schools have > even > > > gone back yet. We might have to take ours out > > of > > > their school as we just cannot afford a 1h 45 > > min > > > round trip twice a day when we're both > working. > > > > > > > > Totally mismanaged and selfish by the looks > of > > > what I've read. You cannot just do this to > > people. > > > It stinks of NIMBYism > > > > > > This is clearly causing chaos, and > inconveniencing > > many people. However, what exactly is selfish > or > > NIMBYish about this situation? > > > > Inconvenient, yes. Annoying, yes. But selfish? > Who > > is being selfish?

In answer to the actual question.... I wouldn't leave an electric scooter locked up for any length of time. There is no lock I know of that could safely secure it. A small lock through the wheel would just be a small lock, so easy to break, in a wheel that can be removed. A cycle lock across the stem would be equally easy to disable. All these options are fine for a couple of mins as they have an alarm and can alert your mobile if tampered with. But not while going off to work for the day. Also, most escooters don't react well to being rained on, and are likely thief-magnets. So best kept indoors and away from sticky-fingered teenage drug dealers. Also, I'm a Brompton commuter. And I own an electric scooter which I don't use because, generally speaking, the bike is much better at most things. However, it is a bit of pain lugging a folded Brompton up the stairs to my office desk. It is much easier to wheel a scooter from door to desk, and throw it over you shoulder with a strap when going up stairs. It's not ideal, but I think lugging it around is the least worst option and is what I would do in the situation. As for the law, it is rarely applied and practically unenforceable. The police are more likely to stop and confiscate the scooters of the many idiot kids who haven't worked out which side of the road to travel on and are putting themselves in danger, than people cruising sedately down the cycle lane to the staton.

I?m pretty confident she doesn?t have a disabled child. If she did, the report would have mentioned it. ?Person who needs to use a car to get her disabled child to school? is a much stronger line than ?person who wants to make a short local journey is inconvenienced by traffic?. She is a good outside voice, though, because she is pretty typical of many road users who are very attached their cars. So I agree she isn?t stupid. She?s pretty normal. Sadly.

Just putting this out there: possibly undemocratic methods, unintended consequences, and current inconvenience aside, does anyone disagree with the council's goal of reducing traffic? Does anyone think we should have the right to use our cars as much as we like? Does anyone think that those who can use alternative means of transport, such as bikes, should?

Mrs Nicklin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can't believe this is happening. Cycling is not > really an option when you have to get 2 small kids > to get to school and there is literally no other > way that the South Circular and a car, electric or > not. > > The standstill traffic is horrific for pollution > and traffic AND not all the schools have even > gone back yet. We might have to take ours out of > their school as we just cannot afford a 1h 45 min > round trip twice a day when we're both working. > > Totally mismanaged and selfish by the looks of > what I've read. You cannot just do this to people. > It stinks of NIMBYism This is clearly causing chaos, and inconveniencing many people. However, what exactly is selfish or NIMBYish about this situation? Inconvenient, yes. Annoying, yes. But selfish? Who is being selfish?

Yes ? thanks everyone. It was only a tiny under-desk freezer. God knows what it would have smelled like if it had been a chest freezer.

Hi everyone.... I?m afraid I?ve done something rather stupid. I?ve just come back from two weeks holiday to discover that I must have accidentally turned off our small freezer that we keep in the spare room. So, in the heat it has totally putrefied and the smell is awful. Does anyone know of any companies or any remedies that can help me sort it out and get rid of the smell?

Yes, lockdown is over, because after today the ?rules? have become more of a set of guidelines that you should break if you love your children enough.

There are shades of grey here. I clap because our NHS staff are being sent to work in dangerous conditions with inadequate protection and they deserve our appreciation. But I would rather they were doing a difficult job, in safe conditions, with the full backing of the state, and being properly paid to do it. But the Tory lauding of the NHS after years of attacking it is distasteful. And to see Johnson "leading the nation" clapping a few weeks ago made me not want to take part. I am clapping for them BECAUSE they are going above and beyond the call of duty, NOT because the government hypocritically now says we should support the NHS.

Hi Forum, The legality of electric scooters has been discussed elsewhere. That aside, how well do they work in relatively hilly East Dulwich? I occasionally see electric scooters travelling at a good speed up Dunstans Road, which is a significant incline. Is that something you can do with a normal priced scooter like a Segway Ninebot or an E365?

sjf1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > At A J Farmer we currently have plenty of loo > rolls ,soap and most other cleaning products. > There is maybe a dozen or so lines in total > that we have sold out of, but on the whole we have > alternatives. Our supply chains are still > in place with deliveries arriving 5-8 times a > week, all standard for us. Demand is up , but you > will > find most of what you want. I?ve been in my local > independent convenience store today, they also > seem well stocked. Just try some of the > independents you might be pleasantly surprised at > what?s on the shelves > > Sophie > > Edited to add apologies for the layout of the > post. Written on my phone without wearing my > glasses. But I think you get my drift. Look after our small(er) shops and they will look after you.

hellosailor Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It?s as the crow flies yes. > I believe one of the main reasons that we?re in > this ludicrous secondary school situation in ED is > that when Haberdashers Asks bid for the contract > of the new school on the hospital site, they > pledged to make their nodal point further up LL > near the location of what is now Harris primary. > This being highly pertinent because it?s the roads > north of LL up past Barry road that are in a black > hole and desperately needed provision. My > understanding is that when Charter put in a rival > bid they made the same pledge if they were to win > the contract and having secured it immediately > went back on their promise and made the nodal > point their entrance, thus shafting the scores of > families living in the secondary black hole and > creating a catchment that hugely overlaps with > Charter North. How fortunate to live on one of > those roads who now get to choose which Charter > tickles their fancy rather than my road where my > children may well be offered a school we don?t > want several km away. Appalling. It is with also mentioning that the Charters are now trying to gerrymander sixth form entry by giving Charter N priority at Charter E, and vice versa. Although many of us have just got through secondary allocation, sixth form will come round all to quickly.

Most of the schools use 'as the crow flies', *not* walking. It is true that some of them, for example Charter North, used to use a 'safe walk to school' measure, but now it uses straight line distance from a nodal point. All the schools that I have looked at over the last three years used the straight line from the nodal point measure. It is worth noting that the nodal points can change, and are not always obvious. Harris East Dulwich, for example, moved its nodal point about 100m towards Nunhead for 2020 entry, and Charter North also recently fiddled with theirs.

They really are revolting, pathetic creatures.

That makes no sense whatsoever. Are you drunk or ?special??

Close to the Upland Road, Lordship Lane intersection. Anyone any ideas where EXACTLY they came from?

No. The main thing is to stop this ridiculous proposal which has the effect of stopping people in East Dulwich from using public roads to drive to work, but gives North Dulwichers beautifully empty roads for their two minute drive to Alleyns. ollflick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah & Monkey > The council does not have the staff capacity to > consult and deliver on large parts of the borough > all at once and is also busy doing lots elsewhere, > e.g. around Rotherhithe. Separate plans are being > brought forward for the Lordship Lane area in a > few months: > http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgIssueHistoryHo > me.aspx?IId=50021892&Opt=0 > > The main thing is to get strong support for this > ambitious Dulwich scheme so that officers and > councillors get used to proposing, supporting and > delivering effective schemes - rather than just > surveys and studies that lead simply to (cycle) > symbols painted on rat runs. That sadly seems to > be the situation still in the Bellenden area.

The Coal Rooms by Peckham Rye station. They have a dedicated room for working.

Hi. Anyone else not getting water on the Goodrich School end of Dunstan?s Road?

I second BYO in Nunhead too. I get a lot of stuff there. In fact, I think Nunhead is a great place to do lots of shopping. There is a good butcher, a good greengrocer and a good fishmonger. We've cut down our plastic use considerably by shopping in Nunhead rather than Sainsburys.

The laminated book of dreams.

Load of old cobblers. There are plenty of local shops you can have your online orders delivered to. fishbiscuits Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Monkey Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > If you?re not at home to collect parcels, use > local shops. > > Load of old cobblers. > > Nobody should buy anything online unless they plan > to be at home all day... for several days in a > row?

That's great to know. Thanks James.