capt_birdseye

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I'd grit my teeth and invite her over for dinner :-S ... and poison her, good thinking!

We have problems with parking too as there is a popular butchers on the corner of our street. Much as I would love to reserve parking in front of my house it's a pretty unreasonable thing to demand. Unless the council put up a sign on her road that says "Private Road" you should feel well within your right to tell her to shove it.

*Joins the celebrations, and, to mark the abolition of slavery, unchains the lazy boy and shows him the fire escape while evil Keef is outside being harangued by outraged female swimmers and a bat-shaped dog.

*Wonders about the true identity of the poor "Lazy" boy that Keef keeps sitting on. Admire him for not complaining much.

Or borrow my copy for free.

*Accidentally farts. Hopes nobody heard but goes red regardless.

If you want to feel old, go to the museum of childhood. I went round going "I had that...and that...and that".

He does hate a lot of people. But this is getting a bit off-topic...

Yes. Although to be fair he does live in Portsmouth.

*Enters Quiet room and is shocked to see a silhoutted figure hiding behind a screen with faint buzzing noises emanating.

A colleague of mine indicated that if his council started collecting every 2 weeks or charged for bin collections then he would simply start to burn his rubbish! This from a reasonably intelligent man. I fear that this is the mind-set we're up against.

I'm not preaching to you directly, I'm just dis-heartened in general that we live in a world where people won't automatically decide to do the right thing, they have to be incentivised first. Bloody hell, we're actually destroying the world we live in, and doing a far better job of it than any terrorist can manage! There was a programme on BBC1 last night called Real Story (pretty crap programme in general). One section was discussing people who were up in arms because their councils were only collecting refuse once a fortnight in a "stick" attempt to force people to recycle. Their bins were over-flowing and they complained of health-risks. It seems easy in this instance to blame the council in question but these people seem blinded as to the reason for the council's actions. So much of our domestic waste is recyclable, compostable etc. People really need to start changing their habits and generally that's not going to happen unless they are forced to do so.

Meanwhile the ice caps are melting.

As I mentioned above, it's often only more expensive in the short term. Using these green devices actually save you money in the long-term. Replace 10 standard lightbulbs in your house with 10 energy-saving ones and you'll save an estimated ?70 pa on your electricity bill. So you've made your money back on the initial outlay within the first year. If you leave a single, standard lightbulb running 24/7 it will cost you about ?80 a year in electricity.

Good point Mark, but what a lot of people don't undertand is that you will be replacing the non-eficient ones a lot more frequently and they will be costing you far more in terms of electricity used. I finally saw the film last night and I must say, if we have to depend on "average Joe" to make simple lifestyle changes then we are truly f*cked. It has to come from government, at least the EU appear to have recognised the problem and are taking appropriate steps. The fact that the Bush administration is intrinsically linked with car manufacturers, oil companies etc means that change from the world's biggest CO2 contributor is very unlikely, so, once again, we're totally f*cked. Happy to lend my copy of the DVD out to anyone interested. Just send me a PM if you want a lend.

There a related thread in the "Lounge"

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes Cap'n - ten mins from ED to London Bridge and > then no more than a moonwalk to Monument? Indeed. I also work near Monument, although the moonwalking was slowing me down quite considerably.

The old ones will be banned in a couple of years anyway, so you'll need to change your lightbulbs then. Alternatively you can always sit in the dark.

If you work near Monument I can't see what the problem with East Dulwich is.

from "every 10 minutes " to "on average every 10 minutes"

Hmmmm, looks like you're moving the goalposts there.

*Opens lap-top computer and taps in http://www.sat-gps-locate.com in order to check on whereabouts of missing forum members. *Chokes on fish-finger sandwich

Yeah, selective statistics, shame on you! How about: East Dulwich 8:04 East Dulwich 8:15 East Dulwich 8:35 East Dulwich 8:56 Why does it run every 10 minutes off-peak and less frequently during rush hour?

AcedOut Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > East > Dulwich/Peckham Rye have trains to London Bridge > every 10 minutes Every 10 minutes? Do you live in a different East Dulwich to me?!

bald marauder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I believe there is an > amazing product which allows you to turn off ALL > your devices on standby at the touch of one > button. Not sure what it's called or where you get > it, but I know it's out there! Try this