SteveT

The whole of the world is run on profit and many people on this forum and the general public are embarassed at making it. It's as if profit is a dirty word, well I love profit, and although we are never gonna make what the bent bankers (1.4 billion in bonus's radio4 this am) and thieving politicians have made in recent times I still see advantages in the 'greed' system, over the alternatives. Giving cash back when the price is agreed and money has changed hands is called 'luck money' and is quite commonplace when buying livestock at the cattle markets. One pays for experience.

My kids loved holidaying in my brothers caravan so when he was about to sell it they insisted I bought it. We put up with it for about four years and then they said 'isn't it titchy' finally it had become too small and I breathed a sigh of relief when I eventually rid myself of it. Everything was soooo pokey I loathed it, but they loved it, as it was rather like living in a wendy house. The disadvantage of the camper-van is that you are driving a truck on holiday, not a car.

I have been most impressed by a chinese guy on camberwell road a few shops up from Edwardes bicycles. He also sells chinese medicines and he charges about ?30 a session and takes about 40 minutes.

Ever since the lawyers were allowed to advertise on the box...........................damned lawyers.

Recently a 'green' shopping bag from Sainsbugs was sold on ebay for 1500 quid as they had sold out and no more production was likely. You Rosie are a tenner up on the deal that's business, and some especially me would argue good business. If you expect to lose money on all transactions I would say stop any further transactions. Not everyone shops at lidl they also go to waitrose tescos and sainsbugs all of whom are more expensive on most items. You have made a tenner and now you can't live with yourself, it is only that you are not used to being on the winning side and if you did this regularly you would get used to being up on the deal. Some years ago I bought and sold antiques and watched some of the traders buy furniture at a price they could not recover when the article was placed in their shop, but they did this to take the floor and be the centre of attraction during the bidding for some strange reason they got their fix during this process a kind of showing off and being the 'star man'. If you buy a bottle of something with your proceeds I am sure it will taste every bit as good as another bought with your hard earned. All I can say is you won one, many happy returns now live with your success.

J Barber wrote:- Sotuhwark Council Community Wardens do indeed issue fines to dog owners who don't pick up. How do they obtain the address of the owner?

The Lush and Rummy.

Quantative Easement helps to fund inflation and devalue the pound in your pocket too. Remember 'stagflation'.

Southwark have a noise team for this type of individual, and if that doesn't work what about contacting the 'local police type' guys whose correct title escapes me. They will call round and speak to him, at least it will show that someone is on his case.

Sealed bids are always suspicious I know they are prevalent in Scotland but I would avoid them like a plague. I always felt that they are too easy to fiddle, if someone on the inside was so mindful. So I second Pendragon's view. R&A wrote:- A house near us had 8 viewings on a saturday morning and sold in a day. In that case it was probably sold too cheaply, and the seller may have been unwittingly stitched up at the original pricing of the property. Generally you need a dozen potentials to go through the place before you get a reasonable bid by a serious buyer. If that was my place I would drag it off the market and get it revalued by another estate agent.

This one is the worst position for trading being off the main drag so it may prove more difficult to make it a 'jumping' success. An interesting challenge, perhaps with more real ales and good food it should make good, but it will certainly take longer than the rest of the pubs beneath the Scott banner.

Home made bread, and unsmoked medallions, no sauce........................homemade of course.

... and Millwall hooligans too.

Just say to them "someone called earlier this week so try another street". They leave saying thank you.

Swimming in crystal clear water where you can see sea anemonies forty feet down.

Don't get all quivery legalbeagle we all know you are a 'sweet cakes', Jah is just teasing, not taunting you. I don't care much if the picture is banned, except I am suspicious of the reason(s) why.

tomchance wrote:- you don't need to clutter roads with speed bumps and other really annoying rubbish. That alone would be worth the 20mph to rid the town of tiresome speed bumps.

Huguenot wrote:- On what basis do any people have rights to any territory? That refers to the greatest theft of all time, the London lawyers making it possible for 'fencing off' the common land. Those lawyers have a lot to answer for.

Mockney Piers wrote:- I've been there, indeed my brother used to live there, and we Brits are suprisingly popular there. It doesn't surprise me, they must have had a bellyful of all those Nazi war criminals making fast and loose with their women, jobs, and lousy sense of humour.

Huguenot wrote:- This means that in practice there is no significant difference in CO2 output between 30 mph or 20 mph in an urban scenario. If all the traffic is in a lower gear it runs at higher revs, using more fuel for the same distance I believe.

Moved to the Tories has he quids?;-)

Tony Hart was a genius and would show you 'live' how to make something interesting, where as the blue peter staff had to have "one which I made earlier".

The conservatives no longer like double barrelled names, so they are encouraging single sur names, the lengths they go to for power turns my stomach.

Perhaps some may see me as cynical if I suggested it is just another way of Southwark harvesting the motorist for extra revenue. Speeding is not what I like to do so I use 'cruise control' which maintains the car speed from 25mph upwards, so I can happily keep under the speed limit, these become obsolete on cars at 20mph.

J Barber wrote:- Huguenot, fascinated to read about junction and link times. I'm fascinated that you believe it and find it worthy of comment. When they had the problem with the dartford tunnel being too slow for the amount of traffic, the spokesman for the Dept. of transport said by reducing the speed through the tunnel it will reduce tailbacks and allow more traffic through. Then they found out it was a load of rubbish, and built the bridge. Reducing the speed will not hasten traffic flow. If they wanted to improve the traffic flow make the traffic lights change to green before they have to stop, not make the traffic stop and then change to green. Since mad ken messed around with the lights they seem to be stop for a greater amount of the time but the pedestrians end up on the pavement forever waiting to cross. In New York when you stick to the speed limit you do not stop when going into, or out of town, the lights change before you hit them thus saving valuable fuel and time. It is not a high tech solution waiting to happen they,ve had lights to accomodate this concept for years but never put it in to practice. Why?