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really though, any level of rudeness from staff to 'clients' /customers /patients is unacceptable. Ok they sometimes get horrible people, but so do hoteliers, shops, pubs, other places where the public interact with staff. You wouldn't get it in any other service- hotel reception. I think its a terrible to try and justify it via a bad experience you don't know if they have actually had.

It's been awful tonight!

today -11am, not peak time- had to drive daughter to Euston as she had so much luggage. Approached elephant from New Kent Road, huge queue, then at the actual Elephant it seemed there was only one tiny lane curving round to the right, the other fork seemed to be cut off. Then once across the Elephant and round the one way system to Blackfriars/Waterloo it was ridiculous. Not that much traffic but all of it made to wait for about twenty minutes to get through lights. You cannot take left to Waterloo until you have crossed the lights for traffic to Blackfriars, as it is all bus lane up till then. About three cars could go through green at a time. It seemed to be deliberately artificially manufacturing a traffic jam. Once through to Waterloo, hardly any traffic. I kept thinking why? is it pleasant for hotel residents to have all that traffic snarled up under their windows, or local residents? Bus lane completely empty which explains my lightening bus journeys from the other direction of late. And cyclists using the one way system? Back to your expensively laid out cycle superhighway please!!

I had alot of problems with internet last night re virgin.

From Peckham Rye there are trains directly to St Pancras, (next to Kings Cross)so it's not very convulated at all.

another blink of an eye journey today-this evening the 176 took 24 minutes from The Strand to Ondine Road.

Strangely i had the fastest ever 176 journey home from Charing Cross Road last night, whizzing down empty roads. The approach to elephant was empty. Maybe it's succeeded in putting everyone off driving.

I got a dancette 1960's just to sustain my remaining record collection. Now if only I could beef it up with some louder speakers....

The cultural argument thing is bollocks and has been a real obstacle to social workers who were put off intervention because of this thinking- thinking that turns out to be more an invention of our stereotype assumptions than the actual reality of those cultures.a bit like the whole winterval fiasco that was a result of council overthinking rather than of anyone ever having objected to christmas. Well done Cinders and i hope they find this poor child!

someone tried to jump off the roof. hope they have been talked down and are safe.

Flock and Herd, Bellenden Road.

I back onto party house but think it was house next to it this time. (I can look out and see) Doors open into garden is main culprit bringing noise right into your bed. I think they turned it down a bit in small hours.

Woops cross posted!

On blenheim grove under arches next to brewery by peckham rye station.

Devil= iceland/buggy/'rye lane used to be the golden mile' inflammatory unto hellfire topics.

even Jesus only had to spend 40 days and nights in the wilderness.

did you get party wall agreement? our neighbours loft conversion dislodged a tile and the builders replaced it straight away. Can you go to the head of the company that is doing the conversion? They won't want a bad reputation.

The Gardens Surgery is great!

dreamymummy, the skate park seems to be still in the same place according to proposals.

Read Parker website owners reviews- they love the octavia. Ive just bought a five year old skoda fabia petrol. Top gear recommended. It replaces my ancient VW. So,far i love it, it's economical and looks lovely.

Will we be able to get logs for free?

So much, was digging the bubble again today.

Otta the Dips thing is still going strong!