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workmen banging away all christmas bank holiday- yesterday and today from 9am.

she was there today, bought a pie.

I didnt wish him dead. just ill. but Ive found my wishing has no influence on the outcome of reality anyway.

yes the pie lady puts all the effort, not to mention financial investment and risk, into making her delicious pies, which she stands in the cold and sells all day saturday- and some little s***bags wipes out all her work, all her profit, in one moment to shoot up his stupid arm. However her pies spread good karma in our tums and freezers while we hope the little sod overdosed himself.

thanks Eileen, just sent him a link.

thanks Barry!

Hi Barry, I am meant to be visiting my mum in Dorchester tommorow. Internet information shows trains running normally, but realistically do you think it is safe to make the journey from Peckham rye if wanting to get back same day? thanks.

jeremy, it does not have planning permission for both daycare nursery and loft conversion. the two applications are mutually exclusive -only one allowed. The loft is if it stays residential, the daycare if it doesnt do the loft. They were told if they wanted change of use they could not have loft. I understood they had dropped change of use. If it is attempting both it has broken regulations. I know this from correspondence with Tom Buttrick as some of us residents backing onto this structure were very alarmed. If anybody thinks the owners are going for loft while turning it into a nursery, please inform Southwark immediately. Contrary to Isc's experience, I have found Southwark planning absolutely on the ball, we had rogue developers doing all sorts of stuff and they made them undo the work. They were inspecting suspected breach of planning within one hour of getting phone call.

ring southwak planning-Tom Buttrick Planning Enforcement Officer

terrible and terrible Sandra the pie lady. Sandra I bought a pie off you late afternoon and love your stuff, can't believe some little arsehole trashed your well being today. Remember the goodwill towards you far exceeds anything the little scumbag will experience in his lifetime.

I tell them I dont do direct debit. That is enough.

I always knew us Bellendeonians were really East Dulwich.

yup, that was me. Sorry to the lady at the receiving end, but your large piebald bull terrier cross dog that came out of nowhere and harrassed my on lead rescue dog, and then divebombed us continually while my dog strained to eat him,(which is not good for his soul) was just too much for us. I never imagined, as I set off on this lovely crisp frosty monday morning to walk my dog that I would end up effing and blinding at a complete stranger in a public place, so sorry.

Ive just cleared the ice from in front of my house with a spade. The neighbour across the road then came over with his big broom and helped me. It was quite easy to do as the ice broke up in big slates. I hope my neighbours follow suit, we could get the whole road done quick as a flash.

James I ve rung the council this morning to no avail to ask them to grit our streets- although routes nearbye are accessable we cannot reach them through our inaccessible ice rink residential roads. I need to drive because my work entails coming home late at night as a performer and last night I had to cancel my gig even though it is only in North London and North London had no problems. As a pedestrian, crossing these roads is taking your life in your hands as it is so slippy.

I love it when people find something useful Ive put in the skip. Last skip we had, I was out there encouraging them. What else is going to happen to the stuff except landfill? Half the stuff we shove out is just laziness or the charity shops don't want it and though it's unsellable, it's useful to somebody. Things Ive found on skips- broken kitchen chairs lacking the middle bit when all Ive got at home is the middle bit!It's like Odd-ends Reunited.

Any ideas for getting to Crouch End by public transpport? Car is under snow and my street is too slippy.

Askes closed today.

read transport thread with update by barry jones above.

the pavements are attrocious, as is crossing any residential road- I was in my big walking boots with proper walking soles and was sliding all over the place just trying to cross the road.

all evening the trains have been terrible We just gave up at London bridge late this evening and luckily were rescued by a number 40 bus.

surely things getting taken out of your skip is good- it's recycling, being taken by people who actually want the stuff. However, adding to your skip is very annoying.

we were with friends in Barry Road on Friday night and they lost their electricity. The board were working on it and then it came back on.

I came here from Pimlico and before that Brixton, both residents parking areas. Let me tell you it was hell. In Pimlico I could never park in my street despite paying the hefty yearly residential parking permit rate. I would often have to park overnight on a single yellow line and have to dash to move car before wardens in morning- wardens who would be waiting to pounce- and this with two small children. Never able to unload shopping outside my house. No visitors- even midwives- without them anxiously checking the window/clock/meter all the time. The parking places were actually reduced by a permit system. There were far fewer places to park because of all the yellow lines between permit spaces- which before had been free parking places. Don't let me even start about Brixton, where wardens try to find ways to do you even if you have a lawful ticket or permit.

DJ Killer Q, Aquarius Moon has already argued that mitigating factors like starvation would make it justifiable. Infestation of cockroaches in your own home is different from insects in their natural jungle habitat. We are appalled at children who pull legs off flies; or who stick fireworks up cats arses. however much you dismiss the value of a life of an insect, killing them for entertainment and to make viewers squeal with disgust, desensitizes us to animal cruelty. When you come across that group of schoolboys poking a wounded hedgehog in the gutter, how are you going to persuade them this is wrong? Their actions show a lack of empathy. I would say I.A.C.G.M.O.O.H. reinforces that.