Jeremy

We've used Air BnB a few times and it's been a mixture... a couple of places were privately owned homes or holiday homes, others were obviously a commercial operation. I've no problem either way, but I think the platform should make it more obvious which is which.

PohSuan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On a shameless self promoting note, I make beef > rendang with Menu Next Door and I am cooking my > next batch possibly Thursday. Keep us updated... would love to try it.

Sally Eva Wrote: --------------------------------------- > it's the 0-60 in 30 seconds bit Struggling to see what you're getting at here as I don't think there's a car on the market anywhere near as slow as this. The least powerful cars probably do 0-60 in around 13 secs... you need do need a sensible amount of acceleration for things like joining motorways, etc.

In London, yes a powerful car is pointless. But IMO there's a case for owning something moderately powerful (not talking about sports cars) if you drive outside of London frequently. Motorway driving, overtaking horses/cyclists/tractors on country roads, etc. Small cars with under 100bhp are well suited to city driving, though. TBH I've never really understood why car top speeds aren't capped.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > then the fall from grace of AirBnB What's happened to Air BnB?

numbers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > it was very frosty and wintery today so I put a > (Christmas) wreath on the front door, that is it > now?the genie has been let out of the bottle. Last year we bought a nice fancy wreath from North Cross Rd market. It was stolen after a couple of days! This year it will be a ?5 job from Sainsbury's - if anything..

LondonMix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Being able to deduct an actual expense you > incurred from your profit isn't a tax break. Its > like saying a shop should pay tax on its gross > revenue without being able to deduct costs for its > rent and employees etc. Yeah, I'm not really viewing as a tax break either, as you'd think your expenses would already be deducted before calculating tax. But it can be (and is being) spun as a tax break.. one argument I've seen put forward is that if a private individual wants to borrow money to buy stocks, you'd still expect them to pay tax on the full amount of the dividends, regardless of their interest payments. I'm not convinced it's such a great analogy, but hey...

BNG - I'm not sure what infrastructure is necessary. OK, in order to reach their full potential we'll need some sort of vehicle-to-vehicle comms, smart signalling, etc, but it's not essential. GPS, traffic info, etc are already here.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did you pay that fora bag of crisps? Hope they > tasted good. You can get a 24 multipack of walkers > for the same price. Potential business opportunity, selling crisps and coke from a cargo bike in the park! Even ?2.50 for a glass of coke in a pub/restaurant would be too much. In a park caf?, you'd expect to get a can for under ?1.

Not much more to say is there, really? It's common knowledge that he's a nasty piece of work. Glad he got dropped by the TV channels, it's the least he deserves.

Katy Tonbridge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...they will sell the property...which means that > somebody down the chain who would otherwise rent > will now buy. So the rental population reduces. > So why should this force rents up?! Whether it will "force" rents up remains to be seen. But it will certainly result in many landlords attempting to raise the rent (as explained, the alternative is to sell). Not sure what to do myself. I suppose just sit tight... see exactly how much money I'm going to lose, and whether I can mitigate that with a different type of mortgage.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeremy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > > complete with "luvly jubbly" stencilled onto the headboards). > > You made this up right? No

I can't quite work out why anyone staying in a hotel would want to be surrounded by such tacky memorabilia (I believe the theme extends to the interior, complete with "luvly jubbly" stencilled onto the headboards). I don't really see it as appropriation of Peckham's culture though, as in reality the show had little to do with Peckham.

Without the war, IMO Blair would have been a perfectly reasonable PM... who has been better in the past 40 or so years?

But on a less sarcastic note, fully automated grocery deliveries are inevitable. Prototypes are already on the streets of SE London: https://www.starship.xyz ... although not sure I fancy it's chances against two kids and a claw hammer.

siousxiesue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I asked a mate who has an account and he didn't > think you could burn it-maybe he is wrong? There's no way to *legally* burn it to DVD... plenty of info online if you want to go down that route. I dare say it is morally justifiable if you have purchased the subscription especially. edcam's suggestion is also a good one. Buy him a copy of Russian Ark, and prescribe a course of self-flagellation and bus travel.

Fox, are you suggesting that one day, we might be able to do our weekly food shopping without leaving the home?

Actually I think you can only fill in 3m of the side return under PD. Obviously this is not enough for most houses, but it will be enough for some (e.g. the houses on Tyrrell Rd which have a tiny kitchen at the back).

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe warning signage about narrowing would help > (I don't think it's already there) Yeah, IMO the bus stop should be a few metres further back, and the road should explicitly narrow into a single lane before the roundabout.

The usual EDF sanctimony... Meanwhile in the real world.. yes the roundabout can be quite nasty, especially when coming down ED Rd. The main problem is drivers thinking that because the approach has two lanes, they should drive round the roundabout two-abreast. And also the bus lane ending just before the roundabout means drivers rush to scramble down the inside.

mako Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ?2.50 small coke. ?2.25 packet of crisps ouch...

pop9770 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If it's a side extension it won't be permitted development you'll need planning. If it's a small kitchen (under 3m long) then it will fall within PD.

Putting the ludicrous "we should all be cycling" comment to one side, the car park does seem a little unnecessary. Most people in East Dulwich are within walking distance of either PR or Dulwich Park, and if for some reason you do need to drive, there tends to be plenty of space along Colyton Rd.

mako Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ?5 for a small coke and packet of crisps! Surely that can't be right?