first mate

Great, see you around on other threads.

I know it is awful. I had wondered if owners might keep cats indoors until fledglings are flying and off the ground. It is those couple of weeks when they are on the ground and being fed by parents they are most vulnerable. sspringer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/animals/2020/ > 09/the-232-animals-in-this-photo-were-killed-by-ho > use-cats-in-just-one-year

Waseley, absolutely no requirement for you to continue reading or participating in this thread, so curious why you feel the need to close it? I suspect it will continue for some time. Waseley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think that we have reached an understanding from > both sides, that the issue is too much traffic, > and the main reason being that many drivers are > not prepared to change their habits, eg cutting > out unnecessary journeys, lift sharing or > switching to other modes. Where we disagree is how > this is best achieved, in particular the role of > LTNs and if and where they should be applied. I > doubt whether there is much more we can debate so > perhaps time for the thread to end. Not that I > have the authority to do so! Sweet dreams all.

I'd be very careful about making what may be construed as threats to harm an animal on a public forum. It would be illegal to intentionally cause harm to the cat even if it is a known bird killer. I understand your upset but making threats is not the way to go. sspringer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Time to bell the cats. Especially the owner of one > in GILKES CRESCENT ! > > Us and our neighbours gardens have lots of birds > nesting at present because we all have hedges and > other foliage. The chirping of the fledglings > attracts locals cats. We are visited regularly by > a large ginger/white male cat that is intent on > robbing the nests. > > If I see it I scare it off but I cant do this > 24/7. > > So if you live in Giles and you have a beige/white > cat be aware that I will take more robust measures > in future. I suggest you put a bell collar on it > otherwise otherwise you killer feline is at > serious risk.

No bias, at least no more than you or any other average person, just in search of an explanation. So help us out, you seem to know how to make sense of that council statement and figures provided by Rockets. Do tell. You say you have already posted an answer but none of us can find it? Perhaps it was deleted in error or you thought you had posted but it did not go through? Come on, if you know the answer you posted just cut and paste in reply. Alternatively, perhaps Rx3 can help you? Go on, just a few seconds to re-post a reply none of us can find. ohthehugemanateeLTN4 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting! Several users mass spamming the same > questions (and variations thereof) repeatedly is > fine by the standards of this forum. Pointing this > out and inviting them to go back through the last > few pages of their own spam to actually engage > with my reply is an insta ban! > > Do I suspect a teensy bit of anti LTN bias here?

Well I've looked Manatee and cannot see your response to Rocket's question, explaining those council figures, despite saying you have? We must all have missed your post. Indulge us and post your response and explanation for those figures quoted by Rocket again. ohthehugemanateeLTN3 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Looks like our dear Rockets is so busy spamming > the same question over and over again that he > doesn't have time to read or even acknowledge the > replies. > > > It's not that we're not brave it's just that our > fingers only move so fast, and most of us I > suspect are disinclined to repeatedly post the > same answer to the spam question because that gets > boring and annoying for everyone reading.

Aside from trying every which way to get Heartblock to admit to saying things he/she has not said I am wondering why there has been no direct reply to the queries raised repeatedly by Rockets, HB an others: what do you think is happening here: > > > > "Traffic has been rising across Southwark since > > the end of the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown, and was > at > > 92% of pre-COVID levels in November 2021 at > count > > points in the north of the borough, and above > > pre-COVID levels on the TfL network near > Dulwich" > > > > Like my old primary school teacher I think I > know > > what is happening but will let you try to > > determine the answer for > yourselves.....remember, > > according to the council there are 21,000 less > > journeys happening in the Dulwich area.... Jenijenjen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > heartblock Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > So Jenjenjen - > > > > 1. I do not think you or any pro-LTN activist > is > > my enemy, but you tell me that is what I think. > Do > > you not consider that to be trying to get me to > > question my own reality? > > > > I have no idea what you think and I really > wouldn?t like to see inside your brain, or anyone > else?s, to discover what they?re thinking. I only > have your choice of words which have created an > impression.

? first mate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm curious what Manatee and Rx3 will come up > with. > > Rockets Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Manatee - maybe you can use your obvious wisdom > in > > such analysis and help Rahx3 answer the > question, > > what do you think is happening here: > > > > "Traffic has been rising across Southwark since > > the end of the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown, and was > at > > 92% of pre-COVID levels in November 2021 at > count > > points in the north of the borough, and above > > pre-COVID levels on the TfL network near > Dulwich" > > > > Like my old primary school teacher I think I > know > > what is happening but will let you try to > > determine the answer for > yourselves.....remember, > > according to the council there are 21,000 less > > journeys happening in the Dulwich area....

I'm curious what Manatee and Rx3 will come up with. Rockets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Manatee - maybe you can use your obvious wisdom in > such analysis and help Rahx3 answer the question, > what do you think is happening here: > > "Traffic has been rising across Southwark since > the end of the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown, and was at > 92% of pre-COVID levels in November 2021 at count > points in the north of the borough, and above > pre-COVID levels on the TfL network near Dulwich" > > Like my old primary school teacher I think I know > what is happening but will let you try to > determine the answer for yourselves.....remember, > according to the council there are 21,000 less > journeys happening in the Dulwich area....

Given the inevitability of a switch to electric cars, I wonder how easy it would be to bore small width tunnels under pavements to a property, for houses that want a charging facility? I guess the owner could have some sort of circuit breaker device to stop misuse...but not sure how safe that would be? Just to add, I had thought of the gully solution but knowing how easily pavements degrade and crack after almost any interference I wondered if a bore hole under paving might be better?

Rx3, you know, just because Labour won it does not mean the data they pushed is correct...is that the point you are trying to make?

I second Rockets' post. We need a roads scheme that works for all not just some.

Well Labour councillors were touting train improvements as part of their election pitch, so let's see what they come up with!

Hopefully we can now have a proper, democratic consultation on LTNs. I think the vote for Labour has not been one generally in favour of LTNs but a response to recent events on the national stage. rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Labour win in Dulwich Village, in a contest widely > touted by ?One? supporters as a referendum on > LTNs. Hopefully we can now focus on making > improvements to existing schemes rather than > trying to scrap them in favour of more traffic, > and look to make further improvements to local > transport and environment.

Not a helpful or clever comment. Many of us who object to the mode and manner of implementation of LTNs locally are also regular cyclists. It is just that we see things as they are not as we would wish them to be. Please stop negative characterising of anyone that dares to query the efficacy of LTNs in the area. Waseley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes damn those cyclists with their healthy > lifestyles and low carbon/emissions. Why isn't > Southwark more like the outer boroughs? You don't > see Bromley introducing 20mph on their roads, > encouraging active travel and introducing other > restrictions on hard working motorists. They have > it right there, bikes are for children and public > transport for poor people. Sadly I know people > who think like this.

Well, his career in politics will be somewhat curtailed if he does not get in, so...

The council has all the legal tools it needs to enforce dogs on lead in certain areas of the park like footpaths, since PR is under PSPOs. I wonder why the don't? alex_b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lebanums Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It clearly says round the lake that dogs should > be > > kept on a short lead. I was fearful of this > when > > the goslings had hatched. I did say to a few > > owners who had their dogs off leads to be > mindful > > that there were goslings around, but I got a > blank > > stare back. > It?s the same in Sydenham Hill Woods, clearly > stated at all entrances that dogs must be on a > short lead March - September (bird nesting season) > but universally ignored. I?ve stopped asking dog > owners to follow the rules as they just ignore you > or claim their dog is somehow fine to be off > lead. > > Of course since there is no enforcement anywhere > it?s all a moot point.

Dogs do not have a moral system or sense of what is right or wrong; the problem is the humans that own them. Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Don't waste your breath. Lebanums. According to > their owners,no dog ever did anything wrong.

Only in DV?

No, not when you have a hill either end of ED and the main flatter route out of the area is viewed as 'iffy'.

I really think it is an issue and will make some people think twice about the wisdom of active travel(walking or cycling). With the cost of living crisis and pressures all round theft will be on the rise. Avoiding certain routes or not cycling at certain times is a practical solution but does not make cycling feel like the flexible and attractive transport option it is painted to be.

Yes, as dependence on cycling increases thieves will learn to identify the more expensive models and it is not so difficult for a young male to intimidate a lone woman. Does anyone have some useful advice as to what more vulnerable cyclists can do to protect themselves?

Mr/Mrs Waseley, I think most objectors are not anti all LTNs in principle but anti the lack of proper consultation and thoughtful implementation. Many of these LTNs were shoehorned in under emergency measures in lockdown. We are no longer in lockdown or emergency measures; time to review and reconsider the real efficacy of our local LTNs, not least with a proper and transparent process of consultation.

But it is not "opposed in principle"- that is your negative spin, it is simply stating the blindingly obvious, that currently LTNs in this area, in the way they have been implemented, are not working as well as was hoped and for some have made congestion and pollution very much worse.

They were/are but so are many other breeds. The key point is that the owner should not have had the dog off lead in that area. In fact, IMHO dogs should not be off lead on any of the footpaths in the parks...this would solve so many potential problems. Dogs can play off lead in the field areas.