Cyclemonkey

The Fox on the Hill is a Wetherspoons pub now.

Oh. Was that funny scruffy concrete thing in the Horniman Gardens a paddling pool? I have always wondered why that was there.

Not true pubs, bars and off licences have always been allowed to sell alcohol to takeaway. What is not allowed until July 4 is drinking it on the premises. Now i'll grant you in recent days I think some places have been pushing that a bit by allowing customers to congregate outside.

Yep I realise that! I think all this current debate is good and positive as it allows us to question assumptions. It should also make us examine our own assumptions. People like Thomas Guy saw nothing wrong with investing in companies who intended to sell slaves. How many of us think too deeply about where our cheap clothes and electronic goods come from and why they are cheap. History may judge us just as harshly

Agreed it would be a fine memorial to a remarkable man. Thomas Guy, like many many people at the time, invested in the South Sea Company which was primarily a government debt holding company. The company was also awarded the monopoly on selling slaves amd goods to the Spanish colonies, but due to the Spanish war of succession the company never really got this trade underway or made much money from it. Guy's money was mainly made in trading government debt and being lucky enough tl get out before the South Sea Bubble burst. His main crime in my view was he did not care or perhaps realise how the company he invested in intended to make a profit on his investment. Something many of us continue to be guilty of today. I don't think it totally negates the good he did by using the money he made to found Guy's Hospital.

I think that is a good idea. However it is not quite the whole truth to say Thomas Guy profited from Slavery. It was more complex than that.

We once had tenants in our block of flats who were leaving used nappies in the communal gardens. Whem challenged about their behaviour they said they did not know they could put them in the bin. So the garden was a reasonable alternative???

Well quite. So are these bush poo-ers people who just like al fresco pooing? I can't imagine people in local parks are that far from home and if you have an upset tummy it's probably best not to go out at the moment.

I would get advice before you do anything, a lease forfeiture over a debt of a few thousand pounds sounds wrong. Have you tried to arranged a payment plan with them? You could sell the flat with the outstanding debt with an agreement to settle the debt once you complete (eg use some of the proceeds of the flat sale to do this) Also did they send all communications to this email address you could not access? You have a responsibility to ensure you inform them if your contact details change but sending official communications by email only seems a bit wrong. I am a director of our freehold company and we tend to send two chasing letters for outstanding charges and then send the debt to Solicitors for collection. It would take a huge debt or no engagement from the lessee for a very long time to get to the point of lease forfeiture.

The lack of places for a wee has somewhat limited our plans for outdoor socialising. However who are these people who can't be outside for a few hours without the need for a poo?

My mum used to run after litter droppers and push it back in their hands whilst expressing polite concern that " they had left their belongings behind".

People are circumventing instructions? Like Dominic Cummings when he used an exception meant for domestic violence victims to justify driving 240 miles from his home with his infected wife?

Lockdown has been compromised because of the a tions of Cummings and the Government's idiotic defence of him.

I agree. Sadly it was only a matter of time until something like this happened. We walk along this stretch a lot and have seen cars speeding, undertaking, cutting in ahead of cars at junctions.

So you are furious about people with no or small gardens using a local open space to exercise (which is entirely within the rules) but cool with a man driving 250 miles across the country when he and his wife have Covid 19 symptoms? Yes. That is reasonable. As for what he could have done if genuinely concerned about the welfare of his child - use one of his London based family members? Ask his well sister to drive down and collect his don?

Everything is tinder dry at the moment so I hope people are taking extra care with discarded cigarettes and BBQs.

I can tell you it's been a while since most public servants have been able to retire at 60. Like most of my generation I am looking at a retirement age of 68 ( probably higher in future).

Indeed, but it was only recently the freedom pass became valid before 9.30am - hence the bus driver nickname for freedom pass holders "twirlies" - derived from the enquiry "am i too early?"

Plenty of people work low paid jobs and do not get free travel, what makes working over 60s so special?

For gloves to be effective surely you have to change them everytime you would have washed your hands? I tjink it is better just to wash hands regularly and use hand sanitiser when you can't access water.

Shh! Don't tell everyone! FH Sainsbury's has been great throughout this.

I don't see how it is the Palmerstons fault people are sitting on fixed benches outside their closed pub. What exactly have you reported them for? Owning outdoor furniture?

Millions of people, especially in London, are living in overcrowded or unsuitable housing. Others may be experiencing domestic abuse. Or simply it could be they are working hard in a small flat with little or no outdoor space and need a few minutes to themselves.

Exactly. If mean minded petty judging cured coronavirus we'd be home and dry. I am a key worker putting in long hours. Last week at the end of a long and stressful week we went for a walk and treated ourselves to an ice cream after waiting in a very sensibly arranged queue for all of 5 minutes. Very much appreciated it was too.

I am a person with no outdoor space and I am fine with people using public spaces in a responsible way.