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kiera Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I quite agree, but from the Financial Times' > article, it seems it was part of a deal agreed > with the union - so therefore agreed to by the > postmen? probably a financial deal...no common sense involved!

It will be interesting to see whether it has any impact though.... http://www.chatr.org.uk/index.php/heathrow-s-hurdles/pollution/106-heathrow-pollution-killing-me-softly At least we won't have to pay the EU fine for breaching air pollution levels any more

Hawley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It was in poor/middling condition in 2013. Things > went rapidly downhill when the (unfinished) loft > conversion was carried out in 2014. The "project > manager" had no building industry experience > whatsoever, he was simply an associate of the > owner. The guys who carried out the work lived in > the property for the duration, without electricity > or heating to the best of my knowledge. I was also > led to believe that, bizarre as it now sounds, > Southwark Council funded the works in the form of > a grant. The property was to be handed over to > them for rented housing. > > The owner goes by the pseudonym of James Richards. > His real name is Jacob Reichman and he is an utter > tool. The last line says everything about what is wrong with the UK today...STILL!

I drive that way to get to Ruskin Park...oh well through the village both ways if it happens. Did I see a massive house in that road festooned with Labour paraphenalia at the last election? Just a thought!

diable rouge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > robbin shitstirring as usual, troll off to another > thread... How is that 'shitstirring' or 'trolling'....after all Democracy Is Democracy and the EU ain't that. As far as the economy goes the EU have undermined our manufacturing, fishing , farming etc etc since day 1....anyway who needs the Somerset variety of strawberries 52/24/7 grown under polythene in Spain?

Geoffrey from Rainbow (zippy and bungle....not the other one) RIP

has anyone seen any RM delivery today?

Virgin Price increase of ?4 a month looming and that is on top of 3 days this week with intermittent service on the internet and wiFi... I have friends in an area of Berkshire where there is massive house building going on and their VM service is worse than ours and getting poorer by the day- I guess as the new properties get connected- it is unacceptable- but it is telling that it is almost impossible to communicate with them. My friends too are in the process of breaking free of VM..

I hope they are working and delivering today....

The Southwark News article says that ...the enquiry office could move to the Lordship Lane Post Office...he obviously has NO idea what the LL P.O. is like..

I was assured a parcel was arriving at my house by Thursday at the latest so someone has been IN for 3 days just in case it came- NO SIGN of it despite seeing 3 red vans parked up at one time or another today and a bewildered looking postman who I have never seen before trying to find a house (even though they are all numbered!) I was thinking about the logistics of just adding the whole catchment area of Sylvester Road, and given the wealth of the people in the neighbourhood who will spend a lot online- they have bitten off more than they can chew, that's for sure!

The Full Harvest Moon was on 25th September this year....look out for the October Hunter's Moon October 24th

Interesting responses- especially the one that said the cat brought the mouse in! (Some cats like to bring you a present- e.g. a half dead bird or rodent https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/housekeeping/618038-would-a-cat-really-help-to-get-rid-of-mice

Ann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What I don?t understand is how these dilapidated > houses are left like this. Who owns them and why > wouldn?t you sell at reduced market price which > around here wouldn?t be a small amount of money? > I?m probably being naive about this but I > genuinely don?t understand. Someone with no relatives may have died...

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I fully appreciate that any postie affected by > recent changes locally must be under stress and > heavy workload, changes to logistics of where to > turn up for sorting and set-off of delivery - and > probably concerns about the future cut-backs and > what it means for their job security. > > I would still ask, however, that with the sorting > office in SE22 now closed, posties spare a thought > as they push the 'we knocked but no answer' red > slips through resident's letter boxes to save > themselves a few seconds, for the resident who may > now have to commit several hours trying to > retrieve their package through multiple trips / > extensive queues up at Highshore PO. If EVERYONE requested a re-delivery......

This house has been in a state for at least 2 years- the front bay windows have black plastic over them now- no doubt to hide the fact that the ceiling inside is hanging down

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I came downstairs today to find a postie I've > never seen before unsuccessfully attempting to jam > a very large packet through my quite small letter > box. > > I opened the door to get it, and he handed me the > packet and a couple of other letters. > > Around ten minutes later, he rang the bell and > handed me another smaller packet (this one would > have easily fitted through the letter box) and two > more letters. He looked through his bundle and > went off. > > Around another ten minutes later, I found yet > another letter on my doormat, which presumably he > had returned to deliver. > > No wonder deliveries are all over the place. > > One letter was time-critical, from a bank relating > to a switch of accounts. It was apparently posted > nine days ago, and the switch took place yesterday > so most of the information contained in the letter > was completely useless to me. > > GRRRRRRRRRR. > > ETA: Surely it is common sense, even if you are a > casual and have had no or little training, to > bundle up items for the same house before you > leave the delivery office? Or at least put them in > house order?! I did a double-take here- Exactly the same thing happened at my house on Monday

EDulwichGroove Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So annoyed with Royal Mail at this point. Bad > enough that half the time they don't ring the > buzzer when at least two people are in. Even worse > when they leave important (to me) documents > outside on the pavement, but now I've had no mail > whatsoever for over a week, with the exception of > one 'sorry you weren't in' (I was) slip with no > tracking number, and a 'x' where the initials of > the postman should be. So with so little info I > can't even attempt to identify which of the 6 > parcels I'm waiting for is, and which postman did > such a terrible job. 'X' that must be Xavier...sorry- gallows humour has kicked in since I phoned the Royal mail last week to complain and I was told that things would improve the next day....

singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I saw a postie yesterday who said he?s a casual > worker doing deliveries to try and clear a huge > backlog. When he said this backlog was due to the > move, I told him the postal deliveries had been > awful all summer. I wonder how much post was lost > during the move.... Our postal deliveries were excellent all summer- it has just been the last couple of weeks where they have been atrocious and I had to formally complain

mrwb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Revenue raising excercise, no surprise: > > https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/southwark-cou > ncil-answers-claims-spent-officer-salaries-uk-auth > ority/ > > Money needs come from somewhere. That will be us > the residents. > > Wondering if people even receive the letter given > the state of the postal service. No surprise there- it is well known that Labour councils use front line services as a political football when there is a Tory government- I dread to think what is going on in Education after the last time the Tories were in- no-wonder schools become academies

hopefully it will offset the extra pollution from people illegally burning logs....

'No doubt their drivers are under pressure to make their deliveries on time and do this because the entrance is often blocked by vehicles from the car wash and badly parked cars.' We shall complain about the car wash and the badly parked cars....

https://www.thedulwichestate.org.uk/property-on-the-estate/residential-freehold/applications-for-building-works It seems all perfectly clear- it's a great pity that East Dulwich has been allowed to degenerate into the eyesore it has due to ridiculous planning approvals

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/07/stop-hounding-britain-urban-foxes

someone told me that the EU had a hand in the privatisation of Royal Mail- something about EU competition rules and the state cannot subsidise the 'industry'