Lowlander

Second recommendation for Hasbean Somewhere local served me Volcano beans and wasn't impressed, although that could have been the way they prepared the coffee...

Snappy Snaps on Peckham Rye?

I would be more concerned with battery farmed chicken, which is produced and consumed on a far wider scale, causing far more distress.

From the FAQ: Who pays cash? Currently there are around 60,000 cash journeys made on TfL bus services each day, or around 1% of all journeys. The gender profile of people who pay cash is broadly representative of all bus users. Young people however are more likely to pay cash compared to all bus users. Just over a third of people paying cash live outside of London. 1.5 Why are people paying cash? Around four fifths of passengers who pay cash are UK residents who have insufficient balance or have forgotten their Oyster card. Around 3% of people paying cash don?t have a bank account or prefer to pay cash. Around 16% of people paying cash do so regularly (at least once a week), and 12% of cash payers always pay cash for their bus travel.

If you can work out what number bus to get, what side of the street (and at somewhere like Euston which stop to use) to get it from, where to get off, what times it runs; surely you can work out how much it is and then how best to pay? You can buy an Oystercard at all mainline railway stations. We're talking less than 1% of passengers using cash here. Are you seriously telling me that over 99% of London Bus passengers are middle-class!? (The point about your cashless and oysterless child merits a separate thread)

Why would you put ?10 on? Why not ?16 to give you 10 trips, or ?8 to give you five? (answer is 6 trips and 40p left over) Why would a child be in London without one? If the parents are bright enough to send them here clothed and with cash, they can sure as heck work out how to get them an oyster card. Why should I subsidise your carelessness? What next, free opticians dispensing forgotten glasses, or complimentary locksmiths for those who have forgotten their keys? Free loan of mobile phones for those short on battery? Free cash for those who don't have enough? And your point about your child is irrelevant, as they didn't have cash anyway!

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > London is a tourist city - whereas many cities > have easy to purchase tickets (or goups of > tickets) where you are in effect buying journeys - > such as the Paris carnet system - the oyster card > system is more difficult to operate (you > cash-charge it rather than buying a number of > journeys) - so it is more difficult for a visitor > to operate - how much do they need to charge it > with if they want to make 10, or 15, or 5 trips in > London? > > Charging foreign debit cards (for trivial amounts > per journey) will incur disproportionately large > foreign usage charges (for the user) - with one > card I have if I used it abroad it would add ?1.50 > for each journey - I assume that travellers to > Britain would face much the same penalty. > > Children - actually anyone unbanked - who may not > have their oyster with them (or be from out of > London) - will not be able to pay for travel > independently, since they tend not to have debit > cards (and one wouldn't encourage them to have to > take such a card with them wherever they went, > considering the number of children regularly > mugged) > > At least for central London (Zone 1) not taking > cash would be dreadful - since many people > visiting London would be disbarred from using > public transort. As I have said, where transport > systems don't use cash directly, they use tickets > (journeys) which can be easily bought from many > outlets - such as newsagents. > > If only 1% of journeys are paid for in cash - with > 6M a day (2009 figures, so probably many more now) > that is still a lot of people being turned away a > year (those who could have an oyster would, I am > assuming because of the cost benefit, so we are > talking about those not having their oyster at the > time, or who don't have oysters at all) You can buy an Oyster card in most newsagents and pay in cash. Why would you not use one? And, I have several Metro tickets from my last trip to Paris (from a book of ten), so poorer value than an Oyster, as you can't cash them in for a refund...

Please, if this sort of thing happens, dial 999 ASAP, if you felt in danger then this was an emergency. 101 is for non-emergency events.

Buses in much of the rest of the first world have been cashless for decades. If a bus cash payment is ?1 more than Oyster then it'll be a good incentive to save those less-well off money.

Quickest: M1 to the M6 then A702 The A1 is much longer and only 1 or 2 lanes north of Newcastle. The A68 over Carter Bar from Newcastle is much better and stunning scenery (beats the A702 too). The big quetion is how to get out of London! Avoid rush hour and you should be able to make the M1 within 45 minutes to an hour of leaving ED (either via Victoria, or through Blackfriars and King's Cross then east to Marleybone and up through Kilburn). In terms of stopping off, York is good. But then you may be better heading up the M1 to York, A1 to Newcastle thence A68.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I do understand and fully appreciate how sometimes > my posts can be taken out of context in a negative > or positive light. I have an odd sense of humour. > I apologise if ive mislead people in some way. But > back on topic, I am off shopping later at an > undisclosed supermarket where I will buy some > smoked salmon. I have to confess I have never > bought smoked salmon for anything other than a > mixed seafood starter but I am willing to throw > the towel in on this one IF > > A - the smoked salmon isnt too expensive and > doesn't have patronising terms on the packaging > like organic, smoked in beech wood etc > > And.. > > B - I can post my genuine opinion of a smoked > salmon breakfast back on here without being > accused of being a covert bourgeoise person who > eats expensive food items for breakfast. > > I shall report back with my GENUINE findings. > > Louisa. So what do you look for on a label of smoked salmon? Fed pigswill and smoked over floorsweepings from the Golden Virginia tobacco factory?

You're the one being wound up by expensive burgers and coffee Louisa. I have enjoyed this thread over my organic brioche and single estate Peruvian coffee for elevenses.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Excuse me ED? > > Reverse psychology does not work with me. People > eating the smoked salmon are the snobs. I am just > a normal person eating my normal breakfast. > > LondonMix. Poached eggs are delicious, if they are > put on top of a slice of toasted and buttered > bread and eaten as is. Otherwise it's just > snobbery. Cyclemonkey I'm happy with branflakes or > a slice of bread and marmalade some mornings too- > but poached eggs and smoked salmon is a step into > the extremities of outrageous snobbery. > > Louisa. Thought you would be a margarine woman. Butter's a bit posh no?

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > After night of getting tipsy with a bottle of vino > or a case of real ale My last concern is who > sourced my burger and whether or not it contains > horse and sand. My only concern is how much it > bloody costs! I agree W.Bunting sell great cuts of > meat and I'd rather give them my business and cook > my own burgers than go to some crap 'burger > specialist' restaurant who's ripping me off. The > middle classes do put a smile on my face with > there insincerity about food knowledge. Just cos > you've watched a few Jamie Oliver or Nigella > program's on tv doesn't make you an expert on good > food. It just means you fall for the bull and pay > triple the price for the same thing the rest of us > eat. These are the types of people who think its > acceptable to have smoked salmon and poached egg > for breakfast. Snobs. Rant over. > > Louisa. Reverse snobbery at its best Louisa. That's a mighty (Iceland own brand) chip on your shoulder :-)

Clearly the financial penalty isn't enough of a deterrance! Who do we vote for to crack down even more on the motorist?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lowlander Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Louisa Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > I don't care aout any horse meat scandel! A > > burger > > > never has been and should be considered an > > > 'up-market' food product. Anyone who tries to > > feed > > > you that line about posh burgers knows how to > > turn > > > a penny into a pound by ripping off people > with > > > more money than sense. Blimey it's a burger > not > > a > > > fillet steak! This all goes back to snobbery. > A > > > burger is a bloomin burger, regardless of > > what's > > > in it, once some tomato sauce and mustard is > on > > it > > > who knows or even cares? Its just about > snobby > > > people playing the oneupmanship card. 'Ooh > I'm > > > going to wear vintage clothes and ironic > > glasses > > > and go down to some wannabe mockney > > middle-class > > > market and buy a buffalo burger filled with > > double > > > Gloucester cheese and act like a real > Londonder > > > even though my roots are in Hampshire'. *yawn* > > > > > > > Louisa. > > > > > > Some people don't want to eat the rear end of a > > horse minced up with sand. They want a lucious > > burger made from premium Wagyu beef mince > (circa > > ?20/kg), topped with vintage Cornish cheddar > > (?12.15/kg) and enconsed in artisan rye bread > > fresh from Poland (?6/kg). > > > Seasoned with Brazilian black pepper, Nepalese > > pink salt, Spanish vine-ripened tomatoes and > > Wilkinson's ketchup, ?12 is a steal. > > > > All washed down with a nice Nicaraguan pale ale. > > > Yum. > > > Funny that.. Word for Word what I said in another > Thread.. > > Foxy Link?

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't care aout any horse meat scandel! A burger > never has been and should be considered an > 'up-market' food product. Anyone who tries to feed > you that line about posh burgers knows how to turn > a penny into a pound by ripping off people with > more money than sense. Blimey it's a burger not a > fillet steak! This all goes back to snobbery. A > burger is a bloomin burger, regardless of what's > in it, once some tomato sauce and mustard is on it > who knows or even cares? Its just about snobby > people playing the oneupmanship card. 'Ooh I'm > going to wear vintage clothes and ironic glasses > and go down to some wannabe mockney middle-class > market and buy a buffalo burger filled with double > Gloucester cheese and act like a real Londonder > even though my roots are in Hampshire'. *yawn* > > Louisa. Some people don't want to eat the rear end of a horse minced up with sand. They want a lucious burger made from premium Wagyu beef mince (circa ?20/kg), topped with vintage Cornish cheddar (?12.15/kg) and enconsed in artisan rye bread fresh from Poland (?6/kg). Seasoned with Brazilian black pepper, Nepalese pink salt, Spanish vine-ripened tomatoes and Wilkinson's ketchup, ?12 is a steal. All washed down with a nice Nicaraguan pale ale. Yum.

Compare the price difference between a rail-only season ticket (?908) against a TfL zone 1-3 travelcard (?1424 pa). Will you spend more than ?516 on the tube? Weekly and monthly costs here http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/seasonticket/tickets http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14416.aspx

try www.shipley.com

For the love of God, please report it to the Police. How are they supposed to do their job if people don't report crimes? You could have that one bit of information that leads to a serial thief or gang being put away.

?30 would buy you a cracking bottle of single malt (or if you want, an American whiskey like Rittenhouse). Leave the JD to the teenagers.

Plenty of examples out there of houses being badly damaged by dodgy builders, with the householder ending up heavily in debt as they shell out even more money trying to fix the problem. In worse case scenarios the house is reposessed and the owners liable for the shortfall. Meanwhile, insurance won't pay out because you didn't comply with the T&Cs of your mortgage lender... All this risk is mitigated by simply sending a copy of all the plans to the mortgage company with a covering letter - 20 minutes work?

Theoretically, yes; read the terms and conditions, it should say that you notify them of structural changes. This is to stop people doing substandard work and reducing the value of the property (in which they hold an interest). As long as you have the permissions and funding in place you should have no problem getting permission.

Sainos easier than the Melbourne Grove one, but both good (?10 inside and out). Twice a year is enough for ours.

cle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Randomly, Google maps sometimes suggests for > Heathrow to go via Clapham Junction on the > Overground, and then Feltham and a bus. Has anyone > ever done this? > > I'd probably do train to Victoria - District to > Hammersmith, Piccadilly line. Cheap, but bring a > book! > Going up to Paddington may not save too much time. Yes, I used that route a lot when working at Heathrow as it's quick and cheap. The bus can be quite busy at rush hour but picks up right outside Feltham station and drops you in Heathrow T1-3 at street level, so no flaffing up the escalators from the tube/train