Lowlander

Tazer. I wouldn't want the blood over my nice carpets. I would, however, likely drag him or her outside afterwards and shoot them on the driveway

silverfox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Despite being more expensive, what exactly is > organic milk? Milk from cows fed organic feed? And it has up to 75% more vitamins / minerals - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4153951.stm

Keep an eye on the application tracker thingy (details with the application forms). It said it took 5 days, I was well chuffed until I realised it wasn't waiting on the doormat for me. They take a photo of the front door when the deliver and were rather snotty on the 'phone "Oh, we never deliver to the wrong address...we take a photo of the door you see, to prove it...yes, delivered last week....you have a yellow front door with 112 on it...No Mr Lowlander, not black, yellow...with a brass letterbox...definately yours, sir...yes, brass, not steel...well your wife must have taken it...you say you live at 212..well our records and the photo clearly state 112...oh, hang on......err...aha...well I must aplogise, this is most unusual..." To be fair, they did post a replacement within 5 days.

-Heinz- Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cars today are many times more efficient and clean > than a decade or so a go. Progress in that field > is constant and I am > > not sure residents of ED are in any danger of > suffering from car induced pollution illnesses... > > > On the other hand, lefty world saving do gooders > driving 1960' VW Campervans are as green as a frog > in a blender...So > > maybe we should vote to force them to offset their > carbon footprint by digging us "normals" a shiny > new underground car > > park under Goose Green. I recon the ratio of earth > dug up, to tonnes of Aquarious free thinking > Campervan induced carbon > > is about 1... So you know it makes sense. Hmm...first off, all diesels are bad in town because of the minute particulates. Secondly, running an older car is arguably greener than driving a modern one, because of the effect the manufacturing has on the environment. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we're not all driving round in Austin Princesses; but equally you'll find the average age of a car in ED is probably between 8-12 years or so.

Greek to me mate.

I used to go down to Leith Hill, you can drive or get the train down to Dorking and cycle up. MOstly up past the cricket pitch - have a search online for some maps. Good tracks, fairly quiet, great scenery; highest point in SE England... No idea on modern bikes, I still use a 10 year old Muddy Fox, but I only go out occasionally these days.

DaveR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Crikey - when will it ever end? > > Next you'll be telling me that my internet service > provider knows which websites I've been accessing. There's some incredibly easy ways to avoid that - see how the Chinese and Iranian public circumnavigate their internet restrictions... e-dealer, haven't you been sitting on a bus for the last two years?

dulwichgirl2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Would be interested to see a graph from 1970 > onwards but thank you very much for this taster. > > Brandnewguy, that is an extremely good point. I > had observed that nothing seemed to last any more > but had not connected it indirectly with goods > inflation, which it certainly is. My parents > fridge (some non existment British make) has > lasted 45 years so far and they fully expect it to > continue for another indefinite term. I otoh seem > to buy white goods annually and my sister has a > guy fixing her washing machine under contract > street every six months I would estimate. (Bosch) > > > Lastly never buy a Bosch dishwasher. If you set it > off at night, it beeps at 3am seeking attention > and to announce proudly that it has finished. We have that. You can switch it off :-) Is in the instructions somewhere near the back... I found that because ours would beep for everything

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeremy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I know there already council properties in > > Bloomsbury, Kensington, Chelsea, Notting Hill, > and > > all sorts of expensive areas. I just meant that > > while it's not realistic to build new council > > accomodation in prime central London locations, > > neither should they all be stuck in places like > > East Ham or Thamesmead. There's a balance to be > > struck. > > > > I guess the "sensible distribution" would be > > primarily numerical, but would also depend on > > things like available land, current density of > > population, infrastructure, green space, etc. > > I agree entirely with Jeremy on this one. > > London is often cited as a brilliant example of > how different social strata live alongside each > other and, generally, get along. > > The dangers of "ghetto-isation" where, > essentially, the inner city becomes for the rich > only whilst the poor are restricted to a sort of > donut-ring outer can be seen clearly across the > Channel where Paris has this exact model. It > causes social unrest and an "out-of-sight, > out-of-mind" tendency. > > Whilst the need for affordable housing is > important I'm not sure it should be at the expense > of social cohesion. Look at Edinburgh, classic example of a heritage city surrounded by housing schemes (although more like a donut with a big bite taken out as the sea's in the way)

This needs to make the news.

Are BAA lying then?

Adam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This sounds grim, but we've been told that foxes > will give your garden a wide berth if you put male > urine, which has been left a few days to ferment > with a couple of garlic cloves (!) round the > edges. Haven't tried it yet but will when we get > desperate! > > This tip comes from Colin of K&O Pest Control who > is a top man so Gould be worth trying...would be > interested to know how you get on! Done that, sans garlic; is marking the territory and keeps foxes at bay. Totally effective. Bit of a mental barrier to break though :-)

Giacomelli Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just advertise your junk for free on this forum, > people always take free stuff. I've got around 200kg of rubble sitting in my garden. Will someone really take that off my hands for free?? (sorry to hear about the skip btw, I sympathise having had this in the past too!)

Undisputedtruth Wrote: > Actually edcam, the project is ahead of schedule > and currently undergoing train drivers training. > They could run the service tomorrow if they > wanted, similar to ELLX1, but the 9th December > date is when the train timetable changes for all > rail companies in the UK. > > Previous ELLX2 deadlines were missed because the > project was delayed because of the government's > comprehensive spending review 2010 where all UK > projects were reviewed for possible spending cuts. > Fortunately, the ELLX2 was given the all clear > back in October 2010 and building commenced for > the first time shortly after. Just to clarify, the train timetable changes for the whole of the UK in May and December each year. Since the introduction of a full service is dependent on a few changes, they must wait until December. In the meantime they could run a partial service, bit there's not really much point and it would just lead to confusion and extra cost. Which is why you'll continue to see test trains runing until then

Took me 35 minutes to drive from ED to St John's Wood at 1930 last night. Most of the games lanes were open to all traffic. The trains and Jubilee line to Canary Wharf have also been eerily quiet.

Good thread. Our flat was converted from a house into two flats in the '80s. The ceilings were replastered so the cornicing and ceiling roses are all gone, but mercifully the fireplaces are intact in two of the rooms and we use the living room one in winter. The upstairs bathroom is still used as a bathroom and houses a toilet and basin now too which means it's a bit small... There was a load of original Victorian lino on the upstirs landing underneath, some of which was in better nick than the knackered laminate I took up. And a load of psychadelic wallpaper behind the kitchen cabinets which sadly was in too poor condition to keep. The loft is curious, because it has a skylight, orginal staircase, 5ft door, lathe and plaster, orginal floorboards but the joists are only 3x2, which I presume means it was just used for storage, or for the maid to sleep in.

I like the idea of DIY We've got an entire flat full of badly fitted double glazing, clearly done by a cowboy. Fortunately they left the woodwork in half decent condition and just removed the boxes. How hard a job is it and how did you remove the old ones (i.e. how much destruction?) KidKruger?

"What has the world come to"? People have been gawking at accidents since the dawn of time. The only difference nowadays is that almost everyone has a camera. Go back even to the 1950s and you had hundreds if not thousands of people gathering outside prisons when a hanging took place.

titch juicy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > While i'm sorry for your friend and hope he is ok, > I suspect the barrier didn't jump out and surprise > him. > > I would've thought with a little care, any new > road or traffic measures can be easily avoided. Which is why you often see big red signs with "traffic signal timings changed" or "new road layout ahead". Yes, you'd think a barrier would be fairly obvious, but as others have stated it's not so straighforward!

silverfox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > James, > > Spend some taxpayers' money and nip up to > Blackpool and see how they do it there. > > Plenty of space for trams. Cars not impeded. > > Then take a walk from King's to Elephant and > Castle and ask yourself the following: > > Where will cyclists go? > > Where will buses go? > > If a bus can take 56 passengers and there is one > every 10 minutes how many can a tram take and how > often will they run? > > See the Edinburgh fiasco - ?500m for a 20 mile > circuit that was stopped short after years of > construction disruption and led the Scottish > Parliament to refuse to pay the last tranche of > the money. Edinburgh tram route almost halved and costs now ?776m. Due to start in 2014. NOT canned. Absolute fiasco I thnk they were due to start in 2010.

With the Olympics starting leave early! 0600 at the very latest and preferably earlier. The traffic will be unbearable. Straight down the south circular through Wandsworth and Putney, then cut up through Barnes (turn right at Barnes station) and straight up over Hammersmith Bridge to Hammersmith to join the M4.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Cyclists who stray into the Games Lanes will face > a fixed penalty of ?130 and their bike will be > impounded if they are unable to pay." > > http://www.eta.co.uk/2012/07/09/olympic-road-ban-c > yclists-will-put-lives-risk > > This could be an Olympic spectator sport all of > its own! I was about to say the same thing :-) Anyway, back to London Bridge Station, how bad will that be for just using the service to and from ED and then walking / getting a bus?

Exactly, and on the pavements there's no red lights to watch out for :-)

So that would be a Penalty Charge Notice, which ?can only be issued by civil enforcement officers (local authority/TfL) ?therefore cannot be issued by the police ?needs a vehicle registration number So legally bicycles are excempt from these restrictions.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lowlander Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I drove up North recently and it took almost > two > > hours to get from ED to the start of the M1 on > > both occasions outside of rush hour (10.00 on a > > Friday and 1900 on a Thursday). > > > > That was going through > > Camberwell/Oval/Vauxhall/Park Lane/Edgeware > Road. > > > > That usually takes between 45 mins and an hour. > > That was probably because the start of the M4 is > still closed, causing loads of chaos. > > > > > I'm avoiding travel as much as possible > although > > will be on the pushbike where necessary. > > > > Will they really fine cyclists who go in the > > Olympics lanes? > > Oh, I so hope so. Ooh, someone who'll be using the lanes officially on the ED forum! Having checked, cyclists won't be fined...