JohnL

I'm thinking about just being able to get on the 8:34 or 9:04 (I think that's the only through trains - there seem to be a 8:44 and 9:14 going to Blackfriars) at Peckham Rye on Monday - I fear filled platforms and commuters held outside the station next week. We'll see though. I notice some trains seem to terminate at Denmark Hill too - sorry Thameslink - people don't catch trains to benefit the many. The people going to Denmark Hill can't be forced to catch that one as you seem to imagine.

Thameslink obviously have no interest in inner London as customers.

dmcd808 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unfortunately we need a Saudi attitude to crime, > commit crime and you will be punished very hard. > > Thas the only way to deal with people who commit > crime and have low IQs. No confessions by torture or head chopping thanks. Just good police intelligence and catch them in the act. If necessary bring back indeterminate sentences (I'm sure May would love that one) or just chip everyone :)

There's could be chaos on Monday - I wouldn't be surprised the entrances are shut - hope the management are prepared.

She had successes. The liberalisation of pub hours was a great success IMHO. We used to get them in the hour before last orders and pile out in the streets at the same time as all the other pub goers piled out into the streets. There were quite a few fights. I just don't see that happen now (although could be age LOL) Olympics 2012 was the best time for the UK - when Brexit was just a twinkle in Nigel Farage's eye. We actually felt united.

Peckham Rye's been hit it seems - Half stop at Blackfriars :(

The new bike shop under Co-Operative House, Rye Lane seems to have a Cafe section when I poked my nose in (opens 21st). The Bike Cafe - sounds like a hipster joint :) Dual use seems to be the thing this year.

Quia Differt Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rendelharris Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Quia Differt Wrote > .and given the contentious part was against my OWN > gender then > > > are you saying you can be sexist about your > own > > > gender ?. > > > > Of course you can - Margaret Thatcher was a > prime > > example of a woman-hating woman who notoriously > > didn't like promoting women - only one rose > above > > junior minister level in her whole tenure. The > > definition of sexism is having a prejudice > towards > > or discriminating against a particular gender, > it > > doesn't say anything about having to be of the > > opposite gender. I happen to know a person of > > Asian heritage who is shockingly racist towards > > other Asians. Odd, but it happens. > > Makes perfect sense rh. I have known more than a > few Women who want as little to do as possible > with their own gender. > A good Ladyfriend who would be 62 now hated her > All-Girls School. Had no interest whatsoever in > "Girlie" things. Gained an excellent Degree in > Civil Engineering at Imperial College and worked > on Oil Rigs and the like all her life. A real > grafter and she did all my Plumbing,Electrical > Work, Roofing,Guttering,Carpentry , Decorating and > so on but she had no time for other Females and > had a distant relationship with her Mother who was > a Bohemian idealist and Teacher. > She was more pragmatic. Thinking about it she had > the technique to knock down a solid 1930's Brick > Wall where some men could not remove a single > brick to convert 2 of my bedrooms into one and she > was an exoert Fencer who insisted that every > individual slat was an 1/8th higher than the one > next to it and this involved 150 slats. > Mind-blowing. > > Question then rendel can you be sexist against > both sexes as I went through various situations > both praising and critising both Males and Females > ? Not having a lot to do with is not against though, Just that you don't have much in common so are not going to make friends. If you were the boss though you don't promote on friendships.

Just checked - 09/02/2008

womanofdulwich Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > we went to the shard to eat a few years ago. We > booked it at the only time available. When we're > were there it was not half full. Often when they > day fully booked it's a code for"don't have the > staff". That's not good enough - I'd suspect (if I was alone) they just didn't want single men (some don't). Why not just be honest - it's so much easier "we have a staffing issue".

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > alice Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Everyday racism is like everyday sexism. Still > > here. > > It most certainly is. That doesn't make every > accusation true, or every misunderstanding or bit > of bad service experienced by a person of colour > racism. Even perceived racial discrimination is a problem for the company though.

One of the good ones.

Anyway whenever I've complained about anything I usually get an apology from the manager I've complained to however spurious or trivial the complaint (I think it's the standard response, even before any proof is available) In my youth I was always too scared to complain about anything and got treated like a doormat because of it.

If a complaint was logged to the police it will be logged as a hate incident (a hate incident is not a crime - just basically when a complaint is logged) Amber Rudd's speech at the Tory party conference was logged as a hate incident. https://fullfact.org/crime/hate-incidents-arent-same-hate-crimes/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8qTNtPSE2wIVqrftCh1FkQGgEAAYASAAEgIq-PD_BwE

Somehow this reminds me of the incident with the Marriot, Swansea and The Southampton Football Team - that rebounded on Swansea LOL. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/southampton-fans-mercilessly-troll-swansea-14635477 Mind you trip advisor and trustpilot are your friends, you will go from being ignored/patronised to being listened too very quickly if you write that 1 star trust pilot review. Similarly if you write to the CEO of the parent company your problem just goes away very quickly. Then you modify the review to "issue resolved with the help xxxx". It's capitalism in action surely. Edit: It's VERY important to modify the reviews you put once you're satisfied (or post on here if you complained on here) - that's the carrot

SpringTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It might have been the Russians. I mean they were > to blame for everything a few weeks ago... The head of Dulwich MI5 has just said the EDF attack was definitely of Russian origin.

Has he got nothing better to do LOL. I cleaned the oven, washed some clothes and hoovered the floor. Spammer just created 10 threads, sad.

dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ditto the Heaton Arms/Cooperative Building which > from memory was a two or three story department > store. Now converted into flats with shops at > pavement level. > I still drink there (being as it's home LOL).

Fliss Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Now my closest pub is the Capitol in Forest Hill, > which I am not keen on. There is the Plough, > which I think is a pretty decent pub. The food is > a little over-elaborate and therefore over-priced > (what's wrong with a cheese roll or a pork pie?) > but the atmosphere is good and it has a lovely > beer garden. I thought the Capitol closed - still open though - but could so easily get the same atmosphere as the Prince of Wales in Cardiff ( a lovely spoons pub) if it was tidied.

Where the Kings on the Rye was is a lovely spot for a pub - and in the day that would have looked out over the old Peckham Lido. But I hear rumours about that pub before it closed, dark things (before my time) :) The Grove will be a huge loss if it disappears permanently without any kind of replacement (even if some of it becomes something else).

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JohnL Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The new commander of Southwark/Lambeth police > says > > violent crime has been reduced by 30% since > > January. > > > > > https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/violent-crime > > > > -reduced-30-since-january-says-commander-of-newly- > > > merged-southwark-and-lambeth-police/ > > He might be right > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43640475 > > It's nearly all moved to north of the river True - maybe richer pickings I suppose.

flocker spotter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > if - as now generally accepted in the sunny > daylight of the post Brexit referendum landscape > - the UKG is a delivery method for the will of the > people, then surely UKG Home Office actions are a > derivate of the peoples will. There's an ethics issue at some point though (wherever the line gets drawn) - Many evil policies in other countries histories were the will of that countries people but the culprits still get punished eventually and "will of the people" is no defence. This UN expert says we may have passed that line. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/theresa-mays-hostile-environment-is-destroying-the-lives-of-ethnic-minority-britons-warns-un-expert_uk_5af57ca9e4b00d7e4c19b881

porn virus I reckon

Some Central/North areas have 500+. I notice (North) Peckham has 19 - one of the lowest.

Yet three years ago at least (probably still) London could be classified as a forest. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/07/london-forest-i-tree-study