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fishbiscuits Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Surely for most professional/corporate type jobs > these days, everyone is asked to opt out when > joining the company. I opted out - the other option was monitoring my hours and sending a summary to HR every week. But professional jobs maybe not where abuses happen.

Rye lane is white - haven't inspected it.

I've seen a couple going up Rye Lane. The road looks ungritted (white) though.

FightingFit Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For goodness sake... Judging by some of the posts > on this forum you'd have thought we'd been struck > by a tsunami It's not the snow it's our infrastructure - god forbid climate change makes this regular. My weather app shows snow later this week but BBC says it might miss London. Sky showed Croatia - 6 foot of snow :)

I use CityMapper for London

siousxiesue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I asked once why they didn't use handheld ticket > readers and apparently it was because of fraud, > people passing the codes to each other's phones. They must have misunderstood the technology.

Prices will rise then - can't see any other way.

Thameslink posted a monkey to keep clients happy

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Someone has to pay for all those warning cards. > Just got my bill in which has gone up a whopping > ?150 for 2018/19! Check your toilet isn't leaking into the bowl - that quadrupled my bill one 6 month.

In the 1980s we went through a phase of "pick your own" and we brought into it and went out to pick our own. Didn't last too long though :)

Actually there is a fair chance of a Maunder Minimum in a few years (2030) so it might appear colder but that doesn't mean climate change (warming) isn't happening - it's just masked until 2050 or so. https://www.livescience.com/61716-sun-cooling-global-warming.html

Penguin68 Wow - but as you know if it doesn't happen in the capital it doesn't happen anywhere ;) I notice now predictions for heavy snow from Storm Emma later in the week.

Now there is no snow in London and it's a fine cold sunny day - is this all cancelled ?

I saw this (or another) Fiveways vehicle picking up rubbish in Rye Lane this morning.

DulwichLondoner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Thameslink trains that were cancelled were > from SE to Central London; I don't know if they > were meant to continue to North London (maybe some > were) but I know they have nothing to do with SW > London. > Bedford or St Albans is the final destination of the Thameslink trains northbound

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Either we will, as customers, support this, or we > won't. LL is still an area which is mainly > supported by relatively close residents - it > doesn't have a large commuting population - and it > isn't, yet, a destination venue. So, if we, who > live here, want a Costa we will patronise it. If > we don't, we won't and it will lose money. We > already have a close Starbucks, in Dog Kennel > Hill, and a Caf? Nero - as well as numerous > non-chain caf? venues. If there is a market for > yet another coffee shop, then fine. I doubt > whether what (another) formula chain has to offer > will provide sufficient differentiation, on price, > quality or 'innovation' (product range) grounds to > be compelling, but if it does, well the market > will have spoken. All coffee places are full in my expeience - but whether that translates to profit I don't know. I actually like Nero's atrocious coffee - but maybe I should ask for an extra shot in Costa and Starbucks.

They did mention directly on BBC or Sky (forget which) that no trains could get through from Peckham Rye to Denmark Hill. So I planned bus from the start.

And the Daily Mail is off - in full panic mode. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5434235/UK-Weather-5C-overnight-snow-blows-in.html We must be home by 6 PM - I'm staying out then

No trains - goods train broke down between Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill, People panic shopping apparently. Tonight it's -24 in Moscow, -12 in Berlin and they're usually OK.

Thursday September 13 News breaks that Northern Rock has sought emergency funding from the Bank of England in its capacity as "lender of last resort". Friday September 14 Northern Rock confirms that it has agreed emergency funding from the Bank of England. Customers in their thousands rush to Northern Rock branches to empty their accounts. The bank's share price plummets by more than 31% in one day. Monday September 17 Northern Rock shares slide further, with the stock opening 31% lower after tumbling by a similar amount in the immediate wake of the crisis. Meanwhile, savers continue to queue at Northern Rock branches across the UK. Darling intervenes, pledging that the government will guarantee all deposits lodged with Northern Rock. >>>>>>Wednesday September 19 Alistair Darling's wife tells him all their money is invested in Northern Rock and he's basically f**d - says he'll be sleeping on the sofa until he sorts it Thursday September 20 The Bank of England makes a dramatic U-turn in its handling of the credit crisis by agreeing to pump at least ?10bn into longer-term money markets. Monday October 1 The government announces a new regime guaranteeing 100% of an individual's bank and building society savings up to 35,000. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/mar/26/northernrock

We had a thread on dark kitchens some time ago - but don't think it applies in this case ?

One of the great things about my flat is the walls don't seem to transmit any noise. The front door does (you hear children running past). But if my flat can do it - the technology is there.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Waking up in such circumstances is preferable to > Not waking up. > People die inhaling or choking on their own > vomit. > > Especially where Drink and/or drugs are involved. > > > DulwichFox I know DF - lost a school colleague (not someone really close though) through sudden unexpected death syndrom after drinking. Lavender sorry for calling you a two pot screamer as you were ill.

Ms Blueberry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > waking up in your own vomit is a sign of an > alcohol problem. and if there is a problem, you > won't be happy or even able to do the following. > for one week, have 4 days with no alcohol, and > only drink half bottle of wine on the other 3. no > doubt you're a party animal and don't have a > problem. but you may think differently in 10 or 20 > years when you're facing breast cancer. happy > friday night. Those who vomit have no tolerance - which means they are often not regular drinkers - more like one tin screamers Edit: Got that wrong - the term is two pot screamer LOL https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Two-Pot-Screamer

I'm glad that that is something that never happens to me - don't get hangovers either Immunity through tolerance :)