JohnL

Ampersand Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Totally agree with treehugger above. Takes me > 35-40 minutes on a bicycle from Wood Vale to > Fitzrovia at a rather sedate pace down the surrey > canal path and through Burgess Park. If you're > getting sweaty either you are going really fast or > doing it wrong. Or you're unfit. i got sweaty playing table tennis last week :(

Today caught the 63 for the first time in a few weeks. Get to Blackfriars road and that's it - traffic not moving so everyone gets off and walks. It's exercise anyway :)

titch juicy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JohnL Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Ok I'm told :) > > > > So it seems like my leave house at 8:54 and get > > into work at 9:40 is seen as good ? > > > > Someone invent a transporter - or a hoverboard. > > > Someone please give me a job where i can leave the > house at 8.54am! :) and then I fiddle with a router and switch or two, take the internet down for some poor blighter and come home (via a pub or two) Life isn't too bad :)

Ok I'm told :) So it seems like my leave house at 8:54 and get into work at 9:40 is seen as good ? Someone invent a transporter - or a hoverboard.

titch juicy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 30 to 40 minutes door to door in London is a pipe > dream unless you live in zone 1 or live right next > to a station, surely? > > Where do you get the Thameslink to? Blackfriars? > Have you considered the 63 bus? I hate an hour as that's about the time commuters from outside London take - so you feel you're gaining nothing by living here. I catch the 63 to Farrington when I'm in a relaxed mood and the bus is normally good - but slow through Peckham and down the Old Kent Road:)

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rotterdam, Hong Kong and various places in the > USA. I suspect they're just called the same thing > rather than a chain. This could be Rotterdam or anywhere Liverpool or Rome

titch juicy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seriously?! I find that quite amazing. > > I work in the City and travel in everyday and just > don't ever have any problems. When the train > strike was on, I got the bus every day. Always got > a seat, pretty much always in work within an hour > (I work by Liverpool St station). When i get the > train from ED to London bridge I also always get a > seat, without fail (on the 7.30 or 7.50 trains). > > Is this so different to a few years ago? And is > it any worse than anywhere else in zone 2 or > further out? I catch Thameslink at Peckham Rye and it is usually late and no chance of a seat. It seems to have improved the last week with brand new trains. 1 Hour isn't good - we should be talking 30-40 minutes.:)

arturo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Police have a suspect in the 'dulwich defecator' > case. > https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/help-cops-fin > d-suspect-defecated-dulwich-village-street/ It's like Cluedo.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > To add to what Robbin said, I can remember my > barrister sister advising me that any such self > defence measures can land you in a heap of trouble > if it's shown that you were carrying the object > for self defence - i.e. if you haven't a good > reason to have been carrying a can of hairspray, > you can be charged with carrying an offensive > weapon - it's the intent, rather than the weapon, > you can be done for. > > And anyway, as sensibly said, spraying hairspray > in the eyes of one of four attackers would very > much be waving a red rag in a bullring. Some people can't get over it unless they have some measure of retribution. But better to wait and have it cold - you have to give them some reason not to try it again :)

Just saw what Kelly-Anne said -- should I throw out my Microwave. Edit, just checked her quote and she finishes ?However, I?m not in the job of having evidence, that?s what investigations are for.? That sums up post truth :)

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/14/b > attersea-nine-elms-property-development-housing First comment "When the zombie apocalypse is upon us, the people who live there wont fare well"

geobz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > titch juicy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > If you find yourself in a situation where you > > absolutely have no choice but to fight back- > > always start by kicking as hard as you can in > the > > shins. The biggest, hardest person will go down > > with a hard kick to the shins. > > > where did you learn that, your dancing class? It might be funny but dancers are really flexible and athletic actually :) Beat up the mugger ... with Ballet

People forget it's a park not a wood (where I was born the wood was so big you could pick hundreds of flowers and nobody would notice) Ours is a limited resource people

d.b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Right, by "pretty reliable recently" I mean since > they reopened after the summer, and of course as > usual there are the 5-10 minute delays and > occasional cancellations or problems. > > However, with a bit of perspective, a 5-10 minute > delay isn't the end of the world, you're still > getting into town in 20-25 mins, or if you have to > wait for the next train then it's 35-40 mins most > of the time. > > It's not ideal, but really par for the course with > commuter rail in London, certainly you should be > able to live with it. And you get a lot else to > balance it out. If you want somewhere with the > reliability of the tube, you'll pay through the > nose for it I'm afraid. Anecdotally it's been said people have lost jobs over Southern. It is the daily 0 - 15 minutes lateness that gets to me - it means the train is more crowded too (as customers for the next train turn up).

SCSB79 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't know, how about just avoid a possible > menacing person... walk away, cross the road. > You are suggesting that people should "face down" > someone who could potentially be violent. > Not sure why you'd suggest actions that could > possibly ignite a situation that could turn > nasty. > > As I said, terrible advice. I would possibly try a friendly nod and smile and see what came back. Would be brave though - but a challenge doesn't have to be a challenge as it were.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Otta Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > There are established communities and tax > payers > > all around OKR. To read this you'd thinknot was > > completely uninhabited. > > The 'opportunity areas' identified around OKR and > Nine Elms / Battersea have with very little > housing. This is why they've been identified for > development. Of course people live in nearby, but > these are not town centres like Camberwell for > example. The residents of PC World and Toys R Us > along with those of New Covent Garden flower > market and the Nine Elms Lane car dealerships, > have not been crying out for new transport or > campaigning since the 50s for a tube extension. If you google 'Old Kent Road Opportunity Area' you seem to get a mix of local workers who think there businesses are going to be swept aside and property developers using the words 'opportunity knocks' It all seems very Elephant Park like.

geobz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JohnL Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Probably a specialist team looking into it > (which > > is why maybe the rest aren't to interested). > > Yep, most likely the same specialist team that is > looking into the Overground situation we are > having ;) Maybe they're a multi functional virtual team :) Really we might have to deal with this ourselves if it goes on (how I don't know) - my hope is that googling scooter robberies brings up a lot about recent raids and arrests.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Same here, food poisoning from restaurants / > sit-down-inside places, but never street stalls ! A work colleague had some dodgy Oysters he called street food the other day. Can Oysters be street food ?

I'm not interested really - as long as I don't have to pay for it. It'll be for rich property developers.

pork chop Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The decision to go down OKR has been made. The > previous TFL consultation process two years ago > resulted in this decision. > > The location of OKR stations is not decided. As > this new consultation shows, feedback is required > on proposed locations, and Queens Rd Peckham > should definitely be an LO connection. The will of the people. Except it wasn't :)

Probably a specialist team looking into it (which is why maybe the rest aren't to interested).

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There are 4.7 billion people living on Earth. > Only 5 or 6 people have expressed any concern > About this place closing. > > Foxy What happened There were 7 Billion yesterday Was it Trump

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > You could be right penguin. I blame poober. > > > Deliverpoo must also take some of the blame. Maybe we could do something about it Like raise NI contributions a bit to employ a cleaner.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd be interested to hear if others have a > different experience RRR - I can only say last > time I was in there last summer for a quick one > before the pictures I interrupted a drug deal in > the bogs (and was told to "f- off out of it before > you get hurt") , two guys were fighting in the > garden, another guy was taking a leak in the > garden and a woman threatened to beat up Mrs.H for > "looking at me funny" - and the staff carried on > as if nothing untoward was happening. I wouldn't > drink in there at the moment if the beer was free > - and coming from me that's quite a condemnation! It's a strange pub - with contradictions - I wouldn't totally blame the pub - although I maybe pop in once a year. I once walked in and said to the prostitutes plying their trade by the door 'you look nice tonight' and they replied 'you look nice too' (I thought this is Grand Theft Auto) And they refused to serve me once as I was too drunk :) :) (and I was) Maybe it's regulars they allow to carry on.

By "Typical" I meant I thought most boys had gone past this now. Ego's :(