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There is a louse -a psyllid that apparently might be released to eat it Could be frightening. Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > UncleBen Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Somewhere in the fog of my memory japanese > > knotweed has to be reported to the environment > > agency or some other body? Cut the stem at > ground > > level, fill the stump tube with weedkiller, and > > burn the removed stem. > > xxxxxx > > Sorry, but that won't work ..... > > If Japanese Knotweed could be killed so easily > with weedkiller,there'd be no problem ......

Apparently they'll stick around airports/train stations and did well to get rid of games/dvds and this is a good strategy if you read this unreadable article :) http://www.retail-week.com/city-and-finance/whsmith-what-the-analysts-say/5048145.article?blocktitle=Retailer-in-the-news:-WHSmith&contentID=7926 StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > First of all, as with Woolworths let?s not get too > parochial about this Smith?s closing down. WH > Smiths have been closing shops at a rate of knots > all around the country. It has relatively little > to do with Peckham now versus some Golden Age. > > In fact most of those shops mentioned on the ?so > sad to think of? posts have been companies which > have disappeared completely, not just from Peckham > > > But Smith?s aren?t gone yet (sadly) across the > country. I say sadly as I used to be a regular > customer but since they changed their shops to > > - make the floor stands much higher to pile ?em > high > - stopped selling DVDs and Games > - pester me every time to buy some freaking > chocolate or a newspaper I don?t want > - charge 100% more than some places just for a > pack of Extra gum > > They can?t die off soon enough (from a brand > perspective ? the usual job considerations still > apply)

Saw the guy putting the 'hood' on the bus stop at Heaton Road this morning. He was getting dirty looks :)

Is that s new payday loan shop I spied opposite - or an old one re-done. Screwfix are welcome :) Twoddle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Book shops can hardly survive any more what with > cheap books on Amazon and Kindles. So we can look > forward to another couple of Pound shops?

Smoking allowed times then. Different rules as no parent would allow children into pubs with hazy blue smoke everywhere. I assume the smokers are not in the children's play area - haven't ventured out of the bar when I visit.. StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Or we could just rewind 10 years to before the pub > was taken over and count how many punters were > kicking about in there/out in the garden > > spoiler alert: not enough to keep the pub in > business. I think it got taken over

EDOliver Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If I ever think that I might get stranded in a > yellow box I drive incredibly slowly until the > space ahead clears. Surely as long as you don't > actually stop they can't fine you. My plan too. problem is if you don't see it coming due to chaos on the road ( I was driving through Loampit Vale the other day and it was a free for all - won't be going back there). How do the cameramen react to chaos - penalise everybody.

Don't we all have 15 pick-ups of large items of rubbish by Southwark Council. Do toilets count or is it just laziness ?

A few people saying Gatland likes big hookers - and he was one himself Did he have issues with two Hookers under 17 St ? Gatland admitted they discussed this extensively. Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Too much competition for robshaw so he was never > gonna go but Best is a different matter > > A text from an English friend of mine on Robshaw.

still showing as an incident on http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/london/roads/unplanned A2214 East Dulwich Road East Dulwich, both ways at Peckham Rye A2214 London - Traffic light failure on A2214 East Dulwich Road in East Dulwich at the Peckham Rye junction. Medium - 4 hours ago

The new Greggs seems to have a space to drink coffee. Someone was arguing in there when I walked past :( Ozzies would give you a coffee too. But none of the ones we're used to ... and I like a coffee. Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rye Lane has not one estate agent, coffee shop or > curry house (someone correct me if I'm wrong), and > it is a retail space at least twice the length and > girth of Lordship Lane. Equally, LL does not have > one signal hair extension shop or exotic food > store (someone correct me if I'm wrong). *Bob* I > think you could be onto something here. We could > have a pop-up exchange store event. > > Louisa.

Well Warburton capt. headline on BBC is 'No JW' No Robshaw either - 4 x Welsh back row forwards.

Maybe you just get used to the water where you are. This morning on breakfast tv they did a water test as if it were wine - not sure about that :) The Minkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "I could - Swansea was very very soft water and on > > moving to London I hated it." > > Funnily enough, when I go back to see the family > in Porthcawl, the smell of the tap water is very > noticeable. > > "London tap water is totally rank when you've > lived in other places." > > Depends which places you've lived. Years ago, I > lived in Barcelona and you could smell water > running out the tap from across the room.

They know something you don't ;) El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Facebook has Camden, London, UK somewhere in > China!!!

mayonnaise is raw egg isn't it ? minced beef should be cooked through I reckon - but maybe if it's minced from good beef just prior to cooking then burgurised then pink is OK. scout Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sometimes egg is used to bind a burger so must be > fully cooked

I could - Swansea was very very soft water and on moving to London I hated it. Am used to it now. Lowlander Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I would report to Thames Water ASAP, that must be > an issue with your household piping. > > There are many reports showing that even head > chefs and wine critics cannot tell the difference > between London tap water and expensive mineral > water > > http://www.which.co.uk/home-and-garden/heating-wat > er-and-electricity/guides/switching-from-bottled-t > o-tap-water-/tap-vs-bottled-water/ > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1572840/Tap > -water-beats-bottles-in-taste-test.html

It's not always like that though - I live above his junction and its chaos (And noisy) all day. People who have never driven in this area get caught out all the time - more often northbound now. Rye lane itself would be strange to a newcomer - I remember walking down it For the first time years ago. You see the panic as they see the signs late and sometimes reverse. Sometimes people used to get out of cars to argue. The biggest issue is just stats, so many people do it so something in the design is wrong IMHO. Edit: and the whistlers back :( likansuk269 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > if you were following a bus up the road and missed > the signs then you were obviously to clos to the > bus,busses stop suddenly and you wont see the bus > stop coming either....you should really have had a > distance between you where you could see the bus > wing mirrors,accordingly the bus driver would be > able to see you behind him,and here is the best > bit,he might not even indicate that he is stopping > ,let alone right or left.......another reason to > stay further behind....I know the road and > I know the turnings involvedand have no problem > with it and never have,but as a cyclist a few > years ago I learnt the route and signs.....no > point arguing ,ive been caught for less before and > u just wont win..but you might be lucky

One of our own posters articles here .. note the phrase "Under present regulations, bookies are allowed only four machines per shop. They simply open more stores to sidestep the rules." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103218/When-bookies-common-post-offices-Britain-major-problem-High-Street-campaigner-Rowenna-Davis.html david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well, again, only to you. > > Those betting shops wouldn't proliferate if people > weren't using them. They wouldn't make money and > they'd close. Likewise, for the churches, if no > parishioners attended they would cease to be. > > Horses for courses. > > Whilst I'd love to see elements of Peckham change, > it has a very different demographic to East > Dulwich and should continue to serve those groups.

The council will probably wash it's hands of everything now it hasn't got it's way completely. Hope not.

I'd much prefer a Costa to another Betfred or Paddypower or the 2x Money Shop we have. Nothing against them, but I will never use those shops. The new Greggs has a little space to sit down I noticed. ryelane Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > was posting this more to highlight how they were > planning to clear all the business along blenheim > grove, not just at the front of the station. > but as you say that plan seems to have been > (temporarily) defeated! > > i agree the space in front of the station isn't > used to its full ability. hopefully a rebuild of > it won't bring in costa coffee...

Agree - up fleet street from Blackfriars, or up Holborn Viaduct and across Kingsway from City Thameslink. It's easy to forget how close these stations are. Sevenoaks-> Bedford line is very crowded now too (since about last Xmas). StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Blackfriars is useless for the West End" > > in what sense is this true? it's a 15 minute walk > to the Strand/Theatreland/Covent Garden > > You can bus it if you don't fancy walking > > useless?

No state funeral - neither was Princess Di. But Princess Diana got buried on a Saturday So we were all off to see it. Tony will be President of Europe or maybe more by the time he dies of course :)

so get off your bike as Norman Tebbit would (not) say.

Worried about the effect Cardiff being in the EPL will have on my team (Swansea) Mustn't be dragged into a rivalry.

Nothing wrong with communities of artists - but I thought this was mainly the Bussey building Something needs to kick start a bit of further variety on Rye lane - not the ethnic stores (which have improved since 2007 when I moved here) but the bookies and pay day loan merchants. Still would like some kind of social shops - coffee bars. Ozzie's is Okay but something a little more too.

Still sounds like classic 'roid rage' over reaction to a small comment. Lots of it around where I used to live - so I recognize it.