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ClareC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sued him for what? > He had a confrontation in a Welsh Valleys macho type way if you know what I mean :) Never confront them IMHO - I've been followed and it's tempting to do do, but never do, it can end badly. This sounds like something else now though.

My colleague once warned someone like this severely, and it turned out to be a PI hired by an ex, who promptly sued him. Call the police whatever if you're being followed. Don't confront.

Used to happen in Wales to. Never really knew why. bon3yard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Whilst walking along a coastal path in Cornwall > last weekend I noticed that the good berghers of > that wondrous county had taken to placing their > canine turdage in plastic bags before hoying them > into nearby trees. I couldnt quite grasp the > peculiar mentality that would have you pick up > your dogs crap, place it in a carrier bag and then > chuck it in a bush. Me and the missus had fun > spotting the blighters in amongst gorse and > dangling from branches though. Odd people....the > Cornish, not us. :))

Any pedestrian in the road for whatever reason has right of way. DJKillaQueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the rule is that once a pedestrian has > steeped onto a crossing you must give way but that > a pedestrian must wait for approaching traffic to > stop before doing that or be sure approaching > traffic is far away enough for it to safely stop. > That means the onus is on the pedestrian to > facilitate safe crossing.

A 50m pool (especially if theres also a 25m pool) is a real luxury though. When I visit home I go lane swimming to the Wales National Pool at Swansea and it is a really beautiful swim - space and time in both the changing rooms and the pool. I know Crystal Palace is older - but I'll have a go I think. Pickle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Agree with the poster above. The couple of times > I tried to swim at Dulwich I found it crowded, and > the pool is quite small. I switched to Crystal > Palace, and at times had the whole Olympic sized > pool to myself. It's deep and a bit daunting but > much better if you're swimming to get decent > exercise.

I normally end up using gyms out of peak hours where possible or at least starting my run before the crowds by coming early - but not everyone can - so maybe some sort of (non price) related incentive to use other hours for the people that can. The machines obviously can't have the maximum time reduced below 20 minutes - that's low already but is there space for people waiting to do other things (grabbing some dumb bells, skipping) and is there a mechanism whereby they can still keep 'in the queue'. Don't forget the Saturday fitness sessions on Peckham Rye and Dulwich park as an option especially as it warms up. James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What would be the solution to this crowding? > Clearly as a public facility using the price > mechanism needs to be avoided.

IMHO no one should have to wait for any machines at London gym prices. 20 minutes on a treadmill won't even warm me up - unless we all do only this HIT stuff on horizon, but I use treadmills for weight control, which requires 45 mins. Peckham rye is the option of course :)

The only way forward is to cancel memberships if they won't listen. I use the tiny work gym Which we keep tidy ourselves (but you can get in at certain times) and a work bench and weights at home now. I am allowed to run on the treadmill for an hour too. Anything under 45 minutes will do me no good IMHO.

Life isn't fair, and some people can quite happilly walk around with things on display yet nobody will touch them. More vulnerable people have to be very careful, although I've never seen so many IPads out as recently. I'm sure it was on here I first heard of the SE15 frown - a look developed in SE15 to put off muggerrs/chuggers etc. Laughed at the time, but it exists. Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Betterat50m - totally agree that people shouldn't > walk alone at night with phone or ipod on display, > but I think you're wrong to single out women. > Plenty of men are also mugged. Everybody has to be > careful and stay alert.

I'll wear my Welsh Rugby jersey then ;) colville09 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I?m getting fed up with politicians playing > football with the NHS for their own agendas. I > suspect they are more than earning their wedge > from private companies poised to get into a > lucrative market. Be they mad or bad, I feel its > time to show my feelings. The question is how? I > could march and yell but I wanted a tiny idea with > imagination.I had this idea, on Fridays, I?ll wear > something red and what if it went viral and the > politicians could see the entire population taking > this flash action together. Lets not be invisible > any more ? get out that red scarf and strut your > stuff.

Reading hotukdeals I'd say things under scan a lot too. gamerr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cor blimey, the guy is just asking a question. I > don't think it is whinging or paranoia. > > ibilly - I have no idea how the item got there but > your wife is a smart lady. People should always > check their bills as supermarkets are knows to > frequently charge more at the checkouts than the > labels stated on the shelves. One out of two times > I go shopping there is a mistake on the receipt > and I have to go and complain. If you are in ED > and shop at co-op then you will know what I mean.

Free coffee from pret last week, after buying a coffee there every day for a month. Think they were allowed to make that judgement though :) iceicebaby Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've heard of someone who apparently used to make > discounts for customers he liked. 20p for a leg of > lamb etc. Wasn't at the DKH Sainsbury's though. > Before you ask, I didn't recieve any fraudulent > goods nor do I know his name!

Pugwash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Since I was a fat, unfit 60+ year old I surprised > myself, police were surprised that I punched him > and asked why as he could have retaliated. I just > said that I was not going to let the b d > think I was an easy prey, Why do the police think people won't fight back ? Often the muggers can tell who will mind.

And the odd man too by the look of it. Obviously going for people who won't fight back - will be locked up soon :) mikekingphoto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is one of the scumbags mugging females after > work walking home from Dulwich stations. > http://www.btp.presscentre.com/Media-Releases/Brit > ish-Transport-Police-release-CCTV-and-issue-warnin > g-after-spate-of-iphone-snatches-Denmark-Hill-Peck > ham-Rye-Crofton-Park-stations-1917.aspx

It maybe a commercial shopping street to you, but it's home to me and the op We work hard on what happens around us in Co-op house. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unfortunately, when local authorties are having > their budgets cut they have to go to other forms > of money making. This will be bringing in money > which they need. I'm not saying they should all be > allowed, and location is everything, but > personally I think an advertisment stand along Rye > Lane (a commerical shopping street) is not a > massive problem.

Oh I know what I would do, and it involves bodily fluids in the milk bottle.

Chupacabra

The lady in kings who used to come and take blood every day when you were an 'inmate' (had an op there) could do a ward in about 10 minutes. Boy she was fast and always found a vein first time (scary :)) )

When they test it sometimes they take passengers They did in new cross iirc

It's all about perception and perception of what is where changes over time I live in Peckham Rye but so many different names can be used for the same roads. I like Peckham Rye though :) henryb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Copleston Road is in SE15. SE15 = Peckham > > and Nunhead. > > > > Copleston Road is in East Dulwich surely! Why > would estate agents lie about something like that? > It makes no sense.

It's the longest lasting flu turning to cough I've ever had, and I don't get them usually 4 weeks now. Dorothy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is December. Surely there are always > cold/flu/stomach bugs doing the rounds? I was > pretty poorly this time last year and have had a > couple of viruses already this winter. > > Is it actually newsworthy?

New beckenham station area used to be full of drive-train commuters when I lived there. Few years back

That's how capitalism works, they can easily reduce the price, but can't easily increase it :). Do you think the trouserless guy had some deal though that took the price actually paid down. If not, No wonder he can't afford curtains yet AD Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I spotted the block of four two bedroom flats on > Underhill road / Overhill Road junction are back > on the market..... at wait for it 369k !!!!!!! > > So after not selling these flats for around seven > years and squatters move in they kick the > sqautters out put a lick of paint on them and try > and sell them for 50k more than the last time they > tried (I last saw them for 317k). > > The main problem with these flats is apart from > not being like the rest of the road at all is the > bedrooms. You can see into them when you walk past > which is not great but they are small and a > strange shape and it looks impossible to try and > fit a wardrobe and a double bed in the room > becasue of this. > > The living room / kitchen area actually looks > quite nice but trying to sell of the very top end > for a two bed flat with its major donwfalls is a > touch ambtious. > > These have to be an example of the woerst desgined > flats I have seen !!!!

Unfortunately I find myself walking around looking angry and sometimes furious in order to deter muggers/chancers and the like, especially after dark. I certainly won't stop to talk to anyone who looks remotely strange. The people who look weak in any way will be targeted in the same way those who show phones and other valuables will. Someone on here called it the Peckham frown a few years ago and I laughed, but now I do it, you can easily see where it leads if everyone follows suit. Sad in a way - and it's London not just south London or east dulwich. I just thought, where else would we have to behave this way, front up, hide possessions, not show weakness and I realised, inside prison.

Only public documents were used. So no MI5, CIA stuff. The stuff that goes to the heart of the matter. No US or British government stuff. Seems rather pointless.