JohnL

Squash31 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I thought it was bad enough that fast food chains > and pubs were allowed to open before gyms and > leisure centres. And now we can't access our local > centres to stay fit and healthy, even though the > government themselves have stated obesity is an > issue and increases your risk of dying from > COVID-19, so I fail to see why Southwark council > aren't wanting to keep us all fit and healthy by > opening them. > > https://www.gov.uk/government/news/excess-weight- > can-increase-risk-of-serious-illness-and-death-fro > m-covid-19 To me this implies 5 million is wanted for July. "In early July, council leader Peter John told the News: ?Our contractors are saying they need money immediately to keep going, but that is five million not in our budget for things like our leisure facilities."

Spain should never have allowed tourists back this early without quarantine on their side. It's like a virus brewing pot. In Wave one we sent people to care homes without testing - now we're sending people to large holiday resorts without testing.

No - but they're planning on expanding to 2 days in 2021 https://thisisgala.co.uk/festival/gala-2021/

You suspect the increase in infections in Spain is due to British holidaymakers getting drunk.

edcam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's BS. UK citizens are a far greater threat in > Spain than anyone coming in from there. In the 5 > days prior to 26th July, there were 426 deaths in > the UK and 12 in Spain. It's yet another tory > (Cummings) con to fool the gullible. So they're going to Spain - mingling when drunk then returning https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/14/video-of-drunken-brits-maskless-in-magaluf-appals-spaniards That says quarantine them to me.

Boris and his "cycling czar" andrew gilligan have an important speech today on giving over large amounts of space to cyclists. This is the master plan behind all the local authority schemes and will include a body called "active travel england".

dontbesilly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I had to tell a nosy, do gooder woman in Co-op to > mind her own beeswax when she commented on me not > wearing a mask over the weekend. I consider > wearing a mask completely pointless (i think i > probably already had corona so am now immune) and > awfully uncomfortable. If shops are not going to > enforce it and are happy to let me in and spend my > money, then i will continue to not wear a mask. > Woebetide the next busybody who comments on it. It all depends on your individual body and immune system - you may or may not be immune. If you are really unlucky even a mild bout may have weakened your heart/kidneys and a second bout may complete the work. I'm always a late adopter in things with danger so I'm waiting to see what happens to other people before taking the risk - I am going out so infrequently a mask is no problem when I do. Mind my plan requires others to take a risk so I can know.

DF - Aren't they basically in a group that if one of them catches it they all can be assumed to (is it still 6 maximum or is it more). The danger is how likely someone outside the group is likely to catch it. If you're on your own can't you have your own reserved table ?

Actually - It does seem most leisure center staff are having furlough topped up by councils. Sunderland is taking a kicking for not doing so https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/politics/council/row-over-furlough-payments-sunderland-leisure-staff-2545560 Here's also a plea from GLL to help top up pay https://www.gll.org/b2b/newsitems/gll-calls-on-councils-to-top-up-furlough-pay if you want to see the contractors point of view. It's a bit like buying IBM in the 1980s - most councils seem to do what the rest are doing I guess as it makes criticism easier to ride.

dontbesilly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When these such places do reopen, ill miss walking > past Goose Green and doubling over with laughter > when i see a group of 50 and 60 year old doing Tai > Chi like exercises. Looks so ridiculous. Hey - it's better than sitting on the couch watching Antiques Roadshow repeats.

Abe_froeman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What that SE1 article doesnt tell is that > > 1) the council have given SLM 1.2 million punds of > our money since March and > > 2) some of that went on making sure that > furloughed staff pay was topped up to 100% beyond > the government subsidy. > > So your council decided that your money should be > spent paying wages that a business paying our > 15.5m of dividends wasnt prepared to pay. > > It is an absolute disgrace and heads should roll > for this. > > https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/leisure-centr > e-contract-could-be-brought-in-house-after-covid-b > lows-hole-in-southwark-councils-budget/ I think this is national government guidelines like most things these days (Cummings is like a spider at the center of a web). Those employees could not be furloughed on 80% (but as the baths were closed they couldn't work - maybe they should have been re-deployed. "The Government conveyed the following view to the LGA on 2 April:" "The Government has given local authorities ?1.6bn of additional funding to support them in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. This funding is un-ringfenced and is intended to help local authorities address any pressures they are facing in response the Covid-19 pandemic, across all service areas. Where employers receive public grant funding for staff costs, and that funding is continuing, we expect employers to use that money to continue to pay staff in the usual fashion ? and correspondingly not furlough them. This also applies to non-public sector employers who receive public grant funding for staff costs." https://www.local.gov.uk/lga-workforce-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme

If you catch it (aforesaid catapult) they are going to be way too embarrassed to ask for it back. It's dronenapped.

They want another bailout https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/tfl-second-government-bailout-coronavirus-a4507591.html "TfL also warned they needed to be ?realistic? about what major future projects will be affordable over the next decade including the proposed DLR extension to Thamesmead, the Bakerloo extension and Crossrail 2." Rather unsurprisingly the Bakerloo line extension down Old Kent Road is now considered vulnerable.

Hurray - got a delivery from Sainsburys - first one in months as I switched to Iceland while they were fully booked.

seenbeen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Frankito Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > ?I?ll just pop you on hold for a second? (Do I > > ever have a choice...? Grrrrrr) > A second...more like 45 minutes When Sky did it to me she kept popping back to see if I was OK - I felt she was worried for me.

The stabbing on Rye Lane was April I think. This altercation on CP Road was more recent. https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/man-charged-with-attempted-murder-and-firearm-offences-after-reports-of-a-fight-dulwich/ and this one in Kingswood Estate https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/teen-stabbed-to-death-in-dulwichs-kingswood-estate/

He should know that if you can find it so can identity thieves.

rachp Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > alice Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > So it?s just a coincidence that the main > > beneficiaries are those in the wealthier part > of > > our borough? > > In ED and DV it is hard to avoid wealthy streets > isn't it? Is Melbourne Grove an outlier in ED? And > Rye Lane is not wealthy. I don't know where else > in Southwark this is happening, I'm assuming not > only in Dulwich as it's a London wide initiative. It's a UK wide inititive the same conversations are happening in Swansea, Cardiff, Newcastle etc. At the heart of it - you can perhaps blame Grant Shapps https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/18/closing-narrowing-roads-cycling-revolution-leads-campaigners/

'We'll extent your health benefits for 3 months after you leave, Have a nice day'

My letter (snail) mail has petered out to very little as I've moved all financial stuff online as I had boxes of old letters that are just killing trees. Insurance and household bills mostly moved too. I still get the occasional banking letter and ones from council/property/work etc. My deliveries are always on time.

dontbesilly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > erm, thats probably 9 or 10 year old children > having fun. In my day it was called 'knock down > ginger'. > > Did you really start an annoyed post because some > small children played knock down ginger on you? > haha. > > If i see a young white man with a shaved head i > will stop and challenge him about whether he has > rung any doorbells recently, and if so- give him > what for! If it is children, We called it Bobby Knocking back in the 70s (if it was the whole street it was Bobby Knocking and Hedge Hopping) and the record was a 3 or 4 mile chase. Problem is we picked on the ones who reacted for a bit of fun. Many people don't answer doors or phones now unless you text first (a millennial thing)- so burglars may find younger people at home.

Is it jailbroken (somehow I doubt it) Are you using some custom email server that could be causing this if it's email based (I use yahoo for instance - the same smtp/pop3 type settngs I use on my PC.) Is it linked to Alexa - just in case worth checking what commands she is running :)

Sir Kier Starmer sat on his hands (although apparently he didn't). Seriously - PMQ's is almost unwatchable in it's current format - it's like 3rd form debating club sometimes.

cwjlawrence Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @Jakido - yes - this is a great idea - it has > always been a very unsatisfactory place to cross > the road. > > Just in case you're not aware - here's the link to > Southwark's StreetSpace platform: > > https://southwarkstreetspace.commonplace.is/ > > You can submit new ideas for changes and also add > your support for ideas that other people have > made. > > I have no idea whether anyone actually looks at > these suggestions or not, but it does at least > give the illusion of having one's voice heard! Comments look nice on the map - fair dos :)

I don't think the Government, The Mayor, TFL and Southwark are going to go back on these schemes which TFL calls "StreetSpace" and are very pro walking/cycling. https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/streetspace-for-london Rye Lane and Dulwich Village are two of the ones that TFL gave money towards - this would need to be re-allocated to another road I guess if changed ? Both are named in the article below along with the amount of money. https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/18533902.southwark-gets-1-3m-covid-19-transport-funding-tfl/