Siduhe

Not received ours yet - Underhill/Melford borders.

Further up the road, there is a "Lost:Crocodile" sign in a similar vein...

According to someone in BT's security division (who told me a couple of weeks ago there is a spate of incidents in South London at the moment): Open up a BT access point (manhole) or dig down to the cable, cut cable, attach a vehicle to the cable and then drive off to pull it out. He reckons thieves particularly look for recent roadworks that have been filled in because a) it's easier to dig down through the recent tarmac/filler to get to the cables and b) if queried by anyone they can say they're fixing a botch in the previous job.

minkturtle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What's "social protection"? Benefits such as disability, unemployment, housing, child benefit etc and state pensions. From the UK National Statistics site: Social protection describes help given to those in need or at risk of hardship. Regarded as a safety net meant to provide a minimum decent standard of living it is designed to protect the vulnerable in society such as those affected by, for example, illness, low income, family circumstances or age.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How do I obtain the minutes of the Community > Council? And where are the dates and agenda > advertised? There's little point in having such a > Council if members of the community in question > don't know about it, or don't know what matters > will be discussed at each meeting. > > I don't have time to attend meetings on the > off-chance that there may be something relevant to > my life being discussed! It's all available on the Southwark website - http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200137/community_councils

Rhod Gilbert's Best Bits... http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/rhod

Although the next paragraph on the Southwark website does say: This may just mean they have a preference for parents from the same ethnic background as the children, but it does go to Ridgley's point.

James, if you are in touch with the traffic department, can you ask (in respect of that same stretch of road as Al&Em mentions), if there has been some recent re-phasing of the traffic lights on that stretch? Approximately from the Harvester going towards Forest Hill. Traffic has been really bad for about two weeks and for no obvious reason as once you get past the Tesco garage, the road is clear (this was before they started digging up the junction where the Harvester is). It's made driving in and out of Wood Vale, Melford Road, Overhill and Underhill Roads quite tricky even outside of peak times as the road has been solid and people aren't especially inclined to let you out. Just wondered if it was connected to the appearance of the new sign.

marcos, have a look here. Been discussed at length and a very poor approach by Thames Water imho...

Mamma Mia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Was it a two-hour one-to-one course? Yes - see here http://www.cyclinginstructor.com/cyclinginstructor.nsf/%28$Category1%29/6627A293DE39FDCC802571CD0059876B?OpenDocument My trainer was Helena.

I did the Adult Bikability Training offered by Southwark Council via Cycling Instructor Ltd (not sure if they still do this with all the budget cuts). It was fab and a huge boost to my confidence - we focused entirely on dealing with heavy traffic as that was what made me most nervous. If it's the same thing, definitely worth doing.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Strange - a Dulwich Hamlet supporters newsletter I > found here says that "DHPD Ltd was dissolved on > 24th November 2009", yet this was submitted in Nov > 2010?!?! > According to Companies House, DHPD Ltd was incorporated in April 2008 and remains in existence and up to date with its filings (also hasn't changed its name since incorporation).

The UK has no clear legal concept of "fair use" - i.e. the ability to move music from one format to another for your personal use or to take a backup of electronic media. However, since at least 2006 the BPI has publicly stated that no action will be taken against someone who copies CDs they have validly purchased into electronic form for personal use, or converts electronic music into other format. Where a CD is protected by DRM, it is a breach of the licence you have purchased to listen to the music if you break the DRM and take an electronic copy. The act which implements the EU Copyright directive in the UK is The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003, which includes a section on electronic rights management and extends additional rights to copyright holders if someone advertises or tells someone how to break the DRM, does break the DRM or shares media from which the DRM has been removed. However, this remains entirely a civil matter - the rights holder still has to sue the infringer in a civil court, not a criminal one and certainly not theft - which is a strictly criminal matter. The emphasis of the CRRR 2003 is also very much on people who share media in breach of copyright - rather than on someone who is seeking to use material they have legitimately purchased for their own personal use - no-one has ever been sued for breaking the DRM on a CD or game unless they have also distributed it as far as I can tell. Siduhe (who currently has about 9000 songs in high-bit electronic format, all legally purchased and with the original CDs retained where relevant. I don't condone illegal downloading in any form, but I very much espouse the "fair use" concept for music I have purchased.)

Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why do people even like M&S so much? Fine, they're > great for grabbing a sandwich and a fruit salad > for lunch, but they dont sell any ingredients for > preparing a meal, just ready meals, which frankly > puts it below iceland in terms of usefulness. Maybe it depends which M&S Food you go to? The one I occasionally use in the City definitely sells fresh (unprepared) meat and fish and veg, along with rice, pasta and other staples, not just ready meals. Granted it's not the biggest selection, but does come in handy.

Here you go: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/10058/about_southwark_council/1416/council_priorities/1

Three 185s and a 176 went past me on walk from LL to Horniman about 10 mins ago.

We had this earlier - you may need to clear the snow off your dish, esp the receiver (long handled window scraper did the job for us). Been working fine since.

Once you've got it set up, you may also want to check out http://sharemyplaylists.com/ which is a site of Spotify playlists that other people have put together and published. I'm not totally familiar with the Spotify implementation on Sonos, but you probably need to download the Spotify client to a PC/laptop, use ShareMyPlaylist to load the playlists you fancy into the PC/laptop client and, providing you have the same login for Sonos and the PC client, it should transfer across to the Sonos player. That's how it works on my Squeezeboxes anyway. I think it's a great way to find new stuff via Spotify - there's so much stuff on there it's easy to miss the good stuff.

A few of mine have already been mentioned, but of those which haven't: Close second and third, simply for the way they sound, are "termagant" and "defenestration"; Top of the list is probably "mellifluous" both for sound and meaning.

The original application for funding and planning permission for the gates was made a while ago - maybe 2 years for the funding and about a year ago for the planning application? The wooden gate was a temporary solution. I think they're great. As one of the consultees, I felt a lot of thought had gone into the proposal - including being sensitive about potential unmarked graves in the area of the gates and increased foot traffic over them.

Yes, quite a bit. I use an alternative system (Squeezeboxes) and both have pros and cons. Sonos is very much more plug and play and has a proprietary wireless system (so you don't tend to have problems getting it to play nicely with your existing wireless network). The remote is a thing of beauty and it deals with "zones" very well (i.e. if you have more than one player you can "zone" your house). On the down side, it's more limited in terms of advanced functionality than the Squeezeboxes, less configurable and quite a bit more expensive. There's a big user community of Squeezeboxers and the software is open source, so lots of plugins and fun things which you don't get with Sonos. Sonos also used not to support some of the more recent lossless codecs like FLAC, but has done a fair bit to catch up recently. If you're not that inclined to tinker with your setup that much and can afford it, it's a great option. HTH

My understanding is that obligations relating to provisions about benefits under employees' occupational pension schemes do not transfer under TUPE. However, there are broadly equivilent provisions under the Pensions Act 2004 (sections 257 and 258). Basically, if the previous employer provided a pension scheme then the new employer has to provide some form of pension arrangement for employees who were eligible for, or members of the old employer's scheme. It doesn't have to be the same arrangement but has to meet a minimum standard under the Pensions Act. Again, it's very fact specific and you may need specialist advice from a union or solicitor - depending on where your pension arrangements sit and how they are organised, you may not be covered by the Pension Act provisions.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Post office near me at Blackfriars has closed down > completely and is now a Tesco - apart from a small > room next door which consists only of machines > which weight and dispense correct postage > stickers. > > When it works it's great but when you need to > check anything, or if all the machines are out of > order it's pointless +1 to that. I use the same facility on Tudor Street...it is a bit odd when you first try it, but fine for basic postage when everything is working.

I recently treated my better half to dinner at Galvin La Chapelle. Definitely only for high days and holidays at those prices but beautiful food in a fantastic setting. The overall experience topped off by the wonderful, foodie staff who couldn't have been more helpful or charming - including giving us a great table but with a view of the pass so he could see into the kitchen (which he loved).

We got a 40 bus home tonight and had the bizarre situation where all the 40 buses were being stopped at Goose Green due to "Health and Safety concerns" (yes, really) whilst the 176 and the 185 were merrily travelling up Lordship Lane along the same route.