DovertheRoad

The century old rules for living in London have just been shot to pieces. Each to their own but the appeal of densely populated urban areas is surely diminishing. There are a million better places for all round quality of life. Especially if you have a young family. In my opinion.

We moved to Lisbon, Portugal after 15 years in SE22. It costs 20 Euros to get residency for 5 years but hurry before the Brexit deadline on 31st Dec. Reasons for: - Same time zone for remote working - Massive lifestyle upgrade...cost of living is 15 to 20% less than London. - Easy access back to UK - Better weather. Lisbon is the sunniest capital in Europe with 2750 hrs of sunshine approx. - Better food. - Excellent schools. - Stable politics - outdoor living for most of the year. /endz

This guy has had almost as many good reviews for this on here as gardener Fernando "he was so good with his hands" Pinto. He did mine last year and it was excellent. Oven Cleaner Stuart 07976 705 693

Genuinely if people have 2 hours to spare to make ?10 through trading good luck to them.

I always looked at it as a kind of semi-efficient food chain. I could get some value by selling my items on Ebay but the personal time vs ? return stats don't add up vs. the opportunity cost of using my time elsewhere. So giving it away free or near as to someone who had that time worked quite well. Even if they took the profit. The people have always been a lottery. I remember flogging one of those horizontal canvases of "east dulwich at night" from NCR market. I paid ?120 for it back in 2004. Sold it for like ?30 on here to this woman. After collecting it and loading her car she turned and yelled " yer shoulda sold that to me for more mate!" and drove off. Like it was some kind of game. Really funny.

Nice analysis Blah.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ....because blokes are shit at salads ? I would say more men make salads than women barbecue. It's all in the dressing isn't it?

I think most of us would celebrate the renewed push for true gender equality in everything from the workplace, to sporting coverage and politics. So why do women so often insist they handover the tongs? Why do they so often retreat to the Harvey Jones kitchen to fuss over a salad whilst their "Dave" gets plaudits for "skillfully" destroying a once promising sausage? Is it something to do with cavemen? Girls, womanfolk, sisters! FFS dont play along with this outdated stereotype. Next time say "I'm gonna do it" . RISE. Yeah it's time. And before you all go mansplaining this one, I'd like to hear a female perspective on this. .

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As I understand it... The E.D.T. is now fully > booked for Tomorrow.. Sat 4th July. > > I have a late appointment at Kings for a MRI scan > of my Pancreas tomorrow (5th Scan) > Was due to be discharged Last Friday but that is > not to be. Complications. > > Think I will give the EDT a miss. Really not up > to it. > > Will probably have a wander to see what's going > on. > Feeling very down at the moment. BUT .. There are > a lot of people worse off than me. > > Foxy. Best wishes and good luck for your scan DulwichFox.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > R number in London is now 0.8 - 1.1 Watch it rise further rise as UK "reopens for business". Over here in Portugal we reopened in phases from 4th May and fully by June 1st. As a result R has risen from < to just over 1 in specific areas (Lisbon) leading to the first spot lockdowns. The vast range in the UK R number you quote illustrates the data quality problems and the potential for political manipulation. From what I can see UK has stopped counting properly.

Please stay on topic. Tomorrow will be messy. With lots of tabloid pub pics come Monday.

tiddles Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did you honestly think the government would > actually have thought the whole thing thru? Surely > their whole handling of this crisis would suggest > they don?t have the ability to properly assess the > end results of their decisions Nope. But the continued series of gaffs and blunders of this clownshow gov are embarrassing. Especially when viewed from abroad.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There can't be a surge - only those on the list > can go in the rest will be stuck on the street. > If you want to go to the pub saturday you should > be registering with the pub now (I have no plans > to go out this week) > > Any virus scare and those on the list go into > lockdown for a few weeks. Optimistic.

Ok. I'm writing this from a country that delayed it's bars opening until the Tuesday after the long May weekend. But this is crazy. Why not Monday? I predict extra strain on emergency services, hospitals and the rest. This government is a %$$@*@ mess. Discuss?

Come to Portugal in August/Sept. I've been in lockdown here for 3 months and it's been lovely. They are desperate for British tourists to come and an airbridge shortly is likely. Algarve resorts are at 30% capacity. The main tourist/UNESCO heritage spots are blissfully empty and flights aren't too bad. Glad I left south London tbh. Looks like a clown show over there.