Domitianus

I have a sense that that is unlikely to happen in the Cheese Block where this incident took place. I was kind of assuming that readers might have the brains to contextualise my comments within normal parameters of ensuring personal safety.

Why not tell these people that you are very happy to help but that they won't mind you taking a face picture of them on your mobile phone first just in case it is a scam - a photo that you will delete once you have been reimbursed but that otherwise will go to the police and onto local bulletin boards? The genuinely needy shouldn't mind one bit. If they do - they are obviously not nearly as desperate as they make out.

There is a young librarian there with a gorgeous ass.

dulwichmum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It looks OK from the outside, but the colours are > very cold inside and if I remember rightly, there > is a platform or step and fence in the middle of > the shop - this and the tiled or lino floor always > puts me off. I don't know why, but I imagine it > feels a bit like being inside a mobile home (I > myself have never ever set foot inside a > caravan). > > They should go for a more upmarket/artesan rustic > look from the outside, perhaps some nice off white > shade from Farrow and Ball, a wooden floor, much > more comfortable seats and bigger tables. I am shocked that DM does not rfer to the "platform, step and fence" (sounds like a railway station) by the correct term "mezzanine".

Is there any particular reason you don't wear a watch/ ANd I am curious as to what you do to tell the time in other locations? Just wondering.

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I saw the swarm ( and the unnecessary hysteria > from several members of the public ) and luckily > was able to contact my friend who was visiting > from Cornwall. She has years of bee keeping > experience and she rescued said swarm with the aid > of a net curtain and gardening gloves for > protection and the loan of a fantastic ladder from > the public spirited DIY shop > > (tu)PLOUGH > HOMECRAFT (tu) > To whom a > HUGE thankyou. > > But and this is a big but - she was only just in > time . The police had called Southwark Pest > Control and they had arrived ready to destroy them > . > How terrible when bees are dying at an alarming > rate. Couldn't there be some sort of system where > there was a rota of local beekeepers on call to > rescue any swarms and the police/ Southwark had > their numbers ? They are lucky Richard Widmark didn't get there first! 'The Swarm' - very possibly the worst film in movie history. See below for a few lowlights:

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Back on topic - I understand that an item of value was stolen from the belongings of a member of staff there. Just goes to show - we may live in a lovely leafy suburb but there are always rogues with an eye on the main chance. Keep an eye on your stuff, even if it is stored where others aren't meant to stray.

Sherwick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you can't compare the US with the UK then > what's the point of stating 'in areas of US > allowing concealed carry of firearms, there has > been noticable reduction in crimes of violence > against the person.'. > > This implies that it would have the same effect in > the UK. But as you just stated, one shouldn't do > that. > > In fact, even if your'e correct that introducing > handguns led to a reduction in crimes of violence > in the USA, indtroducing handguns in the UK could > lead to the opposite because it is 'a culturally > ethnically and geographically different region'. > > Ergo, there was no reason for your initial post. You completely miss my point. Let me reiterate it. Legislation permitting concealed carry of firearms in the US showed that it contributed to reduction in crimes against the person in the areas where it had been introduced - therefore these analyses compared like with like, a necessity for assessing the impact of a change in one variable. Hugenot's post seemed to imply that since the US generally has a significantly overall higher level of crime than the UK, the findings in the US, ON THIS SPECIFIC POINT OF CONCEALED CARRY, were meaningless. In other words his statement was a complete non sequitor in terms of the validity of the US studies on the impact of concealed carry legislation. He introduced a global (and I mean that in the sense of grand scale, not geographically global) comparison that had no relevance to and simply confused the issue of the studies in question. This is the point I was making. I am amazed that people cannot grasp such a simple element of research methodolgy. IF the US studies are accurate (and that can be debated by looking at them in detail if people want to do so) then this might at least hint at the POSSIBILITY that such trends MIGHT be reproducible in other places. Pointing out differences in overall crime levels between the US and the UK completely misses the point as these are subject to a whole range of variables. What is useful to look at is whether there are specific, isolatable factors that have been shown to reduce crime levels WHATEVER THOSE LEVELS MAY BE. We look at a controlled sociological phenomenon (or as controlled as it can be), assess its validity and THEN we can debate whether there might be principles that can be generalised from it into other contexts. Let me give an analogy. If I was to suggest that the provision of free condoms might be a way of controlling the spread of AIDS in the developing world, I might point out studies in the US that pointed to a reduction in the spread of AIDS when similar condom provision was made available in parts of the US. It would be utterly irrelevant to that point if someone came along and pointed out that the US has a less than 1% incidence of HIV infection amongst its population, whereas some African countries have around 14% of the adult population infected. The point would be WHATEVER the overall infection rate might be, did the provision of condoms reduce the rate of infection? Differences in overall infection rates TO BEGIN WITH are irrelevant - it is the CHANGE as a result of the measure that is introduced that is meaningful. Same with my allusion to concealed carry legislation. The "reason for" my "initial post" was to stimulate informed discussion and I pointed out that I was not championing any particular case. I am sorry the discussion turned out to be less than informed. This sort of thread is the very reason I stopped posting on EDF a while back. It is pointless as people simply misconstrue what others say and the whole matter becomes silly. My contribution to this thread is ended. The studies can be looked at on Wikipaedia if anyone is interested. Search for "concealed carry".

Huegenot, you are embarrassingly wrong. In order to assess the impact of a single variable - change in legislation on concealed carry of firearms - on crime trends, it is necessary that as many other variables as possible be consistent. Comparing the US with a culturally, ethnically and geographically different region - the UK - which has a blanket ban on handguns in private hands, introduces a vast number of confounding variables into the situation. The comparison can only realistically be made by assessing crime trends in the same locale over time, before and after legislative change.

Such silly responses. Firstly Huegenot, the comparison was not with another country - it was an examination of trends over time in the same locale I believe. Sherwick, I assume that is meant to be tongue-in-cheek but it is interesting that any evidence of crime patterns that does not fit a PC agenda is automatically assumed to have come from a right-wing interested lobby group. I will certainly post to the evidence online.

I offer no opinion on the Arming the Populace debate (although I am sure I will get it in the neck anyway from some PC trendy wishing to be offended by everything anyone says) but I believe the general concensus amongst academic studies is that in areas of US allowing concealed carry of firearms, there has been noticable reduction in crimes of violence against the person. Any thoughts?

Two p[olice cars with lights flashing pulled up outside Sea Cow earlier and one of the staff came out and talked to them. One car then drove off down a side street at speed, apparently following directions from said staff member. Anyone have any idea what happened?

Two p[olice cars with lights flashing pulled up outside Sea Cow earlier and one of the staff came out and talked to them. One car then drove off down a side street at speed, apparently following directions from said staff member. Anyone have any idea what happened?

Cate asks a very pertinent question. I am sure there is an innocent answer but I would very much like to hear it.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Domitianus - Do something useful with your fortune > telling - Who's going to win this years Cheltenham > Gold Cup? I shall present my forecast in the form of a Nostodamus verse: The cup of gold, It shall be won By a fine, fleet steed, With a jockey upon.

Thanks for the link. I am so sorry that the use of the term 'Beaney' did not make her full identity obvious. Obviously I should have guessed. She does have remarkably large breasts though.

I am not middle-aged - not even forty yet. But you still haven't answered the quesion - who is she?

I am a cheese tycoon! I might be tempted to share a few tit-bits if you can get me a few tit-bits! Who IS that woman with the huge boobs? If she has been smashed by the housing collapse she might well be looking for a shoulder to cry on or a way to earn some pin money :-)

My, my, my. It's funny how things turn out, isn't it? A couple of years ago I was virtually crucified on this forum for having the audacity to object to screaming kids in East Dulwich public places and was almost devoid of support from any other posters. Now it seems that it is quite the done thing to rant and express outrage about the prevalence of rug-rats and their insipid, ineffectual parents swarming around our cafes and wine bars. AND NOW ANOTHER IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME!! A year or two back I was also roasted here for having the nerve to point out that a number of informed observers viewed the housing market as being a bubble ready to burst and that rushing to buy at that time might lead to new home-owners being caught in a negative equity trap and unable to sell. I was accused of being alarmist, jealous etc etc. Fast forward a few months and the bubble did indeed burst and now we have a thread in which it seems okay now for people to point out the same things and lament the fate of the one-trick ponies who thought they were such clever entrepreneurs and business-people because - surprise, surprise - they could make money in a bull market! Since it seems that the world is approximately eighteen months/two years behind me, I will drop one hint and one only.....cheese! Watch this dairy space! I shall return in 2010 for an update.

who would do the audit?

I often manage to spot some nice road-kill first thing in the morning.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is a place in France named "Brest" and a > place in Ireland called "Muff"...any others? An ex of mine once took a coach through Muff when it was having a civic festival or somehting many years ago (Muff is tiny so it must have been a really naff festival). ANyway she said there was a banner over the road proudly declaring 'Muff Explodes!' The mind boggles.

Believe me, the buggers can get ANYTWHERE!!!

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