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ratty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > non drop Exactly

While passing the Christmas trees outside the large St.Christopher's on LL, a girl with dustpan and brush sweeping up the needles on the ground. I guess it doesn't inspire confidence.....

I have been with Virgin media for my broadband since they took over NTL. I think that was back in 2004 and with NTL before them. I have a, what they call large package. I pay ?26 per month which I think is a lot but have stayed with them as the service has only gone down half a dozen times in that time. The most recentloss of service was on the 16th-17th November just past. If you ring them and get a confirmation of a fault you can get a reduction on your fee. I was offered ?5 but when I said I wasn't satisfied with that as the loss went into a second day, they offered me ?10. Previously when I was planning to leave them they magiced a discount to ?17 per month for me for 3 months. Funny what they can pull out of the bag for you! I don't suppose any other company would be very different in terms of looking after their long standing customers but one would think to keep a 'valuable customer', as they like to call us, they would discount incrementally over time. My rating to Virgin 6/10

Likewise. I have been registered at DMC since 1994 and have always used the 0208 number and got through directly to the surgery. I have met Dr's Gupta Snr and Jnr on several occasions to boot

He wrote quite a book on the Roman Empire. It was a good read.

I got the impression from the OP that there was something wrong with a semi retired GP who has probably spent the whole of his working life building a sucessful GP practice living in a house valued at ?2M, plus cars etc etc. A 40 odd year career. 2,000,000 divided by 40 = ?50,000 PA. That is peanuts

Tarot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did anyone read the article on the D,M,C.making > enough money for the Gupta family to own a mansion > in South London and turn over millions with their > contract with the N.H.S. > Dr Gupta can make time for his private > patients,with his extra services but can hardly > find time for his national health patients. > Some of his patients who have him as their doctor > have not actually seen him for years. To find out > he has a two million pound mansion and numerous > exspensive cars is quite disconcerting. > Some patients have had their medicines cut back to > make savings nursing aftercare has been minimal, > why when a doctor can earn this kind of money. > Capitalism. I would say that a family of doctors who run a medical practice and have worked all their lives and only accrued ?2 million isn't doing very well at all financially. I know a local builder who has 6 large homes in this area, each valued at just under a million. Why should a doctor not be a multi millionaire?

There would have been a good deal of discussion with the Conway site supervisor and the archtect including site visits, I believe. Don't they have eyes and spirit levels and don't they have tongues to report that the land runs uphill. Conway are more than equally responsible for this shambles

These people aren't famous, they're just workaday journalists, actors etc, sheesh. Now, I frequently see Rod Stewart in Rye Lane, that's famous!

i*Rate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dear dondini, well done for taking some action > over this great local amenity. My wife and I first > took our younger son there in 1982, our > granddaughter over ten years ago and I took my > younger grandson there on Tuesday; so I go back a > long way. The difference now is that there are > only two staff rather than the four or five as > there used to be, but the staff are good > especially Maureen and many thanks to her for her > hard work. > As for the new playground, Councillor Gavin, > someone said that it cost ?40,000 to built, does > that sound right? Considering that the main > feature, the Play River, was shut down very soon > after the official opening because of flooding, > then it does'nt seem a great use of space or > public money. The Play River floods because water > does'nt run uphill, as the site does; will the > Architects be back to put this fault right, > hopefully without any cost to Southwark? A pity > that some of that money was'nt spent on the other > playground near the pond, where there are only two > swings for small children that you have to queue > for. > I do hope that us parents and grandparents will > have this FREE local facilities for many years to > come, it would be a disgrace if it was Privatized. Yes, the whole playground is extreemly poorly conceived, with as you say a stream that runs uphill, d'oh. grass planted under the deep shade of the trees where it will inevitably get trodden to mud and die, finally where the sump is for the water return, in an absense of an idea of what to do, gravel is used which children of course love to pick up and throw, which is going to be a problem when cutting the grass that is going to die. Fancy giving the contract to Conway in the first place. What on earth do they know on the subject. Most favoured contractor status indeed. There are excellent, creative and competent landscapers living locally. Fine Conway and reallocate the contract.

iaineasy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dean I am gonna go against the flow here and say > firstly glad you dont feel it too serious, and > secondly if you report it to the police there is a > fair chance nothing will ever come of it as your > phone is not in use, and no doubt you have a > sketchy description as these things happen so > fast. If you're over it then perhaps its best left > to fade out of your life like a distant > unimportant memory, These crack heads just want a > phone to call there dealer and to be honest > there's a good chance that had you given it to him > he would have chucked it after one call or traded > it for one rock. Thanks for the heads up and > letting us all know about it, but you don't have a > responsibility to report it for the sake of anyone > else who may get mugged, the fact is that these > people do it all the time and there may be a dozen > reports on the same guy in the system collecting > dust. Your responsibility is to your self and the > people you love not the people who may or may not > get mugged in the future, you have warned us and > thanks for that. > > good luck with getting on with life > > hugs as ever > > easy.xx You should not listen to this person. Report this crime. These robbers are extreemly dangerous. You were hit on the side of the head with a brick. You could have been left with brain damage or even killed. Report it please.