Champ

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not necessarily specific to your former house, but > I live not far from Barry Road. I?ve been > interested in the paranormal for some decades now > and regularly attend a spiritualist church. I?ve > come to the conclusion that science and logic just > cannot explain everything in this world, however > much we would want it to. Numerous properties > locally have reported spiritual or other worldly > phenomenon in the guise of smells, unusual sounds > and creeks, even manifestation in rare cases. > Audible sounds without anyone being present are > often the most usual reported activity. > > If you are unable to get specific information on > this property, please feel free to PM and I can > direct you to spiritualist churches in se London > which will be able to guide you towards trying to > explain the unexplainable, in as best way they > can. > > Louisa. I'm yet to see any examples of ghostly activity that can't be explained by science or logic. The idea that sounds and smells only occur around people is clearly false, the world is not static and many factors can create illusions that something is present e.g. small animals, natural changes in temperature or pressure. I'd love to be proven wrong and see some amazing images of specters or paranormal activity that isn't faked but if this was possible surely it would have happened by now.

dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Add over sized child buggies to the list, that the > parents expect you to get out of the way of, plus > getting on and off buses bumping into people, but > it's never their fault of course > arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I don't have much sympathy for you I'm afraid, is it really a problem to sometimes stand to the side to let a parent pushing a buggy past? I'm sure there are occasions said parents would wait for you to walk past first on narrow footpaths, at least this is my experience. Do you also have this issue with people in wheelchairs? What I do find irritating are those pedestrians to enthralled by their phones and not looking where they are walking. Accidents waiting to happen.

Seems very unusual, probably a good idea to inform Southeastern about this.

DulwichLondoner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Champ Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The housing market has without doubt stagnated > > over the last few months. > > Could we please, please pretty please, at least > for a moment, stop pretending that > ever-skyrocketing house prices are good for all, > and adjust our language accordingly? > > How about 'stable' prices rather than 'stagnant', > for example? > > If you have a 2nd property you wish to sell, or if > you want to move somewhere much cheaper (eg > abroad), you want prices to go up. So do you if > you need your LTV to come down in order to get a > better rate on your mortgage. But, in all other > circumstances, 'stable' prices is not necessarily > a bad thing. Let's not forget that one reason the > previous generations managed to buy more easily is > that inflation eroded the real value of their > debt. Just to clarify I used the word stagnant to reflect there is little activity in the housing market in general. Yes prices seem stable but also there are fewer people looking to buy and this isn't solely down to it being winter. I was told this from three different estate agents so perhaps not the most reliable sources but that seems to be the consensus.

The housing market has without doubt stagnated over the last few months. Political instability has played a big part in this as uncertainty has put a lot of people off buying. Clearly this is why the government introduced the stamp duty incentive for first time buyers but it doesn't seem to have had much effect as yet. But its not only the housing market in Southwark that is suffering as we are struggling to sell a flat in Tower Hamlets, and all the houses on Rightmove in the area we are buying in (North London) are all significantly reduced. Its hard to tell if prices have actually dropped or if people were just overly optimistic about the value of their properties / led on by estate agents trying to get their business.

It is ill advice to suggest people reveal their circumstances or vulnerabilities on an online forum. Personally, if I was in an unfortunate situation similar to the one above I would be very happy that people in the community were concerned about me and discussing how I could be helped. If the only people we could talk about were attention seeking celebrities then I guarantee you this forum wouldn?t last long.

The people objecting to this man being given blankets and food are either delusional or sadistic. Their argument that this is somehow preventing care from charities is erroneous in this context as it?s already been stated several times he has refused this help. So, those that have been kind enough to have helped him should certainly not be made to feel any guilt for their charity. Additionally, those who are uncomfortable about individuals being discussed on the internet need to stop being so pathetic.

edcam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why are people still boring on about bikes? Because this is the EDF and most threads usually descend into the usual cars vs bikes argument. Keep up.

Definitely not racism, the OP is just providing details of the assailant (even if these details are limited).

wulfhound Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I like cycling but I wouldn't want to in London. > > > Out of interest, what do you think the main > barrier is? Only because, personal experience, > country roads can be worse than town: high speeds, > blind bends, and when you do encounter an "A" road > it's a 70mph dual carriageway with two miles > between crossing points. Also the wide spaced road > grid in the country, and bigger distances > generally, means less chance of finding a direct, > and therefore short enough to cycle, route between > any points A and B. Cycling in rural Ireland is > lovely, for example (apart from at pub closing > time) but at the same time pretty useless for > actually getting anything done as everything is so > spread out. There are just too many bad drivers in cars and larger vehicles for me to feel comfortable enough to cycle around here. I have seen many near misses and a handful of times seen cyclists laying in the road after accidents (luckily none too serious) and I have no interest in becoming one of these.

Exactly, even if its just a small part of your vehicle on a pavement or overhanging a yellow line you've still broken the law so just a bit more care when parking is required. Having 10 m yellow lines at junctions is ludicrous, surely 10 ft would be more than sufficient.

I like cycling but I wouldn't want to in London. If I can't walk it I will do my best to get there on public transport. Otherwise I will drive.

Yes cars are indeed more dangerous than cycles, thanks for stating the obvious. That's all the more reason why the parents irresponsibility in the above is such a problem.

I think its the reactive comments laced with suspicion of the actual events that are most surprising to me. Maybe its another case of it being a topic discussed in a forum rather than spoken in person that generates this type of response, as I'm sure if the observation was mentioned in a normal conversation the replies wouldn't be along the lines of "I don't believe you because 5 year olds cant go fast on a bike" or "why did you only mention seeing that? What about all the drivers using their phones?". Forums can be strange places filled with all sorts!

Sounds like totally irresponsible parenting and jimlad48 is right to show concern. Why other users have decided for themselves that he has exaggerated parts of his account of the incident is beyond me!