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You still may have to pay to receive calls on your iPhone in the USA--up to 90p a minute on Tesco Mobile, for example. Wifi is great for FaceTime Audio or Viber etc.

DaveR is right. Having a beer while you "supervise" your offspring in an urban kids' playground is naff, sad and potentially dangerous. Can you imagine your chagrin, gentle parent, should your child come a cropper whilst your slightly buzzed and similarly distracted? It'd eat you up.

I'll miss it too - for its sensible prices, decent quality and its cheery (generally) staff. The one in Peckham isn't far away: I can't see myself using an M and S or Waitrose (the ED equivalent of a trigger-word).

Thanks for the update, IngridB. DALeast looks like a good candidate. Is there anything/one local to the area that could be the subject, however obliquely - Enid Blyton or Boris Karloff (born on Forest Hill Road, according to a plaque there) or Phyllis Pearsall of A-Z fame could be a good start. Or what about a portrait of Alleyn, complete with Jacobean ruff: http://www.henslowe-alleyn.org.uk/history/images/pubimg/full/edward_alleyn_portrait.jpg

Cllr Hamvas, Good to see some action, so thanks for that. Expect to be held to account, though: it's an issue that really (and rightly) cheeses people off.

Please explain the reasons why we ought to stay in the EU and why getting out would be bad, Loz.

It is lovely around there. Depending on where you want to get to, I would recommend taking the 63/363 from Forest Hill Road as your gateway Peckham and the station and then to Old/New Kent Roads and Elephant and then Blackfriars etc. It is true that the transport in SE22 and around is not as good as it could be, but by walking and making use of TfL's app etc you'll get the hang of it.

I disagree. Banning all food and drink - except water or baby milk - would really reduce litter for a start. Cold food can be smelly and offensive as well as hot food. Public transport is a shared, public space; the best way to act in such a space is to adopt neutral behaviour, so no smoking, drinking of alcohol, playing music out loud etc. Such behaviour is civil, respectful and desirable. (I practise what I preach.)

There is no NEED to eat on the go, unless you have a blood sugar problem. There is only DESIRE to do so. Nobody needs to peel an egg and drop the shell on the floor on the 12; nobody needs to scoff fried food on the short distance between London Bridge and Peckham Rye. Long distance trains - the ones that have trolleys and a bar etc. - are the place to eat "on the go". Commuter trips are definitely not.

Well, good for trying. I wish more people would do so. Any more examples from the shy, retiring Forumites of tackling litter louts on our (already not that great) public transport in, to and from SE22?

Did you say anything at the time? I doubt a petition will work, even though I share your concerns. It is much better to tackle it at source. (I have done it myself, so I am not asking you to do something I haven't done.) Just say to the offender "Please don't do that. Take your rubbish with you." Yeah, you may feel a bit of prat and you may get a bit of abuse but at least you will have done something.

So why not challenge them, Lizbot? You are not in the wrong, after all, they are. The council takes vegetation and even provides paper bags and a permanent brown bin so there is no excuse.

Phobic3000 - It might look nice and - to you and others, smell nice - but smoke can really make some people's lives a misery. Those who are sensitive will find even the smoke from a small fire irritating and potentially damaging to their health. I suppose that is why there are laws and rules. Your neighbours may well be understanding, but on the other hand they may also be asthmatic, bronchitic etc.

BBQ smoke is usually short lived and less noxious. Perhaps the charcoal briquettes burn more cleanly? In the interests of being a good neighbour and not breaking the law, I wouldn't have any fire (other than a BBQ).

Could it be an allergy to something you are eating or drinking?

Southwark is a smokeless zone so I doubt it would be OK. Smoke - especially on still days - can be a real pain for people with breathing problems. (A bloke near me was burning plastic - yes, plastic - amongst other stuff in a back garden fire and really had no idea that it was a bad thing when I asked him to stop, pointing out the rules!)

LD929 - There is a pelican (or maybe it's a puffin) crossing there that allows people to cross safely - if they wait for a minute or so before the green man lights up.

Blandford Fly Bites - The Cramps

Hearing SNP people (and others who parrot their words) talking about Scotland's specialness and worthiness of more devolved powers and - ultimately - independence but never hearing TV and radio presenters actually dig deep and ask them to give examples.

Other, similar bikes remain in SE22 (eg. at the EDT, near Grove Vale library). Will this post continue?..

Depending on the date of your crawl, don't forget the new arrivals: The Hope (3, Melon Road - opening 7/5, according to its website) and John the Unicorn (157-9 Rye Lane, opening "end of spring" we are told).

I have removed none, but when I see them lying in the street or still in place after the property has been sold or rented, I phone the estate agent in question and ask them to take them away (and pursue them till the job is done). I do not work for an estage agent. I also pick up litter in the street, report damaged/missing trees and fly-tipping and remove those annoying yellow council sheets tied to posts and trees - but only after the three weeks notice has expired. Satisfied that I match your level of commitment? (or is that "??????????")

Agreed - it isn't working. Ban those people who rent the park for sport etc if they don't clean up after themselves. It isn't difficult!

I am still none the wiser as to where you put them. Do you find a skip, return them to the agent, break them up and put them in a wood burner or what? Please let us know so we may do the same.

Housing is needed; why not build up? It's better than digging down or spreading out. Whether it is for "penthouse suites" or average accommodation it's a good use of a small amount of space: an extra ten feet of height for two or three flats seems reasonable. (The maisonettes opposite, over the Co-Op pharmacy, are pretty high so there is already a precedent.)