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How about this - both the customers and the organsiation itself are teh problem and both can work to solve the problem! DOes that work for you? It does for me.

well, if you know you are going to be charged for water use and continue to waste it, then that's up to you. (where you = anyone, not the poster of any reply here before anyone gets their knickers in a knot!)

THe advantage is that you won't waste water. Using more than you need not only wastes the water itself but also the power needed to clean it up, etc. I think you will save money because you will be using only what you need and will be mindful of waste though I can understand that being told by Thames Water that it doesn't like waste is a bit annoying. (At least, though, this move is proof it wants to reduce wastage.)

The sunroof is tinted to stop the bus getting overheated. Likewise, the roof will be painted white, like pretty much all TfL buses, to reflect heat from sunlight away. Windows open as well as close!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10510527/Sadiq-Khan-hikes-Tube-bus-fees-20p-blames-government-price-rise.html#newcomment Most relevant to bus-heavy SE22 will be the rises in bus fares and the daily cap.

I would like any replacement to start off with the mantra that policing is for all, and not deep dive into the ever-increasing, often competing and sometimes overlapping minority interests too much. (I tick a fair few boxes, so no need to take pot shots based on ignorance.) I don't want rainbow-coloured patrol cars, etc. more than I want decent training based on common decency and respect and/or police presence and interaction outside of when it is "necessary", ie. when a crime has been committed or there is a public order situation.

Agreed, Jazzer. If anyone wants to cast aspersions and/or praise to the skies, just hop on one for a short while and then report your findings! (I agree that it would be better if the buses were able to get to HOP but that is a different kettle of fish.)

Please report it to the Goose Green police, who seem reasonably keen on engaging with local folk. Sorry for your bad experience, and for your dog's. It could well be that similar episodes have taken place.

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Nice way to try to justify your law breaking. In the same way you seem to think you have a right to idle your engine (because it?s a bit nippy and you have offspring) I like to think I have the right to ask those doing the illegal, antisocial and polluting activity to stop. Difference is, I?m not breaking any laws and I do have every right to strike up a conversation with anyone, even though it may irk him or her.

Have a ride on one and see whether there is room. Looked plenty big enough to me.

They?re great - especially the sunroof! The windows are large, the seats have power sockets and bus stopping buttons and the visual display showing route and interchanges excellent.

RIP London?s first gay/first female commissioner.

then put those worries/accusations directly ot the GP surgery and say you will include their reply in your letter to an MP. At least then you will have done the most you can adn will have put your claims directly to the doctor or practice manager. I just think you are claiming a lot fo things without anything other than a supposition gleaned from a series of events you have decided add up to your conclusion. Such claims could worry other peopel who up till now may have not even thought about their health being hijacked by a "deliberate strategy" to manage the practice's backlog.

I purposely did not mention where the coaches were (apart from the Gallery Road ones) to at least try to stop it being a state/private school thing. The atmosphere is still polluted wherever the coach or car is sitting or going to/coming from. I think contacting the coach/bus/firm is a better idea and being constructive - ie. using it as an opportunity to remind all drivers everywhere of their legal obligations - is likely to have a better effect than a complaint with no suggestion of ways to improve.

To abuse an animal for "fun" is one thing. To put it on a well-used social media platform is another. To do both when you are an extremely well-known and (hitherto) respected sportsman is bizarre and very self-destructive. I hope he gets fined and loses his livelihood (for a short period of time).

Another one today - Clarkes near a school, on a DYL! I asked politely (please and thank you, thumbs up sign) but did not stick around to see whether the driver complied with the law. Endemic?

The fact we can bus hop for the price of one trip in any one hour helps do away with the idea of bus times, to an extent. I know sometimes you need a specific bus but given that the second, third, fourth etc. trip in the hour are free you can take one, get off and pick up another to get where you are going. I think the buses are on the whole pretty good but the drivers, I think, deserve a bit more pay.

I know some may think having one's bloods and sugars, height and weight a bit infra dig, but they can help in understanding what is going on with your body and what may happen to it; also, it helps build up a national picture. I am happy to go and be seen by a pharmacist, nurse, doctor, etc. for annual reviews, etc. If I have any questions about their qualifications or their role, I ask questions and if I don't get the answer I want, I ask to see a doctor there and then. No need for screeds and screeds of online venting. If you think your visit was sub-par, ask how you can feedback. Stay well!

I don't like to add oil to the fire but yes, I avoid thsi place and have done for months. I just think it is poorly managed, though I do understand it is likely that Covid-19 has played its part. It is a pity because there never used to be this kind of problem even at the height of the pandemic and hardly ever before it. (It also has shutters that have been vandalised and not cleaned for years which makes it stick out like a sore thumb on the generally pleasant N X Road.)

Delivery drivers (motorbike and vans) often idle the engines but only for small bursts at a time, but when you add up how many times they do so to do their jobs, it will be a sizeable period. Best to write an email or Tweet a complaint to say you have witnessed idling and want the firm to remind drivers it is wasteful, polluting and illegal.

it is not needed, unless you are extremely clinical vulnerable (eg. undergoing cancer treatment) Studies show that three shots within a certain amount of time are likely to do the job. Maybe a booster will be needed every other year or so, but as of yet, three is your limit (unless you are one of the small number of people who are deemed by specialists to need such extra protection).

Some of the coach drivers (who hang around Gallery Road of a morning) have been civil; others have ignored me and others again did switch off but with a sneery look on their faces. Just imagine how many gallons of fuel and how much carbon are being wasted over the UK just through idling engines...

How often (and where) do you experience any of the above (and personal use cars) letting their engines run as the driver (or, sometimes, an abandoned passenger) is parked up?

fishbiscuits - there is such a thing as professional and civic pride that cannot be measured against earnings, I think. Even if I did agree with you I would still wonder why the council does not do more to help such businesses. Other parts of the borough are much, much cleaner and have been, I think, systematically helped via some kind of intervention. Peckham deserves the same. tomskip - yes, it is a midden and looks/smells like the day after the end of days in parts. It is a great shame as it is lively and well-used and the shops are pretty varied and useful to many people.