Mark

ok, I meant whisky and I've edited the initial post too. Thanks for the top tips, I really wish I liked the stuff, perhaps I will when I mature a bit more.

30 year old Glenfarclas, I just looked that up, sounds great but a bit out my price range! My budget's about ?40.

I want to buy a close friend a lovely bottle of single malt whisky for his birthday tonight. I know nothing about the stuff apart from the fact it tastes rough, so I'm looking for recommendations about what to buy and where to buy it. I want to give it to him tonight so online/mail order's out the question but I can get into town if I need to go somewhere special. Thanks in advance. edited to remove the 'e' from whiskey before some pedant notices, oh, too late. [edited once]

That's the one. When get to the top of Champion Hill just before going past Sainsburys, you see it on the hill in the distance, looking like a communist hotel/hospital building.

ratty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What actually is Dawson Heights, where is it and > why is it so special? I have always wondered. :) It's the big building up on the hill on the Forest Hill side of ED, here's a panorama of the view from there, with East Dulwich in the foreground on New Years Day this year. Here's a link to a larger 3.5Mb version, it's compressed at 40% jpg to keep the file size down so the quality's not brilliant but you can still see your bedroom window. Maybe. And you can see the Dome, Wembley stadium, the wheel, Earls Court, St Pauls etc, it really is worth going up there on a clear day. I didn't see any dead Romans though. ryedalema, I'd love to take a picture from right at the top, as would a few others I'm sure, so if that's ever possible please let us know, we'd be eternally grateful.

Sorry, I thought it was about the other water main repair that is being discussed, that's one reason why we like people writing descriptive titles instead of vague ones so we don't get confused. I'll get Admin to amend it.

oops, sorry for having this thread locked, I thought it was about the other water main repair. [edited once]

This has been put up on the Met police's website and, as there was a discussion about it on here*, some forum users maybe able to help.... Police appeal for information following supermarket fight Police in Southwark are appealing for information after they were called to Sainsbury's at Dog Kennel Hill at around 2.30pm on Sunday 3 January 2010, to reports of a group of men fighting and causing a disturbance in the store. One man was taken to hospital for treatment to a head wound. Detective Constable Darren Swadling from Southwark CID said, "We have already spoken to a number of witnesses who were in Sainsbury's at the time of the incident, but are appealing to those we have not yet heard from to contact police so that we can establish exactly what happened." If you witnessed this incident or have any information, please contact DC Swadling on 020 7232 6145 or speak to crimestoppers on 0800 555111 if you wish to remain anonymous http://cms.met.police.uk/met/boroughs/southwark/04how_are_we_doing/appeals/police_appeal_for_information_following_supermarket_fight *(As the other post about was Lounged I thought I'd start a new one, hope that's ok)

Live Departure Board for East Dulwich train station http://realtime.nationalrail.co.uk/ldb/station.aspx?T=EDW

Ok, time to downgrade this thread from announcement to normal. Hope you found it useful.

I've seen a 37 bus going along ED Road about 5 minutes ago if that helps.

Have a look at this post on the Weather Announcement thread http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,393956,394581#msg-394581

karter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wait a few weeks for what though? He was told originally told come back in the New Year. It did have an expiry date but he f*cked it up by posting. T'was but a simple request.

The traffic is backed up from Peckham Rye to Goose Green roundabout and back up towards ED station.

It's still snowing and it doesn't look like stopping for a few hours http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/london_forecast_weather.html The snow is settling on side streets like Worlingham Avenue, I would say come home now (if you can) to avoid too much hassle later. [edited once]

It was more an upholding of the original ban but the complaints sealed it. Why didn't he just wait a few weeks and come back gracefully instead of ruining it for himself and upsetting his friends on the forum?

It's been snowing constantly for about an hour now in East Dulwich. It's only light snow but it might be the wrong sort of snow for public transport.

Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just out of interest, has a post ever been > reported, to which admin just replies "have a word > with yourself, there is nothing wrong with that"? yes, a few times. Happened once yesterday in fact.

suzyq Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's good enough for the emergency helicopters to do that- why not the fire service??? Fire engines don't fly.

suzyq Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > fire engines ... - why don't they just > use the double gates and drive down the green if > they need to reach a property?? Assuming this isn't a wind-up, it's a daft idea. It's simply a case of fire engines can't get to properties so the council do something about it.

I understand Mick Mac, and to be honest I'm not easily offended so I'm not really a good yardstick to use. The minority issue is one we take into account (not forgetting those who say they like him are a minority) but the forum's meant to be fun and useful for East Dulwich and it's looked after for being that. When it becomes a pain in the arse to run because someone consistently offends people in the Lounge then they have to go. The amount of effort it takes to warn him, investigate his posts, explain that there have been complaints, ban him, let him back, warn him again etc etc (9 times last year) really makes running the forum frustrating. Anyway it's time for bed and here's hoping for pub lunch and igloos tomorrow.

This links directly to the first of Wednesday's 13th January's posts. If you have any information that can help others about schools, transport etc please post it below or email [email protected] ;-) and we will post it on here. Schools Southwark schools' closure/confirmed open list can be found at: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/YourServices/educationandlearning/closures.html Lambeth schools' list can be found at: http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/AboutLambeth/AdverseWeatherServicesUpdate.htm Transport: Train updates: Live Departure Board for East Dulwich train station http://realtime.nationalrail.co.uk/ldb/station.aspx?T=EDW See posts below from Barry Jones and also http://www.southernrailway.com/ Roads (and buses): See posts below from roving forum users. Anything else: Met Office Weather info about SE22 If you know of something that should be on here, please tell us or tell the organisation to email us otherwise we won't know about it.

I can work from home anyway so a pub lunch in the EDT and igloo building/snowball fight on Goose Green could be order of the afternoon if people are up for it.

The "report this post" link is for people to report offensive posts so Admin and the team can act, think of it as a legal requirement, it's not for people to tell the management whether they like other users or not. There's more than 12,000 registered users on this forum and that's more than enough to deal with, having one user who persistently causes complaints is one too many. Sorry Mick Mac, I know he's a sound guy but he was warned loads and given loads of chances but he kept causing complaints. Like Keef says, it's a shame.

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