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They are sold at Stella B but you couldn't return them if after walking around in them at home you decided they weren't for you.

I love my Fitflops. I never had any problems having to break them in. I first bought them when they came out. I have some of the short boots as well as the regular ones. If you buy them online from Victoria Health you can try them out at home before committing. They do free delivery and returns I think - although I haven't ever returned anything. I also found that in the thonged ones I had to go down a size. They only come in whole sizes.

Saw someone getting ticketed for being parked in front of dropped kerb last night about 815 on Pellat Road, just past Jack's Cafe. I totally agree with this. You are selfish and thoughtless if you park in front of these. Wheelchairs, buggies, blind/partially sighted people need these to cross the roads.

I do not understand Brendan's post at 3.32 pm. How many families would be able to take on a huge house like the ones fronting Goose Green? I think they are all flats anyway. By a property investor buying it and turning it into flats he is providing more housing for people in need. Buying or renting, homes will be available. Surely that is better than having an empty house sitting there or occupied by jumped up punk squatters who don't even appear to need a home.

Everyone who answered your question has made very good points. If you really like the flat then the fact that you get the entire freehold is good news in my opinion. You can decide who to employ to do the work. You should also be getting some sort of ground rent from the other flat, and possibly some service charge - say for cleaning the communal parts - or to put towards a sinking fund for repairs. Is that information not in the HIPS pack? Also make sure you find out who the insurers are for the building from the current freeholders. It could be useful to keep the same insurers. And like ruffers said it could be that in the future you could offer half the freehold to the other flat. It should be worth upwards of 2k. Some people freak out at the idea of being a 'freeholder' because they think it must mean too much responsibility. It's a lot better than being ripped off by a management company though. Personally I would never buy a flat that didn't have freehold or share of freehold.

I have seen some cyclists - one yesterday near Dulwich Park - with two kids - one on a seat at the back and one between the handlebars and the cyclist. I think it was a little seat perched on crossbar. Think it would be better to get one of those Danish Christiana bikes with the container in the front if you need to transport two kids around.

That is why I posted. If you are going to make it then at least spell it correctly so it can be said correctly. It's sauerkraut, (pron. sowerkrowt) not sauekraut or saukekraut as written above. I am feeling pedantic today. Extreme gas will result after eating.

James Nesbitt lives in Herne Hill so it is quite likely you would see him there or in ED. What is the big deal about James Nesbitt? He sounds and acts the same in every part he plays.

Saukekraut?

I am jealous of all the fruit you have growing SteveT. I love rhubarb and usually make crisps with it. Like a crumble with oats. Also rhubarb bars. It is also really nice mixed with strawberries. And roasted with vanilla. And soaked in red wine and then roasted. Don't stop at rhubarb and custard.

Go to the Peckham Farmer's Market on Sundays down by the Library. There is a lovely farmer from Kent selling her delicious produce.

The recipe I used was American. I used 60g Green and Black dark chocolate that I had. And I used Billingtons light brown sugar. I think you need a lot less sugar if you use the brown type. Might try the dark brown next. I found a brownie recipe on a site called How to Cook Like Your Grandmother which I will probably try next. My finishing flourish to make brownies look festive is to sift some icing sugar over the top.

The only ones I really notice are ones at approximately 430 am. Certainly haven't heard any recently though. I believe those are usually in the summer though. I lived in Barnes at one point and there they were unbelievable annoying to the point of having to stop having a conversation inside the house. I am curious as to which streets are particularly bad. What about wearing earplugs? I used to do that when I was living next door to a party house/drug dealer a long time ago and was frequently disturbed in the middle of the night by his visitors. It helped somewhat.

I use light brown sugar in mine and chocolate but not cocoa. Also only 2 eggs and small amount of flour - quarter of a cup. Also vanilla, butter and salt. I made mine in an 8" x 8" pan. I have another recipe which calls for cocoa and chocolate and want to try that as well.

Sienna Miller and Jude Law on Regents Park Road, Primrose Hill. Was sitting at a cafe and she was tripping down the street with her two little dogs. She is tiny and very cute. Her dogs and mine touched noses so she came over and petted my dog. Jude Law hung back in a totally disinterested manner. This was before they split up after the nanny incident.

I remember the thread. That thread is not relevant to this one - however if there were two Colins and one was good then the good one should not be slammed by the bad one's flap.

Poor good Colin.....what is his number?

The new stall in Northcross Road was from The Frog on the Green Deli. He sometimes has a stall in Bellenden Road on a Sunday. I have just whipped up a batch of brownies from an internet recipe.

Anyone going to Brixton and wanting a good brownie should try Wild Caper in Brixton Market. They are the best I have had in a while. Wild Caper also does excellent bread and coffee plus sandwiches.

Boo Hewerdine ex of The Bible.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > cate: > > > Why would they think it is OK to make > > a new prosperous life in a place where you don't > > > speak the language? Hopefully the message has > got > > through now. > > Something no Briton would ever consider, right? Eh? See my comment above. Which part of Ireland are you from Sean?

Domitianus, I am not defending anyone's right to squat. I was responding to Sean's statements. It is possible that the Polish people in the squat are there because they can't get 'better jobs' because they can't speak English very well. And perhaps not. Maybe they just fancy squatting, which I said I wasn't condoning. I too know many Polish people with superb English. Many of them have their own companies. PK - The message as I see it is think about where you are going to make a new life, especially if you don't speak the language. The same goes for English speakers moving to other countries like Spain and France.

I have Irish relatives and friends who emigrated to the US and the Caribbean. They did not work in low paid jobs for long. I think the Irish you are talking about doing badly paid menial jobs are a good generation or two away. People who would be in their seventies or eighties now. From what I saw a lot of them had terrible alcohol problems and were quite possibly their own worst enemies. I am also guessing that they weren't as well educated as recent economic migrants from Ireland are. By recent I mean the Seventies and Eighties. After the Irish economy took off there were far less Irish needing or wanting to come over. The reason I brought this up in the first place was because the GGT mentioned that there were Polish people living in the squat because they didn't get paid very much. Then you tried to align Irish immigration with that and I believe that the language difference means that it is not comparable. I never saw signs forbidding Irish people in B&Bs although I understood that they existed. Black people were also forbidden. Wasn't that in the Fifties and Sixties? Obviously that would be illegal now.

Coming from Poland and coming from Ireland is not the same. The language issue means that a lot of Polish people are forced to work in menial lower paid jobs. Why would they think it is OK to make a new prosperous life in a place where you don't speak the language? Hopefully the message has got through now.

There's a 4 bed house for sale in Ondine Road, SE15 for ?799k so I wouldn't say it is cheaper than SE22.