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Saw this earlier about the Lambeth LTN, but also mentions Southwark LTN BBC News - Lambeth: £22m in low-traffic fines an abuse of power, say campaigners https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62016690

I just remembered The tarmac on some roads softened and huge tracks appeared where cars and lorries drove along it

Click the small speech bubble where it says "Contact:" to the left of the post. That only appears on a desktop version and not on the mobile portrait version ... unless you rotate your phone to landscape

In 40 years time TB, you will be posting about the 22 heatwave and kids will be laughing at you :o I wonder how many from this youthful generation would cope if 76 problems happened again or would the find walking to a standpipe or saving water by bathing with a friend (had its ups and downs :lol: ) too much and demand government action to turn the sun down ?

Like programs on the telly you don't enjoy, you simply have to stop using or viewing it rather then complaining. I bet you still are holding on to an old xp version PC because you didn't like Windows Vista :)

Are we about to break the 1976 heatwave record? What's your memory of 76 ? Mine is standpipes and cracked earth where it was so dry

Couple of things I've noticed The facility to report a message to admin hasn't been enabled (sorry just seem the ! At the top of a post which is how to report a message) The Welcome to the CGF thread has images imbeded using BBcode but the Forum doesn't seem to have been enabled yet to show them (may be a legacy post issue) The old forum allowed you to respond via private message to a post. Is this facility available ? Oh and after editing the post to add the report to admin sub text, it doesn't inform others that the post has been edited which means discussions can be changed to make the responder look out of context

Thanks Joe A hot day to do the migration and possibly for the best that the last 20 days have been lost :lol: Long live the Forum

Regardless Billy, if the rumour is true then an independent started by Barry and his Brother over 40 years ago and grown organically is about to change hands, which is a shame for those that know and love it.

Rumours are flying that the lovely team behind Barry's on Barry Road have sold up to Nisa and a local institution will never be the same again. Only time will tell😲

DKHB you've obviously never seen an American car chase movie where anything that gets flipped over can and will expolode possibly leading to massive loss of limbs and life except for the hero standing directly in its path. However as the police have already warned the idiots letting car tyres down then it is criminal damage and vigilantism at its finest. As described earlier, the let down gang don't know who owns or what circumstances a car is for and could jeapodise someone who needs it urgently (for example an emergency Dr called to theater to help after a car chase resulted in a car flipping ....)

It's not But people are people and curious about others which is why tabloid papers still exist.

Call it what you will weaseley, it's still vigilantism as they are taking the law into their own hands, and not marching on Downing Street. Do you support vigilantism? if so are saying that you support someone taking a tyre iron to someone letting down their tyres... see how easily it could escalate🤔

This all strikes me of vigilantism. Taking the law into their own hands because they think driving a car is a crime and some on here seem to publicly support it. What next ? Gangs roaming the streets taking revenge in people enjoying a bbq because tjey create pollutants? People getting attacked for shopping in William Rose because cows cause methane so meat eaters are a problem ? Once you start going down the vigilante route where will it stop and would you then condemn people if they defended themselves and their property when they are targeted? Be warned its a slippery slope and supporting actions of the vigilantes is only encouraging more extreme tactics potentially by both sides.

DR I wad responding to AM's post about Noddy Stiles( who obviously went on to start slade under a different name and tell everyone its Christmas) but that's the art of replying in sequence to the poster before 🤔😎 As for the fridge, yesterday that would have been an excellent suggestion but today not needed 🤣

Saying Englad won a world Cup under Labour is implying that Harold Wilson kicked the winning goal, my point is both would have happened regardless of the political party in charge and implying that things were better under Labour (world Cup win) is using rose tinted spectacles as all parties are as bad as each other.

AnotherPaul Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > One may not like the manner of the protest but I?d > wager you?ll be far more annoyed if your > grandchildren live on an uninhabitable planet. > I'm curious AP If its uninhabitable then how are they living on it 🤔 The real answer is not to target the instruments but the causes, so maybe places like China with their former 1 child per couple policy is one that needs to be adopted worldwide to reduce the population to a more manageable size. Less people equates to less use of resources, less use of land for farming and more forests to absorb carbon Simple solution but no one is brave enough politically to suggest it as it would require a world government to acheive and whilst it would very slow to achieve, the long term benefits to the planet and nature would be huge Humans are the primary cause so maybe activists should find a way of influencing governments to reduce organically the world population. But of course that has other problems as defined by wiki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_consequences_of_population_decline

By that mark DR England won a World War under a Conservative government Just Saying! But I still don't get your point 😕

Its equivalent of saying "Some cyclists cycle dangerously on the pavement, so is it acceptable to use my key for the cycle locker and letting the tyres down on all the bikes to stop the few who flout the rules" Without know why someone has a certain car, its unfair to treat all suv owners the same. Ps I wouldn't do the cycles as a stick in the spokes is far more of a message when they ride on the pavement. 🤣

Maybe rahx3 they should be targeting the companies that sell and promote SUVs to the masses If they weren't available or advertised as status symbols, then they wouldn't be on the streets but people are sheep and buying something because it enhances their status is how advertising works 🤔 As someone pointed out, there are risks associated with partially deflated tires, imagine if the driver didn't notice, drove off, tried to do an emergency stop and lost traction causing an accident! Would you still be sitting on the fence watching ?

Climate activists is possibly closer rahx3 although its still vandalism of other's property so it shouldn't be applauded.

Ah so according to the Labour Council, its all the tories fault and absolutely nothing to do with the Mayor 🤔 Politics out of running London is what's needed

Almost as scary as "dead happy" life insurance 🤔

Alan, I think younger shoppers (16 to 30s) tend to buy lots to try them on then return what they don't want as returns are easy for them but obviously not for the retailer Asos are also reporting higher then expected returns at the moment. BBC News - Asos hit as rising prices see shoppers return more https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61822539

diable rouge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Were customers charged for returns?... No idea, they obviously had to pay up front to get items but no idea of there was a return fee