Spartacus

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > However, the place across the road seems to be > full of people, shirts unbuttoned and necking > drinks. At 9.34 in the morning, they've either started super early or still parting hard from last night Either way it's not just covid they risk but a super sized hang over ! Awh the youth of today we could never have done anything reckless like partying hard when we were young Enjoy your Christmas party🎅😂

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think welcoming a stranger with an invitation, a > cake or something is valid, but knocking on an > unknown person's door to say another stranger has > died is contrived and odd. Sure, nod in the street > eventually and say "wasn't it sad about Mrs XYZ?" > but nothing more, thank you! I think it was more prevalent when a street was a community depending on each other and often with shops on it where neighbours meet The decline in shops on virtually every street, the introduction of television and the internet has made us more secluded as a community The idea of taking food around when someone had died was to take away a bit of the immediate stress and worry of the widow or widower Quite quaint really

legalalien Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Found video of Council assembly meeting. > > You can hear Cllr McAsh telling everyone how brave > they?ve been in not buckling to constituent > pressure over LTNS. Just before 38 minutes. > Similarly Cllr Caldwell at around 50 mins talks > about the council ?holding its nerve? on the > Walworth LTN. Special congrats to Cllr Rose for > leading by example...with her bold and brave > leadership on the issue.. Cllr Rose also gets a > shout out from Cllr Dennis for her hard work and > resilience (around 1:04). The Living Streets and > Southwark Cyclists bit starts at 1:06. > > Link on this page > https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/ieListDocuments > .aspx?MId=7043. WOW and they represent us and our views? Unbelievable really

I'm now imagining a bloke, let's call him Vern, a big fella wearing a sheepskin coat brandishing a sawn off Christmas tree yelling "you'll never take me alive copper" 😎

Barry's on Barry road got their first batch in today Feels too early even though it's exactly a month till Christmas Eve 😱

Isn't red sparrow about a female KGB operator ? Similar to Nikita (TV series) also about a female spy / assassin ? It's interesting, if you remade the original Alien, would you cast Simon Weaver (made up actor) in the role of Ripley to make it more PC? Or would you write it so that there are two Hero's that survive, one male, one female (Jones the cat doesn't quite count as a second hero) Equality needs to flow two ways to make it truly equal. As for the plot of bond, is it set in Holland and riots are in the streets ? Edited to correct typos

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's all getting rather ludicrous now and this > thread has gone into a parallel universe. I > expect that Southwark was behind the decision to > scrap most of the HS2 Eastern extension. I'm > being facetious, but felt like using stronger > language earlier. > > Perhaps tomorrow, Friday, we can have more > positive thoughts about the world. The buses / transport reduction has nothing to do with the council, however it's potential impact on this area should be part of the councils strategy to keep things moving. If there are fewer buses then there will be more pressure on the ones running, potentially leading to more people needing to find alternative ways to get around, be it active travel for some or more use of a car for others (depending on individual circumstances ) If the TfL reduction in services goes ahead then there needs to be some serious joined up thinking by the council in conjunction with the residents to get a positive way forward. Blocking roads when buses are reduced isn't the logical answer

That's very American Spring Time Although I thought you were going to discuss the Nescafe adverts with Gareth Hunt doing something dodgy with his hand

wordsworth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He dies at the end. See my post above on plot spoilers 🙁

In a joined up thinking world Nigello that would make sense, but in reality it will result in a reduction in services to save on fuel, maintenance and salaries. Smaller buses would need to be purchased, drivers trained on them and still need maintenance , fuel and drivers so that won't help and reducing overlapping routes will disadvantage passengers by forcing them to change possibly onto already busy buses.

Cat, you took that off at a tangent there, but it's your vote that counts not a pre defined list.

Just to add to the fun There's a possibility bus services could be cut by a fifth by TfL If that happens there will be more pressure on the overcrowded HtNs (love that parallel) BBC News - TfL services may be cut due to funding gap, mayor warns https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-59328131

I saw the Morrison's "Farmer Christmas" advert recently and it has to be high on my cheesiest advert list. What's on yours and as it's Christmas festive adverts are fair game.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So what legal measures to Southwark have to compel > parents not to drive their kids to school? May > work in North Korea but not North Dulwich! This implies that the whole issue is around the school run. Possibly supported by the fact that traffic is a lot lighter during school holidays (although this should be adjusted as families go away thus reducing general car use at the same time) If this is the case the punishing other drivers who need to get around (be it for work, long distance commuting , heavy Shopping or mobility reasons) is not in the interest of the local economy Therefore the sensible solution is working with schools , reducing catchment areas, and the use of limited timed closures of school streets all of which will discourage parents driving to school. The problem however is more complex "I would let Winston cycle / walk to school but there are too many cars on the road so for his safety I drive him" thus creating a self fulfilling spiral. LTNs are the wrong solution as they punish and restrict those that have a genuine need to drive thus causing additional idling traffic on other streets. What's the solution that allows proper shared use of the roads and reduces the school run drivers at the same time ? I guess that is something that could be solved with a proper consultation where the council listen and utilise local ideas to crack the nut rather then their 50 ton steam hammer approach where they can't hear local concerns over the noise of the machinery 🤔

Without giving away the plot or ending for those waiting to see it 😱

Champion park will be closed around the Denmark Hill station area over the weekend of the 27th and 28th for crane operations That's going to add fun and games to the traffic

Jenijenjen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Christian holiday of Christmas generally > overlaps with the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, > hence the more inclusive Happy Holidays. Nothing > to do with Thanksgiving. > > 🎶?Monica, Monica have a happy > Hanukkah?🎵🎵 Whilst Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday, it's not a national holiday so thanksgiving , Christmas day are the chief drivers and Hanukkah is possibly also thrown into the mix in America Over here we class it as the Christmas holiday and not the oh so American expression of Holidays

Holidays for the period over Christmas Imported from the good old US of A where they have a holiday for thanksgiving and another for Christmas day (hence the word holiday becoming plural) It's especially noticeable in big corporation adverts (just for the heck of it 😱)

Did you not utilise the time honoured security feature of writing them on a piece of paper and leaving it under the keyboard? Sadly, if you did leave them in your browsers cache, the only option is to do the whole "forgotten password" route

sally buying Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is certainly a very large space that is > Court Lane Gardens that a large housing unit could > be built upon. > > What are the chances of this happening. Council > housing in a gated community. For a second I thought you were suggesting the so called "Dulwich Square" of shame That could have been a fitting use of a now closed road 😱

It will be interesting to see what the additional effects on congestion around the Grove Tavern will be when the Christmas Tree sellers are back opposite the Grove Tavern on the south circular.

You want the truth You can't handle the truth !

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 'candy' instead of 'sweets', seems to be standard > with kids now.

I see Uber are going to do just this by hiring 20,000 extra drivers in London (hence the 10% fare rise today) No need to glue ourselves to the streets as you won't find a spare piece of tarmac to do it on 😱😂