Spartacus

Lynne I have had so many arguments with banks asking them to prove who they are before I give details over to prove who I am Totally agree with your comments but the banks / card companies don't get it. I now put the phone down then ring the number on the back of my card from another phone (to stop the holding the line open scam) Someone has to come up with a better, more secure system.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What would make us all safer would be some social > pressure on those driving around in pseudo > military vehicles / SUVs. Their bonnet height, > general size and weight, and ability to mount > pavements when out of control is ridiculous. They > have no place in cities yet seem to becoming the > go to vehicle for Dulwichites. We used to laugh at > Americans for driving around in these things. How > about quadrupling their VED? On this there is no argument, it's madness in built up areas and half of their owners can't park for toffee so end up taking up one and a half spaces (either length or width)

A friend says he wakes at 2 minutes to midnight, The hands that threaten doom.

You could buy various different tea bags, split the bags open and then make your own blend 🤔

That's park life for you Malumbu

Location is also important, for example if on the banks of the river Nile then gone noon half past monsoon. But that's Madness 😎

Don't call me stupid

Sorry lou Only just woken from my chocolate coma and saw this As they say you snooze , you lose From what I was told, there was supply problems due to covid and demand was high to make up for Christmas However in the spirit of Easter, I've got a spare creme egg that you can have for the bargain price of ?50

I normally try to get up tomorrow, never today 😆

Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Spartacus Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Correct dkhb, but removing the cars and not > > providing alternatives is what the council are > > proposing > > > > It's got to be joined up thinking, not just > doing > > it on a wing and a prayer without massive > > investment in public transport. > > This is the epitome of concern trolling - "gosh, > I'm just so passionate about investment in public > transport that I don't think car drivers should be > inconvenienced". Welcome back dkhb , we've missed you (not)

Brilliant An hour ago my bank contacted me to say that there has been an attempt to withdraw money from my account on a new device. On their instructions I transferred to a new account (I'm overdrawn so that's going to be interesting) Half an hour later HMRC called as I owe them unpaid taxes, I gave them my new account details to do a direct debit from. Curious to see if robbing scammer one to pay scammer two will work .. for information I didn't really fall for it and no actual details were given out.

Correct dkhb, but removing the cars and not providing alternatives is what the council are proposing It's got to be joined up thinking, not just doing it on a wing and a prayer without massive investment in public transport.

alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > thanks S. and DF check out the crime map for Rye > lane street crime has not gone up. But I still > want the buses back. Hi Alice The crime map works on "reported" crime, from conversations I've had with residents who live above and around Rye Lane crime has increased but it isn't being reported which is why on paper the numbers aren't going up. My suggestion is that a conversation needs to be had with businesses and residents to ascertain the situation and despite the council saying they held a consultation before closing the lane, no one I have spoken with was involved and businesses were "told" Rye Lane was closing (hardly a consultation) I agree the buses need to return as its killing the Lane and disabled and elderly can't access the shops.

The twitter account for peckham sefifteen often has a good insight to the rye Lane issues And

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Good public transport is key to reducing car > use...absolutely agree. Good and safe from picking up covid or other transportable respiratory viral infections. Which means more of it running with everyone respecting each other and wearing masks However this doesn't mean penalising cars to make it run faster as "this service has been held to regulate service" will occur. It needs more buses, longer (more carriages), quicker and more frequent tube trains, maybe trams and more trains to various places. TFL are stymied by the issue with resistance to driverless trains / tubes as they can improve service frequency but require better infrastructure and the unions arguing it's not safe. The German Frankfurt tram system tested automatic obstacle detection and breaking systems plus dlr trains operate driverless which proves it can work but to retrofit to other tfl rolling stock (plus potentially new tram systems) requires investment which isn't available at the moment and no bashing of car users will produce that investment. So it appears stalemate for the moment, people need to get around, there's a general agreement that where practical car use should be less but the public transport system isn't going to be able to pick up a model shift in its present form and cycling / walking is only practical for short trips for the fit, non disabled and is generally elderly unfriendly plus as soon as you get a large item (or lots of shopping) to carry it's unsafe or difficult to cycle and walk. The current solution of bash / tax the driver will cause resentment so the real response should be massive investment in better, more frequent and possibly running at a loss / empty at times to more destinations public transport before people will substitute it for some (but not all) car journeys. The council are building resentment by what a lot of people see as waging war on motorists without also tackling the lack of practical safe alternatives (and not just the cheap option of saying cycling and walking which is frankly not enough)

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rye Lane has been car free in the main for years.. > > > it's now Bus Free. > > Foxy.. But as a result it's become an anti social behaviour hot-spot as there's no passing observers 😱

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They've been digging the tunnel from Stranraer to > Northern Ireland. > > Be nice to them as they've been underground for > months I suspect it's more likely they've been digging the poisson d'avril tunnel

Richard Lemming tweeted that in the "gated" (my word not his) area of Dulwich from next Tuesday residents who live in the area who are blue badge holders can apply for exceptions to the camera enforcement https://twitter.com/RM_Leeming/status/1377671423926370307?s=19 The posts that responded to it make interesting reading 😱

You may think this is a joke But if the glorious leader sees it,it will become council policy

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Selling Xmas trees in laybys November and December Is that after a busy strawberry selling season ?

Could this be a taste of the results ? https://twitter.com/RM_Leeming/status/1376891237324754951?s=19 Whilst inside the LTN, you can claim walking and cycling has gone up (against which baseline is a question to ask) it doesn't talk about the surrounding streets where traffic has gone up.

Whilst we all know that during March and April , as councils find creative ways to spend their remaining road repair funds, roadworks appear on virtually every street corner. What I can't work out is where they get all the road workers to do the various schemes during this intense blitz on our streets ? Do the majority of them go into hibernation for the months between ? Are they seasonal workers or are they busy doing "I'm just in your area doing road works and I've got some tarmac going spare if you want your drive done cheap" cold calls? This is NOT a serious thread so be creative and invent what you think they do for the rest of the year ?

Ex I didn't say it was happening, what I am simply stating is that any count / monitoring has to be validated, open and not subject to abuse. The council themselves state in their brochure on the ed ltn assessment that they will be counting cyclists and with enough warning the number of people cycling on count days could skew the results. We've seen the defensive position of the pro lobby over this , including , but not limited to , calling for boycotting of shops that disagree with them so it appears nothing is off the table. But your history on here suggests that you have an agenda and when it's questioned you accuse that poster of wearing a tin foil helmet in case cyclists are aliens (and yes that is tongue in cheek before you say I never said that) 😱 The simple other truth is we all saw how the council managed the data to implement the CPZ around the station so all that I'm asking for here is fair, validated and unmanipulated data. Otherwise if it's anything other there will be a public outcry

True , as I said it is one of the posts that are being discussed and as such can't confirm or dismiss how true it is, but equally I can't off hand (like some) say it's an urban myth It does however, raise the question of how to validate the cyclist count when the council monitors the ltn roads. If they use just strips then they can be tricked by riding back and forth If visual counting, then this should be done on random days and times to ensure that false positives can't be drawn if the pro lobby know in advance and flood the area with out of area mates. It has to be done in such a way that the true usage figure is captured and not false peaks or troughs that could skew the data.

exdulwicher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > There were reports on Twitter of groups of > cyclists repeatedly cycling over the monitor > strips (they were doubling back on themselves > several times) > > This urban myth is popular amongst cab drivers > too, not a surprise that the various One... groups > have picked up on it. This is one of the tweets that I think is being discussed about cyclists trying to "adjust" the count. I can't vouch if it's true or not, but equally I can't dismissing as myth