snowy

I'm closely connected to Spartacus.

So no evidence, just unprovable anecdote.

If you're going via herne hill, you might as well carry on through brixton (atlantic road) / stockwell to vauxhall. Most of that route is bus lanes and it avoids the poor road surface and business of Clapham Road. There's a hill in the way though with both those options.

I'm assuming that's because Vauxhall gyratory system is to be completely remodelled at some point soon?

Opposite Kens Fish Bar.

http://www.cqc.org.uk/directory/1-137821900 the last CQC report (last updated 31st Oct)

I've used Lino (who's technically in Dulwich Village) for more than five years. Always reliable, and didn't even complain when the bottom sludge from a fish tank spilled on him shortly before he was due to go off to a family event. He is a man with a van though and not a hire company. If you want I can send you his number via a private message?

Have a look on the LB Southwark site Richard, unless it's just the start of you asking for them to be closed down?

Salsaboy Wrote: > In a way I hope she gets run over by an HGV to > teach her a lesson. Do you really?

giggirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Meanwhile, at a pub in Lambeth > > http://www.slp.co.uk/News.cfm?id=28146&headline=No > isy%20bar%20loses%20late%20licence%20after%20outcr > y The irony being that in its previous incarnation as an old Irish boozer, the Wheatsheaf had some pretty lax and riotous lock ins, that never seemed to end.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Yet more support to defend grafitti vandals. > > We will never stamp this out. > > Fox Indeed; it's the straw that broke the camel's back that lead to the onset of Broken Britain, bring back the birch (or something): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9467204/Over-excited-Olympics-fan-caught-painting-London-post-box-gold.html An over-excited Olympics fan was cautioned by police after he was caught painting a post box gold. He got carried away with Olympic fever and decided to give a Royal Mail pillar box in Belvedere, south London, the treatment reserved for the hometowns of gold medallists

Well I did warn you that I was being a bit glib!

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The majority of journeys in London do not require > u-turns, five passengers, wheelchair access Forgive me for being a bit glib, but surely if you're a wheel chair user, every journey requires wheel chair access. And are you suggesting that you can't pass the knowledge without being from an Essex cartel?

But you recognise that black cabs are regulated and seen by TFL / State as a formal part of the public transport system?

Apart from the fact that JG has been filmed in one of his cabs instructing the driver to break the law and use the bus lane. AL have had negative press in at least 4 broadsheet papers and their apps are being slated on iTunes etc. I don't think it's particularly good publicity if you're the chair of a taxi firm who still thinks that 'road tax' exists. It doesn't give a good impression of his understanding of his outgoings does it? Nor that his drivers aren't responsible for the safety of other road users. Nor that he's allowed to take responsibility and cover liability for his drivers breaking the law, which was the crux of the High Court decision. Do you really want an additional 60,000 mini cabs in the bus lanes?

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rubbish, snowy. Black cabs ferry carry people for > money. Minicabs ferry people for money. Both are > regulated services. There is no difference. > Except in price, of course. > But that's the point. That price is set and managed by TFL. A private hire company such as AL (other cab companies are freely available) can set their own pricing according to their whim and business model. Which is why black cabs are defined as 'part of the public transport system'. You pay for a bus at a set TFL managed price, you pay for a black cab in the same way. There's nothing stopping AL from setting their own prices to make more profit to cover the loss of income of not being allowed in the bus lane. In fact they do with waiting and loading charges. > Now if you are arguing that black cabs (and by > extension, minicabs) not be allowed in bus lanes > at all, then I wouldn't disagree. How would black cabs pick up fares when you're stood on a bus lane? As for the DKH example of why cyclists shouldn't be allowed in bus lanes - what you're suggesting is that a slower moving road user is put in the right hand lane, still obstructing cars, and also encouraging buses to undertake them. Doesn't sound very sensible to me. Replace bicycle with 'horse' or mobility scooter...

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He's right though. Why should black cabs be > allowed in bus lanes and minicabs not? Either all > or none. Because black cabs are a formal, regulated and trained part of the public transport system overseen by TFL, and unlike AL are accessible to disabled people? AL is a private enterprise encouraging 3500 staff to break the law and potentially endanger other more vulnerable road users.

EG, aside from Tynan paste on their door, you could try Southwark Mediation Service http://www.southwarkmediation.co.uk/ If they haven't had their budget cut. Best route is as you've described though - keep a log, and get your neighbours involved. Who's your local councillor; can you badger them by twitter/phone every time it happens?

Or turn up at the boot fair in Vauxhall.. or you could try browsing http://bikeshd.co.uk/

0/10 for a poor trolling attempt.

Can't he be persuaded to buy a bike rack and hang them off the wall/ceiling? That removes them from being an obstruction in the hallway and you're all friends again? ETA: ah Twirly beat me to it. There are ones that suspend off the ceiling too, if there's sufficient height; which clears up all the floor space and stops you banging into things.

Well Cumberbatch wants to become a Fassbender, so is less likely to do British telly in favour of Hollywood $. There were an amusing amount of FanGirls at the screening of the new indie film he's in (Wreckers) a few weeks ago.

Um, didn't Conan Doyle kill off the character and then had to 'revive' him to appease the Victorian chattering classes who were clamouring for more drug addicted, violin playing sleuths? I would wiki it, but that's down for protests today... What would Holmes do? A three pipe problem probably.

Sinnerman by Nina Simone?

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's all spin from top to bottom. It's just posing > and one upmanship. The performance thing is just > something you claim to make you look like a cool > hyperperformance athlete that attracts lots of > girls. > It depends on your level of one upmanship. I have bikes from the fifties with a six speed block on one side and a fixed cog on the other - the cassette was used for summer club runs, the fixed side for winter training. I don't suppose they were doing it for the adulation of their East London peers. I'm more concerned by trendoids riding single speed with only a front brake.