Robert Poste's Child

My riding boots that I haven't been able to get on for several years but which I can't bear to get rid of. All the holes to the right of the buckle of a belt I've had since since my teens.

'Tis (nearly) the season to make party nibbles, including devils on horseback - bacon wrapped lovingly around a prune and baked. Wm Rose does good lardons. Great for a bacon, avocado and tomato sandwich.

Monkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But the report correctly identifies DMC as a > priority for inspection whereas my small family > doctor has been identified as a low priority. The > agenda of the people behind the report does not > seem all that skewed. > > Who's behind the save our surgeries campaign? Is > it the same GPs who got a massively good deal but > failed to show us the goods? It looks to me as though these reports are more about monitoring performance against government targets than the quality of the patient's actual experience. I'm with Elm Lodge, who are in the same priority band as DMC, but I find them excellent and it has been a completely different experience from the depression-inducing DMC.

According to some of the interviews, most of those involved have been paid off and gagged along the way. Does innocent until proven guilty apply in the US or is it just a British principle? I don't think the process works that way in France, for example.

There have also been some pretty direct accusations. Given how litigious American culture is I'm inclined to think people must believe there is evidence.

Something I've often noticed in the village is that during half-term and school holidays there is barely a rush hour. You can't do much about the coaches from further away, but if more local parents would make the effort to walk their children to/from JAGS and Alleyns (seems to be less of an issue with the Charter School), that might help to alleviate some of the pressure on this junction.

Think you may mean this one: http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/a1875847-Do-you-dunk-your-penis

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Finding out my favourite clothes no longer fit > because I've put on half a stone in 3 months :( > > Louisa. Me too, and I was 'on a diet'. Time to make soup...

So sorry to hear about Sly. Losing him so suddenly must have been a huge shock.

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Poste's Child Wrote: > > > However, in my experience it's not true that > > cyclists only have a problem going straight > across > > or right from Greendale. For example, if you > turn > > right out of Townley Rd on a bike (having > either > > woven your way around the waiting traffic that > has > > blocked the cycle lane or taken your chance > > stopping in the middle of traffic with > impatient > > drivers in front, beside and behind you) you > tend > > to get crowded or pushed out to the left, which > > causes problems with traffic coming out of > > Greendale. Drivers waiting to turn left don't > > always seem to notice cyclists in the current > > cycle lane who may be going straight on. Many > > drivers also sit in the cycle box at junctions. > > That's pretty much an argument for banning all > right turns, isn;t it? BNG, if you read my post again, and the previous one, I'm AGAINST banning the right turn. My intention was to share my own experience as in my view there's more danger to cyclists than you say. I suggested two alternative ways to help reach a solution that might work for everyone.

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The junction is currently perfectly safe for those > who walk. And for those who cycle, the one issue > of any substance might be crossing from Green Dale > and meeting traffic wanting to turn right from > Townley Road. And that's it. So let's not > exaggerate the 'problems' at a busy junction that > has had three 'slight' incidents since 2005. As I said earlier (just repeating this for protection!), I agree that banning the right turn out of Townley Rd is impractical and should be dropped. However, in my experience it's not true that cyclists only have a problem going straight across or right from Greendale. For example, if you turn right out of Townley Rd on a bike (having either woven your way around the waiting traffic that has blocked the cycle lane or taken your chance stopping in the middle of traffic with impatient drivers in front, beside and behind you) you tend to get crowded or pushed out to the left, which causes problems with traffic coming out of Greendale. Drivers waiting to turn left don't always seem to notice cyclists in the current cycle lane who may be going straight on. Many drivers also sit in the cycle box at junctions. Let's be honest, turning right at any crossroads feels risky to a cyclist as you're very exposed, even at a less busy and aggressive junction than this one. In addition, drivers going either towards ED accelerate downhill, and if I go that way I don't feel safe until past the Melbourne Grove turn-off. I've often felt the hospital was well placed! That said, as you said previously, I think this could be improved to the satisfaction of all users by phasing the lights differently. More generally, I do think it would make practical sense to change the law so cyclists can proceed (with caution) at the same time as pedestrians, which currently would count as jumping a red light. This would vastly improve the next junction with Dulwich Village, for example, and the nightmare at Herne Hill. In Germany, where cyclists share pedestrianised areas there are big signs saying 'walking pace', which works well.

I confess I hadn't planned to return so soon, but the thread below has real potential. What would your order be? The mind boggles. http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?6,1428385

Another great piece. Some years ago I remember a forumite posting that they had Italian friends staying, who after a trip on the P4 asked if the P stood for 'pericoloso'.

Still applies, in my view! I'll leave the final word to you, though.

Do you by any chance smoke weed?

Oh, do give it a rest.

Click 'Report this message' and in the text box ask if Admin could move it for you? I sometimes use it for threads in the wrong section.

I thought a flounce involved an exit? Mine was more an exasperated here-we-go-again sort of venting, about the same time I got superglue on my glasses.

You may well be right, Henry 17. I'm just saddened that as a country we no longer seem to produce a lot of the stuff that used to be a benchmark for quality.

I haven't gone yet!

How tedious this is. I was talking about someone else, not me. By juxtaposing your question with that, ending with an ellipse, you seem to be implying that I am also Blah Blah. No idea if you genuinely thought that or were just stirring. If your intention was to be taken at face value, however, you could have explained your though process and not used the ellipse. Go and needle someone else. Not interested.

Usually community projects like this stand or fall on the support of the locals who already use the place or live in the immediate area. Given it's in Herne Hill / Loughborough Junction, could you say why you are looking for volunteers outside that community? East Dulwich has two libraries of its own already so people may find it helpful to know how your project sits in relation to this area.

Villager Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why is it that this type of work always goes to > Conway and why does it never appear to go out to > open tender??????????? The latter would lead in turn, presumably, to people criticising the Council for wasting time and resources putting every job out for tender in a separate process instead of once, allowing economies of scale etc. Sometimes they just can't win, can they.

It's all a long time ago and I wasn't all that active anyway, so water under the bridge etc.

Yes, though not this one - can't a person try to express an objective view without someone implying they're guilty of something? As I've said a couple of times before, I did use the forum before for a time, then had a long break and had to set up a new profile when I eventually came back. Hope that meets with the Inquisition's approval!