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The plot thickens. From a Nat Rail journey planner enquiry for tomorrow: 09:14 Peckham Rye [PMR] London Bridge [LBG] 09:34 0h 20m 0 bus service 09:26 Peckham Rye [PMR] London Bridge [LBG] 09:36 0h 10m 0 09:44 Peckham Rye [PMR] London Bridge [LBG] 10:04 0h 20m 0 bus service 09:56 Peckham Rye [PMR] London Bridge [LBG] 10:06 0h 10m 0 10:14 Peckham Rye [PMR] London Bridge [LBG] 10:34 0h 20m 0 bus service

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Thanks for the reminder to disable automatic image loading for edf. [Edited to attach image to show the context. The hotlink booby-trap image in the preceding post occupied 5000 x 5000 pixels of screen space]

Just noticed this separate entry for Sunday on the Southern site: "Engineering work starting on 03/07/11 between London Bridge and East Croydon. Track improvements and maintenance are taking place on 03/07/11 between London Bridge and East Croydon. Whilst work is taking place, buses will replace trains between Peckham Rye and Streatham via Tulse Hill between Streatham and Peckham Rye via Tulse Hill"

... according to Southern Rail's http://www.journeycheck.com/southern: "Engineering work starting on 02/07/11 between London Bridge and Beckenham Junction. Track improvements and maintenance are taking place on 02/07/11 between London Bridge and Beckenham Junction. Whilst work is taking place, buses will replace trains between Peckham Rye and Streatham Common via Tulse Hill between Streatham Common and Peckham Rye via Tulse Hill Train services will run as shuttles between London Bridge and Peckham Rye -in both directions- and between Crystal Palace and Beckenham Junction -in both directions-. Further Information is available from National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50." This seems to be planned for both Saturday and Sunday, judging from the National Rail journey planner. [Edited 14/8/11, following Jeremy's post, to remove the 2/3 July date from the title, and to note that the current JourneyCheck doesn't seem to have any mention of today's closure. Could that be because the work and closure started yesterday and the notification of the start has now fallen off the listing!?]

Have a look at this thread and those it links to: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,602783,611625#msg-611625 If it was a 'Lebanese loop, the 'helpful bystander' was after your pin, for use after they'd retrieved the card for themselves.

> Fetching eh ? Ay, a nice wee parr ye have there.

Another alternative to using wireless or ring mains for your LAN would be to use ethernet cables throughout. The traditional solution.

I think ONS life expectancy figures are typically given for people at ages 0 and 65. The ones given above obviously won't be for newborns, so will I guess be for an already fairly old generation. And presumably, it'll include all those who have been teachers but may have retired or left the profession some time previously. Actually, looking at the BBC report, it seems to be about social classes rather than specific occupations -- which would explain why I've not yet found any occuaption-specific stuff in the national statistics. That being so, it shouldn't really imo have been adduced as a figure for teachers at all, other than as a best available guess.

He's a very good photographer actually, imo. http://www.martinusborne.com/photos/ And his blog's not bad either. Here's a topical entry: dead foxes are so February. God knows what's a la mode in Hoxton now. But this one has got an EDF feel to it. http://www.martinusborne.com/photos/gn0uv5tpk.jpg

Fresh from the Consultations page: "The online libraries consultation form will be available from Tuesday afternoon, 28 June. The first consultation meeting is on Wednesday 29 June at East Street Library."

James, if you as a councillor apparently don't have access to the relevant information about what is being done and what any problems are, who on earth does? Is the information being withheld as a matter of national security, or to reduce the risk of public panic or disorder?

dulwichbloke - each time your ADSL modem connects to the exchange, the apparatus there engages it in a conversation in which line condition, etc, are tested, and then decides what seems to be a realistic connection rate achievable for the session. So, for example, the typical modem log entry for my current session: "00:00:58 (since last boot) xDSL linestate up (downstream: 7808 kbit/s, upstream: 960 kbit/s; output Power Down: 19.5 dBm, Up: 12.0 dBm; line Attenuation Down: 39.0 dB, Up: 22.0 dB; snr Margin Down: 11.5 dB, Up: 6.0 dB )" But, as I said, all my downloads, whatever, whenever and wherever they're from, whichever computer or modem I use, and however they're measured , all come close to 110 kbyte/s. That's on Virgin Media National ADSL, on the Dulwich exchange, for which I pay Virgin ?18.35 a month. [Edited, to avoid spurious smiley, and amend 110 kbit/s -> 110 kbyte/s]

celebrationoftheyear wrote: > Just come back from Dulwich Library this morning where I was approached by a member of staff to fill out a 'Library Review Questionnaire'. > It didn't take long and had space at the back to put forward any comments "An online consultation will begin on Monday 27 June. " says this Soutwark web page. It's not there yet, but Southwark does tend to be slow -- it was possible to go through the motions of entering the Leisure Centre competition some days after the official closing date. Probably best to keep an eye on this Consultations page ( hidden away within the Council & Democracy category)

> Closing such an arterial road then only reopening it northbound after 35+ hours and the southbound blocked > probably for another 48 hours with little or not visible work going on for most of this time is outrageous. Well, it might be, if we knew that there were better alternative courses that could have been taken but weren't. Do you know if that is, or is not, the case?

[updated 18:25] First Capital Connect are reporting: http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/plan-your-journey/live-train-updates/ A signalling problem is causing disruption at London Blackfriars. Because of this, there are delays of up to 30 minutes. These delays are expected to last until approximately 20:00 The following are accepting passengers on any reasonable route: * London Underground * East Midlands Trains (between London St Pancras International and Bedford) * Croydon Tramlink * London Buses * Southern * First Capital Connect (Great Northern route)

> Zero Clothes Moths Killer. ...or, How to make a good article of clothing repellent and unwearable...? "Contains natural floral scents."

I get even less than dulwichbloke on a Virginmedia ADSL connection that routinely synchs at 7Mbps. It shows every sign of being permanently capped, and my usage is well below the levels at which they say they will cap broadband rates.

...or someone with an interest in physiological tribology...

>I'm wondering if this account (which is six years old) is right about the wireless bit I take that back: http://www.visitsoutheastengland.com/site/things-to-do/museum-of-ancient-wireless-p55103

> At 77, he [Maurice Seddon] certainly has a full diary. He is still active in producing bespoke heated clothing, > maintains an historic wireless restoration business and also runs a private wireless museum. I'm wondering if this account (which is six years old) is right about the wireless bit, or whether they're possibly confusing him with Dulwich's own Gerald Wells.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Waterson Who has died recently. June Tabor will be speaking about him on R4 Last Word, that's about to start.

LadyDeliah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Julie Bindel is a mysoginist who hates women who love hetrosexual sex and she needs to be gagged, or ignored. It's her hot voice. Can she not do what she wants with it?

> You can see their faces and the side of the van (but not the VRN) - and I told the police all of this but, as yet (two months later) I have > not been able to convince them to come and look at the video, or let me arrange an appointment to deliver it to them. Do the faces offer a fair chance of making an identification? If so, a letter by recorded delivery to the Borough Commander, reminding him/her of your previous communications and asking whether they have any wish to examine the video and possibly use it, might not be amiss. Actually, why not just copy the video to DVD and send that with your letter?

The strikes are now officially off. http://www.rmt.org.uk/