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> Want to share a cab? I have my bike, thanks. Does anyone know where the guests' bike park will be?

Here's a report of how Cambridge Police have been tackling the problem. Possibly less easily done in London. Does anyone know if there is any inter-division co-operation on targeting bike thefts, or any central Met unit that has any interest or responsibility?

What are you wearing today, Tarot?

The 'good' news is that you can get the moulds and make them yourself. http://www.chocomolds.com/CM757.html

> I would like to congratulate everyone on this thread,who has actually bought shoes that are good enough to take to a cobbler. > Those horrible plastic rubber trainers,are trash,and ruined many a foot,smelly as well. How much ergonomic and physiological nous can one count on going into the making of bespoke shoes? I find myslf comfortable only in some trekking sandals and trainers, even cheap ones, and a very limited range of shoes, their common factor being that none has a noticeably raised heel. Could a bespoke cobbler be counted on to provide absolutely optimal comfort and efficiency? I'm not thinking of going to one, btw, just seeking clarity. I'm also thinking of the analytic apparatus that I gather some sports shoe shops have.

> For instance, I sometimes see a guy riding up Dartmouth Road on a bike, smoking a fag and smiling. And thus was born the idea of the recumbent coffin bike, shortly followed by that of the camper coffin bike.

> Check Gumtree to see if they have been listed The bikeshd site mentioned here http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,568056,568599 looks very useful too.

Would you be having this trouble if he were a dog? Maybe try applying the same skills? Clear firm communication that you don't like or want particular behaviours? You said: "I should feel safe walking to work, but no. I have to run past this place before these men whistle at me or shout vulgar things at me!" What specifically have they shouted?

> Around half an hour later on gumtree an ad went up for my bike, a rather general description but it is quite a unique model. > On searching the mobile number on google I found four more adds for mid range racers. All rather 'general' and all using > 'brochure' rather than real pictures. I have informed the police and hoped (and still hope) for a sting operation. I might be wrong, but I can't imagine the police rushing into action (if at all) without a pretty good likelihood of its being your bike, and provably so. To satisfy the first point, I hope you were able to persuade them of the 'quite a unique model' bit, and that that's the one that's being advertised.

> BUT.... please would someone teach the surgeons how to pronounce 'dissect'. It's really pissing me off. And it should be so easy: bisect, bisection, dissect, dissection. Unless you dissent. But then, remember when cervical and umbilical retained their short vowels and couldn't conceivably be rhymed with maniacal?

You can ask the DVLA for details of the registered keeper. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/AdviceOnKeepingYourVehicle/DG_4022067

> That's weird, I should be able to view jpegs OK, I'll try again. Save the 'gobbbledeook' files from your browser, using a .jpg extension. And you then get ...

More likely than not; though could you rule out the possibility of a human simulation of one? Certainly less stressful than replying to real posters though. Actually, I'd been expecting Admin to pull the account, not just the taxi post.

No I'm not!!!

> What is your think !!! You registered here, "Real Name: online logo design", on 31/03/2011 11:28. Your first post, made at 11:36 and now removed, was as a follow-up to an offer of a local taxi service http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?9,646767. It read: "Owing to our domain expertise, we are engaged in providing airport car services. We have a large fleet of cars that are well maintained and also serviced on a regular basis in order to ensure quality and hassle free services to the clients. Our team of drivers is well trained and has good knowledge of all the routes that prevents the scope for any inconvenience. Our services are available at reasonable prices. Our Car Services provides our clients reliable, comfortable and timely pick up and drop services from IGI Delhi Airport. We provide these services with the consideration that our clients could reach their destinations in a hassle free manner." Its text is very similar to that appearing in several online pages advertising Indian taxi firms: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Owing+to+our+domain+expertise%2C+we+are+engaged+in+providing+airport+car+services&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8. It has a spurious relation to the thread topic, but is of little relevance to it. Both that 11:36 post and your 11:38 one above ended with a clickable link, labelled "online logo design", to a logo design business. My think is that your primary purpose in posting on this board was to advertise the business linked to as "online logo design".

>I blame the Tories. online logo design Spammer.

> We now know, of course (see press reports re High Court case, last year) that Southwark's former Cemetery Manager (the only unqualified person to hold > such a position in the entire country) had a nice little arrangement with local criminals to allow them to dump toxic waste on the site. A(nother?) related High Court case has recently been determined: report (SLP) here.

> It normally closes around Sunset. So today it's at 7.28pm. Do the opening and closing times shown on the boards near the park entrances not apply then?

> We are now on a mission to get agreement on Autumn pruning in future, if anyone can help with council contacts please let me know. [Thinks ...] What's the council's budget year? Any possibility that they're doing it now because they have the money to spend now, but won't do so in six months' time? With my empiricist's hat on I'll be interested to know what, if any, damage has been caused. When will that be assessable?

Gosh. What are the units – acres, roods, and square perches? Have you been able to verify/calibrate [*] them? [*] "even as late as 1820, a House of Commons report notes lengths of 16.5, 18, 21, 24, and even 25 feet" for a linear perch. (Wikipedia)

I went to the sub-committee meeting, and was the sole member of the public attending. There was also a reporter for the South London Press. The outcome was a revision of conditions of the licence, which will doubtless eventually appear on the council web site. I'll add a bit more when I'm more awake.

Di Martino?

Do professional dog walkers usually have public liability insurance?

> As long as Champagne Charlie does not have a court case pending press could refer to it...sure they would know how to word it... I suspect they'd want firmer identificatory evidence than one person's belief and a similar MO. There's a lot of money to be made from defamation actions, for those with the robustness to pursue them.

> but don't hop out of your caravan & into an expensive BMW to clock in at work. This is the one point that all you 'free spirits' have not picked up on. > This guy is a 'champagne-traveller': obviously earning enough money for a nice car. And when you actually get into the camper, it turns out to have several times the floor area of a tardis, and they've got three children, an au pair and a cat in there with them.