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We don't yet know, do we, to what extent the local problems may have been just transitional? Or, if they've been more fundamental, how easily and quickly they can be overcome? In either case, I'd suggest giving it a little more time before coming to any firm conclusions.

I'm attaching this post to the first found thread on the theme, just to report that they don't always get away with it. Sentences of more than two years for the two perps here. https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/25839-2/

I did some checks once, in a local converted house, with a lit joss stick. I put it in the cupboard area under the stairs in the ground floor flat, and the smell was soon detectable on the staircase of the upper flat. In that case there was both crumbly porous plaster work under the actual staircase, and a small gap or two above the skirting board in the area. If it's only coming from the front door, is it because it's obviously not well sealed? Or is perfect sealing not easy in any case? I remember from visiting my father, the smell of his cigarettes and scented 'air-freshener' was always apparent as soon as I walked into the building's common entrance area, and that was despite its being a fairly modern purpose-built small block. But one simple addition, at least to try, if they're not already there, might be keyhole covers for the front doors, as in https://www.amazon.co.uk/Polished-Brass-Keyhole-Covered-Escutcheon/dp/B0073EL0WS. They can go on the inside or outside. Dulwich DIY sell decent cheap ones.

The Southwark "Consultation Hub", which I had to search for after mistakenly going to the Council & Democracy | Consultation & News page and finding nothing of interest, is at https://consultations.southwark.gov.uk/. It doesn't seem to be there at the moment. I've no idea how / why / when / where consultations are generally publicised. I was very surprised to see there's a current one on the library service: closing date 31 October. I'd have thought library members might have been emailed.

> It got to the South London Press and headlines were > 'local residents were hopping mad'. If my memory > is correct this was in the early 1980s. The BNA currently has no digitised copies of the SLP later than 1909. The only local frog-related cutting I could find was this one about the Marsden Road reserve.

Jules-and-Boo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not sure about the canisters. How likely is it > that someone will inhale it long enough to die > from lack of oxygen? From 1993 to 2013 nitrous oxide was mentioned in 15 E&W death certificates (Excel file http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/93585/original/PQ210810%20data.xlsx), and on 8 in 2016, according to https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4947846/Laughing-gas-killed-8-people-year-figures-show.html. I'm wondering why you didn't do the search yourselves. You seem aware of the slightly unusual way it causes death. Its not an absolutely new phenomenon. Here for example is a 1992 paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1506823. Perhaps users should be advised not to indulge (1) if alone or unmonitored -- and preferably to so when there's someone present capable of applying artificial respiration; or (2) if they're possibly vitamin B12 deficient and want to avoid the risk of lasting neurological damage. Last ETA: Actually, include helium in (1). It seems to account for about ten times the number of nitrous oxide deaths. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/more-than-500-deaths-are-linked-to-helium-misuse-226h83spt

I'm taking the easy way out and getting an Ebay package sent to Peckham Argos for collection.

N2O : Nitrous oxide, laughing gas. Among its uses are as an aerosol propellant for eg whipped creams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrous_oxide#Aerosol_propellant NO2 : Nitrogen dioxide. A rather unfriendly gas and environmental pollutant, classed in the USA as extremely hazardous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_dioxide#Toxicity While using the Wikipedia lookups (often more reliable than the EDF), please do consider occasionally contributing a little to its ongoing costs. https://donate.wikimedia.org/

> She just said no more redeliveries from Monday and that we have to collect then I think any removal of redeliveries could be regarded as a breach of RM's obligations under The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) Order 2012, article 4 of which runs: Delivery 4. Where a service described in this Order requires delivery of a postal packet, delivery shall be effected if? (a) the postal packet has been delivered to the postal address marked on the postal packet; (b) the postal packet has been delivered to a person named as an addressee on the postal packet; © the postal packet has been delivered to another delivery point requested by the addressee or approved by OFCOM for the purposes of this paragraph; or (d) an unsuccessful attempt has been made to deliver the postal packet in accordance with sub-paragraphs (a), (b), or © and a universal service provider offers the addressee a choice of redelivery within a reasonable period and an opportunity to collect the postal packet from any of the following places? (i) a post office; (ii) a delivery office; or (iii) another collection point approved by OFCOM for the purposes of this paragraph. Ofcom also found, in their 2013 consultation and review, that redelivery was regarded by customers as an essential service. "Most respondents to our consultation agreed with our proposal to specify Redelivery as part of the universal service." The papers are listed and linked at https://www.ofcom.org.uk/postal-services/information-for-the-postal-industry/upso. Ofcom are diligent in holding that it is RM's responsibility, rather than theirs, to deal with complaints about RM's service. Their webpage on postal compaints says "Although it is our role to regulate the postal industry, we are unable to investigate individual complaints about postal operators." https://www.ofcom.org.uk/postal-services/complaints-about-postal-service It strikes me that we are getting beyond the area of individual complaints -- there seem at present to be signs of a systemic breakdown of at least a part of the service, ie daily deliveries, and now ? redelivery, over a whole postal district; and that it's possibly capable of occurring in other areas too, in similar circumstances. I hope Helen Hayes raises the question: at what stage in such a case is Ofcom going to have any duty to act as a regulator?

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> It may have been mentioned earlier in this thread but > East Dulwich isn't the only office to close > this year. To my knowledge Hampton, Muswell Hill > and South Woodford have closed while West Norwood is under threat. Muswell Hill N10 1DW Hampton TW12 2AA seem still to be in use according to https://www.royalmail.com/delivery-and-collection-office-finder/. And I've seen nothing later than the 26 July Hampton decision annnouncement report at https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/16379472.royal-mail-decide-to-close-hampton-delivery-office/.

ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do you all realise that this is a continuation of > a thread from 2011 ? PittChao only posted the once > on this thread - probably a bot. But they do make some groovy machines. https://www.testextextile.com/products/. Even their washing machine above can give you up to 999 distinct washing and drying programs. And a five star review: "Beryl Nelly ? May 10, 2018 The product worked well more than a month.It?s worth buying."

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> Previously I used this route to ensure all local East Dulwich schools have AED's. James, are you saying then that all ED schools already have AEDs? Hazel81, are you saying that there is only one in ED, at Sainsburys? Is there any authoritative list of AEDs available in the area?

Elphinstone's Army Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > iced buns, sorted. The discerning infant may well prefer an original painting. https://www.artfinder.com/product/half-dozen-donuts/#/

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't find the recycling system confusing at > all, though I'm not sure what I'm going to do with > food waste when I run out of green bags. Use > newspaper I guess. We've been there before. Most recent I think is a 2017 one on where else to get them. http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1851891 I've some foot sorties to Devon Street planned, ending with one in which I'll be using a superannuated rucksack to carry the rest of the stuff. I hope to do some intelligence gathering during the early ops. I'm still unsure, from what they say on the website, whether "DVD's" ( https://www.southwark.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/recycling/recycling-centres/reuse-and-recycling-centre?chapter=2 ) includes "DVD cases, broken or otherwise", or whether they'll take other non-thermoplastic plastics, 3 1/2" disks, odd bits of metal, etc. I hope I can get some info on the spot. Perhaps if I just turn up with some anyway ...

I assume that an admin's editing of the title means that the bike is still there.

Where _does_ the garden and food waste go? It's going to decay anyway.

I had to look up H&M. I see that they also provide the benefit of removing the burden of having to distinguish between Rewearables, Reusables and Recyclables? https://about.hm.com/en/sustainability/get-involved/recycle-your-clothes.html ("And then what" 60% downpage). Any idea whether old rucksacks (damaged beyond respectable or reliable usability) might be included? Or shoes of any kind? At H&M or anywhere else?

Penguin68, I think you might get done for the clamping. ;-) See eg https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9155/guidance-unpaid-parking-charges.pdf Lounge?

MarkT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > sillywoman, you say "you can park on anyone's > drive". Are you saying on their private property? I was doubtful but took sw's "it's not illegal as long as you're not blocking anyone in!", generously, as implying that it was about parking on the road. The blocking would be irrelevant if it weren't. I suspect now that I was wrong. I'd assumed it was common knowledge that the council can't do anything about someone parking on your private property (whether obstructively or not), any more than they can if someone pitches their tent on your lawn. Those are civil trespasses, actionable by the occupier.

I think that's not quite true. As I understand it, no penalty notice can be issued for the blockage of access to a drive with a dropped kerb, other than on a complaint by the occupier ( http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1877690#msg-1877815). So if they arrived back home from a drive and found you blocking their entrance, they could complain and hope that you'd get speedily ticketed. I'd actually be rather surprised if they couldn't do that in any case. What's your source?

CORGI registration was replaced by the Gas Safe register in 2009. It's required of gas engineers. https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/. I assume one can be a competent plumber without doing gas work. Or even without incorporating as a company. And incorporation is no absolute guarantee of qualifications or competence. What the council is presumably wanting is evidence that they think thay can rely on as authoritative, rather than coming from an unknown (did the letter have a aname and address?) incompetent or cowboy. And I assume what they're wanting is evidence that there is a fault that they are legally responsible, as landlord, for rectifying; presumably one that's not limited to your flat. Jenny1's suggestion was useful. Have you asked them if they will refund to you the ?250 + VAT (less perhaps your share as a leaseholder) if it turns out to confirm a fault within the system that it's their responsibility to maintain? I agree generally with MarkT, whose posts I've just seen. Could something very distinctive, by colour and/or smell, be poured down a sink in a flat above, in the hope of it arriving in your kitchen and providing further, persuasive, evidence?

Would pouring some washing up liquid down the plughole do any harm? If there's a fat blockage somewhere it might help shift it.