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It's one of a long-ongoing series of tests orchestrated by aliens in order to assess aspects of the intelligence of Homo Sapiens. Why they persevere quite so long I don't know. Perhaps it's a longitudinal study.

I'm doubtful that the Indy colluded. I think it was probably just another item hoovered up by its author to add to her portfolio. Chill out with more from her at http://www.independent.co.uk/author/rachel-hosie. Your rant seems justified. I liked the way this dupee managed to sidestep them by finding out who the currently registered supplier for his new premises was, and contacting them to affirm a contract with them -- which conveniently trumped and blocked the nefarious transfer. http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?471529-Tricked-into-an-Opus-Energy-Contract Obviously you need to act timeously to do that. I had a problem that began with British Gas usurping my supply contract, with no third party involved other than EDF's incompetence in recovering it in the first instance, and dealing with the billing once they had. I had finally to resort to Subject Access Requests to get information from both of them. It took many months to get resolved and affected me very badly, including multiple threats of magistrates court actions and debt collector's letters. I should have had the strength to escalate it to Director level a lot earlier than I did. Although they don't pursue individual cases, the Ofgem partner I wrote to seemed genuinely appreciative of the information I gave him. And they have fined energy companies millions for repeated breaches of customer care.

For the practical and legal realities of voice signatures in the USA see for example http://www.tradeharbor.com/what-a-voice-signature-is.html and https://www.esignlive.com/blog/when-to-use-voice-signatures/ and . The article looks like a crude scare sales tactic. If still in doubt, just begin each telephone conversation with "I will be using the following sound [insert chosen insrument sound, ad lib] instead of the affirmative word throughout this call." And record it as well. Anyone want to buy a telephone recording kit and software, only ?99.99?

> It's [acquisition of British citizenship by birth in the UK] only automatic if one of your parents is a British citizen Having a parent (mother or married father) deemed settled/without time limit on stay is also sufficient.

This originates from CPR Blocker, who want to publicise their device and get more sales. A fuller version seems to have been released to at least many local newspapers. The Indie, which I gather is getting short of real journalists and, like most nationals, is in any case happy to pick up anything that'll fill their web space, reproduces it. Their naivete in citing the Sunderland Echo as source suggests to me that it's probably the work of an intern. From local or national news websites, it then of course gets nicely and freely disseminated at lower levels. The payload message in the full original aricle is the para: "One of the best ways to protect yourself is to register on the Telephone Preference Service and purchase a call blocker device such as a CPR Call Blocker which simply plugs into any land line and features a ?Block Now? button which ends an unwanted call and permanently blocks the number." https://www.cprcallblocker.com/blogs/news

> Stumbled across this from 3 months ago. It's a long one, and it's quite depressing. But interesting. "The ruthlessly effective rebranding of Europe?s new far right Across the continent, rightwing populist parties have seized control of the political conversation. How have they done it? By stealing the language, causes and voters of the traditional left" by Sasha Polakow-Suransky Guardian, Tuesday 1 November 2016

> The Professor of the Robotics research lab described drones as "essentially upside down aerial Fly-MO's" And just as vulnerable. http://static.lexpress.fr/medias_11222/w_959,h_536,c_crop,x_74,y_0/w_1520,h_855,c_fill,g_north/v1479396521/aigle-drone-armee-de-l-air_5746069.jpg Training: video [~15MB]

The paragraph originally appeared on Guido Fawkes' website on ?20 [corrected] February, prefaced by "If you are going to organise a rally protesting against Donald Trump, you should probably try to make sure it isn?t hijacked by cranks, extremists and anti-Semites. Alas, the speakers at this afternoon?s ?Stop Trump? rally in Westminster are a roll call of wrong ?uns?" In the last couple of days the copy-and-paste brigade have stuck it on other sites such as 4chan and elderofziyon.blogspot.com, from one of which OP is probably bravely relaying it for our education. Which one was it?

> Surely they can just change a few post codes to the Peckham one instead and take the pressure off Silvester road. You mean pass the handling of those SE22 Postcodes to the SE15 office? I don't know how flexible their systems are. Another alternative _might_ be to let Peckham handle incoming parcels for van delivery to SE22, and let the ED office handle the rest, including customer collections. Again there, I don't know how amenable their current systems are to something like that. Do we have any Royal Mail Group shareholders here willing to take the whole matter up with their company, and get more information? Their Corporate Responsibility Policy does include a commitment to "Delivering economic and social benefit to the communities we serve". http://www.royalmailgroup.com/responsibility/policies PS: Do a Google search on "closing mail delivery office" and you'll see there's quite a lot of it about. Among the hits is a government response to a petition about one proposed closure: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-11-07/debates/16110767000044/RoyalMailDeliveryOfficeInMarple. Note the final paragraph: "The House may also be interested to know that there are existing arrangements, available as standard across the country, which provide delivery or redelivery for many items free, or at low cost, to a nearby Post Office branch, at the request of the recipient." The Royal Mail say at http://www.royalmail.com/personal/receiving-mail/redelivery that they offer redelivery, arranegable online, of personal mail (and business provisions seem similar): "free to your own address free to another address in your postcode area [but not including items to be signed for] or for a small fee - to your local Post Office? branch." What's the current average queue length at the LL PO?

Just curious - does anyone do darning any more? It used to be common, at least for socks, using a wooden darning mushroom or similar.

"Businesses and community groups that have business support can apply for a share of a ?600k fund that has been set aside to increase footfall to our local shopping streets, and help local businesses compete with popular shopping destinations such as the West End, and out of town shopping malls... "The main aim of the High Street Challenge is to attract more people to Southwark's high streets and town centres, and to increase the amount that those shoppers spend." -- Web announcement 3/2/14: http://www.2.southwark.gov.uk/news/article/1570/southwark_council_offers_funding_to_local_high_streets_that_rise_to_the_challenge For Feb. 2015 mini-surveys of footfall, etc, see the commissioned High Street Reports at http://www.2.southwark.gov.uk/info/100002/business/3951/high_street_research_reports

edhistory Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What is the "HSC" that is providing funds? > > Is this the Southwark Budget funding the West > Dulwich lamppost banners? > > http://dulwichfestival.co.uk/love-west-dulwich-lam > p-post-art-banner-competition/ There's a Love West Dulwich grant Community Council Neighbourhood Fund grant described in the Appendix to http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=5730. It looks as if it could be the banner one. http://www.westdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?4,19846 "558022 Love West Dulwich West Dulwich Neighbourhood Branding Project To create a more cohesive sense of identity and belonging for the community of West Dulwich.To clearly identify the area that is known as West Dulwich for both residents, retailers and passers by.To enable residents, business and the overall community to get a greater ownership of the area they live in and work in.To drive the local economy to help provide jobs locally and invoking civic pride.To work with Dulwich Open Houses to identify local artists to produce the designs for the banners, thereby providing further employment. ?22,240"

pipsky2008 Wrote: > I imagine all sports centres are vulnerable to > this kind of opportunist theft. It happened at > Crystal Palace Rd centre while I was there one > evening. They did identify the thief then and Prosecuted?

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Now eight trains showing as cancelled over the next 90 minutes, and only these currently shown as running: 17:06 London Bridge 17:09 Beckenham Junction (via Crystal Palace) 17:22 London Bridge 17:25 West Croydon (via Norbury) 17:39 London Bridge 17:42 Beckenham Junction (via Crystal Palace) 18:03 London Bridge 18:03 Wimbledon 18:17 London Bridge 18:23 West Croydon (via Norbury) 18:32 Wimbledon

Just checked ED departures, http://www.southernrailway.com/your-journey/plan-your-journey/live-running-information/EDW/departures/, and just as well I did. The 13:06, 13:20 and 13:36 to LB are all cancelled. And this will presumably have follow-through effects. Add: Their web page says "A line side fire has caused damage to the signalling system between West Norwood and Tulse Hill, resulting in services towards London being diverted via alternative routes. This has caused congestion, as more trains than usual need to use the remaining open lines.", and says that disruption is expected until 14:00. So possibly things are in a recovery phase. At 13:29 no trains after the 13:36, up or down, are shown as affected. (The EDF clock is 11 minutes slow.)

[The thread about a dog recently taken from Sainsburys, and now recovered, is in the Lost, Found or Stolen section at http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?31,1786160.]

After checking a very old Samsung phone and its manual, I suggest: Open up your contacts entries one by one. You may well be told whether the entry is in the phone or the Sim. Among the menu options will probably be a Copy option: you will be offered the other location as destination. You may have to do this for each contact separately. Open your inbox (and then whatever other folders you keep text messages in). Open each message in turn. Among the menu options will probably be one offering a move to the other location, or maybe a Copy one, as with contacts. Google Samsung and the model number and phone and manual, and you may be lucky. Beware of manuals for other Samsung products with the same model numbers. They may turn out to be for a microwave oven. It's the phone one that will be more useful. A phone that is not very old may also, as Zelig suggests, offer options for bulk selection for copying.

> Went to Mem's. Guy tried to be patronising. Tried? Was the failure in achieving the attitude , or in its expression, or its effect?

#There's a small PDF file of Southwark textile banks dated June 2016 http://www.2.southwark.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/13595/textiles_clothes_and_shoes_june_2016 that is I guess Renata's source. It covers the whole borough and includes what I take to be a charity associate in each case. Lewisham also list one outside block flats 270/332 Wood Vale, SE23 3DZ. I found the list on the Southwark website only by doing a word search, and wasn't able to find any other useful reference there to textile banks or to acceptable input and its use. Some other councils provide accessible lists, and better information. Westminster, for example, say "Please ensure all materials are clean. All items suitable for reuse will be sold at a Scope charity shop in London and any items unsuitable for reuse will be recycled." https://www.westminster.gov.uk/textile-recycling. Haringey say "The clothing will be collected by LMB and hand-sorted to separate the good quality clothing that can be used again from lower quality or damaged items which can then be shredded and made into cloths. More information on how LMB sorts and recycles clothing can be found on the company's website..." http://www.haringey.gov.uk/environment-and-waste/refuse-and-recycling/recycling/street-recycling/textile-recycling I'm now assuming that Southwark's acceptance policy and practice is similar.

> If you are sending someone personal details via email you really should break it up in > different emails, with a different subject so it does not create a thread. A mail reader can thread messages in a mail folder using just the chain of references in the header, regardless of subject or even addressee. Your strategy, if it's to be reliable, should avoid sending the successive posts using the Reply button. Even then there's still more than enough information in the headers to enable them to be linked. Encryption, or splitting the content between different communication channels, is more advisable for high risk content.

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