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The Battersea Park train also stops at Peckham Rye, usually at 20/50 mins, which makes it convenient to connect with via the 14/44 from ED.

Trains from Clapham Junction to Putney only take 5 minutes. http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/CLJ/PUT/today/1800/dep

> "Spelling" is the gerund of a verb. You can, if you wish, use it as a verbal noun, such as in > "her spelling is poor"; that is what gerunds are for. But to claim a gerund as a countable noun, > and then to pluralize it, is a manifest error that would once have warranted corporal punishment. Cf entry 2b below. From the OED Second edition, 1989; online version March 2012: spelling, n.2 1. a. The action, practice, or art of naming the letters of words, of reading letter by letter, or of expressing words by letters. [... eg] 1809?10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1837) III. 343 There is one branch of learning without which learning itself cannot be railed at with common decency, namely, spelling. 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue ii. 121 That which we call a settled orthography is a habit of spelling which admits only of rare modification. ... 2. a. Manner of expressing or writing words with letters; orthography. Also fig. [... eg] 1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 112 By some unusual Spelling of some words. 1894 W. M. Lindsay Lat. Lang. i. ?12 However natural it may appear for the Romans to have adopted Greek spelling. ... b. A particular instance of this; a special collocation of letters representing a word. [...eg] 1738 Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. p. l, Of these Spellings the Publick will meet with many Examples. 1758 J. Armstrong Sketches 18 An Author seems reduced to great Extremities, who flies to new Spellings to distinguish himself. 1811 Scott Let. Sept. (1932) II. 543 All the licenses of using obsolete words and uncommon spellings. 1894 W. M. Lindsay Lat. Lang. i. ?8 The dates at which these spellings are first found on inscriptions.

I'd be glad of feedback of experience of any of the different modes of managing a shared freehold -- eg, via a company, dormant or otherwise, or through a trust deed. Mine would be as owner/occupier of one of two leasehold flats in a converted house. Anything about specific problem areas would be of particular interest.

There was a radio programme, based on a night on the helicopter, on R4 this morning. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cwvp1

> You can always close your eyes and pretend its a radio. Not such a bad idea actually. Quite a large part of my TV consumption is listening to it via a Freeview box whicle doing something else. It's not nearly as information-dense in the speech department as radio is. Dodo1, my first quick cheap guess would be that you need to change a menu setting, to switch from DVD to digital TV input. I won't indulge in any more, as there's no real substitute for a precise account of all signs and symptoms and the beast's reactions to your actions.

http://www.cambridgemosqueismoving.org.uk/2011/08/02/brick-by-brick-ramadan-appeal-2011/

woodrot, you've published, both here and at http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?9,800517,808961#msg-808961, copyright images from each of the following. Do you have their permission? topveg.com www.cambridgemosqueismoving.org.uk Moore Village community website www.moore-online.org.uk

> More on the Roma gangs stealing our heritage > [www.express.co.uk] It's not more. It's the same stuff, from the same source, as was in the Mail article you advertised on the previous page.

> Ahh for the old days of Drs Brew-Graves, Ackland (my personal hero) She's apparently now at the Nunhead Surgery: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/gp.aspx?pid=4c11a5d8-61c3-47b4-b7bb-f3c205b5f023

> As far as that petition: Closes on 8 August 2012. And then... how long till action is taken? From http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/how-it-works#commons "If your e-petition reaches more than 100,000 signatures, it will be sent to the House of Commons. The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons will check it against: the terms and conditions for e-petitions the rules of the House of Commons Successful e-petitions will be communicated to the Backbench Business Committee. It will decide if your issue will be debated in the House of Commons." The existence of an e-petition doesn't of course preclude or substitute for any other action, such as making written representations.

> Well Alex K I did read that metal theft is second on the METs list only to terrorism so perhaps they will act? BTP's actually. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16165179

I'd have thought the Dynamode you describe would have been the right one, sizewise and interface (IDE rather than SATA). What was the problem? Does he want to do a one-off transfer, or have it available permanently? I've the means of doing the former; might even have a spare old 3.5" caddy too, though I can't remember their state.

http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/search/residential/search.publisha

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It really would be helpful to work out whether it's an airborne thing. Could the instances have resulted from air coming in from outside? What directions do the affected rooms face?

There was a strange smell thread a few months ago. I thought the only 'explanation' given was probably some kind of joke. But the reports of a widespread stench were real enough, so worth mentioning: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,695706,695850#msg-695850

Is it coming up through the water waste pipe? In my previous place, I was once affected in my ground floor flat by a solvent that had been poured down the wastepipe in the upstairs flat, though I don't know what to make of the spread of the reports here. If it does seem a possibility,has anyone asked Thames Water's opinion, with a list of properties affected?

> Whatever it looks like help is what she needs rather than a custodial sentence, and I'm sure that's what'll > ultimately happen and will be revealed on a tiny paragraph on p46 of a newspaper if it does. If the 2 December newspaper report cited on page 5 by ibilly 99 is accurate, that's more likely what would have happened had it not been for the publishing of the video.

A general how-it-works page: http://www.cafescientifique.org/index.php/how-it-works

> She pleaded not guilty this afternoon and was refused bail "Earlier, an administrative error led to the defendant entering a not guilty plea, but the court file was later amended to show she has not yet pleaded." http://www.london24.com/news/croydon_tram_racist_rant_accused_emma_west_remanded_in_custody_1_1146561 If there's no further bail application, she'll have spent five weeks in prison before the next hearing.

> You could also try putting the make and model name into the search - other people may have had the same problem with this model. D'oh! I did, but I stupidly put them in angle brackets so that they were ignored, and didn't preview. Thanks Sue. I fear that, short of mantras, jemmies and pickaxes, we're running out of sensible suggestions.

> ETA: And the power had to be on in order for the child lock to click off, if that makes sense. I don't know, but have assumed that, having finished a cycle, it would also default to off eventually if unpowered.. Gina, a web search on washing machine door won't unlock might be worth trying.

Simply compare the tariffs and their changeability. For checking electricity usage, I've found a single ?8 plug-in socket meter, that measures consumption of one device at a time, plus the ability to read a main meter, record readings, and do a little mental arithmetic, provide all the information I need. For checking gas usage, ditto minus the socket meter. Not even a smart meter is going to tell you how much fuel you use for individual devices or functions, is it?

You've switched off the power switch as well?