louisiana

Soooo. Why don't you move there? What's stopping you? Get it off your chest. You're between friends: just let it all out...

Okay, to follow up above, despite verbal assurances given in person F2F *twice* by the admin in opthalmology, they are still - I have the written evidence in front of me - sending info to the wrong GP in the wrong city in the wrong *region*. Again. Luck of the draw? I'm getting very unlucky. This is now the *4th* time I am having to get KCH to change their duff info for me and my GP. They are definitely changing something. But it's clearly not the data that actually matters! Choose and Book by phone (which is the only way I'm allowed for this) means there is no longer *any* connection between GP and hospital. This may be the problem. Goodness only knows where all this duff info is coming from (the Dead Sea Scrolls?), but last time I tried to get it changed (at the counter in opthalmology, in person, a month ago) they absolutely assured me that they had my GP correct. (I was felt to feel a fool even for trying to check that they had definitely corrected it: "But I did that this morning! I told you!!") And yet, it's oh so clear it didn't happen. Yes, I shall be filing all this this with PALS, who in fact called me just this morning about my GP-charging-premium-phone-line-for-appointments (0844) complaint re Forest Hill Road practice. And I have already been through the PALS system this year re my dentist charging multiple fat private rates for what they should have charged a single NHS fee. I'm well acquainted. I'm sure a lot of the issues around Choose and Book are nothing to do with the hospital. And I shall be letting my doctor know (not by phone - it's a premium line!). She is very keen on CandB as it means less work to set up for her, but now she is never getting any info from the hospital....

New Labour Old bollocks

'I am lower class, and I know my place...' Seriously though, Trevor Phillips is now gunning for privately educated white males, according to G2. He is completely right, of course. Go and stand in the corner, the lot of you. B)

Would local plods be doing a murder investigation? Or would that be flying-squad or some kind of serious crime unit from Met Towers? I don't know enough about how the polis are organised.

Dulwich_ Park_ Fairy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > More of the same. So sad. > > Actually CoD, the reason I may sound flippant > isn't because I'm racist (I'm not), isn't because > I sneer at Peckham (I like it FYI) but is because > I really don't care. I think that makes you a no-longer-human-being.:-S You don't care about the community you live in, and the people who are your neighbours?

There is a quaint old English tradition called the tea break. While it has long disappeared from swaths of industry and commerce, there are some uniformed branches of public life where it hangs still by a thread. Think of it as akin to encountering morris dancers: admire the costumes, sing along to the sound effects, exchange cordial greetings and go on your merry way with a spring in your step.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Don?t we just do all of this to annoy Louisa? Perhaps the whole of EDF is just a nightmare that Louisa had, and the whole of ED will be swept away to be replaced by Bromley High Street, when she wakes up.

One of the more powerful aspects of state surveillance in both East Germany and Franco's Spain was the official snitch living on virtually every street. You knew not who was in the pay of the 'social police', so in effect nobody could be trusted. The word of the snitch to the authorities was enough to land you in police custody; and your private life investigated in depth. Though in Spain, attention could be temporarily diverted with small offerings of cash.

Aren't all men suspicious looking?

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bromley has one because Bromley has EVERYTHING, > unlike round here!!! > > Louisa. Go on Louise. Move to Bromley. I dare you.

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm not happy about it happening either - but we > can all see that this is a rare incident and the > statistics bear this out - we don't need > challenged people putting messages on here like > I'm sure East Dulwich is way up the list - The > last murder in East Dulwich I remember was about 8 > years ago in Solway Road. There was another murder in Brockill Crescent on Saturday, around an hour after I passed nearby. Yes, that's SE4 (but walking distance from here). That one hasn't hit the press in the way that the SE22 one has.

Re Barry Road: there has in the past been a rape (in the street) and a few other things. It's not the best street. But not the worst either. And not a whole lot different from several of the streets around it. What I'm not so fond of in that part of the road and nearby is the number of young men with 'statement' dogs (somewhere on the Staffie-pit bull axis, maybe not quite legal, certainly replete with plenty of metal). While some/most no doubt mean well (both dogs and owners) I personally find it a little threatening (but that's just me, mebbe).

SteveT Many thanks for your fan-dom. When it comes to white-collar crime, I hope to be always on the ball, as it were. We have a specialised govt. unit tasked with (urgh! what an expression. But I'll use it anyway) recovering the proceeds of crime. And there are some very clear and public proceeds right there in TJ's pocket. This 'loyal' (I quote The Observer profile yesterday) public servant is perhaps a little too loyal to her bank balance. Everyone talks about what happened, but nobody asks her to hand over the substantial dosh. I find this quite remarkable. If we fail to do anything about it, the buggers will keep doing the same old thing. Upholding standards in public life is about just that: actually upholding each standard, and calling on people to account. I have little time for the Italian political and judicial systems, but they seem to be doing more in this case than we are.

Yes, the Stella is the disturbing bit.

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Good question Lousiana! > > Although I guess it's quite an difficult area? > Imagine, for example, that you worked in a pub and > served someone who was underage - would you have > to hand your salary back because you did something > illegal while you were employed? Your example is a red herring. TJ was not an employee, nor did she receive the dosh 'in the course of her duties', 'whilst performing her duties' or as part of running a business as either employee or employer, however defined. Mr TJ came home with a wad of readies or equivalent, the proceeds of a crime but seemingly from an unnamed source, and she pocketed it. And it remains in her pocket, AFAIK. I would like to hear otherwise. If your brother defrauded a bank, and handed the money to you for safekeeping, and he was found out, would you really expect to keep your hands on the money? > > If it was proceeds from criminal activity then > that's one thing, but if it was a salary performed > for activities that were later found to be in > breach of the law, I don't know how the courts > would be able to address it. > > Interesting!

While TJ may have been stupid not to enquire where such a large sum of money suddenly came from - and to have signed a mortgage for such a large sum, likewise - I still have no confirmation that she returned the money once she did know. Has she returned the money? (or donated it to charity if it cannot be returned?). Because if not, she continues to benefit, substantially, from what has been deemed a crime in a court of law. It really is irrrelevant whether the crime is bank robbery or corruption. I'd love to hear that she has in fact returned the money to whence it came.

candyfloss Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I came across this website by accident, and can't > believe some of the comments I'm reading. I don't > live in ED I've only ever passed through on the > train, (and I didn't spot any red carpets or > gilted benches)but hello don't know if any of you > realised but you actually live in one of London's > most dangerous boroughs. Did some of you think > that just because you paid ???? for an over priced > shoebox that it came with some sort of forcefield > to protect you "the aspiring middle class" from > your scummy neighbours in SE15 (and no I don't > live there I live in Kent)? The facts are crime > affects everyone rich or poor, black or white. You > could be living next to a wife beater who next > week hits his wife a little too hard and kills her > - would that be less shocking or more acceptable > as he was from ED? > So you live in Kent > One of Stephan Lawrence's alleged murderers lived > in Chislehurst Kent, in a house worth over > 2.5million, which was allegedly paid for with > drugs money, so criminals can afford to live > anywhere including next door to you. And you have scummy criminal neighbours And you're telling *us* where to live?

Pulses: lentils, beans, chick peas. You can do great things with them and all have low GI. Sourdough bread.

Or self employed who need three mins of light relief between client dramas.

@ FrustratedLawyer: That was my very first thought when I saw the post. It just looks like a total plant. Which is why I didn't respond at first. @mikecg: there is only one dulwichmum. My own favoured addition to the Lane would be a micro branch of Heals or Liberty.

As benmorg has suggested, there's been a killing over parking, and a killing over a supermarket queue argument. And various killings with mistaken identity. All kinds of minor things these days may result in assault or worse. There are a lot of people walking around with weapons, and some people don't seem to need much cause to use them.

I'd venture to suggest that most of ED is more M&S than S&M.

The last ladies undies emporium on LL shut down, presumably owing to lack of business.

Get Firefox. I've been using it for years. I'm no geek. The extensions are great. (I spent Thursday in some corporate HQ with people struggling with a new version install of IE. Thing is with MS, they take a an interface that loads of people know, then throw it away and start again.)