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adonirum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > how many posters on this thread ? > have actually personally engaged > with the traveller community? Normal friendly neighbours is my own limited experience. Not that neighbourly exchanges over the front lawn count as "engaging the community" but I assume you're interested to know if folks think gypsies are some unknown strange group or have actually had normal interaction with some. They weren't what I would normally call 'travellers' given they lived two doors down! And I don't use slight social interaction with one family to offset my suspiciousness when certain kinds of trouble coincide with the mobile homes arriving in town.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > FM Mangal ? > Totally underwhelmed.. > Lamb Kofte was gritty and gristly.. > ? lots of shouting arguing. It's not just you: it's also so smokey that at the wrong table your eyes will water and you'll leave smelling like a bonfire. So maybe you go for take-away: they do a good range (I love any menu that includes Iskender kebab) but I agree the food has become greasier and grislier in the last few years. The wait time is longer than they expect it will be and they have forgotten my phone order more than once. It's a shame. The complimentary tea and Turkish delight while you wait used to be a nice touch. (Maybe not if you lose a filling!) They stopped offering me the free tea after I went in with a friend who had a fit of the clumsies and broke the cup! Meanwhile round the corner at the Vineyard, really excellent Cypriot food and good value too. I highly recommend.

?and keeping this thread strictly on topic for ED issues: which roads are now putting up the ex-Peckham Rye ex-Dulwich Hospital travellers? I noticed some posters here disgruntled with the nearer neighbours' enthusiasm for moving the travelers on. Having been fully outed as a massive cynic, I feel able to speculate that Christian charity in ED has not extended to inviting mobile homes for a couple of days' stay on the few front gardens or driveways in the neighbourhood. Edited to add: neither looking for sympathy nor to "get away" with outspoken views, aggressive grammar, or whatever. I simply wish to discourage thread hijack elsewhere. I'm more than thick skinned enough to deal with EDF's heartfelt, robust and sometimes misguided criticism :)

I'm feeling a bit sorry for the OP of the 'Stolen Scaffolding' thread, as it's going way OT into territory that's best covered in this thread. It's mostly comments about a suggestion I made there which some feel goes too far in casting aspersions on our visitors. I'd like to suggest that comments, flames or whatever about those views best reside here, not there. The other thread deserves sympathy for its OP, and/or helpful input. Sadly, a number of posters are so outraged by my remarks (which by the way are strictly on topic for the scaffording thread), that they feel the need to vent that outrage without actually remarking on the more outrageous main point of the other thread. That being, some thieving scumbag has nicked a load of scaffolding. Of course I'm not saying it must have been gypsies, I am saying though that their site is one of the first places the Long Arm of the Law should look. I do get why that offends well-meaning people, but whether you're offended or not, can I suggest you get it out of your system here, and if you want to post in the other thread then do try to take it back on topic. To clarify my views and admit prejudices on the record: gypsies are people. Some are good, some aren't, just like all other people. When it comes to the bad people in many social groups, those wrong'uns often tend to specialise in a particular class of bad things. For example, the criminal Columbian gangs over in Stockwell stick to drug related crime, with a talent for extreme violence. Gypsy criminals are known for metal theft. With the best will in the world, those are facts. We should have faith that most people value and live by decent morals. That goes for all communities, and certainly applies to gypsies and/or travellers. (By the way, not all gypsies are travellers, and there isn't a suitable noun that pleases everyone so do try not to get worked up about it, unless you're from one of the relevant communities in which case fair enough.) ** Tin hat firmly in place ** ? Flame if you must!

Just remembered, the other company with equally low rates was Moneycorp (again, don't know how that scales to what you need)

Despite all the opprobrium, I would still check that the local police have been specifically briefed today on what markings to look out for. And I'm sorry that this offends right-minded citizens - but I do mean specifically the police attending the site today. Strangers come to town; construction and scrap are both staples of itinerant work; scaffolding is stolen. That might be a case of "two plus two equals five", but then again it might not. I'm suggesting suspicion, not marching with pitchforks. However, if life has not made you so cynical, then good for you really. (I hope you find my antizaganistic aspersions today framed in less craven forms of grammar. Far be it from me to induce a Subjunctive Mood disorder.) (Edited for typos)

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ?pronouncing it as if it were 'coup de gras'. Which is being hit with a ball of fat. That's causing me irrational giggles. Especially since English-speakers often over-egg the "oo" sound, like when people intend to say merci beaucoup! but turn it into merci beau cul! (that's "thanks, nice arse!") "So you see darling, I simply had to deliver the cul de gras!" - the good old 'arse of fat' :D

The main thing to bear in mind is the timing. Depending to an extent on the scale of the transaction, you would normally expect to lose more from the pound regaining strength than from missing out on a sharper commission. (Or conversely, you would expect to gain more by waiting, if you believe sterling will fall further.) Having said that, there are undoubtedly some savings to be made from shopping around if you decide you have enough time. In my work life, I've seen Western Union charging commission 3x higher than its competition, for no better reason than many clients have only heard of WU and so don't always shop around. From memory, one of the lowest commission rates was from Deutsche Bank ? I'm sorry that I have no idea if that's going to hold true for your own circumstance! Best of luck.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > NHS crutches apparently cost ?23 a pair, so say King's give out ten pairs a day (surely a conservative estimate) that's somewhere north of ?85,000 per year, enough for three nurses or a consultant. Just imagining how this kind of thing happens. I wouldn't be surprised of the story goes something like this... Annual cost of chap to take care of crutch recycling: ?22k staff cost + ?4k office space and services + ?1k consumables ?someone does a calculation that Crutch Chap is under-utilised for 80% of his time and so they put his role in scope of some outsource contract or other, to save a notional ?20k per year (which they announce as a ?100k saving over the contract term). Outsource contractor doesn't really want to do the crutch repair service, as they were after the more lucrative main business, so they deliberately price crutch repair at a prohibitively high rate. Now it's cheaper for the Trust to just bin the crutches and buy new ones. Contractor lets the Crutch Chap go, and the saving on staff costs goes to their bottom line without any benefit to the Trust. Just a cynical flight of fancy there :)

An uncharitable and prejudiced cynic would wonder if our temporary neighbours at the Dulwich Hospital site happen to be storing any scaffolding materials there at the moment. ( **reaches for tin hat** )

This season is all about old skool, hard-wearing denim. Out with the stretch Lycra mix, in with the chafed thighs. Take your wife down Memory Lane by making it double denim, with authentic vintage touches such as Converse hi-tops and Sony foamy headphones secured by an uncomfortable thin strip of steel. Cords are already back in the Geography Teacher style camp I'm afraid. Only wear them if you really can't afford a vasectomy. Hope that helps.

A timely post. I don't have a bush myself. But my own unruly protrusion could take someone's eye out if I don't deal with it soon. Note duly taken: I shall find time at the weekend to vigorously address my over-exuberant bamboo.

You're so right, of course. Zo? and Fatboy's "will they, won't they?" so-called "end of the rainbow" is much bigger news!

"Well you see the thing is, I distinctly asked your fine bar staff for non-alcoholic lager. The drinks they served were delicious and by the time I realised I had been drinking reassuringly expensive, full strength Stella Artois, it was all too late and I was very nearly divorced. Leaving the motor in your care was the only responsible thing to do really. Disgraceful service when you think about it though I suppose - how about some Steak Club vouchers eh?" ;-)

Yes, ready chopped onion is a bit far. Just chop a load next time, and freeze them yourself. Much more sustainable than the carbon footprint and wastage from the supermarket's mechanically chopped batches. Ready chopped garlic and chilli on the other hand: gone are the days of accidentally rubbing your eye and regretting it for the rest of the day!

Lisa Taylor Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Heellloooo Brad > I'm Lisa Blisa? Brisa? Lad?? Sorry, it's just not going to work out. Most eligible EDF member by name is probably Seabrad. Not tempted by Angelisa? Or are you graciously leaving the field open for Angelouisa?

So now these two fine looking people are available to date at last, what are the next best power couple combinames they should go for? Bradley - you could do worse than Brandi. (I have no idea if Andi Peters is currently unattached, but give it a go!) Angie - honey, you should totally go for the triple: ChAngeLiam. Now that Liam 1D and Cheryl Tweedy-Cole-Ferrero-Rocher are rumoured to be expecting, it's the perfect time to step into a m?nage ? trois vedettes. Everyone wins: you love babies; they haven't got their own power couple name yet. Oh they are both in other power couple names at the moment though, courtesy of highly improbable internet conspiracy theories, so be prepared for some Twitter abuse from the 'Chim' and 'Larry' shippers! xx

Great to see so many upstanding, law-abiding contributors to this thread. You're so rare to find on the roads round here. In fact, I can't remember the last time I saw a car managing to stay below 20mph on the downhill section of that hill. If we're all for upholding the law, we're all for speeding tickets starting from 21 mph, right? If we're all agreed to stick to the rules rigidly, then it's fair enough to penalise a few yards of illicit bus lane occupancy. As it is though, no-one bats an eyelid at 28 mph in a 20 zone, and I don't see why we should get hung up about one minor infraction if not the others. Oddly enough, I've never seen anyone on horseback near Sainsbury's either. I guess people leave their high horses at home when they pop to the supermarket.

njc97 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No mentions for Anderson & Co - I'll mention them - nice food, but I don't like their coffee much! The blend is a bit fruity for my taste. Same is true for the magic* beans I've taken home from the General Store. uncleglen is right, you can't beat a decent single-source Columbian. *magic: euphemism for expensive ;)

macutd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i often move into the bus lane to avoid cars passing very close or cars building up behind me. You have my sympathy here, and a suggestion for an appeal approach: Even on a bike which has no trouble getting to 20mph, you get 'bullied' by cars coming up behind you and passing too close, because the drivers intend to speed (often in excess of 30mph). Riding in the bus lane is sometimes necessary for your own safety. There are two reasons that cars speed here: 1. The 20mph speed limit is not enforced; 2. Regular users of this road know that if turning from Grove Hill Road, you don't have long between the lights turning green at that junction to the lights turning red at Sainsbury's. Every day you will see people 'racing' the lights in order to make progress. The road is therefore dangerous for motorcyclists who intend to abide by the speed limit. On a small, lightweight machine especially, maintaining stability on an often windy hill is enough to concentrate on, without cars rushing past and potentially unbalancing you. The council must accept some responsibility for this dangerous situation, because they set up the speed limit but do not enforce it. To enforce the bus lane but not the speed limit is perverse. Anyway that's how I'd play it. If you decide to appeal, feel free to PM me if you would like a supporting letter saying how dangerous this stretch is for motorcyclists.

Hello OP. It's worth seeing what the experts on the forums at PePiPoo.com have to help you For example, this is one of the things you might find helpful (pasted from one of their forums): The guidelines for enforcement of bus lanes in London (and elsewhere) state that the operator should observe a vehicle travelling along a bus lane for at least 20 metres before he issues a Penalty Charge Notice. We hear of many instances where vehicles receive a penalty charge notice when they have clearly not travelled along a bus lane for 20 meters. For example simply cutting off the end of a bus lane or not able to avoid the first couple of metres or swinging in and out when a car in front suddenly stops. Councils are aware of this guideline but quite often ignore it. If you have received a PCN in these circumstances you should immediately write to the local council and point out that they did not operate within the guidelines. Edited to add: also take a look at buslanes.com

Mopeds. At 50cc's or less, they qualify as tiny enough for this thread. The irrational rage is stoked in my Inner Pedant, when the term moped is used to mean scooter. (Some scooters are mopeds, but most of the ones you see around are too large to qualify.) Venting pendantry here so that I will be better able to resist Grammar Nazi goose-stepping across other threads (and other sites, including to its shame the BBC News website).

You will find good appeal material at PePiPoo.com

So, who is it that you think should pick up the phone bill? 15p per call seems like a relatively small price for individual callers to pay. It's not like anyone needs to call 101 every day. When you consider that something like 40% of 101 calls turn out not to be police matters, it's understandable that the cops want to make a small charge that might make people think twice about complaining about next door's smelly bins or whatever. Otherwise it would be ??? of council tax money going on a phone bill instead of on essentials like bullets and tear gas and whatnot.

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