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aquarius moon Yesterday, 07:02PM Bluerevolution Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Apologies to all for my flippant post Good on you for admitting a mistake. It takes guts to even admit that you are in the wrong. Posters that see it & rectify it with an apology are amazing, because most don't. Agreed. Fair play to you. I've edited out the less temperate sentence in my earlier post because on reflection, I don't think your remark was meant seriously.

Oh and lets not forget Mootown when they are doing their Welsh rarebit or cheese on toast. I can't pass by the smell of that without stopping...

On a Saturday morning amble down LL and Northcross Road oddly enough I'm not looking for the (subjectively) 'best' Souvlaki in London! I'm happy with what is there. Sometimes I'll go to Dogfather as I love their stuff as well (and love chatting with them) or to the Vietnamese place - even though I'm sure I could leave the local area and the kids behind and travel a few miles across London and find something marginally 'better' or more 'authentic'. But so what? I'm in LL area and having a relaxing pleasant morning - the last thing I want to do is trek somewhere. Aidan, you can stick to Google and travelling if you like. Each to their own.

Fair enough. Although I wouldn't suggest anyone actually do it, I must admit I agree with the general sentiment and it would no doubt be effective!

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You are right, things have moved on (a lot) since then. Section 49 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (headed "False alarms of fire") provides: (1) A person commits an offence if he knowingly gives or causes to be given a false alarm of fire to a person acting on behalf of a fire and rescue authority. (2)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction? (a) to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, (b)to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, or ©to both. I would suggest calling and e-mailing the council (or even the police non-emergency line) and complaining about the bonfire. But not making a hoax fire call.

I don't think it is prosecuted as theft of electricity. This from the Fire Service website - (it is a hoax call offence which is prosecuted):- "The actual law states that a hoax caller is 'a person who for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another, sends, or causes to be sent, by means of a public electronic communications network, a message that the person knows to be false'. A person making a hoax call to emergency services can be taken to court and may face a fine of up to ?5,000 and/or be sent to prison for six months." All calls to the emergency services are voice recorded and the number of the telephone being used to make the call is displayed to the emergency operator. It only takes a few seconds for the operator to find out the address of where the call is being made from and this can be given to the police if a hoax call has been made. Other facilities such as CCTV can, and are, used to detect offenders. In 2010, a total of 31 mobile numbers were disconnected by the network provider after problems with persistent hoax or inappropriate 999 calls. Further information Prosecutions With successful prosecutions we can apply for compensation. A cost can be claimed per hour for each fire engine called out to an incident that turns out to be a hoax call. An additional cost is requested if an officer also had to attend.

Well, in response to the comment "the food at Souvlaki Street is great" you said "I completely disagree" and went on to say it "is about as authentic Greek style souvlaki as chicken tikka masala is in India. On top of that it's overpriced..." So you sort of implied both (that you don't like non-'authentic' food and that it wasn't nice)? Anyway, I see you felt strongly enough about the subject to register on the EDF and make that your first ever post - so fair enough.

Sorry, just read Otta's post - my last post was a bit repetitive of that!

Each to their own Aidan, but if you refuse to eat chicken tikka masala (just about the most popular food in the UK) because it is not 'authentic' Indian, you are going to find yourself being disappointed at most Spanish tapas restaurants, not to mention most Italian, Chinese or Turkish restaurants in the UK. Most I've been to are not 'authentic' but they can still be very tasty. I agree the prices are not bargain basement, but if you don't want to part with your 5 quid you don't have to. That said, taking account of overheads and ingredients and the fact that these people are trying to make a living, I can't see how they could sell for anything much less than that.

I don't understand why something has to be 'authentic' to be nice? I didn't say it was authentic - but I do think it is delicious. The only gripe I have is the wait - that's because it is always so busy with other people who seem to like it.

The food at Souvlaki Street is great. The joke was also very funny, I thought.

Thanks Mike - I am enjoying my life. You seem a bit resentful and angry? Hope that works out for you and/or things look up soon.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Think it's pretty obvious that it's not > representative. It's comprised mainly of people > with cushy office jobs. Or cushy "work-from-home" > jobs. > > Anyone who actually has to work hard for a living > (including the much maligned "yummy mummies") > don't have time to spend on here. Also, people who have retired, as well as those who just don't get out much, preferring (or needing, for whatever reason) to spend their time in front of a computer screen in a virtual world.

Interesting! I'm guessing the researchers omitted to read the EDF Lounge postings of some of the regular moaners, complainers and nay-sayers! Out in the real world though, this doesn't surprise me - ED/SE22 is a great place to live. I love it.

Dulwich Fox wrote: "I urge others here to also give our Lou. another chance." Ok - fair enough. Louisa then wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- "...or if you don't want to get banned, just repeat the above process but just point out every so often that you're a blow in from somewhere posh. Admin won't touch you with a barge-pole." Oh.

Sounds like they switched the gas off!

You can also participate in cycling, while F1 is comparatively inaccessible. I accept that if you don't follow cycling he may not be well known. But, you would be hard-pressed to find a cycling fan who doesn't know about Alex Dowsett. Aside from being a CW games gold medal winner and British Champion time trialist etc, he was a member of Team Sky, now he's on the Movistar pro team. He's the only elite athlete to have haemophilia (God knows how he can/has the nerve to perform as a pro cyclist at all!).

That said, if you are not at all into cycling or sports endurance feats generally, I can see that watching a bloke riding round in circles might not be the most riveting way of spending an hour of your life.

Tickets to watch Dowsett's world record attempt at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester were also sold out.

What, you mean the famous Alex Dowsett who beat Bradley Wiggins in the 2013 Giro D'Italia time trial in 2013, and who last year set a new British 10 mile time trial record (again beating Wiggo), later in the year winning the British National Time Trial Championship for the third time in a row, then taking the gold medal for Team GB in the Commonwealth Games individual time trial? That Alex Dowsett? Are you suggesting he is just 'some bloke on a bike' or 'Fred Nobody'? If so, I stand impressed by what you must have achieved in life to make him look so anonymous in your mind. Fair enough that cycling might not be your 'thang', but that doesn't mean the hour world record attempt was a load of boring guff. For some it was quite the opposite. It is actually an incredible physical challenge beyond almost any other sporting event you are likely to see. No, I didn't watch Alex Dowsett - he set his record (1.5 km less than Wiggins did last night) in Manchester. Btw - and this is a serious suggestion - I'm not being funny - there's a superb film about Graeme Obree and the one hour cycling record, called 'The Flying Scotsman'. Even if you are not a fan of cycling, or this particular event, it is well worth watching.

Because it was a WORLD RECORD attempt (involving one of the most extreme physical challenges that exists). You would hardly get 'some bloke'/'Fred Nobody' performing such a feat!

That is great news.

So, it seems based on those reports it's about 50/50 as to whether you will be received with rudeness and a complete lack of any empathy or ordinary standards of customer service, or whether you will get a good job done with a smile (or at least a grimace). Not great odds really!

Yawn.