Moovart

This is just normal business behaviour. That's why there are so many coffee shops in ED and shops selling gifts and interiors stuff, clothes, restaurants. If there's more than one business of a similar type then it can benefit all of them up to a saturation point and keep up quality. It's all sounding like many think Chango has made a malicious move when it actually sounds like it's owned by one guy who has a good business that has done well. Anyway this is all great advertising for both empanada places. Very close by is the organic grocer who sells really good value and very tasty samosas and other Indian snacks which are also worth trying.

..... thinking about the discussion about Chango. Their "About us" blurb on the website says started by one Argentina guy. So if one person has a successful business and goes on to open a number of shops when do they go from a supported successful "family" business to a less liked "chain"?

Focussing on the OP immediately shifts the focus of the post from the antisocial, thieving git that the OP wants to vent about to a discussion about casual racism and in my mind, it's the shoplifter who should be the focus of this thread even though she is unidentifiable. It's all just venting on here in the end.

Why jump on the OP more than the shoplifter? It is pretty crap to just walk in to a shop and blatantly steal stuff and it does seem to be happening more often which is depressing. I've witnessed it several times in the last couple of years sometimes with groups of shoplifters who rush in and quickly steal a whole load of stuff. It does seem to me to be becoming more common. It's particularly galling when it's stealing non essential stuff like beer unless the person is an alcoholic and not being done because of poverty and hunger. All it does is put the prices up for those that pay and encourage others to just take stuff too. I guess the OP just wanted to share their anger. Not sure what a lone security guard can do which is also depressing because if there's no consequence for thieves then such behaviour will inevitably increase. ☹️

I think you're right but I would love to know if anyone who has put in a swift brick for planning has actually seen a swift or other bird, or even a bat nesting in it. Hopefully someone will post on here 🤞

That's a good start but do you have a shed load of money too?

I've seen a few incidents recently where the bikes jumping the red lights have almost hit the bikes going through the green lights. A hazard to eachother 🤷

I have to disagree Sue. It diminishes him as a serious politician. It was a misguided attempt at "humour". Unfortunately, the lack of respect that politicians show for eachother especially in parliament just makes the whole governing process look like a school boys and girls rabble at which we mostly groan, and lose faith. This in turn imo, contributes to the many reasons why ordinary people become disillusioned and disenfranchised from the governing process and start turning to blatant fraudsters, liars and narcissistic man babies like Farage and Trump (not excluding other fraudsters, liars etc that have already got themselves into parliament). It's increasingly difficult to take it all seriously. I hope J McAsh has seen the light and unraveled that jumper and remade it with a Xmas reindeer on the front!

I would think most people were totally unaware of the consultation. There was no notification of the consultation immediately outside of the selected area even though residents of adjacent streets would obviously be affected. I believe it was First Mate who put the consultation meeting dates on the forum which was helpful, but most people don't read the forum. At one of the consultation meetings, the council staff suggested residents of adjacent streets should do their own leafleting if they were concerned.

Those bloomin' Arks are a menace!

🤣Yes reading the roads section is beginning to make a person feel like they've been hit by a fast moving undefined mode of transport without even leaving the house!

Is this a survey? In which case my answer is No There is one traffic lighted crossing and I think we can cross at other points close by using our own common sense. But I would like to see some cyclists slow down more as they go through the junction.

I came across the comment below so seems this part of the track is supposed to be a pedestrian area but agree if you cycle across the parallel bars especially when filled with rainwater there's a high chance of coming off in the tramlines. Once you know it's there you can take appropriate action but first time users could be caught out. ☹️ Note that this is at the entry of the cycle lane. It's not designed to alert cyclists that their lane is ending; it's designed to make sure that cyclists do not enter the pedestrian lane (and that pedestrians do not enter the cycle lane). Not sure how good they are. This junction in vauxhall bridge road is absolutely lethal for pedestrians as cyclists just ride across the pedestrian area at high speed. I've seen a few near catastrophes at this site.

What is an astro-turfer? 🤔 Explanation please.

I suspect that will be impossible and if the data is held in an NHS system, I think it will definitely be impossible. I don't believe it would be the likes of Apple or Meta in terms of IT security. If I were having a baby now I think I would opt out.