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Unfortunately Rokus don?t appear to have Ethernet connections so that isn?t an option. Sorry.

I have a UniFi mesh network connected via Ethernet cables. Gives perfect coverage in a tall Victorian house where the brick tends to absorb signals. I?ve used the Linksys extenders before, generally they?re good but devices aren?t as good at switching between extenders as the signal gets weak. A simpler solution if it?s just the TV is to run an Ethernet cable from your router to the TV provided it has a wired port (most do). My standard advice is hardwire everything you can to avoid congestion on the WiFi.

We mostly use the adhesive ones from https://www.mynametags.com/ which are really good and much less hassle than iron on. We also have a stamp set from https://stamptastic.co.uk/ which is quick and easy provided the clothes have an obvious space for the stamp. For the labels having a picture/icon on them is helpful so your child can recognise their stuff is the one with the dinosaur on the label before they can read their name.

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You're right blah blah, the budget for services > would still be there and needed but the cost for > city hall, city hall workers, assembly members , > tsars , the Mayor and all associated expenses > wouldn't. > > That's multi millions that could be used for > London centric projects / needs and not just on a > layer of bureaucracy that sits between local > councils and the government. Potentially. What you?ve listed costs about ?65m a year according to the budget on London.gov.uk. Presumably if we did away with the Mayor and Assembly we?d want some oversight of TfL, LFB and the Met, perhaps this could be absorbed into central government departments or perhaps the boroughs could provide oversight as a collective group somehow? In either case that wouldn?t be free. Personally I would favour power being devolved downwards from government to the mayor (particularly around transport) and a rethink of the borough structure which makes little sense.

mrwb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'll agree, ?200 on every single council tax bill > in London ish? 10% increase from last year. Less than 10% of that is the Mayor and Assembly, 75% ish is the police and the rest is the Fire Brigade and TfL. Not saying the Mayor and Assembly plus Boroughs are the right way to run greater London, but most of the spending would be incurred anyway.

Whenever I?ve purchased a house I?ve been advised to have insurance in place from exchange for precisely this reason. I?d be tempted to leave the insurers to sort it out otherwise you may wind up paying out of pocket for something the purchasers insurers would have picked up.

The lower end of Rye Lane into Peckham Rye has lots of bars and restaurants. So it?s not surprising it?s quiet in the mornings in the middle of lockdown. Of course the hipster demographic may move on, but in other places that has been because they?ve been priced out and those replacing them are attracted by those same bars and restaurants.

From what I see around East Dulwich almost every driver ?misses? the 20 mph signs. The difference is that the LTNs are enforced.

That was the huge problem with the redesigned Carlton/Court Lane junction pre-LTN. The priority was changed, but large swaths of drivers simply ignored the new signs breezing through the give way line or blocking the junction.

The attempt to ?reclaim? words by certain groups is certainly controversial within those groups and so you?re not correct to say it?s universally ?ok?. In any case using them in those contexts is necessarily limited to the group trying to change the words meaning. I?d also add, why would you want to use a word that you know people will find offensive?

worth speaking to your insurer to see if they?ll issue him with evidence of 6-years no claims as a named driver or issue him a policy on that basis.

I?d email your councillor and see if they can intervene. I?ve found missed collections a bit hit and miss, they seem to be better with the food waste than with recycling.

Just to update this I contacted the Parking department via Southwark's website and they've just emailed to say they've extended my permit for this year permit by just over two months to compensate.

pebs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Aha- wasn't aware. I guess it's just London mayor. > Many thanks!! Mayor and assembly. Southwark council elections are next year.

You know there aren?t council elections in Southwark this year right?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Drivers who get caught are Heavily Fined and get > points on their Licence (quite rightly) Except there is almost zero enforcement which is why I see drivers on their phones almost every time I?m out. Even when a woman almost ran me over on zebra crossing the police screwed up the paperwork so she got away scot free. I?d make driving holding a mobile phone an automatic 12-month ban and ?1000 fine, balance the low likelihood of being caught with serious consequences if you are.

diable rouge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This smacks more of personal than political, even > Farage realised that by standing at the last GE, > votes for his party would undermine the chances of > the Tories winning and thereby Brexit completing. Not that I disagree with the sentiment, but doesn?t Scotland?s system of PR make this a different calculation there?

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I read it that jazzer said 2022 not this year. You?re quite right I must have misread the title.

The election here is for the mayor and assembly, Southwark councillors are not up for reelection until next year.

siousxiesue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you sign up to Money saving Expert they have a > scheme where they tell you if you start paying > over the odds and where you can save money. > > I think they even do the switch for you They do require you to track usage, update the website and initiate the switch. The nice thing about the automatic services is they do all of that for you. I just got a notification today that they?re switching tariffs within my current supplier to save me ?67 a year which is good.

They calculate the cost benefit of shifting (including any exit fees). That said the deals I?ve been shifted to (mostly back and forth between Arvo and Green) haven?t had penalties.

I use a company called flipper to move me automatically when I can get a better deal. It cost ?50 a year but only when they?re saving you more than that.

A Thames Water guy threatened me when I asked them to stop idling their truck outside The Belham. I complained to Thames Water but never heard anything back. In general my success rate pre-pandemic was about 10%.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's a different coffee for a atart never mind the > rest of the conspiracy theory. > > ?A uniquely Australian coffee, slightly stronger > than a latte, with steamed milk,? says Starbucks? > Australian website. New Zealand would disagree with the claim to be ?uniquely Australian?

A lot of people are saying traffic is terrible at the moment (which may well be true) but even pre-pandemic and LTNs getting from Greenwich to E Dulwich in twenty minutes wasn?t realistic. Even if things go back to regular traffic patterns 40+ mins seems more realistic.