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teddyboy23 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If your going to run a business your there to make > money.why refuse cash .it cost you more and the > business more when using a card .with coffees teas > at between ?2 ?4 apop how much more could you > make in a year There?s a cost to banking cash and in maintaining a float. There?s also the time and risk associated with properly accounting for the cash each day, checking your staff take the right amount, give the right change, don?t accept fake notes. Cash is not obviously cheaper than card, otherwise businesses wouldn?t be stopping accepting it.

There was something from Southwark Council a while ago about Solar Together (https://solartogether.co.uk/southwark/home). One of my colleagues used this scheme in North London and says it worked out really well for him.

Carrot cars have been ?70-?80 this year.

I think unless you?re driving a lot, installing a home charger is unlikely to pay for itself. We pay ?40 a month on the char.gy chargers which covers our usage - even if home charging dropped that to ?20 it?s still a long payback for installing a ?500-?800 charger.

We have a EV (Polestar 2). We need to charge it every couple of weeks and use either the char.gy lamppost chargers or occasionally the fast chargers at the Tessa Jowell Health Centre. Chargy bills you monthly either on actual usage (33p/kW) or on a ?40/month subscription which drops the cost to 19.5p/kW. The Tessa Jowell chargers take credit cards or various apps. Overall the char.gy lamppost chargers work well for us. Zap Map will show where they are and if they?re in use, generally I drive the car round the corner on a Saturday morning or evening and leave it charging for the day or night. It?s not super quick, but if you?re not using your car multiple times a day every day it?s easily manageable. Occasionally the char.gy chargers all all blocked by parked vehicles and I?ll head to Tessa Jowell instead, that takes around 1 to 1.5 hrs depending on how low the battery is. Again I drop it off, have lunch, then wander back to pick it up - it?s probably 30 mins out of my weekend which works for me. Southwark have said they?re rolling out more chargers this year and we?re hopeful for getting one where we usually park. Worth speaking to your councillors to lobby for more chargers near you.

Lebanums Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It clearly says round the lake that dogs should be > kept on a short lead. I was fearful of this when > the goslings had hatched. I did say to a few > owners who had their dogs off leads to be mindful > that there were goslings around, but I got a blank > stare back. It?s the same in Sydenham Hill Woods, clearly stated at all entrances that dogs must be on a short lead March - September (bird nesting season) but universally ignored. I?ve stopped asking dog owners to follow the rules as they just ignore you or claim their dog is somehow fine to be off lead. Of course since there is no enforcement anywhere it?s all a moot point.

I went for a run today and everything other than the bridge itself it open. To try to answer your question about where the diversion comes out: Coming down the steps from Sydenham hill there is a gate into the woods at the South-Eastern end of the footbridge. The main path runs parallel to Sydenham Woods and exits above the railway tunnel on Crescent Wood Road. There are two paths down to the North-West (Dulwich) side of the woods. A steep path drops down the side of the footbridge to join the path along the old rail bed, it?s then probably 100m to turn right and right again to get back to the other side of the footbridge. If you?re less mobile then there is a gentler path that branches off at the folly and gets you back to the main path through to Dulwich woods.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I didn't mean immediately on the right, KK. I > didn't mean just the footbridge, which yes is at > the top of Cox's Walk. > > According to the map at the entrance to Cox's > Walk, that whole side of the woods which would > have been reached by the footbridge is now fenced > off 😭 > > So yes, it's the part of the woods on the right if > you are coming from the Wood House. > > I was in another part of the woods. I'm assuming > the path which used to run from the far side of > the footbridge (ie not the Cox's Walk end) is no > longer usable in either direction. > > Apologies if I'm wrong. Last time I ran that way you could still enter Cox?s Walk at the top on Sydenham Hill and there was a diversion path before the footbridge that took you along and down to cross the old railway line and head back to the other side of the footbridge. I don?t believe that?s closed off unless it?s a recent change.

trinidad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have had candidate information from the Labor > Party for the Goose Green Ward. Strange, as my > ward is rye lane Me too, doesn?t bode well for their local knowledge!

ken78 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > if your not happy with your meal on just eat YOU > WILL GET A FULL REFUND as i have on more then 3 > times .its a no brainer, Just be warned after GBK in East Dulwich screwed up our orders repeatedly (usually forgetting fries or substituting items)we started having refunds denied and were told our account had been marked for fraud. We closed our account at that point.

If they?re storing materials or rubbish on the road, email Southwark highways department and they?ll get it sorted.

I know this is well meaning, but give money not stuff. It allows charities to buy what they actually need locally with none of the logistic overhead of sorting a load of often unsuitable cast-offs.

I?ve completed the consultation asking a similar question about permits. I?m particularly concerned about who is eligible for permits as I live a few houses up from the start of the restriction but regularly have to park in the restricted area due to a lack of spaces outside my house. The wording isn?t clear about if I?d be eligible or not. Also the only electric car charger in the surrounding streets is in the restriction.

We just received one for St John?s and St Clement?s which would close parts of Adys, Ondine and Amott. Given how terrible traffic is in the morning with aggressive drivers smacking their horns I?m in favour. Having a camera filter is better than a hard barrier like they have for Bellenden Primary.

The first thing I?d try is to get a really long Ethernet cable and see if the issue continues to occur on a wired connection. If so it?s a fault with Virgin (good luck with that?), if not then it?s a Wi-Fi issue which might be fixable with a mesh setup. Again if you?re going for mesh I?d really recommend hard wiring the access points.

I?ve worked in technology for 20 years and never heard a VPN called a VPL. What are you trying to use a VPN for? Generally I?d be wary of a lot of the cheaper ones.

A few additional tips: Definitely connect the mesh access points via Ethernet cable, it will make it faster and more reliable. As others have said use the same mesh extender in the garden studio too. Finally disable Wi-Fi on the Three router, that will mean you only have one Wi-Fi network that devices are trying to connect to. Also try to get everything possible off Wi-Fi and onto hardwired connections, smart tvs, computers used at desks etc. One other thing to consider is not just the headline bandwidth but also the contention and latency from your provider. For instance I got better real world performance from an A&A 70Mbps VDSL line than from Virgin?s 200Mbps line. I?ve now switched to A&A?s FTTP 160Mbps service and it?s brilliant. It?s twice as much as what Three are charging butI think you get what you pay for.

I?m trialing at work and really like it. It?s not massively different but it feels ?cleaner?, the changes are helpful and I?ve not encountered any issues. The biggest benefit I?ve seen is in window layout management, you can have multiple desktops and can snap windows to more layouts (halves, thirds, quarters and a few other options). If you hate the start button in the middle you can put it back on the left too.

I?ll believe this is going to happen when it?s actually done. PR Station was supposed to be getting step free access back in 2016/2017 and now there are ?proposals? for it to possibly happen almost ten years later. I won?t hold my breath.

Your friend might want to read her company handbook to ensure she fully understands any company policies around disciplinary processes, grievances etc. Generally she will be entitled to have someone accompany her to any formal disciplinary process and also be informed of the meeting in advance. She may also consider filing a complaint in writing setting out any discriminatory practices to protect her position in advance of any disciplinary if she thinks it?s heading that way. In the end it really depends how she wants to play it, if she thinks they?re going to escalate then she might want to seek legal advice (I can suggest someone if your friend would like). ACAS also has good guidance https://www.acas.org.uk/

One of the Rye Lane ward councillors came round in November or possibly early December. I guess they feel they ought to engage with electors once every four years. Never answer emails though.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Whatever the judge directs or the evidence is the > Jury still have an right to acquit for whatever > reason they see fit. > > Do people feel we should change that ? Realistically how would one do that? It seems you?d be bound to wind up substantially undermining the jury process. That said I would be supportive of juries publishing their reasons for the verdict, even just ticks or crosses against the judge?s directions. I?d also like to see more transparency and research into jury decisions which is currently illegal.

The jury directions have been published and make very instructive reading. It appears that none of the defendants admitted the statue was damaged and that was a decision for the jury to make. https://barristerblogger.com/2022/01/09/colston-summing-up-those-legal-directions-in-full/

TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pure speculation, having read the discussion > above.... > > The defendents admitted to damaging the > statue...so they basically 'plead guilty' to > damaging it. > > BUT, what they were charged with was was 'criminal > damage', so the question the jury may have been > asked to consider is the extent to which the > damage was 'criminal'...? > > maybe some form of lesser/civil charge related to > the damage might have gone a different way? > > As I say, thats just me thinking out loud I don?t know if they precisely admitted damage. They didn?t deny the statue was pulled down by them and others, but did the prosecution prove this caused damage (it?s now on display in a museum). Then as you rightly say the prosecution needed to prove the damage was criminal and that various defences didn?t apply. That?s why without the jury directions and all of the evidence it?s hard to know much about why the jury reached the verdict they did.

Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's not whether the jury is sure, it's "beyond > reasonable doubt"... > > But in any case a jury has always had a right not > to convict. Jury nullification is a check on the > law and prosecutorial discretion. There's no way > the jury didn't think the elements of the offence > weren't proven - they just didn't want to convict > the defendants. This verdict has zero precedential > value. It's just the latest example. > > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification It?s generally ?sure? in jury directions not ?beyond a reasonable doubt? which is not longer the standard direction. https://barristerblogger.com/2020/04/29/the-standard-of-proof-in-criminal-trials-peter-hitchens-is-right-and-lord-goddard-was-wrong/?fdx_switcher=true