Bob Buzzard

yes, those shops on Rye Lane in Peckham do hair braids and dreads and similar hairstyles.

Thank you for that advice - the mix of sand/cement - is that 'Roofers' mix' I need to make?

Bob of the Junk emporium is fab - he did my fireplace in the front room for me at a reasonable price and I was pleased with the finished result, though I didn't actually like the fireplace I picked. I burn kiln-dried logs mostly and occasionally house coal.

*Bob* some people say I am your alter ego.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well I too have been confined to the lounge for > months now, and I'm rather liking my time here. I > feel like a squatter who's reluctantly > redecorated, put a few homely items about the > place and is now settled rather nicely. > > Louisa. How lovely, a fellow confined person, I had no idea you are also confined. It's quite frustrating as I do have valid local concerns and opinions as I'm sure you do too.

I was also thinking of adding Japanese clothes folding as I've seen some Japanese people tend to fold their clothes in a very particular style.

I noticed the other day that the pointing on my chimney stack needs doing. It doesn't look like too big a job. I've got a long enough ladder to get onto the roof so I was thinking of doing it myself. Has anyone else had experience of pointing? Can it be a DIY job or do I need to call someone proper like Dulwich Construction?

aerie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you will all be pleased to know that I finally > realised BB is a nuisance with nothing better to > do than post idiotic nonsense and meaningless > rhetoric. its tiresome?! no wonder normal > residents refrain from posting if this is the > standard, which needs raising, methinks. It isn't > even funny. I am a normal resident with views and opinions I like to express and share.

Zebedee Tring Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One eye's 'igher than the other one. On examination in the mirror this evening they do appear roughly symmetrically placed.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The thing with bob buzzard is there's an element > of likability about him/her. This newbie has > failed on every one of the 7 golden rules. It just > doesn't work. > > Louisa. Thank you Louisa - yes, I am quite likable (I think). P.S. I am no troll despite being confined to the Lounge.

I have two children at private senior school and one at an outstanding state primary as I can't afford to send him to a prep school. I nearly did send the middle one to a state secondary school then decided against it at the last minute. I think a mix of private / state schooling over a 14-year school life cycle is ok.

miga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Stay locally based dude, fight the good fight. Yes, that's right - I'm now totally locally based and rarely have to leave ED for anything except holidays.

Some advice please - my family and I have a 6-berth Vango tent with a front canopy. We often go camping to the Fort over the summer and have noticed over the past few years that more people are camping in traditional bell tents there and those families often look quite happy and carefree. Should I ditch the Vango and get a bell tent? I'm worried that in contrast to the Vango they are heavy, difficult to fold without creasing, and slow to dry out. Does anyone have any experiences of camping in a bell tent they can share?

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do you play with your pogo stick whilst you look > at your bike? No - I just lean it carefully against the wall avoiding getting any oil / tyre dirt anywhere.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > mmmm...you 'have' 3 kids and you think you can > have a stall and shop......oh yes, clipipity clop Well the stall would just be on Saturdays and Sundays until I've had time to open the shop. I think I would do school hours for the shop Tuesday to Friday and then a little bit longer on Saturdays. But thinking about that it has put me off the idea of having another sprog - so I'll just no to my wife if she mentions it again.

No - my bike is cool. I keep it in the bedroom so I can look at it as I go to sleep.

I am no parody. 100k is reasonable enough and we are comfortably off. She currently gives me ?1500 per month for shopping and all the kids stuff. She pays everything else. I actually used to work in the City on a good mint, but have given that up to be totally locally-based in ED, so I'm thinking of what I could do, though I've had a couple of ideas for a stall on NX Rd and also a shop on LL.

miga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think that all depends on whether your wife > works. Yes, she works for one those foundations masquerading as a charity that big companies have to demonstrate their social concern values - still she earns 100k per year so I can't complain (and it means I can stay at home).

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes quids, I think we all realise bb is a > wind-up... it's hardly subtle... I am no wind-up, I'm a bona fide resident of East Dulwich (unlike some who post on here) with genuine concerns and ideas - I do like the public discourse of the EDF, so I prefer to share my concerns and ideas here.

I'm not sure about. I have seen a specialist endodontist for root canal work, and I've also had a dental implant done by peridontal specialist. I've recently had a chipped lower molar whicg isd a little bit painful so I might need a CEREC restoration for that one. But I've never had any dental health lessons at school.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 4 is fine...by the time you have the 4th, the > eldest will be walking, 2 in a double buggy and > the baby under your arm to get on and off the bus! Ok, yes, I can envisage such a scenario, especially as my wife is out at work most of the day, when she is at work.

Great - thanks for the advice - I do ride a bike - a fixie as I'm a bit of an ED hipster. I'll be 64 by the time the proposed 4th child is 18, so maybe that is a bit too old? I have been looking at 6/7-seater cars - I'm currently considering a Citroen Berlingo Multispace with an optional family pack, which has a third rows of seats in the back. However I'm not sure about having to do all that baby to under 5 care again, especially as I stay at home now and my wife is at work. so I'd have to do it all.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Forget Glastonbury...forget Reading and > Leeds...even forget T in the Park, Bestival and > the Isle of Wight...and don't even think about The > Llyn Acoustic Guitar Festival (starts tomorrow > BTW)...I give you the EDF TrollFest, headlining > with Bob and Louisa on the Circle (of Perpetual > Nonsense) Stage... I went to Glastonbury and Reading this year (as I do every year, apart from Glastonbury's fallow year) - I was doing voluntary work at those events with the a charity that I regularly volunteer with. But that's beside the point of this thread - How representative of East Dulwich is the EDF?

Pickle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Your "wife" has been to GBK on a tinder date, > apparently. Might be worth checking paternity of > any future sprogs. My wife is a vegetarian, apart from fish and occasional chicken, so I don't think she would go to GBK. Also I've only ever her seen use Facebook.

Yes, I agree Peckham is now for the trendies, though I am a bit of a hipster myself, despite being 45 years old and a father of three children. But basically people need to have sense of place - I know mine (East Dulwich); other people should know they live in Peckham (or Peckham Rye or Nunhead) rather than thinking they're in East Dulwich. So the EDF should be local people posting about local issues for discussion with fellow locals.