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KateA69 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Having spoken to about 30 retailers today in Herne > Hill they are all concerned about their > livelihoods. Just Williams isn't just about the > kids, its about the whole community, and people's > livelihoods, their jobs. It takes a huge amount > of guts, innovation to run your own business. So > to totally focus on yummy mummy comments is to > belittle the issue. Sure profits have to be made, > but its about being reasonable and balanced. Do > we really all want a community taken over by the > big profiteering companies, that drive out the > very shops that drew us to these great places we > all live in. What happens when not only these > shops go, but some of the essential shops, such as > the local laundrette, for those that don't have > their own washing machine, the local garage to fix > cars, the local shoe mender - where we will get > this stuff done - or are we looking at the next > level of socio-economic cleansing? Using the kids > as an excuse to switch-off frankly doesn't cut it > as a reason to switch-off from this campaign when > its people's jobs at stake. Everyone has a right > to express an opinion, whether they are adults or > children, and good on them for learning to speak > out now when they are young, and not focus on more > petty issues and become cynical adults. Agree. There's something childish about the 'have a pop at the toffs' tone of some of these comments. Tiresome.

Had a very good (50% off) meal at The Cherry Tree last night ? well cooked and served up with a smile. Fair value even at the full price. We'll definitely be back to eat ? we already like the bar area and the beer selection but hadn't tried the food before.

That pointless ramp in EDG by the corner west of Dulwich Hospital is crazy. It also has next to it the remnants of tactile paving for a crossing that never happened. Probably because it would have been suicidal to use...

But that's what I suggested they were addressing? Yes?

For purposes of tree removal and site clearance, the nesting season is taken to be 1st March ? 31st July inclusive, but the nesting period for specific birds at specific sites might start before this and extend beyond it. In this particular case, I would say that crows, magpies, blackbirds and wood pigeons might start breeding earlier than 1st March, but not as early as the end of January. And as Sue says, the law in this case is to do with breeding and not using nests as roosts during the winter ? which is rare for these species in any case.

Just to clarify, the consultation addresses the issue of traffic islands: "In order to facilitate the extension along Red Post Hill, we would need to make alterations to the traffic islands to enable buses to use the road. We would also need to extend the double yellow lines at the bottom Red Post Hill junction with Sunray Avenue, to enable buses to easily continue serving along Red Post Hill. The length of the disabled parking bay on Red Post Hill junction with Denmark Hill will need to be reduced. However, this reduction in length will still allow one vehicle to park in this bay."

Yep, definitely a bot.

Is this a bot?

Haha! I love it when you go all serious, Louisa. And if you read the Daily Mail, you'll think that just stepping out of your house is a deadly activity. Everyone knows there's a *risk* of food poisoning from oysters (they're raw, after all). But put it in perspective. There are nearly a million recorded cases of serious food poisoning a year in the UK and about 500 deaths. An insignificant number of those involve oysters.

It doesn't really 'say it all' though, does it. If you looked at who gets poisoned by chicken in this country, my hunch would be it's probably not exclusively toffs. Is champagne similarly more dangerous than cheap prosecco, I wonder...?

"The test used to detect the virus was very sensitive and most of the positive samples contained very low levels of the virus. The FSA says that its test cannot distinguish between infectious and non-infectious types of norovirus, and it is not known how much norovirus a person would need to consume before it made them ill." Nothing to see here, move along...

I like oysters but I also liked Iceland. I?m middle class but we?ve got the scruffiest house on our road. I moved here over 20 years ago ? too old to be a bl0w in, too young to be a bleedin? local. I like proper pubs but also good restaurants. I?m a 21st-century schizoid East Dulwich man.

Is a double decker wider than the current single decker 42s? Sunray Avenue has similar parking issues.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What's that phrase, "first world problems"? > > Some kids both home and abroad are starving and > would be happy to just have a hot meal. I find it > difficult to sympathise, sorry! > > Louisa. Louisa, you could say that for a million topics that appear on the forum. It's a local forum, so we talk about local things. And we're in the first world. We can't spend 24 hours a day weeping over all the suffering in the world.

Deep-fried in breadcrumbs. Delicious.

Cruella... ;-)

Just received a letter from TFL about the proposed extension of the No. 42 bus route through Red Post Hill, East Dulwich Grove and Grove Vale as far as Sainsburys - currently it terminates on Sunray Avenue. It's a good addition to our local bus services. You can have your say here (consultation closes March 6th): https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/buses/bus-route-42?cid=route-42

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oysters used to be food for the poor.... They were > Cheap.. You could hardly give them away.. > > The 'Better Off' would not touch them with a > barge pole.. > > Now Coffin Bay King Oysters (Australia) cost > $100 each.. They are now the food of the rich.. > > > Some people will eat anything as long as it is > expensive enough to make them feel exclusive. > > DulwichFox. West Mersea, the Company Shed. Nine quid for a dozen native oysters. And they're fresher than anything you'll find in London. With the advantage that you don't need to be rich to buy them ;-)

A pereceptive look at Donald Trump (from a commentator who would not vote for him in a million years) and the unspoken class nature of his appeal: "He?s figured out that the most effective way to get the wage class to rally to his banner is to get himself attacked, with the usual sort of shrill mockery, by the salary class. The man?s worth several billion dollars ? do you really think he can?t afford to get the kind of hairstyle that the salary class finds acceptable? Of course he can; he?s deliberately chosen otherwise, because he knows that every time some privileged buffoon in the media or on the internet trots out another round of insults directed at his failure to conform to salary class ideas of fashion, another hundred thousand wage class voters recall the endless sneering putdowns they?ve experienced from the salary class and think, ?Trump?s one of us.? " http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/donald-trump-and-politics-of-resentment.html

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BrandNewGuy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The Sun And Doves used to have a sign that > read, > > "We allow anyone of any age in the bar before > > 7.30. However if you scream, cry or run around, > we > > will ask you to leave." Pretty fair, I think. > > Very small children and babies do scream and cry > sometimes... it's just what they do. I would > expect parents to take the kids outside to calm > down if it persists. But you do need to show a > little bit of patience and understanding. I > wouldn't take a young child somewhere with a > notice like that on the door. We did - the Sun And Doves was a great pub and our kids loved it too. And I think we're talking about situations where there is no give and take, and no understanding. Kid plonks a crisp on our table once. Fine. Kid repeatedly does it without parents taking a blind bit of notice or not caring. Bloody nuisance.

Amanda1979 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > .... when we have been there > with our highly active son. Even when he has > stopped right in the way when the staff member had > their hands full of plates they were courteous! Hmmm... We took our lads into pubs from when they were quite young but they were never ever allowed to run around or get in people's way. If it even looked like that might happen, we were out of the door. Because we felt that was the right thing to do. The Sun And Doves used to have a sign that read, "We allow anyone of any age in the bar before 7.30. However if you scream, cry or run around, we will ask you to leave." Pretty fair, I think.

edborders Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well, that is sad. > > You won't help save the woods and graves - > something you value - because you don't like the > people who are supporting it or the how those > people present the case? > > You are proud to admit that? Whoa... > > BrandNewGuy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > You see it's comments like this that remove > your > > credibility. I'm involved in a local 'green' > > friends' group and we've deliberately avoided > > backing the "Save Southwark Woods" campaign > > because of the amount of hysteria, > disinformation > > and fiction involved. Which is a shame, because > I > > think there's a strong argument to be made for > > opposing Southwark's plans. > > Lewis Schaffer, > Nunheader, comedian (usually), father of two boys > in East Dulwich schools. > Who are you? I didn't say I don't like the people who are supporting the case ? I suggested that your methods are dreadful and counterproductive. My love of trees goes back to the time when I was a kid and my mother was a leading light in the wonderfully named "Birmingham Tree Lovers' League". But I don't really feel I have to justify myself to you.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...Peak Oil? Very much alive and well: http://ourfiniteworld.com/2015/12/21/we-are-at-peak-oil-now-we-need-very-low-cost-energy-to-fix-it/

edborders Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you don't give a damn about the future (global > warming, flooding, rotting dead juices flowing > down Forest Hill Road) You see it's comments like this that remove your credibility. I'm involved in a local 'green' friends' group and we've deliberately avoided backing the "Save Southwark Woods" campaign because of the amount of hysteria, disinformation and fiction involved. Which is a shame, because I think there's a strong argument to be made for opposing Southwark's plans.

I think she's suggesting that someone with a similar name to Mr Save Southwark Woods (though a different gender) has signed up to ask about local 'woods' etc. And whether or not that's a coincidence.