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MrBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Until recently the 40 bus used to take 35 to 40 > mins to the City leaving LL before about 7.15am. > Last month has been an hour most mornings and so > I've been getting the train or.....walking! > There's a great walking route up quiet leafy roads > past Rye Lane > Dunton Road> Tower Bridge that > takes 1 he 25 mins if you're brisk. It's great > when the weather is this nice, less dangerous than > cycling and rather energising too. I walk to work (London Bridge) two or three times a week depending on the weather. Nice quiet route through Camberwell and Walworth which takes about an hour and ten minutes.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Before grams what weights were used for cocaine ? > > 0.0352 ounces ??!! In the 70s? The 'bowlful' was the unit, I believe.

EDLove Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 'The ad puts Marks & Spencer at the top of the > league, paying 78p for four pints to farmers for > milk that costs 68p to produce. Sainsbury?s pays > 72p for four pints while, at the bottom of the > league, Lidl, Aldi and Iceland pay 56p to 59p. > It?s not enough.' I'd take an ad from one of the big retailers with a big pinch of salt. It's very likely to be a snapshot rather than anything that reflects long-term prices and like-for-like comparisons (as the ad itself admits when it says sourcing from co-ops might pay higher prices). The supermarkets play the same game with their 'cheaper than...' ads.

EDLove Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Iceland does some OK stuff. Their milk is > cheap. > > Cheap milk shouldn't be viewed as a positive > thing; it should be concerning. It certainly is to > dairy farmers losing their livelihood. But, as > long as the bargain-hunters of East Dulwich can > have a nice chat with the friendly workers of > Iceland whilst fuelling a demand for low-priced > produce, who cares about those farming communities > or ethics...? > > http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/ > 25/observer-view-on-supermarket-prices-dairy-farme > rs Iceland are unlikely to be getting their milk cheaper than other ? bigger ? retailers. They're just happier with a smaller margin at retail. And milk production has had less and less to do with 'farming communities' for some while now. By all means criticise the industry, but don't single out Iceland.

MrBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You have to wonder if today's resignation was > sparked by something else the Feds have just found > under a rock. If so he's jumping before the shit > hits the fan. Entirely in keeping with the > abhorrent vain $d ??$ that he is. I suspect the Feds already had what they needed on Blatter - and the last week or so has been about privately doing a deal in exchange for coming clean and cooperating.

robbin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BHG - sounds like you have never bought veg from > SMBS or Prettys if you think Iceland's onions, > potatoes and carrots are as good as is gets. No, I didn't say they were as good as it gets. And saying you can go to Lidl or Aldi in Peckham, well, you'll still be able to go to Iceland in Peckham. The point is it's on our high street.

No reason why their milk, butter, onions, potatoes, carrots, tinned beans, etc are worse than other retailers. They're exactly the same, just cheaper. All you have to do is hold your nose while you walk past the beef and gravy pizza freezer...

aquarius moon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Palace of Peace? > > Nature's Grace, Blue Aquarius, incense, vegetarian > food, love & peace. Still sounds wonderful. > > If I'd lived in ED back then, I know where I'd > have been spending my time. As if we couldn't have guessed from your name ;-)

It wasn't - it was personal details about the owner.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi BNG, > The changes have been a big improvement for me > walking through the junction. No longer are we > getting right turing cars jumping the red lights > coming out of Townley road. But I suspect that > illegal manuevre being removed has reduced the > junction capacity a little. Yes, you mentioned this before without any evidence. Even if it were true, a car or at most two per phase not getting through cannot possibly account for huge queues on EDG. You seem not to accept that the signal timings have clearly changed.

AM, they're farmed exotic creatures. I'm a veggie too, but I'm no more outraged by farmed crocodiles than I am by farmed pigs.

Robbin, that's correct. The Belgians are much more civilised in this regard. Most kids' playgrounds in parks are plonked right next to a bar, so the adults can have a beer while keeping an eye on their offspring. And no howls of outrage...

FJDGoose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > army - bargy ? Yeah - bloke in the army, fought the Argies, now 'aving a bit of argy-bargy. Louisa's favourite pub would have a threatening looking meathead propping up the corner of the bar pretending he'd been 'in the Paras'.

But the response you got was clearly insufficient because it claimed that the traffic phases(s) hadn't been shortened, just rearranged. We need to clarify if that is the case, because frankly I don't believe it.

Degsy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A guy with a similar description knocked on my > door on Hindmans Road 20mins ago asking if I knew > a Delia, because his sister was visiting her and > he was looking to pick her up but couldn't find > her. That old chestnut - everyone has a mobile phone these days, so it's even less plausible than it used to be.

Can't make it, alas.

Just had an email from Southwark about a survey concerning planning consultations and how they are conducted. Worth a few minutes of your time to let them know your views. There have been a number of complaints on the forum about how Southwark go about publicising planning applications etc, so do take part - and there's just two weeks to respond. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1irv0eVt_jvWO7XbHjmjGd3Rse_bPA8JFf4fMgPgrhJ0/viewform

Shouldn't a tanning studio be a Ray Parlour? I'll get me coat...

Poodles have parlours, too. But probably no cream...

7/8 - curry king :-)

Dildos

Websites offering a PayPal option that still insist on you putting all your billing and delivery address details in. No, you'll get that info from PayPal, not from me. That's part of the attraction of PayPal from the lazy punter's point of view.

Get A Life - Lil Wayne Which could be sound advice for you lot still playing this b*oody game :-)

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is the response I've had - and as a > pedestrian it does feel an improvement: [snip] The signal timings have not been changed > from before the UTC infrastructure was installed & > commissioned however the signals stage order has > been revised for what they consider to be greater > capacity and efficiency. It is likely that this is > the change that has been observed, which includes > the pedestrian stage appearing after the East > Dulwich Grove eastbound right turn rather than > Townley & Green Dale. I can't see how that can be right. Changing the order of the lights (but not the timings) to have the pedestrian phase at a different point shouldn't affect the volume of traffic able to pass through from any one direction. Am I missing something? You say that it 'does feel an improvement'. In what sense? Safer? But it wasn't unsafe before. Every morning (some time between 7.45 and 8.15) I either walk to work, going up EDG and turning right down Green Dale, or get the train, walking the other way down EDG and turning left down Melbourne Grove. And I haven't noticed the lights at the junction be 'safer' in any way, but I have noticed the large queues of westbound traffic. This morning at about 8.10 I could see that the queue stretched back to the junction of Matham Grove and EDG. And, like jonl5, I too have noticed cars dipping left into Glengarry Road to get round to the Hillsborough road exit onto EDG just below the lights. Is this an acceptable knock-on effect of the changes?

And a shout out for Clarkshaws and Brockley for 'normal' strength beer too. I think ED is served pretty well for real ales, Foxy - and a greater range than I can think of twenty years ago, even excluding the strong IPAs, chocolate stouts etc etc.