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Any further news on the road resurfacing? The council leaf-blower has just made its stately way along Trossachs Road. Nothing all autumn and now on January 9th? Most of the leaves near us have been compacted into the pavemenbt ? which should prove challenging if we have a big freeze. If I'd known they were going to leave it this farcically late, I'd have swept the leaves myself. It would be nice to know. Ditto if and when it snows.

Indeed - a chain I approve of :-) With regard to Tesco, many of the Tesco Express stores have been opened speculatively to see if they'll be profitable. A quick and dirty way of judging local demand, similar to the way Starbucks used to flood an American city with stores and then see which ones floated and which ones sank.

Many thanks.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Council officers have told me about planned road > resurfacing works. Hopefully all residents have > been told - if you haven't please let me know: > > Fellbrigg Road, between North Cross Road and > Whateley Road 8-9 January > Trossachs Road, between Thorncombe Road and > Glengarry Road 15 January Jusr received a letter about this saying that Trossachs Rd is to be resurfaced ? on January 17th. A Saturday? Really? Incompetent buffoons.

FWIW there's a petition here demanding answers and clarity about the LB situation. I doubt it will have any effect whatsoever, but it's nice to let off steam: https://www.change.org/p/we-deserve-answers-to-the-problems-londonbridgetrains

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes,apparently there is a discrepancy of up to ?3 > per hour between the rates of pay. Apart from at > peak times they are mostly empty! Ditto trains and, of course, cars at all times.

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taper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did you go to any of the presentations a month > ago? Lots of detail there. Can't find a link > though. > > Basic idea was to link Greendale to St Francis > park and to DKH woods, including with a green walk > though the housing development. There were also > plans to improve the green space on Greendale, > with the new stadium broadly where the AstroTurf > currently sits. Yes, I know about the plans the Council have if the lease reverts to them, which is questionable. Hadley, the current leaseholders, have no such plans at the moment. Apart from putting some play equipment in one corner of Green Dale fields (which I see no particular reason for), there's almost nothing the Council plans to do with the open green space. Hadley wanting to build an entire football club on the astroturf pitch is a different matter, however...

And what are the plans for developing Green Dale fields?

taper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Similar contemporary issues now of course where > some are objecting to the planned development of a > new stadium by over-egging the importance of an > unlovely and seldom used piece of scrub land Eh? Green Dale fields have been there a damn sight longer than the current stadium. It's a wonderful patch of green and space and light. It doesn't have to be 'used' to have 'value'. That's the language of the developers, whose only interest in propping up the club is building dozens of flats on the current pitch site to make tens of millions in profit. Take care if you sup with that particular devil.

4-1 win and another 1,000+ crowd. Good stuff!

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lets hope no serious injuries. > > We've done lots on that junction. Added a > signalled crossing there across Lordship Lane, had > a full entry treatment added. Had East Dulwich > Grove and Lordship Lane (Goose Green to Whateley > Road) made 20mph. Collectively that is much more > than ?200,000. > > We take pedestrian safety seriously. Hence why we > organised a Living Streets (Pedestrian > Association) report to be commissioning about > Lordship Lane. James, you've been told dozens of times before and after these irrelevant changes how dangerous this junction is for those trying to continue a journey up or down the west side of Lordship Lane on foot. You have ignored this time after time. As you were asked on many occasions at the time this junction was being tinkered with, why have you never supported a pedestrian crossing at this junction?

Dull morning ? thrown out some old paperwork, played a few Xmas tunes, tidied up my desktops (real and computer) and now off to The Rake for a few heart-starters. Back later to pick up my bag and post childish Xmas smut on Facebook.

kristen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What about the elderly or people that need to see > a GP but can't battle through the 1hr phone queue > or stand outside waiting for an on the day > appointment? My dad - in his 90s - doesn't see his > GP when he really should for these reasons > resulting in him needing more care and "costing" > the NHS more. They don't pay prescription charges, so under my suggestion would be unaffected. > Also ?20 is a massive amount if you're on a low > income. I have a chronic condition ... so likewise, not affected by my suggestion. > What is a freeloader anyway - we all pay for the > NHS. Most people aren't hypochondriacs Never said they were, but anything that is always free at the point of use will be used frequently by people who don't need to bother thinking about whether there's an alternative. > - they're > worried or concerned and don't really have > anywhere else to go. If there was a better system > of walk in clinics and pharmacists who were able > to prescribe for simple conditions and give good > advice this would help relieve the GP surgery. Well, go to a pharmacist then. That's exactly what they do and what the government has spent tens of millions of pounds trying to tell people to do. Sometimes I despair...

Well don't 'extrapolate' then. Bit like your 'logical conclusion' thing. Here's an example of 'freeloading'. Despite countless campaigns, leaflets and advice about the uselessness of going to the doctor when you have a cold or flu, people still go in their droves: "In addition, new research done by the website doctors.net.uk to support the launch of the campaign shows that GPs struggle to cope with their caseload as the months get colder. On average, doctors in the South West say almost a quarter of their consultations in the winter are for patients with cold and flu symptoms which don't in fact warrant a GP appointment. Eighty-five per cent said they had felt pressured by their patients to prescribe an unnecessary antibiotic. The research also shows GPs are spending an average of three full hours a week seeing patients who could have been treated by a pharmacist." http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Cold-sufferers-urged-avoid-unnecessary-GP-visits/story-20093142-detail/story.html#ixzz3M8ynTTP6 And www.treatyourselfbetter.co.uk These people aren't 'hypochondriacs'. They're behaving in a system for which there are no disincentives for changing their behaviour. You could just build a lot more surgeries and train and employ thousands more GPs, but people would then find it easier to get appointments to go to the GP with trivial ailments and therefore more likely to. As I said, this only a small part of a problem that's one among many facing the NHS. And I'd agree that many aspects of the NHS are underfunded, but simply spending more and more will not work in the long term.

miga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > (other than that you think some people > you know are hypochondriacs), it's just an > assertion. I certainly did not say that people I know are hypochonriacs. Why do you think surgeries employ medical secretaries to give advice, and why there are ad campaigns to get people to ask their local pharmacist about minor ailments? Why did Labour intriduce NHS Direct? Because they're all worried about increased demands on GPs when they're not necessary. > If you're asking how to increase GP capacity, I > think more surgeries should do it. And how do you propose to do that?

miga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's also a poorly structured argument to make a > prejudice or suspicion your conclusion, then work > backwards; the problem are the freeloaders, > therefore we should make it expensive to go and > see a GP unless it's a real problem, as > self-assessed on some subjective scale of wellness > by the patient. > > But really, the reason getting a GP appointment is > difficult could be down to any number of factors, > not sure why you'd just go with the "freeloaders". > Hence my little flourish. Happy to be shown > numbers, though. No, I didn't say the problem was freeloaders, if you'd bothered to read my post properly. I said the NHS has 'serious problems', of which the pressure on GPs is just one. And part of *that* problem is there's absolutely no disincentive to freeloading ? and, yes, I know people who go to the GP for the most ridiculously trivial 'complaints'. I suggested a solution to that part of that problem. You need to ask why other countries either charge for appointments (as in France, where you recoup the moneys later) or charge for appointments above a certain number per year unless you have one of the conditions I mentioned. Let's hear your suggestions.

miga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BrandNewGuy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > steveo Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > I've wondered of late if there isn't a tacit > > > agreement among surgeries to make getting > > > appointments increasingly difficult so that > > people > > > give up and go away. > > > > > > If there is, I kind of approve > > > > But then they go to A&E, helping to contribute > to > > the A&E crisis. I'd be up for a system similar > to > > those used in other countries where you get a > > certain number of 'free' GP appointments a year > > and, unless you're pregnant, have a baby or a > > chronic or serious condition (in the manner of > > those for free prescriptions), you then pay a > ?20 > > every visit over and above your 'free' > allowance. > > That would put a stop to freeloaders going to > > their GP when they have a cold. > > Or to take this to its logical conclusion, it > would certainly suit me personally if I didn't > have to pay for the NHS *at all* since I'm a very > light user, and my family is privately insured. > That'll get the "freeloaders" off my back. No, that's not a logical conclusion, it's a 'reductio ad absurdum'. Something like the arrangement I outlined works in lots of countries I regard as civilised with excellent healthcare systems that are the equal of or better than ours and don't discriminate against the poor and needy. I despair sometimes at the inability of many in the the 'save the NHS' brigade to at least engage with the serious problems we have. And no, they're not all the fault of the Tories.

steveo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've wondered of late if there isn't a tacit > agreement among surgeries to make getting > appointments increasingly difficult so that people > give up and go away. > > If there is, I kind of approve But then they go to A&E, helping to contribute to the A&E crisis. I'd be up for a system similar to those used in other countries where you get a certain number of 'free' GP appointments a year and, unless you're pregnant, have a baby or a chronic or serious condition (in the manner of those for free prescriptions), you then pay a ?20 every visit over and above your 'free' allowance. That would put a stop to freeloaders going to their GP when they have a cold.

wulfhound Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And you're damn right life's precious. A heck of a > lot more precious than saving five minutes on the > odd car journey here or there. Which is why I > support these changes, and if the right turn has > to go for it to work as designed, so be it. If it > causes problems on other streets - as it may well > do - those streets should be looked at in turn > with similar measures adopted. But no-one's comparing a life against saving five minutes in the car. And your 'solution' to 'if it causes problems on other streets' is little more than waffly nimbyism.

samstopit Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A bit of good news this morning - the Haberdashers > Federation has heard that they are through to the > next stage with the Department of Education and > will begin meetings with DfE in January. Ditto the Charter School's proposal it seems: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?29,1442312

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > please tell me they're all real thread names They are :-)

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@Woodwarde Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The date of the consultation on the Online form > remains stated as the 12th December and not the > 19th. It now says that the deadline is December 19th: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200308/current/3639/townley_road

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd never met, or heard of, anybody who shared my > name. Until in the first year of uni, I was > watching a movie with a few of my new pals, and > one of the characters was a psychopathic sexual > predator with the same name as me. How we (they) > laughed. That used to be one of my great fears ? that some real-life mass murderer would have my name. How many Fred or Rosemary Wests were tempted to change their names?