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From Friday's South London Press: "A man and a woman were seriously injured after a collision between a car and a motorbike in Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, on Wednesday afternoon. Traffic was brought to a standstill after the crash, which left the bike trapped against a tree. The bike rider and passenger, both 23, were taken to King's Hospital [sic] in Denmark Hill. Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening..." So, not for the first time, gruesome hearsay on this forum is shown to be wrong. It would be good if we could just hear the facts, particularly as misinformation could easily lead to great distress for the family and friends of those involved. And saying, "Well, someone told me..." is no excuse. Social media has a lot to answer for...

maxamydus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > dogs bark its in their nature. Why not stop being > so tight and buy some ear plugs instead of wasting > time posting this on a website? Psst... want any dodgy earplugs?

US constitution: "A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." Not sure how a "well-regulated militia" means they can "rise up and overthrow their oppressors". This poorly worded clause, it seems to me, was probably intended to mean that they didn't want a standing army (understandable - standing armies to be used more against the citizenry than against external enemies) but that citizens could and should band together if the country were threatened militarily. If Americans think that that clause means any fruitcake can get hold of a gun and a mountain of ammo, then that's their lookout... along with 12,000 homicide gun deaths a year compared to about 30 here.

Before the 2006 World Cup, the Germans revolted against the corporate FIFA imposition of Budweiser and managed to get Bitburger instead. The British used to have a noble tradition of rioting over beer - maybe we should resurrect it?

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Neil Young - stop bloody whining man. That's a piece of crap!

Time for a bit of Zeppelin...

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh no Major Buggie Car Park built on ICELAND Site! I like it... with optional buggie valeting - we wash off the vomit and organic hummus stains while you enjoy a flat white and a babyccino with your precious one...

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My black leather jacket. Looking really rather > shagged out now, but will still keep wearing it > ...

Clown shoes...

I don't think that's the point, Otta. The online world is quick to jump on "information" which can quickly become "fact". It's important from the point of view of crime and how people perceive crime that it's understood that this was an extremely ill-advised attempt to help a child and not an attempted abduction where "a man tried to abduct a Yr 6 child on his way to a local school".

I don't suggest tax has nothing to do with morality, though I would suggest that taxation only plays one part in our collective responsibilities to society. Paying the Revenue a sum of cash each year does not make me a good person... If you really don't like certain legal tax activities, then change the law so that such activities are illegal and chase the offenders by beefing up HMRC... but then Gordon Brown shed some 25% of HMRC staff because more of us are filing online. Smart move, Gordon.

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So you're saying there's no moral difference > between tax evasion and tax avoidance? Wikipedia: "Tax noncompliance describes a range of activities that are unfavorable to a state's tax system. These include tax avoidance, which refers to reducing taxes by legal means, and tax evasion which refers to the criminal non-payment of tax liabilities." There is a moral difference between breaking and not breaking the law, regardless of what you think the morality of that law is. If everyone else apart from these wicked rich people minimising their tax liabilities is so moral, then isn't it an amazing coincidence that the level of tax we pay seems to be morally just the right amount to pay for the welfare state. Go and ask HMRC how many people offer to pay more tax than their liable to, because they think that their tax burden is "morally" too low...

Personally I think most people are "uncivic minded", but that doesn't necessarily make them "morally repugnant". Tax evasion that's illegal? Then prosecute with the full force of the law. Tax avoidance that's legal? Then close the loophole, but please don't go on about morals.

It is indeed simplistic, as her 'ditching' wasn't as cut and dried as that word suggests. They were and are regularly seen out together, as a cursory Google will reveal... Cycnics might suggest that her 'ditching' was a politically motivated temporary expediency.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > leenorris78 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > They are called "Small Blue". > > > > I went into the British wildlife place and they > > have Kidney Vetch planted in there, the > > butterfly's only food source. > > xxxxxx > > None of that in my garden to the best of my > knowledge, so they must be on their way to > somewhere else! It's the caterpillars that feed almost exclusively on kidney vetch foliage - the full-grown butterfly will feed on nectar from lots of plants.

The Spanish sports newspaper Marca produced a wonderful online interactive graphic for the World Cup and they've done the same for Euro 2012. It's a thing of beauty and amazingly simple, so you can throw away those crappy posters from the papers that no-one fills in anyway...

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you really want to understand crows read 'The > Truth about Crows' by Robin Hasben. Amazing story > about how he was a crow in a previous lifetime and > gives an insight into how a crow thinks, like no > other so called expert. Two other fine books about crows are Mark Cocker's "Crow Country" and Esther Woolfson's entertaining memoir "Corvus: A Life With Birds" about various crows that have lived with her family. Wonderful birds.

Probably not, as farting requires an anal sphincter. An avian cloaca does have a circular muscle, but not a sphincter, so any internal gas would simply leak out when produced rather than be expelled rapidly in fartian bursts. Hope that helps ;-)

Ravens are not carrion crows... and the Scottish Gamekeepers Association is hardly a disinterested party - they routinely defend members who illegally destroy any and every bird of prey or predatory mammal they can in order to please their wealthy hedge-fund clients who don't give a monkey's about wildlife or ickle lambs. As others have pointed out, at breeding time, crows are especially defensive. There's no reason to think they're "preying" on cats - why should they take the risk? There's plenty of food to be had for nothing all around the city. Personally I love crows - elegant and very intelligent.

Meh - OK lots of people find it exciting. Good for them. I can't think why...

I couldn't give a monkey's where the damn thing goes and the BBC's "follow the torch with live text and video" thing is expensive, dull and pointless. Blow the bugger out, I say...

Nice one, but I'm getting a weird header in my browser reading: - East Dulwich Forum Is it me or you? ;-)

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Just beer and music for us - we're simple folk...

Counted fifteen stalls selling cupcakes. Made it mighty difficult to find a stall selling tiny cushions...