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Sue, Southern always run a bus replacement service if there's no train service. Trouble is it's utterly unreliable...

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was > responding to BNG's suggestion that we identify > ourselves when posting as a form of segregating > 'valid' opinions from 'non valid' opinions. Just to be clear, I was being more distrustful of politicians and journalists than non-SE22ers ;-) If they're testing local opinion, it would seem only right not to include others' (non-local) opinions. The validity of non-locals' arguments or otherwise is a different issue.

garnwba Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Love all the parking fears - especially those > coming from the people who only a few months ago > claimed that there weren't any parking problems at > the other end of Melbourne Grove and voted against > the CPZ.... > > All different now isn't it..... > > Ho hum Yawn. So you know who's responsible for "all" these parking fears and where they live? Don't forget, the CPZ was going to reduce the number of parking spaces in the area. Oh, and don't forget that the anti-CPZ argument was not that "there weren't any parking problems", but that the CPZ didn't address them rationally or proportionately. How's the traffic/parking audit of local schools and businesses going? Yeah, I thought it wouldn't happen... So it was CPZ or nothing. Ho hum.

My, the non-SE22ers are touchy today! Possibly touchier than a Bugaboo-toting, Cath Kidston-packing yummy mummy trying to get through to Fusion... On a slightly more serious note, when politicians (or journalists) appear on here fishing for opinions, it might be wise for people to state their whereabouts if they're not 'local'. I'd happily pontificate about CPZs, buggy bans, dog poo patrols etc if I knew it would have no effect on me because I lived miles away. It wouldn't necessarily negate my arguments but it shouldn't be taken as representative of local opinion.

womanofdulwich Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > where do you keep your tomato sauce. Fridge= > middle class > cupboard= working class > ( this was pointed out on edf a while ago- makes > life so easy). Blimey, an' there was me finkin' I was a posh fella - just saw ah sauce in va cuupboard - turns out ah'm a geeeezer aft'r all. Maaarvellous!

... won't someone think of the children!

TfL's fine for bus, tube, tram and Overground info, but useless for rail in my experience...

Not from East Dulwich. You can always check by putting in your journey here - and it will let you know if it's running normally or if it's a bus replacement service.

... change my name to 'Quimby'.

minder Wrote: > a measly ?52K from Peckham Rye. Yeah, it's easy to call ?52K of someone else's money 'measly'. I still think this is an extraordinary figure for what the event actually was...

Well, that's probably because it cost an eye-watering ?52K - God knows what for... on that basis, I'm glad it's not being funded any more.

... but in the Alice In Wonderland world of educational standards, "satisfactory" ended up meaning "unsatisfactory", so they scrapped it as one of their standards. It's all bizarre to me...

Sanne Panne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > People with umbrellas. > Umbrellas. Especially golf umbrellas... Are you playing golf (which in itself causes me irrational rage)? Oh no, that's right - you're going to the bloody office, among busy rush-hour crowds, making sure no-one can walk within three feet of you without being spiked. If you're going to use an umbrella, get an ordinary small one, you selfish eejit.

A big light show on Wednesday evening to mark the "digital switchover". Could be impressive....

Not so - and the French agree.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Nick1962, > Love or hate the UK monarchy conceptually or > practically I suspect some of your information may > not be correct. > > UK tourismstates 2010 25M visitors to the whole of > the UK. But Paris tourism alone is stated at 42 > million visits. > So its not clear having a monarchy makes a big > difference to tourism for London or the UK when > compared to its nearest city state rival located > within a republic. Well, UK Tourism is doing itself a disservice, then. These figures on Wikipedia, claim that the most-visited city by international visitors is indeed Paris, with 15.2 million, while London comes in at 14.7 million. And Paris is much easier (and cheaper) to get to for other Europeans, so that's not a surprising figure. Having said that, I suspect that many visitors want to see the trappings of monarchy (Buck House, the Guards, Windsor etc) rather than the royals themselves.

Letter Never Sent - R.E.M.

Song For Adam - Jackson Browne

Nottamun Town - Bert Jansch

The Green Fields Of France - The Men They Couldn't Hang

Ghost Of Travelin' Jones - Ryan Bingham

Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk - Rachel Unthank and the Winterset

Dulwich Hamlet have gone top of the table!

The Day John Henry Died - Drive-By Truckers

Thanks A Lot - Johnny Cash