rendelharris

Wouldn't bet on it, look at the number of idiots who get killed every summer tombstoning.

Observed this quite a lot recently, including a couple of weeks back a guy (not particularly young, mid-20s) on Kennington Road walking out in front of a bluelit ambulance and forcing it to come to a complete stop and standing in front of it, only did a runner when the passenger went to get out. Is it a fad?

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That stupid anti-Trump cow that set light to the > Trump supporter's hair sums it up imo How about the Trump supporter who shot an unarmed protester? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/25/shooting-milo-yiannopoulos-speech-seattle-charges

Good article on the Millwall saga here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/27/how-local-resistance-and-press-scrutiny-saved-millwalls-stadium ETA re Senegal Fields and the "public park" - Senegal Fields was originally, as far as I can see, a residential estate which was bulldozed then made playing fields...and the original Millwall ground north of the river is now a public park, so let's just accept land use changes over time. I hold no brief for Millwall and am not even a great football fan, but I think Millwall staying around its historic location is surely a good thing.

No it's still boarded outside - or was when I passed last week.

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Are > they common? Pretty common nowadays Ian, every time street crossing pavements are repaired they put in dropped kerbs and the studs for the blind I think.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rendelharris Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > When I get old(er) I want to live in a care > home > > that is also a pub. Is that possible? > > > > Yes, just needs you and the fridge. And a mirror - > for conversation. That's my life now, pretty much. I want the same but with people bringing me dinner and making the bed.

When I get old(er) I want to live in a care home that is also a pub. Is that possible? Pedestrian access for the slower of foot/wheelchair users there would have to involve longer hold times at the lights or more crossings, both of which don't seem really practical given the congestion already present. Also, as older folk are particularly susceptible to the effects of pollution, is such a choked up junction the best place for a care home? Just thoughts, I have no particular feeling about what the site should be - always very sad to lose a pub but the current derelict boarded up site is very depressing.

Great cover by Australian legend Paul Kelly, seems appropriate for Mexico at the moment...

The street cleaner on Copleston Road/Besant Place who, each of the three times I passed him this morning, gave me a big smile and a friendly good morning. Good man yourself, cheered up the morning for me.

Presuming the OP means the wheelchair access dropped kerb for crossing, not a dropped kerb access to someone's drive?

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Plus there are people that will criticise him > whatever he does (like poking his tongue at the > head of the FBI). Yeah that would be silly. Noting behaviour which appears to show a closer than would be expected relationship with the Director of the FBI who abused his power in order to help Trump get elected, maybe not so silly.

Actually I believe the Egyptians were the first to use the term Great Britain ? the UK mainland was Great Britain and Ireland was Little Britain. Why can I remember that from classics lessons 35 years ago and can't remember my own mobile phone number?

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > May I be the first (if of course I am) to start > referring to everyone's new President as 'Dump' or > my personal favourite 'Turps'? > > I think 'Turps' over here and 'Dump' over there > works. > > Just a thought. In an idle moment the other day it occurred to me that President Trump is an anagram of Strident Pumper...

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As for SK, didn't he propose JC in the first > place? He did, but only in the same way as others did, in their "broaden the debate" initiative (admittedly it looks like a bloody silly thing to have done now). SK didn't vote for Corbyn in the leadership election.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Has he? > > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sadi > q-khan-accused-of-breaking-election-promise-to-fre > eze-london-transport-fares-a7070496.html Yep, he promised Tfl fares would be frozen for four years and they have been. He never promised that DfT fares would be frozen, as he can't. I refer the honorable gentleman to Mr.Khan's mayoral manifesto (direct quote): "I will freeze all TfL fares and charges for the Mayor?s cycle hire scheme for four years." That's what he promised, that's what he's done. Those who point at the DfT fares, over which he has no control, going up are accusing him of reneging on a pledge he never made.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rendelharris Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > * On January 22nd, 2017, DT appeared to blow a > > kiss to director James Comey during a meeting > with > > the FBI, and then opened his arms in a gesture > of > > strange, paternal affection, before hugging him > > with a pat on the back. > > Woooh, what a meanie. The implication being that they have a closer relationship than would be usual between an FBI director and a President of three days' standing: Comey was instrumental in stitching Hillary up with the "we're investigating her" then a week later "nothing to see here" incident which took Clinton from a commanding lead in the polls to neck and neck.

Blimey that's a lot of shoe shops! Did people have more feet in the olden days?

keano77 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > A bit of perspective required here. > > Trump has only been in the job three days. I'm not > sure what you mean by the damage he's already done > and I'm not sure what you mean by how this ends > does not look good at all. Nobody knows how this > will end. If Trump brings jobs back to many > depressed areas of the US and restores the idea of > the American Dream that by working hard you can > get on in life then he ought to be regarded as one > of the most successful US presidents they've had. > > > Give the man time. Apologies for the ridiculously long list, but this which an (American) friend of a friend posted on Facebook makes interesting reading on the "what damage has he done in three days" front: * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the DOJ?s Violence Against Women programs. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Minority Business Development Agency. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Economic Development Administration. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the International Trade Administration. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Legal Services Corporation. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the DOJ. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Electricity Deliverability and Energy Reliability. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. * On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Fossil Energy. * On January 20th, 2017, DT ordered all regulatory powers of all federal agencies frozen. * On January 20th, 2017, DT ordered the National Parks Service to stop using social media after RTing factual, side by side photos of the crowds for the 2009 and 2017 inaugurations. * On January 20th, 2017, roughly 230 protesters were arrested in DC and face unprecedented felony riot charges. Among them were legal observers, journalists, and medics. * On January 20th, 2017, a member of the International Workers of the World was shot in the stomach at an anti-fascist protest in Seattle. He remains in critical condition. * On January 21st, 2017, DT brought a group of 40 cheerleaders to a meeting with the CIA to cheer for him during a speech that consisted almost entirely of framing himself as the victim of dishonest press. * On January 21st, 2017, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer held a press conference largely to attack the press for accurately reporting the size of attendance at the inaugural festivities, saying that the inauguration had the largest audience of any in history, ?period.? * On January 22nd, 2017, White House advisor Kellyann Conway defended Spicer?s lies as ?alternative facts? on national television news. * On January 22nd, 2017, DT appeared to blow a kiss to director James Comey during a meeting with the FBI, and then opened his arms in a gesture of strange, paternal affection, before hugging him with a pat on the back. * On January 23rd, 2017, DT reinstated the global gag order, which defunds international organizations that even mention abortion as a medical option. * On January 23rd, 2017, Spicer said that the US will not tolerate China?s expansion onto islands in the South China Sea, essentially threatening war with China. * On January 23rd, 2017, DT repeated the lie that 3-5 million people voted ?illegally? thus costing him the popular vote. * On January 23rd, 2017, it was announced that the man who shot the anti-fascist protester in Seattle was released without charges, despite turning himself in. * On January 24th, 2017, Spicer reiterated the lie that 3-5 million people voted ?illegally? thus costing DT the popular vote. * On January 24th, 2017, DT tweeted a picture from his personal Twitter account of a photo he says depicts the crowd at his inauguration and will hang in the White House press room. The photo is of the 2009 inauguration of 44th President Barack Obama, and is curiously dated January 21st, 2017, the day AFTER the inauguration and the day of the Women?s March, the largest inauguration related protest in history. * On January 24th, 2017, the EPA was ordered to stop communicating with the public through social media or the press and to freeze all grants and contracts. * On January 24th, 2017, the USDA was ordered to stop communicating with the public through social media or the press and to stop publishing any papers or research. All communication with the press would also have to be authorized and vetted by the White House. * On January 24th, 2017, HR7, a bill that would prohibit federal funding not only to abortion service providers, but to any insurance coverage, including Medicaid, that provides abortion coverage, went to the floor of the House for a vote. * On January 24th, 2017, Director of the Department of Health and Human Service nominee Tom Price characterized federal guidelines on transgender equality as ?absurd.? * On January 24th, 2017, DT ordered the resumption of construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, while the North Dakota state congress considers a bill that would legalize hitting and killing protesters with cars if they are on roadways. * On January 24th, 2017, it was discovered that police officers had used confiscated cell phones to search the emails and messages of the 230 demonstrators now facing felony riot charges for protesting on January 20th, including lawyers and journalists whose email accounts contain privileged information of clients and sources.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also, don't park in the bus lane because it slows > down buses. This!

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > well, apart from breaking several of his election > pledges already - fare freeze being the obvious > one but polotics is all presentation Ah come on Quids, you know the deal on that one - he has frozen all fares under TfL control as he promised in his manifesto. He can't freeze fares which have a National Rail element to them as they are dependent on what the rail companies charge. He's asked the government to join him in the fares freeze for suburban railway services but they've refused, he's asked them to give TfL control of Southern (as they'd promised Boris) but they've refused. You can knock Khan if you like (though as above I can't see where he's put a foot wrong yet and would love to see him lead Labour) but on that issue he has kept his manifesto pledge, which he never claimed was going to be a freezing of every fare - he couldn't promise that when rail fares are out of his control.

It's taken longer for the scales to fall from my eyes but - as you've quoted - they well and truly have now. It doesn't matter a damn any more whether one agrees with his policies or not, with a total absence of any chance of power he may as well be spouting them on the EDF as in the Commons, for all the good they'll do. As you intimate, May is one of the least impressive PMs we've had in my lifetime, both intellectually and in terms of oratory, and he can't even best her when, as the other day, she's forced into a huge and (what should have been) humiliating U-turn. The real disappointment for me has been that I thought whatever happens, at least he's a good man - i.e. if he sees it's a disaster he'll move aside for someone who can win the election (Kier Starmer's looking quite sharp). But he seems to be enjoying the power too much and determined to hang on no matter what. Like you, I see little point in membership at the moment, especially as even if he does go Movement could quite easily latch onto another equally unsuitable candidate. Depressing times.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is good news. Although (and I don't expect > football fans to see past football) Lewisham are > expected by the government to build a certain > number of homes each year, and they are running > out of places to build them. > > Of course Millwall shouldn't be forced out, but > homes will end up being built around there, and so > they should be. I don't think ? or at least my Millwall supporting friends assure me is the case ? there was ever any objection to housing, Millwall just wanted to be involved with the plans, to have their ground as part of them and keep the club at the heart of the community. It's very good news that what looked like borderline (or maybe not so borderline) corrupt plans have been scotched, a rare win for the little guy it seems.

You left out "get a life" - may as well get all the clich?s of those without an argument in.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I initially wrote a > nice, balanced post to add to the debate. Would that be the "nice balanced post" which began with the silly and patronising line "You really need to stop reading the Guardian!"?