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Rosetta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just found out that each call to 101 costs 15 > pence. Did anyone else know that? > > It's considered a premium rate number. This is > the non Emergency police number that we are > encouraged to ring. The money goes to the police. Police UK website: "Calls to 101 (from both landlines and mobile networks) cost 15 pence per call, no matter what time of day you call, or how long you are on the phone. The 15p cost of the call goes to the telephony providers to cover the cost of carrying the calls. The police and government receive no money from calls to 101." Not saying it's right, but the old bill aren't profiting from it.

I hammer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wasn't Brexit an economical vote....not a racist vote? > Get over it....we're out. Seeing this everywhere these days; I think you're only really entitled to say that if you can say, hand on heart, that had the vote gone the other way you would have shut up about getting out of Europe for good. Maybe that does apply to you, I don't know, but it certainly doesn't apply to Farage who, as I noted above, said in March that if Remain won a close vote, say 52-48, it would by no means be over. Oh and if you really think there wasn't a racist element to at least some people's decision to vote out then you're truly being naive.

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not a mention of the EU or G7 from Corbyn at PMQs > today. What planet is he on? Even on the topic of > housing, he failed to mention the upcoming > homelessness resolution debate. He seems to > deliberately sidestep anything that is topical and > it is just far too easy for May. And Labour look > likely to be stuck with him. It seems to have been a childish reaction to Owen Smith's open letter saying what he should raise today, deliberately refusing to do so. I had great hopes of Corbyn, sick of him now - under that mild-mannered exterior there lurks an ego the size of Bournemouth. But as you say, looks like we're stuck with him now.

An Ottolenghi-ish restaurant with a drinks card put together by a beer enthusiast? Oh go on then, if we must...look forward to the opening!

Toosmart1973 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Go by bike, you'll be there in 25 mins easy, > without feeling being treated like livestock every > commute of every working day. Seconded, get on the Surrey Canal path round the back of Peckham library and through Burgess Park, tiny bit of very quiet road then you can take the segregated superhighway all the way to Farringdon. Save thousands a year, get fitter and never be at the mercy of train companies! Here endeth the evangelising...

TheArtfulDogger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is that tenorland where they sing to you Whilst > you buy a bottle of washing up liquid and > matchmakers for over the asking price foxy ? > > Oh matchmakers ... I mentioned them now I want > them .. Peckham here I come Try Lidl's mint crisp biscuits, basically a matchmaker in the shape of a Pringle. If you can open a box and leave it unfinished you're more artful than me.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You people are as bad as Anjem Choudary, and > trying to negate the democratic process is not > measured and reasonable Loz You do love a bit of name calling, don't you uncle? A couple of weeks ago the left were all Nazis, now we're all like Muslim hate preachers. And how is Loz's "Let's show politicians we don't like their message" trying to negate the democratic process?

Ask him about his statement in March that "if it's close, if Remain wins 52-48, then it definitely isn't over..."

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here is one of my favourites > https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7184/6829447248_8363 > cf55d4_b.jpg What's not to like about that - except the "2.0% VOL" at the bottom of course!

In the course of a twelve mile cycle ride this morning nearly got hit by a Deliveroo moped which overtook me within inches (on the wrong side of the road as I was overtaking a stationary bus, squeezing into a dangerously small gap (him/her not me) in oncoming traffic), had a Deliveroo cyclist cause me to swerve sharply as he jumped off the pavement on which he was riding straight in front of me, and saw three other Deliveroo cyclists ride straight through red lights, including one on a pelican where children were crossing. They really are becoming something of a menace and offering fuel to the anti-cyclist brigade.

Just found this whilst trawling for work: http://www.peckhamplatform.com/news/call-for-submissions-brick-brewery-project-can I personally couldn't design my way out of a paper bag, but I thought anyone who has aspirations in that field - graphics students maybe? - might be interested in having a go?

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Aggravated burglary definition: essentially, > having a weapon wth you when burgling. Maximum > penalty, life imprisonment. Yes I know, I'm not arguing with the charge they've been given, just curious as to why if, as another poster mentioned above they'd been told, a staff member was injured, it hasn't been mentioned in the press reports. I see one of the criminals is charged with assault on a police officer, perhaps wires have got crossed.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/two-men-charge > d-aggravated-burglary-following-incident-dulwich-c > o-op/ Ta. No mention of a staff member being injured though?

buddug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh dear. Meanwhile, one of the cashiers told me > the robbers had guns. He added that they > approached from the back of the store but it was > 'a mystery' how they got in. It was just before > midnight. Unfortunately, a member of staff was > injured and is in hospital. He confirmed two of > the gunmen were caught. Two others at large. There > was a long queue so I didn't feel able to ask more > questions. Let's hope the employee has a speedy > recovery. Really odd, this being the case, that there's no trace of it being reported anywhere I can find, one would have thought an employee injured by a gang of armed robbers would at least make the Standard and BBC local news.

mancity68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sigh. Read my post. I wasn't complaining about the > noise in any way - just alerting someone > unfamiliar with the area to prospect of it so that > if it was an issue for them they could factor it > in to their decision making. I thought your original post was disgusting, the way you said you thought the fire station should be relocated for your benefit, that they should be banned from using their sirens in the hours of darkness, that you'd sooner people's houses burned down than your beauty sleep be disturbed and so forth...hang on, you didn't, though some of the responders to you seem to think you did.

Sally Eva Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think coach companies operating PSVs (public > service vehicles) have to be registered with the > Traffic Commissioner. > > this page > https://www.gov.uk/bus-registration-search goes to > a search engine which will search for the bus > operator. The registration number of the coach > might be sufficient to find them -- I can't tell. > > > There are regulations governing coach companies > and where they keep their coaches -- they can't > just leave them lying around in residential > streets -- that saves them money which undercuts > their competitors who run their operations > properly. > > After parking enforcement the Traffic Commissioner > might be the next port of call Trouble is it doesn't belong to a coach company - I emailed the company whose name is on the coach and they told me they sold it three months ago!

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > malumbu Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Whilst this is not a rant thread, do indulge me > one little one. Perhaps all of those recent > > migrants that voted out would like to be first > in the queue to leave. I am sure that this is a > > minority but still struggle with "EU allowed you > to come to the UK to have a better life and now > > you have voted to leave. > > My understanding of this was that it was mainly > non-EU immigrants that felt this way. There was > some annoyance that they had had to jump through > the various immigration hoops and, in some cases, > were unable to bring family across. They were > unhappy that EU countries could settle in the UK > without facing the barriers they did. I think you may be right - my Indian immigrant mother-in-law was quite vociferous on the subject!

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A food outlet does not require highly trained > staff. Mainly shelf stackers and checkout staff > cleaners. > Who incidently do a valued job but tend to be > lower paid. You're probably right but hopefully they have some food hygiene training? It does raise one of my particular bugbears, as a lifelong socialist, that those responsible for making customers happy and making a shop a pleasant place to be get minimum wage while some suit who probably makes their job ten times more difficult by nitpicking every little mistake gets ten times as much...

M.R Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm not talking about building a house on Green > Belt and I know there are worse events going on in > the world but just how free are we even in the > West? Recently I started to Google for information > about living on a Narrow boat or living in a motor > home as a way to save money for a future deposit > by not having to drop my hard earned money into > the bottomless hole of rent. While it is possible > to spend time in a motor home or a Narrow boat you > can not really have a different life style from > the norm because you have to have a normal > residential address. Unless you have a residential > address everything will collapse. You can not > insure a car, you can not register with a doctor > etc etc. Having read this disappointing news I > then suddenly really understood the meaning of > homelessness and why once homeless how the system > is the barrier to a person sorting themselves out. > But not only that, there are few choices unless > you have a lot of money to change a life style you > are not happy with in this country. In this day > and age is that acceptable? Well...Mrs H and I looked into getting a houseboat, yes there are a lot of things to take into consideration but if you go about things the right way none of the difficulties you mention are insuperable - what put us off was the fact that however old one became the mooring fees would still be there. But you can do most of the things you say are impossible anyway, and mainly I agree with Elph, it ain't like you're crouching behind a wall in Homs, is it? Being unable to buy a boat is not "understanding the meaning of homelessness" unless you are actually kipping down tonight under a railway arch.

So very sorry to hear this, used to see him around and about, dashed handsome devil he was. One of our pet rabbits died recently and I thought people would be a bit cynical about us being upset, then my father said to us "What the hell is the point in having a pet if you don't become emotionally engaged with it?" Bless you for giving him such a grand life. Take care, Rendel x

lbsmith73 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Now the bus is parked in Scutari Rd. How do I get > it moved? Cheeky buggers - they told a neighbour they were off after two weeks, they didn't say they were just going to shove it elsewhere! As for getting it moved I'm afraid I can't really help. I emailed Southwark parking and environmental departments more than three weeks ago, the only response I've had apart from automated we'll get back to you message was a message from environment that they were passing to parking. A single ticket was stuck on it after three days and that was all that was done before they left voluntarily at the end of last week.

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But is it really just a simple question of > offering something in exchange for cash ? I'm > still tending towards thinking that it's a > situation where someone is having to ask for money > and that they'd rather not ,that they'd rather > have regular employment or a pension . The buskers I've been lucky enough to get to know in Paris and Barcelona (some of them top-notch musicians who could have made a good living in second string symphony orchestras) were busking precisely because they wanted to avoid regular employment and a pension! Life is not one size fits all...

Poppy, without wanting to add fuel to the flames, I think people have generally been pretty polite in trying to point out why aircraft noise is just one of those things to which, at present, there's no real solution, living as we do in one of the world's most populous, popular and richest cities. Personally as someone who chooses not to fly I would applaud any measures to cut down on air travel, but then I'd applaud measures to cut down on car travel as well (something which bothers me far more) but neither are going to happen any time soon. I do hope you find a way to make peace with something which is clearly genuinely bothering you as, rightly or wrongly, it's going to be around for a long long time (even if they started building Boris' wrongheaded and impractical estuary airport right now, it wouldn't be functional before 2027 even without the inevitable overruns). Anyway, as we're enjoying several sundowners in the garden tonight it seems we're off the flightpath this evening, so I hope you can enjoy your Saturday night. Peace, Rendel

pop9770 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have that's true because that is what they are. > > The title is about aircraft noise. > > If you / they don't have a problem then why on > earth tell me? > > You're just windup merchants. Please go away. > > Poppy xx Conversely, if you have a problem why tell us? It's called a discussion board I believe - for discussing things. That means, much as you don't like it, some people may disagree with you.

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not sure which of the two is worse. The guy on the > bike was laughing and holding his arm outstretched > to the side, presumably to give the other person a > better view of him. Maybe it's time for bikes to > have number plates. If there'd been a copper there s/he could have gone after him and nicked him anyway, without a copper in situ what good would a plate do? You could take the number and report them, and I guarantee they'll do nothing at all, as I discovered when I tried to report a guy who'd caused me to skid and hit the tarmac on Tower Bridge road by driving through a red light while on his mobile - felt like I was going to be nicked for wasting police time!