rendelharris

IlonaM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Her social background (whatever it might be) isn't > the issue. Her behaviour is. Well, although I think everyone can agree she's a tosser, her background is relevant in deciding if she's a class-traitor tosser or a snobby tosser.

rupert james Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > From experience if 10 people vote for something, 6 > for and 4 against southwark will say 60% were in > favour and forget those against. Well you see, I'm none too clever on the old maths, but by my understanding if six people vote in favour of something and four against, that is 60% in favour, no? If others chose not to vote then they clearly don't care.

northlondoner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The council's bogus "consultation" exercise got an > 18% response rate. So the selfish wishes of a > miniscule minority are being imposed on the rest > of us. That is not democaracy. Assuming the council gave every household proper notification of the consultation and counted the results properly - and you don't seem to be saying they didn't - then it's perfectly democratic. A third of the electorate didn't turn out for last year's election - I wish we could cancel the result but that's how it works. Democracy assumes that if people don't participate they don't care, and surely that's true. The council can't force people to return their forms.

"You will not need planning permission if a new or replacement driveway of any size uses permeable (or porous) surfacing which allows water to drain through, such as gravel, permeable concrete block paving or porous asphalt, or if the rainwater is directed to a lawn or border to drain naturally. If the surface to be covered is more than five square metres planning permission will be needed for laying traditional, impermeable driveways that do not provide for the water to run to a permeable area." www.planningportal.co.uk I retract saying "concrete over" - asphalt, pave or gravel over. The general point about uglification of the streetscape stands!

worldwiser Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I see that some people have storage sheds for > bikes out front which I would like to do myself. > But apparently you have to put in planning > permission for any permanent structure forward of > your front elevation. Which is nuts. You can have > 3 eyesores in the form of council wheeliebins but > not a small shed. The regulations governing this are utterly absurd: they apparently exist to avoid cycle storage "spoiling the streetscape." Personally I'd have thought great lines of SUVs spoil the streetscape rather more than small discreet sheds behind hedges. In fact, if you have a large enough garden, you don't need planning permission to tear the lot up, concrete over it and park a stretch Humvee in it, but put a 6x3 storage shed behind a hedge and you can be told to tear it down! However, the prevalence of front garden bike sheds in Southwark would seem to argue that the planning department take a lenient view - might be worth enquiring as to whether they ever bother to pursue anyone for not having permission for a shed?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Townleygreen Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Only in the sense that you can't buy a new one, > > Foxy. Nothing to stop you using it! > > Not entirely true. Apart from the Power issue > (Energy) there is also an issue of how loud it is. > > But as I do not live in a flat above someone, no > one is going to complain. > > DulwichFox No it is entirely true, there is a ban on new sales of machines over 900 watts and 80 decibels being sold (once stocks are exhausted), there is no ban on using them in any way, shape or form.

Sincere condolences to one of the good guys James: I'm sure your father was very proud of your unstinting efforts on behalf of local residents. RIP.

Been dropping in and out for two days on Copleston. Not ideal (i.e. slow) but you could try BT WIFI with FON - ?6.95 a day, if you register for it via your 'phone should be able to log in via wireless.

Looks like a Chilean Pine, aka Monkey Puzzle Tree, to me.

Skype or Facetime free computer to computer, or even mobile to mobile provided both users have unlimited data allowance.

If your bikes are any good at all I'd seriously say keep 'em in the back garden, it's worth the extra hassle. I used to lock a lovely bike outside my digs in Cambridge with the best Citadel lock available at the time (this is many years ago) - came out one morning to find the locked parts (frame and wheels) intact but the Shimano 600 brakes, derailleurs, gear levers and my Cinelli handlebars removed! Being behind a big hedge will just mean they have cover to work on it when you're out - if you have an alternative, use it! Ride safe.

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Twilight2014 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How would you know that we share an internet > connection? What are you catching me for you > little meff. We are merely neighbours complaining > about a noisy house party. Either way, admin has > labelled this as fake and the topic has already > been discussed and ended conversation. Because your IP address will be visible to Admin.

No this was earlier, about 7.30.

As a Virgin customer I'm not unhappy - in fact quite impressed - with their service, not happy about the big Dick lying about things though: https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/virgin-release-traingate-footage-proves-corbyn-told-truth-traingate/23/08/

Aww Fox! Is trouble becoming more prevalent in the EDT? Only ask as I was having a pint in another local establishment this evening and while I was at the bar they took a call saying a group of ne'erdowells had been ejected from the EDT and watch out if they were coming that way...

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I like my iPhone (personal one) and I will get > iPhone8 too > > Work provides iPhones as standard too. Fair enough, I like good technology too, and nothing wrong with having it, but I wouldn't, for example, carry my Macbook around uncovered in the street because it'd be asking for trouble. I know that it's giving in to the buggers to some extent, but really I think it would be best to postpone that oh-so-important call or webpage check until in a safer environment.

geh Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Err, not sure they can see whether you have the > latest model or an old brick prior to snatching it > from your hand? Err, not talking individually but as a society, if generally the odds were they'd be getting something worth a tenner they wouldn't bother.

Oh, going to be big hated for this but...nobody's to blame for having their telephone stolen, the moped gangs are scum. Filth. But do we need to carry around and use ?800 telephones? I have a 'phone which costs me a tenner a month, it does all the bells and whistles, good luck to any twat who nicks it...I wouldn't stroll around wearing a ?50K Rolex either... Not excusing the horrible criminals but what's the point in carrying mad expensive shit around when a cheap thing can do the same job?

Long, long time ago (but I can still remember...) I caught a train from Valencia to Calais, changing at Hendaye and Paris, and it cost me less than it cost to get back to Cambridge from Dover via London. And you could get really good wine on the train for next to nothing...

siousxiesue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Keen to visit the Guggenheim, has anyone any > experience of taking a ferry? Heard at certain > times of year you can see sealife such as whales. > > We wouldn't be taking a car with us. Looked into this a couple of years back but couldn't afford it during school holiday peak fares season - yes you can see whales and dolphins if you're lucky, mates have done it and seen both. The ferry to Bilbao won't take bicycles or foot passengers, bizarrely! But what you can do is take a ferry to Santander (?140 return out of school holidays) and from there get a three hour train to Bilbao for ?8 or ninety minute bus for ?6.

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How about funding for less elaborate structures, > such as bike loops and/or subsidised extra-strong > bike locks. At the bare minimum, smart water > should be offered to all moped/cycle/motorbike > owners and they should be encouraged to use it. Unfortunately loops and locks, while good outside shops etc, are no good for overnight storage unless the bike is really, really crap. Any halfway decent bike will attract the light-fingered buggers, a fairly basic groupset (the gears, brakes and drivetrain for the uninitiated) costs ?300+ and all the bits can be swiftly removed with a modicum of knowledge and a couple of very basic tools. Even if you slather the bike in chains it's not uncommon for the frame to be cut open so they can shove it on a van and take it away to dismantle and sell the parts at their leisure. Bike hangars, secure garden sheds or storing indoors are the only sure security for a bike in this day and age. I wish that weren't the case, but it is.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rendelharris Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > That sounds pretty excessive. This Which page > > > https://local.which.co.uk/advice/cost-price-inform > > > ation-painters-decorators is a few years old > but > > reckons an average of ?350 for your job > excluding > > doors, so call it ?450 for inflation, double it > > for doors - I'd say a grand would be about > right. > > Ever painted a hall stairs and landing ? > > Its all stairs and ladder work, which makes it the > most challenging decorators job. > > ?2K isn't a lot. > > When I was in interior business we did a house in > Bromley. Strip and re-dec ?14k. As it happens yes, did my mother's for her. Took me about a week and quite a few bob to hire the right sort of ladders. I'm not trying to justify anything or comment on what decorators are worth - it's certainly a job I wouldn't want to do full time, murder on the back - just passing on what seems to be the going rate. I reckon it's actually the seven doors, anyway, that have really bumped the price up.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Looks invalid to me > > Check on something really old > > My dads first car was ECY 605K in 1974 - "Morris > Orange" - and it was too, a Marina. My folks had exactly that model - brown vinyl seats to sear the skin of beshorted children in hot weather!

kford Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I checked Y152MHD. Not on record. Funny, I checked that (can't resist these detective efforts) on isitnicked.com and got a 2001 Peugeot 206 which hasn't been taxed since 2016 - plate lifted from a breaker perhaps (if the J is a 1).