Penguin68

Mine is working OK so I suspect it's a problem with your box. BT is good about replacement, but bad time of year for it to happen.

why DulwichFox, and more recently Louisa, need to put their names at the end of every post Old fashioned politeness?

Or perhaps reduce every feeder lane into the roundabout to a single track earlier - perhaps with two lanes as exits - that way traffic moves away from the roundabout quickly, but enters it in a more orderly fashion, with no options for overtaking.

But Louisa - there isn't a national bread shortage - our local Coop could always be ordering more if their supply is regularly running out before customers' needs can be fulfilled. It's their bad on this. Local shops are just as much legitimate customers as you, with just as much right to buy their bread where they want to. Just as a large family may need to buy more than someone living on their own. I don't think local sandwich shops are exactly coining it - to equate making a profit with greed without any knowledge of what level of profit being made is absurd. If they didn't make a profit they would go out of business. If buying from the Coop what you need is an act of selfishness, then I accuse you of selfishness for buying (or even trying to buy) what you need from the Coop. Every time you buy a loaf you are selfishly depriving someone else of the possibility of buying one. Hang your head in shame!

Ah well - that just means that normal recycling can be fly tipped as well, to fill up the spaces around the large items now being fly-tipped. Southwark Labour seems intent on creating the street-scape of the Winter of Discontent, without even a dustmen's strike to help that along. Old labour indeed. Will warm the cockles of Jeremy's heart.

Nevertheless, if I was a small retailer of e.g. sandwiches with a regular need for bread I would make an arrangement with a supplier (say the Coop) for that supply, and attempt at least to negotiate a discount for a regular supply (I assume that other types of comestible which would go into sandwich fillings could also be supplied by the Coop ? such as cheese, cucumber etc.) That way the Coop would have knowledge of their stocking requirements. Indeed even without an order any decent POS (Point of Sale) system will know buying patterns ? many years ago 7-11s had a sufficiently good system that they set up deliveries throughout the day (up to 4 I believe) which took account of demand patterns at different times of day to allow the right goods to be stocked at the right times (these stores used all their space for retail leaving no storage capacity ? shelves were filled straight from deliveries). So shelves empty of bread are the fault of poor stocking management by the Coop and not bad behaviour by their customers. So no surprises there, then.

And, as Lowlander quite rightly points out the Highway Code is on the side of the pedestrian. He'd been right, dead right as he'd walked along But now he was as dead as if he'd been dead wrong!

... if you want to cross the Lane, try doing so (a) at the many crossings and (b) looking where you are going. Too often I see pedestrians crossing at a long diagonal, with their backs to oncoming traffic and not looking at it. And if you do cross at a zebra crossing, please don?t suddenly turn and dart out into the road ? you may have the right of way but cars drivers cannot easily anticipate pedestrians who appear to be walking towards them, but suddenly deviate and cross. Make sure that oncoming traffic has seen you. And don?t expect every cyclist to take account of any normal road rules ? most do, but it is the 1% that don?t that will run straight into you as you cross (legally) on a red light. And if you are walking with a drunk, please keep an eye on (normally) him. And pull him back when he lurches into the path of oncoming traffic. Of course car drivers have to drive carefully, but others acting half way sensibly would really make life so much easier for everyone. And ensure we all have a happy Christmas.

To be clear, British Intelligence had managed to take control of all German agents in the UK (either by turning them or by planting their own agents onto the Germans) and were getting them to report substantial overshoots of V weapons (i.e. to the North and West of London) to get their range shortened such that they actually fell into Kentish fields. Inevitably that drew weapons down onto SE London, but the relative population densities between here and Central London were such that this was a least worst option.

I suspect that a 'held-over' lease allows the freeholder to sell with fewer constraints, the new owner may choose to negotiate a further lease (if they believe that this is the best option for them) or to give notice. So the freehold can be sold with no real encumbrance, but the purchaser has an immediate tenant if they should want one. For 'Mrs Robinson' I assume that the benefit has been an extended lease at the same rental as previously - for which they have traded security of tenure. My guess is that the 'held-over' lease terms (as it were) would include a standard notice period. So 'Mrs Robinson' will probably continue to trade as before, at least until the sale and the end of any notice period and possibly beyond. It must be of some interest to 'Mrs Robinson' to consider purchasing the freehold themselves. They would get their premises rent free together with the flat rentals, effectively a return of ?79k a year (flat rentals plus saved own rental cost - and in fact possibly better than that if you assume that rents are rising in the area anyway).

We are still waiting to hear if the Diocese of Southwark, Church of England, has given Southwark permission to cut down dozens of trees in The Glade on One Tree Hill in the New Cemetery (Brenchley Gardens and to continue cutting trees and mounding over graves in Camberwell Old Cemetery (Woodvale). You will be waiting an exceedingly long time then - the 'statute' you continue to cite refers only to activities on church (parish) lands - municipal cemeteries are not covered by this, (see many notes passim). The Church must give permission for alteration to graves or their contents, and the addition of new paths or roadways in consecrated land in municipal cemeteries - they have NO authority regarding the felling (or indeed planting) of trees in municipal cemeteries, although they do claim such rights as regards parish land (church cemeteries). The rights as regards new paths reflect the fact that these would thus reduce the amount of land in consecrated areas. The church is on clear record as being happy to encourage and support re-use of consecrated ground for future burials.

Have you tried re-booting your router? (I'm sure you have). When the service goes down this can help.

Curiously from 1892 to 1969 the charge for sending an unsealed envelope (just folded in) was less than for sending a sealed one - hence most people sent Christmas cards unsealed. This concession was abandoned after the introduction of first and second class post. The concession had been introduced to allow the (cheaper) posting of printed material (.g. newspapers) - and hijacked by a thrifty public. Some (older) people will still not stick down cards our of habit.

My neighbour has a revolving reflector in their chimney - it is bright chrome/ steel and, when the sun is in the right position it can reflect this like a strobe light. Could it be that? (not my neighbours, of course, but yours...)

No, I meant those choosing to say nasty and dismisive things about either the OP or their nanny.

IF there was no actual abduction attempt then the nanny was probably right not to immediately involve the police, but to discuss this with the parents (assuming this is what happened) and the parents right to report what might have been (but apparently actually wasn't) a worrying incident. Everybody thus seems to have acted sensibly and in proportion. Except perhaps for some posters here.

BT Broadband (Infinity 2) working fine here - what do you mean by BT WiFI? - do you mean your own broadband system which has a WiFi router or are you relying on publicly provided WiFi by BT? Amended to add - South end of Underhill past the cemetery

For all those of us who are taxpayers (including those {not now} travelling with Govia] - the paltry compensation you will be paid for having no service is coming out of your tax, not Govia's profits. Govia, the RMT and ASLEF wish you one and all a very crappy Christmas (especially those who thought they were travelling by train to Gatwick), and a ghastly New Year. And they intend to deliver on their promises.

NB Zebedee - I was not 'attacking' the nanny - but trying to explain why her actions might have a perfectly reasonable basis, given speculation about her possible background.

We know nothing about this 'nanny' - but it is quite possible that she is rather more an au pair than a nanny - in which case it is also likely that (a) English is not her first language and that (b) she is not au fait with the methods of reporting activities to the police - indeed she may have had a concern that doing so without discussing this with her employers might have led to trouble for her - other country's attitude to the involvement of police, particularly where these are of a state or militarised nature are very different from ours. She may also come from a country where child abduction (or the fears surrounding this) is/ are less common. Indeed I would argue that it is quite unlikely that a trained (i.e. NNEB or similar) nanny would have acted in this way.

NOT GOOD SE23 and 26 being re-routed - but the message for SE22 is #SE22 We are still trying to reroute supplies and looking into arranging bottled water and pick up location soon. Next update at 5.30PM

Thank you grahamdixonwayne - I'm not participative on Twitter (I have an ID, I never use it) - a social network too far for me.

Did they say pm? - 'cos there hasn't been an update on the site - still quoting an 07:45 bulletin. A 'live' lady on the phone also hadn't seen any updates - said SE22, 23 and 26 were all impacted - said they aimed to clear in 12 hours (well, of course they do, it costs them after that, and they have to provide water bowsers etc.). But there are so many reported leaks shown on the plot that it is difficult to guess which one may be impacting which houses. The site says the leak is in SE23 - but many report it as being in SE22. Whatever, it is the only one where work is meant to be taking place - anyone see anyone working?

About 12-15 years ago DC boys expected to be mugged for their phones about every 3 months (no really!) - that was when mobile ownership wasn't quite so wide-spread. Around then one of my daughters was mugged for her phone, but it was so old and manky the mugger gave it back and advised her to 'get her dad to buy a decent one!'. She was about 15 at the time. She was also attacked (in the Rye) - another attempted mugging - when she was about 6 or 7, and walking with friends. She fought back (she was slightly injured) and they scared the attackers (a group of older girls) off. She toured round later with the police but couldn't see her attackers. I'm afraid this recent event is deplorable, but doesn't mark a sudden descent into barbarism - for this area it's 'same old, same old'.

This is where the water isn't