Penguin68

You are Southeastern, not Southern. You do not terminate at, or go through, London Bridge. You are blessed.

Sue wrote:- Their momos are particularly yummy. Absolutely - second that. Take-away can often be disappointing compared to eating the thing then and there - which is what I would advise with this restaurant.

They do have some Nepalese specialities (particularly in the starters area) and the dishes which look familiar aren't quite flavoured in the ways you'd expect. I asked the owner/ manager whether the cooking was fully Nepalese - he admitted to 'about 90%' - saying that western palettes didn't quite take to some Nepalese flavour combinations. They used to stock a very nice Nepalese lager (Khukuri) but when I was last there I think they had another one almost as good. It's just sufficiently different from standard Pakistani and Bangladeshi cooking and flavours for you (well me) to notice a difference. I don't eat there very regularly, but I've never been disappointed. Because it is so small (and quite popular) it is worth booking. Not of course ED, but perhaps close enough. The people there were always nice as well, which helps.

Ghurkas Flavour in Forest Hill (Standstead Road) is good, but only a handful of covers, so no use for a large party. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186338-d2013723-Reviews-The_Gurkhas_Flavour-London_England.html

If it was more brown than grey it might indeed be a wood mouse rather than a house mouse. These tend to be slightly smaller and are far less invasive of property (they naturally live outside). They are still annoying, but are less likely to colonise. Is the room you saw it in readily accessible from outside (i.e. patio or French doors?). Traps baited with peanut butter are often effective, placed at the edges of rooms where the mice might run (or in the Barbie House perhaps?)

This thread started to go off topic at post 3 - and has kept off it (with some close calls) till this post 66 - even for the EDF that must start coming close to a record.

Apart from the new boundary railings on Underhill - very visible and a very good improvement - most of the area that is being worked on is still surrounded by high black metal fencing - so is not visible. However a great deal of the wilded area is still untouched (I walked through it yesterday) - some is fenced off for Knotweed treatment, but is still very overgrown. The hill on the Underhill road side has been broadly cleared, with some trees left, but the details of the clearing are still not visible. There has been some shrub re-planting along Underhill. A lot of the putative 'woods' remain untouched. Nothing much to photograph, unless anyone has a photo-drone and can fly it over the metal fenced-off portion? There are plans posted to stabilise a number of existing graves. The new entrance on Underhill had been cut through but the gates I assume being planned have yet to be installed, and it is not clear that there is any roadway yet which joins up with anything. It's all still very much work-in-progress. Amended to add that the cemetery management team have again this year kept patches of the cemetery-in-use area un-mown to create a meadow environment - though this is coming to the end of its natural life and I assume will be mown sometime in August. The planting (a couple of years ago) of e.g. dogwood along the Langton Rise boundary is looking established although it may well now need some attention. Some of that planting however has not worked, I imagine, as intended. At the moment (and not surprisingly, given the weather) the cemetery has no waterlogging.

ths0150 - I had the same problem for a longish time - it was only on my third (or fourth?) re-boot that the problem eventually cleared, after a couple of weeks. Switch the Hub off at the back (don't use a software re-boot), leave for at least a minute and switch back on again - was the remedy that eventually worked for me - and yes then ED site was the only one that I had a problem on. I found 3 separate bits of kit (PC, Android phone and tablet) were all impacted - but when it eventually cleared, all the bits of kit then worked normally.

Just to note that the East Dulwich Electoral ward (which is what has been shown on the map, I believe) is a voting, not a societal boundary. The ED Ward does not (Mr Barber notwithstanding) ED make.

Many a driver is pulled in to the office daily to explain a complaint that's come in from joe public either via TFL or the bus company itself. When a bus drove into my wife's car (stationary at lights) at the Plough, removing her wing mirror, it took 18 months for any settlement - the driver claiming, and being supported by the bus company, that my wife had suddenly reversed into him, thus causing her to lose her mirror. At a traffic light. In the end their insurance settled by default, when they wouldn't respond to our insurance. So no, I don't hold out much hope that the bus company will act properly.

I am hoping that the ambulance driver will have reported it - but (curious as this may sound) my locus standi as regards TFL or other arms of London Governance is substantially less than that of an elected councilor, even at Borough level. If either Jah Lush or Nigello (or Mr Barber) actually believe that an ordinary Joe contacting TFL will have any leverage or influence at all, or that such a report would not immediately be filed in the round filing cabinet by the door then they have a great deal more faith in the actions of the apparat than I. I have anyway no idea to whom in TFL to complain (as the regulator of the buses). As far as details were concerned, it happened on the evening of 27th July, probably about 7:30 or 8:00pm on Underhill Road, the ambulance was approaching the Langton Rise junction from the south, traveling towards Barry Road (the bus then obviously heading south towards Melford) - I did not take any further details of either vehicle.

Yesterday evening (27th July) I was surprised to find a stationary ambulance (on blue lights) outside my house in Underhill Road - it was being blocked by a P13 bus that would not move out of its way. In the end the ambulance had to back up to allow the bus to pass. In the past I have heard P13 drivers explain (when they would not maneuver to allow passage of other vehicles) that they could not, or were not allowed to, back their vehicles. In 49 years of driving I have never before seen an ambulance responding to an emergency have to back-up to allow a bus to pass. The ambulance was very visible (blue lights) and the bus could have stopped to allow safe passage further up the road, but there are some P13 drivers who seem insensitive to oncoming traffic and simply surge ahead with a 'get out of my way 'cos I'm not moving' attitude. The hold-up was only a couple of minutes, perhaps less, but, for emergency ambulances, that sort of hold-up might be critical. It happened just into College Ward, on the boundary with ED Ward, but also (being just south of the Old Cemetery) pretty close to Renata's stamping ground. Maybe a councilor could raise this with TFL?

(1) Two thirds of the run up Underhill is already 'protected' by a highish bank - it is a third (or less) of the actual graveyard which is now more readily visible from the road. (2) That third was always visible to those walking along the road on the graveyard side, unless they were of restricted height, by looking over the 4 foot fence. (3) Mourners have always been observable for anyone walking through or around the graveyard (or indeed from anyone looking over the fences on Wood Vale or Langton Rise). (4) The run along the boundary by Underhill is no longer being used to dump odd bits of rubbish (because it is now very visible). And I am informed that a number of people feel safer walking along that boundary because they are not worried about anyone concealed by the fence who might jump out at them (at night that's a genuine worry). (5) The vista now offered by the (quite elegant) iron railing is a deal sight more charming that that of the wooden fence - and the view through to the cemetery is very attractive. [6] Many cemeteries around here are 'open' to view through railings - it is arguable that awareness of mortality is not a bad thing, rather than hiding the evidence away. And grief is not something to be ashamed of.

I had a lot of trouble initially with a new BTHub6 (earlier versions - no problem at all) - although I did re-boot the Hub 2 or 3 times (which strategy eventually worked) but for some time I got intermittently turned back on 3 different access devices - the EDF site was the only one which gave me this problem, and I believe Admin did make some alterations to the DNS pointing. I suspect my Hub (having had a problem once) got locked into it - and it took a couple of re-sets to clear this - but the problem did not present consistently. The BT Hub6 is very new - the version of Apache used on this site was first released on 6th March 2010 - so maybe the age difference was an issue here - but (so far) it is now working absolutely fine with the site. Hard re-set (through the button on the machine and give it a minute or two, not via the software) does seem to clear the problem, if you have one.

The volume and extent of overground trains has actually increased over time, I suspect some linkages have been rationalised - I would hope on the basis of passenger surveys. The H&I trains run regularly through Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park to Canada Water and then up - so those on the PR route can readily change there. PR is on an east:west route, which crosses the north:south route (Croydon to H&I) at Canada Water - making that an interchange has some logic to it, and probably allows a larger number of trains to serve both routes.

I checked a week or so ago and it looks like now the only way to make the Overground train journey is by changing at Canary Wharf. Did you mean Canada Water?

If you are a 'real' person, wanting to buy a property for you and (if you have one) your family to live in then choose a property you like, in a location which is 'right' for you, at a price you can afford (or the nearest approximations you can to those). Expect to live there about 7 years (on average, although I have now lived in my house for closer to 30). A lot can happen in seven years - and nobody now knows what that is. Don't be put off by gloomy prognostications about price movements - or indeed arguments about some absolute 'right' price. Don't look over your shoulder at others who might be 'making' more than you on house values (a gain which, until it is realised, is theoretical only). If you are buying a home, then it is the suitability (and affordability) of the property as a home which is paramount. [if you are buying as an investment, not as a home, then different rules may apply]. But if it is a home you are buying, concentrate on that, and don't be diverted by whether it may, or may not, be also an investment. Trying to ride two horses is a danger, you may end up falling off both.

It is also worth pointing out that (in the context of driver operated doors) main line trains (unlike the tubes) do not have an automatic door opening system if the closing door is blocked - e.g by a body of someone not fully in the train - which has led to dragging when a driver failed to notice this and set-off. The guard is meant to be more aware of this by getting out of the rain and looking. However, I only know of one such incident - and it was a trainee driver involved. But there is some (very slight) reason behind the claim that the industrial action and inaction is safety related (although, of course, it is mainly about job protection). The Victoria line was originally designed to be completely automatic (driverless) but has never been run as such (although it still could be). Likewise, I believe, the Jubilee.

Doesn't she have to vote according to her constituents' view? Otherwise what's the point of a constituency MP? MPs are representatives, not delegates. They are placed by the electorate into Parliament so that they can exercise their best judgement (given any policies contained within the election mandate). If MPs had to follow their constituents' views slavishly we would still have the death penalty and homosexuality would still be illegal. In this case 75% of MPs in Parliament do not 'agree' with the (albeit slim) majority who voted to leave. Do they run with their constituents or with the electorate as a whole? I wouldn't want to be an MP in these circumstances. The point of having a constituency MP is to have someone in Parliament who can represent all their constituents' needs when it comes to what may best described as 'personal cases'.

For those interested the petition to try to re-run the referendum (probably ill-fated) is doing well - although (bar Scotland) those wanting a re-run map on almost exactly to those initially voting 'in' anyway. http://petitionmap.unboxedconsulting.com/?petition=131215

but when our house was built in ED 10 years ago it was an absolute planning requirement for the (pre-existing) parking space to be redone in a permeable medium to avoid runoff. I can well imagine that planning permission for building a house might/ would involve issues of 'finish' around the house - but I do not believe that, where no other build is being proposed, changes to the finish of a front garden would require planning permission. You certainly don't need permission to install decking or paving in the back garden. Or indeed any hard landscaping or fencing coming in under (is it 6 or 8 feet - some height anyway).

always assuming the paved-over gardens people have all applied for planning permission 1. I don't believe that you need planning permission just to alter the nature of your front (or back) garden in terms of its ground finish. However, if you want to park a car and you don't already have dropped kerbs you will, in effect, need permission (to get the dropped kerb). 2. Many types of cover are water permeable - gravel over membrane, for instance, or brick pavours over sand. All of these will aid absorption of (normal) rain - the level we had recently (a month's supply in a day) will cause run-off even over impacted soil. And you will also get run-off when the ground is already waterlogged. It's not been far off that, recently, either. 3. Coverings to avoid include asphalt and concrete. Both of these are non permeable. Large concrete or stone slabs, again particularly if themselves set in concrete, are also impermeable.

Holidays and/ or sickness can alter rotas. As can staffing problems such as recruitment. Always worth checking if you can at the sorting office - often they can let you know is there is a problem on your route.

I honestly don't understand where this constant stream of cruddy old furniture comes from! Well, I'm sure that one thing which won't be stimulating it is Southwark's decision to charge for large item disposal.

Cats (it is reported) kill 55 million birds (and over 200m mammals, including hedgehogs) annually in the UK. Which probably explains why I have seen no small birds at all in my garden for the last fortnight or more - when I used, only a few years ago, to get robins (a breeding pair), a variety of tits and sparrows in abundance on my terrace. Even last year I might have expected to see numbers of small birds feeding. But more recently I have only had cats stalking there. It is a feral wasteland, populated only by magpies, pigeons and screeching parakeets.