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jimbo goodrich road is awful! There must be someone who lives there who just lets their dog out to poo on the pavement I reckon. Particularly poor behaviour as there is a school there so loads of children walking up and down the road twice a day.

DeptfordDiva Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have the perfect solution to this - ban > reproduction then there would be no need for > parent and child parking bays :)) Yes and then in about 80 years there would be no need for any bays at all as there would be nobody left to shop in sainsburys (or indeed work there). And nobody around to pick fights either.

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's as maybe but why go into a pub if you're > not going to drink alcohol? If you're driving / pregnant / on the wagon / likely to be operating heavy machinery later then having a soft drink may be necessary. You may be in the pub to meet friends or just to have some time away from home or work or just because you like the ambience of the pub (rather than just sitting in the park with a lemonade). And agree, ?3.20 is ridiculous for an orange and lemonade.

We live near there and never had any problems. Why don't you ask them why they have lied about living there for 2 years??!

actually both the parcels that didn't get to us were gifts posted by friends that they had bought in shops, not internet purchases. However, that's not really the issue here is it?

We've had 2 parcels just get lost in the last month - both sent to us with royal mail. Have been to sorting office in case they're languishing there but no. Very annoying!

Just gave them a ring and they are going to 'contact the stock collector' and report that this area seems to have been missed out yesterday. Guess that means hopefully they will turn up later

oh yes - me too! Have left mine out again today in case they are a day late but was going to try and contact them when I get a spare minute. Annoying!

Why don't you report him to the council and give a description and, if you can, times that he usually walks his dog. I have contacted the council before about dog poo in the parks, having had too many trips to the park spoiled by either myself or my daughter stepping in some. I suggested they had some 'plain clothes' wardens in the parks early morning (when most dog walkers are around), issueing fines. I had a quick and positive response back saying they would indeed do that. IF you know someone is a repeat offender then why not pass on to the council to deal with him (although if you're up for it guess him being hassled by lots of residents to do the right thing can't hurt either!) East Dulwich is definitely the worst place I've ever lived for dog poo - guess is the fact that there are lots of parks, hence lots of dog owners. And is not always the beefy men with scary dogs who offend - I've spoken to posh village ladies on 2 occasions in the park when I've witnessed them failing to pick up after their dogs.

oh I see, thanks. Had got the wrong end of the stick. So must leave you even more short of options if you're vegetarian and pregnant. I've often noticed that there's only one veggie option on a lot of menus and thought how incredibly annoying that must be.

I'm sure I'm being thick as I'm neither a vegetarian, nor do I like goat's cheese but why can't you eat goat's cheese if you're a veggie? Vegan, yes, I get it but I thought goat's cheese was ok for a vegetarian? Just curious!

for goodness sake, didn't you already vent several times on another thread about this? if you don't need baby or maternity goods, don't shop there. What's to criticise? Reasonably priced goods which are ethically sourced and a business still managed by the original owner who is expanding due to success. (and yes, out to make a profit as presumably most of us are when we go to work unless we are lucky enough to have some private income that takes this necessity away)

what is really depressing is wondering how many people must have witnessed it but 3 children were still badly hurt. That Tesco is always heaving, not to mention all the traffic / pedestrians that must have been there at that time in the afternoon.

Well the way in which such schemes are run and managed does make a huge difference in how people view them. The one I experienced previously and sing the praises of was in Wandsworth - reasonable rates for residents parking, parking shop in the high st which was always open and efficient. Visitors permits very easy to get hold of and ?1 for a whole days parking, never once ticketed unfairly and whole area the same zone so if you lived there you could park anywhere in the area. Although I'm in favour, I do somehow doubt that Southwark would manage it as well and certainly lots of councils do seem to charge way more than Wandsworth for a resident permit. When I lived in Lambeth the (dis) organisation of the parking scheme and over zealous parking wardens made it much more tiresome, but then the same could be said of paying council tax and basically anything where you had to deal with Lambeth council. Anyway, I digress...My point is that it is possible to run CPZ schemes in a manner which causes minimum effort and hassle to the residents and at a low cost.

I used to live in a controlled parking zone - lived there for several years before it was introduced too. It made a huge difference, to the good, to parking and car use in our street which wasn't even that close to the station. It may not seem logical but it did seem to get rid of a large number of vehicles which previously parked in our road every single day and then suddenly disappeared. It was definitely worth the ?45 a year. I'd actually like to have more wardens patrolling around as maybe it would stop people parking on yellow lines over dropped kerbs, thus making it very difficult for wheelchair users or anyone pusing a buggy (obv less of an issue) to cross the road or parking over my driveway meaning that I can't get my one small car out on the few occasions when I want to use it. (not to drive to llane I might add) I agree that part of the problem is inevitable when big houses become 4 flats etc but that's not the whole story. Our next door neighbours have 2 cars and a van for 3 adults in the house and next door to them have 5 cars. If people had to pay for every vehicle they might actually give a bit more thought to the number of cars they own and do us all and the environment a favour!

Great reply Laura. I am certainly looking forward to buying maternity and baby clothes at a local shop for reasonable prices, without worrying that someone not much older than my daughter has made them. I think you'll do really well in east dulwich. To be honest, think most of the people getting their knickers in a twist over your arrival were just making assumptions from the name of the shop and experience of other overpriced baby clothes shops in the area and getting somewhat carried away by a general dislike of people with children. When do you hope to open?

It is indeed a ridiculous name and their baby clothes are pretty pricey (in my opinion) but their maternity clothes are very reasonable (?30 for a pair of trousers) and, like it or not, there must be a market for that round here! As a pregnant lady myself I'll be pleased not to have to hike up to town for any maternity clothes or pay ridiculous boutique prices of the few options locally. Appreciate will not be useful to everybody round here but I wouldn't class it as an overpriced boutique. But yes, a sushi place would be great.

My sister was refused a passport for her son as one of his ears wasn't showing in the photo! I said she should have told them he was actually missing an ear (he's not) to see what the response was. But how ridiculous - not least because the photo was him aged about 5 months on a passport that he'll still be allowed to use when he's 5, by which time I think the missing ear won't make any difference as he'll be totally unrecognisable from the photo anyway.

my knickers were twisted by the ridiculous statement saying that people who disagree with attending church just to get into a school ought also to disagree with attending a wedding or funeral in church. Not by church attendance faith schools per se (although I agree they should be abolished) Quite an interesting article here from a while back in the Guardian. Mentions Dulwich as one of the case studies in fact. http://education.guardian.co.uk/faithschools/story/0,,1820138,00.html

Attending a wedding or a funeral when you don't believe in god is in no way a comparison to suddenly taking up regular church attendance in order to get your child into a 'good' school. Possibly choosing to get married in church is but when you attend a wedding you are a guest - the choice of venue is up to the couple getting married (or family of the deceased in the case of a funeral) and you attend the chosen venue out of a desire to witness the ceremony, as they have wished you to. By attending someone's wedding or funeral you are in no way implying that you share the beliefs of the church, just showing respect to the beliefs of the people whose ceremony it is. I am an agnostic and don't go to church but attended my grandmother's funeral recently at a church. She was a very comitted christian, church evey week, prayers, strong belief and christian morals and it meant everything to her for her funeral to be in church. Should I not have gone then for fear of being hypocritical? Sorry, but your ridiculous generalisations in order to justify what most people do belive to be a shaky and hyporitical position (ie attending church just for a school place) are just not relevant.

thanks gigirl but I have seen the Cure live twice before at Wembly and almost died of boredom both times (and they are a band that I really like, not just dragged along with a boyfriend or whatever) so won't be making the same mistake a third time!

This is cheating as it's not something I overheard myself. THere's a fantastic thread on Guardian talk called 'conversations overheard in public' which is very very long but does contain some absolute gems. A few of my favourites are: On a beach in France a few years ago, a middle-aged English couple walked past me, deep in conversation. I only heard two words, but they were enough: "...and fourteenthly..." and "swiss cottage is the only tube station named after two different types of cheese" and "They say the best place to test a vibrator is the tip of your nose." Long pause. "Okay, second best place I suppose".

I don't see why a shop that's been there a long time can't still keep the exterior looking neat and clean. When you get whole rows of shops which are all scruffy and faded it just makes the whole area look depressed. I'm all for shops sticking around, along with a mix of new and different ones but think it's good when shop owners invest a bit of the profit in making their shop, and therefore the street, look attractive.

Mogadishu? Have read 'are you experienced' a long while back but do remember it being a good, entertaining, quick read. Other top reads from recent times (as in I've read them recently, not they've been written recently necessarily) are: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving A History of Tracktors in Ukranian by Marina Lewycka (not read 2 caravans yet Ladygooner!) The Kite Runner by Khaled Husseini The Life of Pi by Yann Martel Sophie's bakery for the broken hearted by Lolly Winston. Have also read several Douglas Kennedy books and really enjoyed them (as per Ladygooner recommendation above) All really well written, great characters but yet easy to read.