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citizenED Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If governments stopped manufacturers making TVs with > "stand-by" switches and banned tungstan > lightbulbs, it would have a far greater effect. I hope someone can back me up on this, but from my mid teens we were all told that leaving your tv on standby is far more efficient that switching it on and off all the time. Also, and I have yet to hear an answer to this question. How does using less electricity save the carbon footprint?. Somewhere a F*ing big Powerstation is producing electricity for my and everyone elses needs. Now, if I turn of my TV at nigfht then obviously I'm not using electricty. Likewise if the whole country does it, then there will be less need for power. HOWEVER, power stations are large buggers, and slowing the rate down for producing electricity, and then picking up up again in the morning is not a 5 minute business. So surely the electricty it is producing is "going to waste"* when it produces moe than we need. I understand if we waste water, water can be stored, hence we have hose pipe bans, but electricty.....how do you store that then, so controling production at the source? Eric * or whater they call it when it is produced bu not used...

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I better find some new batteries for my vibrator > if thats the sort of TV dribble i'll have to put > up with to start my 2008! Thanks for that, now got coffee over my keyboard!!! And I thought only guys did that when there was nowt on telly...What enlightened times we live in, or maybe it's just an Ed thing ;-)

bald marauder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Now if they only did home delivery... > I heard they were thinking about it, but don't > know what's happened. They do take away, just you have to collect it. A small price to pay IMHO...

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > AB Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > Yes - Tandoori Nights is the exception, the food > there is very nice! Still not tried the Ganapti > (sp?) over in Peckham though... Go there NOW it's incredibly good.

Mark Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > have a look at this thread entitled "car tries to > enter the Bishop" Cheers Mark, that was before I'd discovered the EDF, so missed the goings on...

dulwichmum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What a loss that was when it closed. I'll meet you all up there for a > drink when it re-opens though. You cleary do love the place, but don't seem to have spotted it's been open about 6 weeks now.... I think the point we are all objecting to here is that we don't want LL turning into the same sort of bland high street you see everywhere else. Bigger business mean high rents for the shops which pushes out the local businesses as prices rise. Economics, which sadly changes areas to change. E

nutty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's a really interesting point LtP. So really > those percentages should be coming down as they > aren't doing any more work! I would say so, but then I don't run an estate agents business....that's why I have friends.

Was surfing the interweb and found this When did that happen then, and what was the story? E

AnotherPaul Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My gripe with Foxtons is purely about the motors. > There's the wank graffiti, all street and aren't > we street tough but more importantly, for that > size of car, mini coopers drink petrol like crazy. > Cool looking for their brand but evil on the > environment. Real bastards. And did you know that unless you're competing in a motoring event you are not allowed to put competition style numbers on a car? As they do, much to my irritation! Agents usually charge a percentage of sale price, which given the rising costs of houses is quite a hike in costs for selling your home when you think about it. Of course you don't need an estate agent to sell your house for you, or indeed to buy one, just a solicitor, and a buyer/seller who wants to save some money too. Cut them out I say....

ChavWivaLawDegree Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Me and my trusty hound are taking the train to > Staines from Waterloo, and will bussed into the > camp by the organisers - just incase any of you > want to know how to get there. Sorry, I have no facts here, but I have a vague recollection that those two forms of transport more damaging to the environment? And while I'm ranting....when the council decides that even if I leave my paper in the non official bag they will take it, and not just leave it as they do currently, I'll be a bit more inclined to put more effort into my recycling. Not having a go at you CWALD, but I do find the whole eco thing a bit of a joke when things like this happen. SPadetown...loved the Levellers comment ;-)

smith Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One of my colleagues comes out with some > classics... > > "The penny finally dawned on him" > "You could hear a mouse drop" Just made these up (I like to do this sort of literary stuff) You can't teach an old dog to change his spots... A bird in the hand is worth a thousand words... A rolling stone spoils the broth... Age before insult to injury... Once bitten, twice a bride... Armed to the back teeth... Don't put all your cooks in one basket...

bagpuss78 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My nana used to say "he's getting a bit above his > station" i try to say it as often as possible, > obviously when applicable not just randomly > sperting it out. If you did just keep spurting it out, would that be a case of Tuberetts Syndrome......:)) I'll get me coat.....:-$

Muttley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wonder how many of "us" will still be here when we are 70 hellsCATchance Nope, we have the plan to leave London, for the West Country, Brissol Airport way, to be near my wife's family, and to get away from the hellhole that is London...ED itself is not too bad, just it's too near the rest of London for my liking...

I got a 69!!! (I haven't tried looking at that walkscore website yet though...) Joking aside though, this gives a higher score the less you have to walk, which seems kind of at odds with the purpose of the website....or am I missing something here?

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ? A garage that restores classic cars. That's my garage you're talking about then!!! Though only doing my own cars. MGB, Austin A40 & Merc W123, but it is on LL! > ? A place to have breakfast that is somewhere > in-between a kaf and a caf? (where you can get a > fry-up and a smoothie) run by big-bosomed, > motherly ladies with dirty aprons who call > everyone luv. Like the lady in the one on the corner of LL & Crystal Palace Road..

macroban Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Excellent new web-page - only a few days old. Excellent find that, thanks for posting Macroban.

DaveR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I went to a far eastern wedding where the wedding > banquet started with loads of waiters carrying > glowing dishes to the tables accompanied by the > theme tune to "the X files" - spooky/hilarious You can't leave it there!!!!...what was in them?

Marmora Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unmarried couples who split up should have the > right to claim financial support from their former > partners, under new recommendations. Do we presume this means the man having to support the woman, irrespective of the circumstances that lead to the split? I have two friends, both of whom cheated on their husbands, and both of whom are now being awarded money for troubles, one even though she is now living with someone. Yes, I am sure there are some very deserving cases for payments to be made, but from my experiences with friends and aquaintences the whole divorce thing, and payments thereafter seems is very biased towards looking after the women. Must add I'm not wanting to start a sex war here! Also agree with Keef's last comment

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've never had a totally satisfactory meal at the > Peckham Exp in any of it's incarnations however... Peckham Exp. that's the place I mean. So maybe the tables are warning us to steer clear....

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's on the Lordship Lane end of Pellat Rd - Small > frontage but I love the place > > Has been featuring in Time Out's pick of the South > London bars/cafes for last few weeks too > > It's not a fryup greasy spoon type caff tho.. At ?6.95 a breakfast it certainly isn't ! Melbourne Grove Cafe is the winner there. Having said that though I do like the place for a leisurely afternoon coffee & Sticky bun

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think I just stopped caring basically!!!! > > fwiw, I've been pondering on some JC (the proper > one, Johnny Cash), possibly something soppy like > "The One Rose" My Nephew had that at his wedding recently. I on the other hand had Dave Le Roth singing the Just a Gigolo/I Ain't got nobody melody. Highly inappropriate I'll grant you, but I was given the choice of the first song, and as I met my wife at Ceroc and we use to dance to this all the time, it seemed the best thing at the time. (Singing) Boozy Booozy Bop, Diddy-Bop Iiiiiiiii Ain't got noo booody, NOBODY!...... (/Singing)

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'll have you know Mr Bleep that Bellenden Road > rocks. Except the restaurant on the corner opposite this bookshop. The tables had bars between their legs, going corner to corner, that makes it impossible to get close enough to the table to eat, as you can't get your legs under the. Pity, food does look nice. > It even houses Mr Anthony Gormley's > studio, that great artist who has deposited > wonderful sculptures all around this sceptered > isle and bequeathed Bellenden Road with rusty, > somewhat phallic, bollards! I often wonder why I neve saw the Angel of the North trying to squeze out of that doorway! Speaking Bollards (No jokes please....) Mr G must have had a few going spare as when i visited the Angel Of The North, last time I went to see my family, I realised that they are used around the entrance to the park it stands in.....fascinating!

Frisco Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As you've made this claim, do you have the > evidence to back it up? I don't believe that this > is true, and if it was it would have been exposed > far more widely than on EDF. Who needs evidence this is the internet...Joking aside I belive the who infrastructure costs on set-up were circa ?10m (Not sure where I got this figure from but it is in my head, may have been when i was researching the story on the routremaster demise. As they were replacing drivers taking fares it was an additional cost over and above costs already being borne. Then of course there is the fact that that quite a lot of the busses that you have to buy a ticket for then travel down the road, and you can pay the driver at that stop. As mentikoned they then need maintaining, and emptying of cash. Of course there is the matter fo fare evasion also. People just waving some random ticket. > At the beginning maybe, but people are now mostly > used to the machines, and Oyster is now much more > widely available and cheaper than paying by cash. Yes, but these were still serious problems > You're nit-picking. Revenue protection doesn't > always require cash collection, and can involve > identifying the people involved for further > action. It is cheaper for the company to take the fare ther and then, than to go through the process of sending out letters to chase payments/fines. Any process such as that has a cost to it, so it's more cost effective to deal with the non payment at source if possible. > However, even if they did take penalty payments from non-payers etc, this would hardly be > handling money on the same scale as a conductor. Agreed, but if the facility is there to handle the paymants why not go the whole hog? It makes the "Value" of the conductor/inspector/security chappie more worthwhile. > Plus, you appear to be ignoring the deterrent effect, as well as the previous costs of conductor > fraud etc. Not ignoring it, I believe we should have conductors, just thought that was obvious from my standpoint, but maybe it wasn't?

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Of course the more fashion conscious dulwichmum > type, feeling a little unsafe on public transport, > may consider this stylish handbag. > Noooooo - As carried by the Fashion Police* I wonder, but then looking at it, the answer must surely be no! * Who've felt my very wide collars on the odd occasion.

Frisco Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > However, in my view, buses should be completely cashless, and they can be as a Oyster > and bus stop payment machines. These ticket machines sadly cost more in infrastructure and ongoing maintanace and cash collection than conductors ever did. Then of course there is the whole issue fo having to have change and lone woned being stranded because they did nto have the right change for a ticket. Riduculous idea they were. > Not having to handle money would allow the drivers > to drive without distraction, and a second person > on board could be used in a passenger assistance, > security and revenue enforcement role. If they are protecting revenue, then they surely will have to offer a way of paying, as per ticket inspectors on trains, so surely makes them conductors? > Sadly, I suspect that these people would probably have to > wear stab proof jackets, but everyone else working > in security these days seems to do so anyway. Sadly you're right.