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@alice - All modes of transport cost money - don't forget that the taxes you pay subsidise the buses and the tube 🙂

We use Lime bikes quite a bit for 3 main reasons: 1. Able to get into town as you can leave the bike at the end of the journey and not worry about having to lock up your own bike / find a car place / quicker than the train or bus. Also helps with getting over DKH as their electric motors make even that hill a cinch for unfit people like me! 2. Use them to get to Brixton to get on the tube network. 3. Quick way to get home from work at the end of the day On the downside, they're not cheap if you use them a lot.

I'm sorry to hear that you've not had a good experience with Balfe's. I've only ever had fantastic service from them - so much so it seems odd to hear that you've not had a good experience.

Yes - I'm still grumpy about being fined for parking over my own driveway once! :-)

My parents are both in their late 80s as are my partners and they all use internet banking and haven't stepped into a branch in years according to them. Whether we like it or not, banks are profit making organisations and not charities. If they don't think in order to be successful they need bricks and mortar establishments then that's a pretty good indication of whether they are well used by the general population. If they were then it would not be in their interest to close. I'm interested to understand why people actually go into banks. I can understand you need them to pay in large volumes of coins, but you can pay in notes / cheques into ATMs (or in the rare occasion I get a cheque I send it via post to the bank). You can open new accounts on line and move money electronically. Unfortunately, for people who don't like using the internet then banking has moved to being an on-line business now. Must be very frustrating for people who can't use a computer but I doubt that holds much sway with a big business.

Is Rockets a taxi driver? Or do they work for a car manufacturer? 🤣🤣🤣

I voted Labour for the first time in my life (I've always voted for the Conservatives) because I support the LTNs. Had the Conservatives supported the LTNs, I would have voted for them.

Well I'm certainly not voting for a Tory candidate who lives in a proper gated community in Woodyard Lane in Dulwich Village. The hypocrisy is breathtaking!

1. Controlled parking zones throughout East Dulwich balanced with an increase in Blue Badge zones for disabled drivers who have no alternative but driving 2. Remove parking on East Dulwich Grove and replace with a proper cycle lane 3. Double yellow lines around JAGs and Alleyns to stop ability of people to drop off children 4. Multiple Signage along East Dulwich grove to show impact of pollution on residents 5. Remove parking spaces along Lordship Lane - 15 min unloading and blue badge parking only

Excellent post Zardvark. Somewhat of a ruby in the dust that are the usual posts on these forum chats!

Rockets - you really are a very funny person (and if you don?t mind me saying, a little odd :-) ). I assume you see the irony in what you write. Now that this thread really has just become a parody of itself, fingers crossed it will collapse under the weight of its own self importance. Happy Christmas everyone

James James James - what on earth do you think you're doing - are you mad?! Just because schools have broken up and you've got a few free minutes on your hands - don't get involved!!! There are several different people (I resist the urge to write "oddballs") who have posted over 1000 times on this thread alone. They have somehow managed to keep this "conversation" going for 283 pages and I fear that they're just getting going! They will ensnare you, twist your words and their tenacity knows no bounds. Honestly - for your own mental health stay away and let the madness continue unabated. Escape whilst you still have the chance - or at least ask to meet them face-to-face and watch as they drift into the shadows! :-)

Readers, I woke up this morning, excited like a small child on Christmas Morn. You won't even be able to imagine my disappointment when I saw my inbox was empty. Not a jot from Rockets. I feel so let down, my hopes for a relationship have been dashed. I'm sorry Rockets that you've chosen a life of being a keyboard warrior over a relationship with me. Oh well, I'm off for a long bike ride to try and mend my broken heart. I'll pop back in the New Year to read through the next 50 odd pages of pointless hyperbole, but until then, goodbye Rockets. I will miss you. Yours, Spurned of East Dulwich Grove

@Rockets - I am being serious - drop me a PM.

@Rockets - not particularly keen to get into a back and forth conversation that will go nowhere (as you and I both know, and 279 pages of this thread clearly prove). Drop me a PM and let's go for a drink or a walk and talk it through face-to-face. I suspect that may give a more positive outcome rather than typing out yet another post that won't actually get anyone anywhere. Looking forward to meeting up with you.