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Thread: Chandos Pub
Post: RE: Chandos Pub
| In any case as several pubs have found its almost impossible to price out class. |
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John Daker |
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08-07-2016, 01:11 PM |
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Thread: Water Leak - Perry Rise - Road Closed
Post: RE: Water Leak - Perry Rise - Road Closed
| At last. Now I have to unlearn the Priestfield / Lescombe route...... |
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John Daker |
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22-03-2016, 02:26 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak in new South East Magazine
Post: RE: Honor Oak in new South East Magazine
| Perhaps Vaidas declined an offer to pay to be on the map? |
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John Daker |
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18-03-2016, 02:07 PM |
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Thread: Extra Trains on Overground - eventually
Post: RE: Extra Trains on Overground - eventually
| The orbitals look very interesting and its what South London really needs. |
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John Daker |
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10-03-2016, 06:00 PM |
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Thread: Mr Dowd MP
Post: RE: Mr Dowd MP
| Aside from all the above he always used to support events at the children's primary school in the late 90's including the quiz night. |
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John Daker |
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02-03-2016, 02:54 PM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| [font=Arial]Surely if you wanted to live in the CW area you could? In the past 15 years I have worked on around 3,000 flats in the area to the south of it, of which only a relatively small proportion ... |
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John Daker |
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86,121 |
14-01-2016, 02:35 PM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| The issue with a lack of affordable rented accommodation in London goes back a long way. It seems to me that if the local councils had been given the receipts from council house sales in the 1980's an... |
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John Daker |
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86,121 |
13-01-2016, 02:53 PM |
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Thread: Manor Mount one-way system
Post: RE: Manor Mount one-way system
| In the 1990's from what I recall.
We switched to the Ewelme road / Devonshire road alternative until it became too congested to sensible use. |
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John Daker |
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12-01-2016, 02:42 PM |
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Thread: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
| Shouldn't the first objective actually read - Increase speed to 20mph? I do once recall reaching around 15mph on that stretch of road but it was some years ago now. |
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John Daker |
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18-12-2015, 03:09 PM |
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Thread: Should UK bomb Syria ?
Post: RE: Should UK bomb Syria ?
| Its unfortunate really as this seems to be a more worthy cause than the recent ones we have followed the US into.
As I think others said above air strikes are not much use without troops on the grou... |
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John Daker |
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30-11-2015, 02:51 PM |
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Thread: Betting limits in Lewisham
Post: RE: Betting limits in Lewisham
| There was also the proposal for 'super casinos' which thankfully vanished off the radar. |
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John Daker |
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18-11-2015, 02:38 PM |
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Thread: Betting limits in Lewisham
Post: RE: Betting limits in Lewisham
| Thanks for pointing that out - for once I actually agree with the actions of our elected Mayor. |
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John Daker |
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16-11-2015, 02:25 PM |
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Thread: The Capitol - anti-social behaviour
Post: RE: The Capitol - anti-social behaviour
| That sounds like a typical night at the 'spoons (as I believe young folk call it) to me and is the reason we stopped going a long time ago. It always seems to do good business so there must be lot of... |
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John Daker |
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29-10-2015, 02:06 PM |
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Thread: Microsoft Windows phone scam
Post: RE: Microsoft Windows phone scam
| I reply to the 'Its about your accident' calls with indignation along the lines of: Who told you this? I've never had an accident in my life! I hope you didn't pay for this information because if you ... |
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John Daker |
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23-10-2015, 01:29 PM |
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Thread: Over the hill but not far away - Peckham 'coal line'
Post: RE: Over the hill but not far away - Peckham 'coal...
| I think someone ought to do an audit on the safety of this proposal - the parapet in the second large CGI looks to be far too low to me. |
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John Daker |
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12-10-2015, 01:09 PM |
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Thread: Why is Forest Hill station so busy?
Post: RE: Why is Forest Hill station so busy?
| True I like Canary Wharf and the queuing is so civilised - its the only place where I have regularly seen those trying to push in being shamed into retreating. |
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John Daker |
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08-10-2015, 01:42 PM |
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Thread: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO
Post: RE: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO
| The spirit of Mr Betjeman lives on? |
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John Daker |
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30-09-2015, 01:56 PM |
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Thread: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO
Post: RE: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO
| Yes there are a lot of them in Croydon as well. |
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John Daker |
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24-09-2015, 05:27 PM |
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Thread: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO
Post: RE: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO
| I see more of those loutish types for whom the 'C' word is deemed inappropriate out and about late at night in Bromley than I have ever seen around FH or HOP. Although given Bromley's obvious affluenc... |
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John Daker |
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24-09-2015, 01:51 PM |
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Thread: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO
Post: RE: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO
| That seems to be no point at all unless you are suggesting that all the working class are Chavs? Is that the point of his book?
Which would be a little like suggesting that any sub-set of a group can... |
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John Daker |
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23-09-2015, 01:34 PM |
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Thread: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO
Post: RE: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO
| I return from holiday to find this entertaining thread which seems to have provoked a lot of responses for so simple a question.
I think FH has improved a lot over the past few years helped no doubt ... |
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John Daker |
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22-09-2015, 01:59 PM |
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Thread: Fix My Street website
Post: RE: Fix My Street website
| I just downloaded the app and have tested it out. It will be interesting to see it if brings about any action on the part of Lewisham Council. |
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John Daker |
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22-09-2015, 01:33 PM |
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Thread: Article in The Guardian about Walters Way etc
Post: RE: Article in The Guardian about Walters Way etc
| I remember him giving a 'Theory into Practice' lecture when I was at college and being impressed both with the man and his ideas (more so than some of those who gave lectures and then went on to becom... |
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John Daker |
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17-09-2015, 01:46 PM |
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Thread: Water problems
Post: RE: Water problems in SE23 and SE26
| This was 'completed' overnight but the making good will need further attention as will the damage caused by the leak to the road further along. |
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John Daker |
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07-08-2015, 09:13 AM |
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Thread: Tube Strike
Post: RE: Tube Strike
| Or of course its because we have no Underground south of the river so it makes no difference anyway..... |
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John Daker |
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06-08-2015, 03:00 PM |
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Thread: A new section?
Post: RE: A new section?
| 'Yard sales' fit nicely into the Offered/wanted/lost/found section I guess but for Local events it would be a useful addition. |
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John Daker |
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06-08-2015, 01:42 PM |
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Thread: Tube Strike
Post: RE: Tube Strike
| I drove to Greenwich at 7:00 this morning expecting heavier than usual traffic ( you do get on some mornings where it is oddly busy even at this time) and Brockley road was completely empty. I suspec... |
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John Daker |
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06-08-2015, 01:39 PM |
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Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road
| What FH has always lacked (well going back to the early 80's anyway which is when I first encountered the area) is the critical mass of quality shops needed to make it a destination worth the visit so... |
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John Daker |
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22-07-2015, 01:19 PM |
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Thread: Flying ant day
Post: RE: Flying ant day
| What else do you expect from the Evening Standard? |
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John Daker |
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17-07-2015, 01:09 PM |
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Thread: Weeds
Post: RE: Weeds
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John Daker |
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25-06-2015, 03:26 PM |
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Thread: Weeds
Post: Weeds
| Have Lewisham given up trying control weed growth in pavements, around street trees and even in gutters? It leads to many roads looking tatty and uncared for. |
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John Daker |
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25-06-2015, 01:13 PM |
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Thread: Experience with Lewisham Planning?
Post: RE: Experience with Lewisham Planning?
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John Daker |
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24-06-2015, 02:02 PM |
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Thread: Experience with Lewisham Planning?
Post: RE: Experience with Lewisham Planning?
| Have you discussed this with the case officer? Have they indicated why no decision has been made? |
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John Daker |
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24-06-2015, 01:09 PM |
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Thread: Early morning flight path
Post: RE: Early morning flight path
| My point was unintended consequence of complaining was the arrival of a wonderful map of all the flights from one day plotted across the city - like one of the pages from 'The information capital' boo... |
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John Daker |
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19-06-2015, 04:05 PM |
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Thread: Early morning flight path
Post: RE: Early morning flight path
| I complained to Heathrow about early morning jet noise a few months back and received the usual explanations along with a beautiful diagram showing plots of all the arrivals and departures on the day ... |
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John Daker |
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19-06-2015, 01:17 PM |
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Thread: Ice Cream Van Chimes
Post: RE: Ice Cream Van Chimes
| I was so amused by this thread that I dug out my LP of Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers and played the 'Ice Cream Man' song several times. Result - I have now rediscovered a long forgotten 70's ... |
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John Daker |
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10-06-2015, 02:04 PM |
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Thread: Moped/scooter thieves
Post: RE: Moped/scooter thieves
| First time I have looked at the east Dulwich forum. Very 'robust' line of thinking on how to deal with crime they have in those parts. |
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John Daker |
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09-06-2015, 01:59 PM |
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Thread: Swifts - locally extinct?
Post: RE: Swifts - locally extinct?
| Presumably having summoned the rain the yaffle felt able to stop calling? |
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John Daker |
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22-05-2015, 01:57 PM |
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Thread: Parliamentary Election Hustings
Post: RE: Parliamentary Election Hustings
| Its good to see that the Lib Dems and UKIP are held in equal regard. |
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John Daker |
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08-05-2015, 01:04 PM |
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Thread: Neighbourhood Watch
Post: RE: Neighbourhood Watch
| There was one in our road in the 90's but it petered out when the prime movers moved away. It does require motivation to set it up and keep enthusiasm levels up. There are still one or two faded stic... |
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John Daker |
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06-05-2015, 01:33 PM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossing outside the co-op
Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing outside the co-op
| Yes I am always relieved when the traffic is at a standstill on the South Circular so you can cross at any time. |
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John Daker |
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17-04-2015, 01:05 PM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossing outside the co-op
Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing outside the co-op
| Probably made a little more from me on Monday morning when I gave up waiting and crossed regardless..... |
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John Daker |
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15-04-2015, 01:54 PM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| According to one of the fonts of all knowledge today the staff at the station are being given a bonus to reward them for their efforts during these difficult times. Medals would seem more in order giv... |
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John Daker |
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15-04-2015, 01:51 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| Yes excellent effort from all concerned.
Out of interest who should be cleaning it? |
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John Daker |
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15-04-2015, 01:46 PM |
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Thread: African Restaurant opposite FH station
Post: RE: African Restaurant opposite FH station
| Yes this looks very hopeful indeed. I was thinking Tapas bar would be a good addition but this seems to fit the bill as a new eatery. |
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John Daker |
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08-04-2015, 01:58 PM |
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Thread: Woodpecker!
Post: RE: Woodpecker!
| The Kingfishers behind Sainsbury's in Bell Green have been spotted several times by friends who walk their dog there. |
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John Daker |
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02-04-2015, 01:28 PM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossing outside the co-op
Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing outside the co-op
| I thought it was going to be a link to video footage of me running between the cars on Monday morning on a reckless pedestrians site. I wasn't the only one to give up waiting. |
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John Daker |
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02-04-2015, 01:26 PM |
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