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  Thread: Cyclists
Post: RE: Cyclists

Umm... am I missing something here? I mean, fourteen PAGES (to date) of claim and counter-claim, argument and counter-argument... it's as if we had all been charged with making a decision about whethe...
notstoppin Wider Topics 271 243,927 23-06-2013, 06:07 PM
  Thread: piano offered
Post: RE: piano offered

Hi Do you still have the piano? I'd be interested in it for my grandson. Thanks.
notstoppin Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 2 3,702 09-11-2012, 02:41 PM
  Thread: Our local supermarket: a cautionary tale
Post: RE: Our local supermarket: a cautionary tale

I've also had a number of experiences with food from Sainsbury's (always the FH branch) that deteriorated well before its due date. At first, I assumed I was just unlucky (after all, these sell-by dat...
notstoppin Wider Topics 41 51,851 13-11-2011, 05:43 PM
  Thread: Our local supermarket: a cautionary tale
Post: Our local supermarket: a cautionary tale

Does this ring a bell with anyone else? I've just returned from a shopping expedition at Sainsbury's in Forest Hill. My first port of call was the meat and fish aisle where I looked at a couple of ...
notstoppin Wider Topics 41 51,851 11-11-2011, 06:27 PM
  Thread: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused of robbing a girl near Forest Hill sta
Post: RE: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused...

"[i]Notstoppin, I being rather portly mayself did not say anything about the size of the muggers but did say that we should not try and side with the more "liberlal minded" who would make excuses for ...
notstoppin Wider Topics 34 29,688 26-08-2011, 07:01 PM
  Thread: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused of robbing a girl near Forest Hill sta
Post: RE: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused...

Londondrz; sandy's post quite clearly stated that "Questioning prejudiced comments.... does not mean that there is any condoning of the offence." This alleged robbery was clearly a traumatic experien...
notstoppin Wider Topics 34 29,688 26-08-2011, 11:53 AM
  Thread: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused of robbing a girl near Forest Hill sta
Post: RE: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused...

I'm confused.... can someone please tell me 1. How many types of classes of women there are? 2. How a woman's weight is relevant to her (alleged) offending behaviour? 3. What proportion of w...
notstoppin Wider Topics 34 29,688 24-08-2011, 10:04 PM
  Thread: Planning Application: 15 Davids Road
Post: RE: Planning Application: 15 Davids Road

Not a particularly distinguished or attractive building, I agree. A pity, though, to see another set of commercial premises go residential. Along with the garage, the former gym (and the nursery next ...
notstoppin SE23 Topics 4 8,593 18-08-2011, 08:34 AM
  Thread: Missing black cat
Post: RE: Missing black cat

Very sorry to hear that Charlie is missing but, before anyone reports a sighting of him in the Waldenshaw Ave / Manor Mount / Davids Road area, can I point out that we have an (apparently identical) c...
notstoppin SE23 Topics 1 4,028 17-08-2011, 09:54 PM
  Thread: Riots in London
Post: RE: Riots in London

"I think we should set the foxes on the rioters." As long as it's not Liam Fox. That would constitute 'a cruel and unusual punishment' and would therefore convene the Human Rights Act.
notstoppin Wider Topics 110 96,369 17-08-2011, 09:50 PM
  Thread: Riots in London
Post: RE: Riots in London

"Appreciate your knowledge from working in prisions. But when they talk about drug free wings , what does that tell you." It tells me that prison security is lax. It is not uncommon for vulnerable ...
notstoppin Wider Topics 110 96,369 17-08-2011, 09:48 PM
  Thread: Riots in London
Post: RE: Riots in London

"[i]Prison should not appear to be a home from home, it should represent a proper punishment and be a place you should never ever want to return to. Like everything else, it's been watered down to the...
notstoppin Wider Topics 110 96,369 15-08-2011, 04:26 PM
  Thread: New Lewisham Council
Post: RE: New Lewisham Council

Am I the only person to have been drawn to this thread by the lure of a new Lewisham Council?
notstoppin SE23 Topics 5 7,322 26-07-2011, 07:58 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill in the Times property section
Post: RE: Forest Hill in the Times property section

Perhaps Newbie and PoolsNeighbour could tell us which features of the Forest Hill 'streetscape' they regard as "grot"?
notstoppin SE23 Topics 103 102,966 21-07-2011, 02:58 PM
  Thread: Time for a fox cull?
Post: RE: Time for a fox cull?

Perhaps we should start by culling Liam Fox?
notstoppin Wider Topics 37 36,353 20-07-2011, 11:33 PM
  Thread: Time for a fox cull?
Post: RE: Time for a fox cull?

Like Jane D I'm ambivalent where urban foxes are concerned. The noise, mess etc can be annoying and whilst it would undoubtedly help if people (and businesses) disposed of their rubbish more respo...
notstoppin Wider Topics 37 36,353 19-07-2011, 02:54 PM
  Thread: Phone Hacking Scandal Reaches FH
Post: RE: Phone Hacking Scandal Reaches FH

According to the BBC news this morning, "Home Secretary Theresa May is to tell MPs about her "concerns" over the closeness of the relationship between News International and police." I wonder whether...
notstoppin Wider Topics 49 55,117 18-07-2011, 11:46 AM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage

Can anyone else remember the days when business-people could speak for more than a minute without using the (usually redundant) phrase "going forward"? I was listening to Radio 4 yesterday and he...
notstoppin Wider Topics 587 486,826 15-07-2011, 10:25 AM
  Thread: Phone Hacking Scandal Reaches FH
Post: RE: Phone Hacking Scandal Reaches FH

Brian Coulson edited the News of The World for Murdoch. Having been forced to resign that post, he moved to Downing St to become Cameron's media-fixer. He may not have been convicted of a crimi...
notstoppin Wider Topics 49 55,117 15-07-2011, 09:34 AM
  Thread: Helicopters over Forest Hill
Post: RE: Helicopters over Forest Hill

Methinks Fishface is being ironic. It obviously [i]was[/i] the police - but how come it seems to happen every year around this time? Are we having our annual crime wave or is it just 'our turn' to hav...
notstoppin SE23 Topics 8 10,397 15-07-2011, 09:24 AM
  Thread: Phone Hacking Scandal Reaches FH
Post: RE: Phone Hacking Scandal Reaches FH

So Essex-boy Coulson lives in Forest Hill! No wonder they eventually decided he was expendable. He may have worked for Cameron but he never really [i]belonged[/i], did he? Should have followed Rebekah...
notstoppin Wider Topics 49 55,117 08-07-2011, 09:50 PM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage

Probably all members of Inverness Rugby Club!
notstoppin Wider Topics 587 486,826 08-07-2011, 05:02 PM
  Thread: Undemocratic Liberals.
Post: RE: Undemocratic Liberals.

I find the history of Scottish football fascinating. When the first-ever international match was played, between Scotland and England, in 1872, the entire Scottish side was provided by Queen's Par...
notstoppin Wider Topics 31 25,607 07-07-2011, 02:44 PM
  Thread: Undemocratic Liberals.
Post: RE: Undemocratic Liberals.

Robin, I can easily understand why your first collection of words 'floats your boat' and your second doesn't - but I don't see what either list has to do with the fact that you think of yourself prima...
notstoppin Wider Topics 31 25,607 06-07-2011, 06:19 PM
  Thread: The Royal Family: response to Roz
Post: RE: The Royal Family: response to Roz

I was thinking of pruning their numbers rather than just their budgets. There are so many of them. At least with a President, the taxpayer doesn't have to keep all their relations.
notstoppin Wider Topics 40 31,734 01-07-2011, 11:29 AM
  Thread: The Royal Family: response to Roz
Post: RE: The Royal Family: response to Roz

Roz is surely right when she points out that our royal family appears to be a good deal bigger, more expensive and more influential than other surviving European monarchies? Given the current economic...
notstoppin Wider Topics 40 31,734 01-07-2011, 08:59 AM
  Thread: Politically Motivated Teachers
Post: RE: Politically Motivated Teachers

Londondrz - are you really suggesting that, if you can't strike, no-one should be able to? Pursue that argument to its logical conclusion and no-one would be allowed to do anything!
notstoppin Wider Topics 40 37,831 01-07-2011, 08:30 AM
  Thread: Recycling collection too early again and barking dog ...still!
Post: RE: Recycling collection too early again and barki...

I don't think the staff at Wearside Road have any real control over the workforce, who are employed by a private contractor. It's only when the contract comes up for re-tendering (once every three yea...
notstoppin SE23 Topics 63 59,033 29-06-2011, 10:19 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone
Post: RE: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone

A Council consultation document - how exciting! Wonder if we'll be among the 1% of households who actually receive it? There are four flats - four different households - where I live in Manor Mount. ...
notstoppin SE23 Topics 106 110,970 27-08-2009, 03:46 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone
Post: RE: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone

A Council consultation document - how exciting! Wonder if we'll be among the 1% of households who actually receive it? There are four flats - four different households - where I live in Manor Mount. ...
notstoppin SE23 Topics 106 110,970 27-08-2009, 01:22 PM
  Thread: Bogus Window Cleaner
Post: RE: Bogus Window Cleaner

Just spoke to my downstairs neighbours; he went there too but got no money. And yes, Roz, we're reporting it to the police.
notstoppin SE23 Topics 42 50,647 14-06-2009, 11:16 AM
  Thread: Bogus Window Cleaner
Post: Bogus window-cleaner?

I live on Manor Mount. Yesterday afternoon, I had a visit from a very jovial 'geezer' (white, short dark hair, specs, late 30's / early 40's) who greeted me cheerily (by my first name) and offered to ...
notstoppin SE23 Topics 42 50,647 13-06-2009, 05:35 PM