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  Thread: Traffic lights Dartmouth Road/London Road
Post: RE: Traffic lights Dartmouth Road/London Road

Can I too add my thanks to Deano. We have relatives in Sydenham and often travel to and from Honor Oak. Dartmouth Road used to have to be avoided but now, thanks to Deano, we no longer have to go vi...
Joffe SE23 Topics 111 107,917 21-10-2013, 04:37 PM
  Thread: commuters at canada water
Post: RE: commuters at canada water

On a slightly different point, what is the Oyster machine at the top of the escalator there for? Some people use it, others don't - it's pink.
Joffe Wider Topics 26 26,543 10-04-2012, 10:17 AM
  Thread: Burglary in SE23
Post: RE: Burglary in SE23

What an idiot!
Joffe SE23 Topics 44 43,490 04-04-2012, 03:59 PM
  Thread: Closure of London Bridge (upper station) in 2015
Post: RE: Closure of London Bridge (upper station) in 20...

[quote=lacb]Joffe, re CX station in evening peak: Quote: I'd presume that without the ability to change at London Bridge, the station would be a lot less busy. Most people who use that statio...
Joffe Wider Topics 36 40,393 04-04-2012, 02:08 PM
  Thread: Closure of London Bridge (upper station) in 2015
Post: RE: Closure of London Bridge (upper station) in 20...

[quote=lacb]This will also cause massive disruption at CX in the evening peak. If anything goes wrong that station soon fills up and you can't even get in it, and that is *with* the ability to change ...
Joffe Wider Topics 36 40,393 04-04-2012, 11:21 AM
  Thread: Closure of London Bridge (upper station) in 2015
Post: RE: Closure of London Bridge (upper station) in 20...

Lower Sydenham is in Zone 4 I think.
Joffe Wider Topics 36 40,393 03-04-2012, 04:53 PM
  Thread: Closure of London Bridge (upper station) in 2015
Post: RE: Closure of London Bridge (upper station) in 20...

It seems to me that of the trains I get off in the morning, about half the people change trains at London Bridge and half go the the underground or out of the station. For me it would mean I don't...
Joffe Wider Topics 36 40,393 03-04-2012, 03:41 PM
  Thread: Budget 2012
Post: RE: Budget 2012

Poolsneighbour - you're better off because duty on alcohol is frozen and you don't mention having young kids (so won't lose tax credits). The £200 better off comes from the increase in the personal a...
Joffe Wider Topics 57 44,968 22-03-2012, 12:25 PM
  Thread: Supermarkets
Post: RE: Supermarkets

We have him for tea every week. Now I'm wondering who we're really inviting into the house.
Joffe Wider Topics 59 73,748 20-03-2012, 10:55 AM
  Thread: Supermarkets
Post: RE: Supermarkets

Uncle Ben aint real?
Joffe Wider Topics 59 73,748 19-03-2012, 06:23 PM
  Thread: Most Burgled Places In UK
Post: RE: Most Burgled Places In UK

We disturbed a burglar just last week, and know of tow others who disturbed theirs (one in Sydenham, one in Lee). Horrible to think that somebody's been in your house.
Joffe Wider Topics 3 5,704 16-03-2012, 05:38 PM
  Thread: Garthorne Road
Post: RE: Garthorne Road

Yes, it's very nice indeed. The parking thing is amazing - where we are we could have three cars and still park each one outside our house comfortably. Access to the rear of the properties is diffic...
Joffe SE23 Topics 8 9,147 31-01-2012, 01:12 PM
  Thread: Why is it called overground?
Post: RE: Why is it called overground?

Me: Which train did you come on? Dad: The overground Me: Oh, I'd have come through London Bridge if I were you. Dad: I did. Me: Oh, so you did come on National Rail. Dad: Yeah, that's what I said...
Joffe Wider Topics 28 26,575 27-01-2012, 03:33 PM
  Thread: Car damaged by cyclist - Garthorne Road
Post: RE: Car damaged by cyclist - Garthorne Road

Probably Ryan, yes! [quote=wayfarer] As for the angle, why should all the cyclists (and there are quaite alot) have to get off and walk through the entrance, just because a driver (potentially the ...
Joffe SE23 Topics 21 21,937 20-01-2012, 11:59 AM
  Thread: Car damaged by cyclist - Garthorne Road
Post: RE: Car damaged by cyclist - Garthorne Road

rshdunlop - the make of the car is irrelevant - if ti had been a focus, i'd have said 'Focus'. If it were a mini, I'd have said 'mini'. I thought it might help to be specific so the owner (if readin...
Joffe SE23 Topics 21 21,937 20-01-2012, 11:33 AM
  Thread: Car damaged by cyclist - Garthorne Road
Post: RE: Car damaged by cyclist - Garthorne Road

No, no yet.
Joffe SE23 Topics 21 21,937 19-01-2012, 12:01 PM
  Thread: Car damaged by cyclist - Garthorne Road
Post: Car damaged by cyclist - Garthorne Road

If you parked your BMW at the Grierson Road end of Garthorne Road this morning (by the fire gate thing) then you've had your window wipers bent and wing mirrors thumped by a cyclist who thought you pa...
Joffe SE23 Topics 21 21,937 19-01-2012, 11:25 AM
  Thread: Double Glazing / Windows help!
Post: RE: Double Glazing / Windows help!

We used Bespoke Windos and Doors - now at the top of Lordship Lane - assume they're still going and did a good job for us.
Joffe Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 12 18,211 09-01-2012, 04:27 PM
  Thread: Train and Buses Fares increase
Post: RE: Train and Buses Fares increase

Brian - I was being sarcastic.
Joffe Wider Topics 23 18,727 05-01-2012, 02:33 PM
  Thread: Train and Buses Fares increase
Post: RE: Train and Buses Fares increase

Yes, riots. That's the answer. Thanks Roz.
Joffe Wider Topics 23 18,727 05-01-2012, 11:21 AM
  Thread: Lewisham Life - Soviet era propaganda or just and egregious waste of money?
Post: RE: Lewisham Life - Soviet era propaganda or just ...

The other day I was clearing out the porch - I put LL and the News Shopper straight in the recycle bin. I did feel bad though.
Joffe Wider Topics 10 12,081 19-12-2011, 11:24 AM
  Thread: Bizzare accident on Honor Oak Road by Manor Mount
Post: RE: Bizzare accident on Honor Oak Road by Manor Mo...

Snazy made it sound like there was a station. I was confused too.
Joffe SE23 Topics 7 10,844 13-12-2011, 11:02 AM
  Thread: Recycling in Lewisham
Post: RE: Recycling in Lewisham

Perhaps 'somewhere else' life would be better. Might broaden my horizons. I know what life is Lewisham is like - I live there.
Joffe Wider Topics 22 25,518 12-12-2011, 11:57 AM
  Thread: Supermarkets
Post: RE: Supermarkets

[quote]@iwereabsolutelyfuming I agree with you. The biggest problem with supermarkets is that they DO screw over suppliers, although Sainsbury's are better than many and the Co-operative and Waitro...
Joffe Wider Topics 59 73,748 09-12-2011, 10:48 AM
  Thread: Recycling in Lewisham
Post: RE: Recycling in Lewisham

[quote]Finally! Excellent news. Do please remember, everyone, to give food containers a quick rinse before you put them in the recycling- in cold water. Use hot and you virtually cancel out the vi...
Joffe Wider Topics 22 25,518 05-12-2011, 02:05 PM
  Thread: Jeremy Clarkson
Post: RE: Jeremy Clarkson

I wish I knew what you were talking about Baboonery but as you write in cryptic code I don't.
Joffe Wider Topics 38 35,527 02-12-2011, 11:07 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Christmas Tree
Post: RE: Forest Hill Christmas Tree

So it's a bit like switching the lights on at home when it gets dark?
Joffe SE23 Topics 25 26,196 01-12-2011, 05:53 PM
  Thread: Jeremy Clarkson
Post: RE: Jeremy Clarkson

Even out of context they sound like a joke to me. I think Unison are being over sensitive because this strike was very weakly supported even by their own members.
Joffe Wider Topics 38 35,527 01-12-2011, 03:20 PM
  Thread: Jeremy Clarkson
Post: Jeremy Clarkson

I've just listened to Unison on the BBC saying Jeremy Clarkson's comments yesterday about those on strike were 'totally totally freightening', 'an incitment to hatred' and finished off by likening him...
Joffe Wider Topics 38 35,527 01-12-2011, 03:10 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Christmas Tree
Post: RE: Forest Hill Christmas Tree

what about the tree's pension when it's retired? Who's paying for that?
Joffe SE23 Topics 25 26,196 01-12-2011, 01:33 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Christmas Tree
Post: RE: Forest Hill Christmas Tree

Another Coulson exclusive...?
Joffe SE23 Topics 25 26,196 01-12-2011, 01:04 PM
  Thread: Our local supermarket: a cautionary tale
Post: RE: Our local supermarket: a cautionary tale

[quote=Roz]Old Kent Road???? Catford? Elmers End????You having a laugh- these places are miles away. I meant what I said, there is nothing else around here. By here I meant within walking distance, no...
Joffe Wider Topics 41 51,843 01-12-2011, 10:57 AM
  Thread: Crime Prevention
Post: RE: Crime Prevention

Sorry, rsh..
Joffe Wider Topics 15 11,300 30-11-2011, 03:28 PM
  Thread: Crime Prevention
Post: RE: Crime Prevention

I'm amazed you want to tell everyone that, rhsdunlop, given that your identity is not exactly hidden...
Joffe Wider Topics 15 11,300 30-11-2011, 03:27 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Christmas Tree
Post: RE: Forest Hill Christmas Tree

Who's switching on the lights? Linda Barker or Shaun Wright Phillips's Gran?
Joffe SE23 Topics 25 26,196 29-11-2011, 06:27 PM
  Thread: Can you not sit somewhere else?
Post: RE: Can you not sit somewhere else?

Lol! Apparently it is a rude word as the forum has automatically replaced the word I wrote. :ohmy:
Joffe Wider Topics 49 45,113 29-11-2011, 01:32 PM
  Thread: Can you not sit somewhere else?
Post: RE: Can you not sit somewhere else?

I thought it was 'farted', (which I don't think is a rude word) but no doubt Londondrz will set the record straight.
Joffe Wider Topics 49 45,113 29-11-2011, 01:29 PM
  Thread: Can you not sit somewhere else?
Post: RE: Can you not sit somewhere else?

Some woman got on the train at London Bridge to go to Charing Cross today - she had about 20 layers on including a massive snow suit type thing, a scarf and a woolly hat. Wehn she gets in, she climb...
Joffe Wider Topics 49 45,113 29-11-2011, 11:33 AM
  Thread: Beadnell Road demolition
Post: RE: Beadnell Road demolition

Maybe a good place for a Dominos?
Joffe SE23 Topics 10 13,149 28-11-2011, 11:06 AM
  Thread: Bus to Blackheath
Post: RE: bus to Blackheath

[quote=jgdoherty] More interestingly people seem to have a real downer on acknowledging they live in Catford[/quote] I wonder why that is :)
Joffe Wider Topics 31 28,388 25-11-2011, 06:02 PM
  Thread: Cancellation of 2 trains from LB to Crystal Palace
Post: RE: Cancellation of 2 trains from LB to Crystal Pa...

There's a discussion about it here. Apparently there was noone on these trains. http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=372&page=68
Joffe SE23 Topics 1 3,661 24-11-2011, 06:33 PM
  Thread: Time for a fox cull?
Post: RE: Time for a fox cull?

[quote]125407, apart from the four legs you could be descibing a good few humans as well. [/quote] :laugh:
Joffe Wider Topics 37 36,351 22-11-2011, 05:04 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

Or a barbers.
Joffe SE23 Topics 736 623,290 22-11-2011, 04:03 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

I'm not 'anonymous' on that comments page by the way.
Joffe SE23 Topics 736 623,290 21-11-2011, 04:08 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

That wasn't my intention BarCar - apologies. Anyway, I nearly got cleared up by a delivery bike yesterday - perhaps no dominos was a good thing after all. As for a different site, maybe somewher...
Joffe SE23 Topics 736 623,290 21-11-2011, 01:38 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

BarCar, why does having a debate have to be trolling? I'm not posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off- topic messages - I'm just sharing my views and challenging assertions. I live pretty near...
Joffe SE23 Topics 736 623,290 18-11-2011, 05:38 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

That may well be true Hoona. But at least they might see the closed shops and think about coming back in the day!
Joffe SE23 Topics 736 623,290 18-11-2011, 03:09 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

[quote=wayfarer]What about the evidence provided by Dominoes themselves: "Only about 30% are bought by customers visiting the unit who then wait for the product to be freshly prepared and baked. Th...
Joffe SE23 Topics 736 623,290 18-11-2011, 02:44 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

[quote]Dogma doesn't enter into this. Talk of the Domino business model is a non sequitur.[/quote] Whatever your opinion on the matter, Tersie's assertion that a Dominoes wouldn't bring traffic to ...
Joffe SE23 Topics 736 623,290 18-11-2011, 02:01 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

3 in 10 Dominos sales could be a lot of people. I don't think you could say a Dominos at the old bank wouldn't have benefited the other shops on the parade (apart from the pizza shop maybe :mellow:) ...
Joffe SE23 Topics 736 623,290 18-11-2011, 11:31 AM
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