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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Lots of people do use swimming as a therapeutic exercise if they are less mobile. If you use the Perry Vale car park you either have to negotiate the steps in the underpass or walk around Waldram Cres... |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Hmm. Look at the posts on the East Dulwich Forum about their newly renovated pools, which are now run by Fusion. It's not good.
http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,844153 |
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04-05-2012, 03:05 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| And I would add that there are problems at the Bridge Leisure centre with cleaning that cannot be blamed on the previous management. |
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04-05-2012, 03:16 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| I was struck the other day by how well the landscaping works at the pools - as you walk up the hill towards the pools, you get a great view of the side facade. You can see the size of the building, th... |
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08-06-2012, 08:14 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Maybe we could have an organised SE23 'run and jump', all holding hands? I am sure some people would sponsor some of us to take a running jump ;) |
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21-06-2012, 03:32 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Caps can also be EXUBERANT! And EXCLAMATORY! Both seem fine to me for a sign on a building. I like it. |
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24-06-2012, 09:22 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Well, I hate to say I told you so... Fusion have a reputation, and it's not a good one. |
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10-08-2012, 07:57 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| I hope you are all reporting this to Lewisham, who are effectively Fusion's employers. Taking your money so far in front of the official opening date has to be wrong. When do your memberships official... |
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03-09-2012, 01:51 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| If they are going to let horses into the pool, I might give it a miss. |
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14-09-2012, 08:54 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Trunks? So that's elephants as well? |
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14-09-2012, 11:00 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| I once slipped at the edge of a pool with a similar high water level that lapped over the edges. I did a rather spectacular but inelegant somersault into the water. Luckily I went head first, as other... |
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24-09-2012, 02:20 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| If anyone saw the threads on the East Dulwich Forum when their pools reopened managed by Fusion, you'll know that the same thing happened there. Completely overwhelmed and incapable of doing a job the... |
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02-10-2012, 07:43 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| It probably depends on how much hair you have... |
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07-10-2012, 02:59 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| I was thinking of myself - I have a lot of hair and need quite a powerful shower to wash and rinse it properly. Why, Robin, what did you think I meant? |
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07-10-2012, 03:10 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Outdoor shoes plus wet floors means dirty floors which is just unpleasant. Especially if the one thing you invariably drop on the floor while you are taking things out of a locker is your underwear (o... |
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25-10-2012, 04:18 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Well, I don't know about the other, but I'm a lady. I don't care for mud. *sniff* |
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25-10-2012, 07:58 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| If it were Jilly Cooper, there would be a horse in the tub too. |
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26-10-2012, 10:55 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| nottinghillbilly - what you describe is typical of the level of cleanliness (or lack thereof) in other pools managed by Fusion. I hate to say I told you so, but... |
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07-05-2013, 11:16 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Roz - are you referring to Louise House in your last paragraph? Or some other building? Because Louise House isn't derelict. |
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04-04-2015, 01:19 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| [quote]Yes, it's frustrating that you have to check the NR site/app for London Overground times while TfL have no information on their own site for their own service, bar delays or engineering works.[... |
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05-02-2013, 04:59 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| The London Bridge trains WERE running on Saturday. They're not running today because of bridge works at Norwood.
It IS annoying that it happening so often, but to be fair to TfL, if you check their w... |
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24-11-2013, 10:27 AM |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Disaster The Old Bank to become a Dominoes piz...
| Papa Johns in Catford deliver to SE23, as do the wonderful Pizza Fresco in Crystal Palace. You can do both online, Papa Johns through their own website and Pizza Fresco through Hungry House. |
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02-09-2011, 12:55 PM |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Disaster The Old Bank to become a Dominoes piz...
| The bright yellow shop in Forest Hill may not be the most aesthetically pleasing, but it does not sell tat (at least not exclusively). It is one of the most useful shops in FH. |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Dominoes Pizza
| BMqpr - don't be too flattered. All the takeaway places are computerised and their systems recognise your phone number. By the time they've finished saying hello they have your name, address and order... |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza
| While very local 'locals' may well boycott this Dominoes, it will have a wide delivery area and many of the people who order from it will know nothing of the Old Bank or HOP. I always order takeaways ... |
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17-10-2011, 10:45 PM |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza
| The local pizzerias may not be at as much risk as you might think. There is a Pizza Hut in FH, but also a thriving independent. I think their customer bases are different. |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Not untypical of the East Dulwich Forum, however, which positively drips with vitriol and is packed with rabid pram-pushers. |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| [quote]I wouldnt take the rantings on a forum as gospel[/quote]
Irony, thy name is gingernuts. |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| I'm with Perryman - both geographically and philiosophically. Fascinating and highly entertaining. I sometimes worry that the air up on The Hill must be a bit oxygen-deficient. It's the only explanati... |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| ummango - talking of tarring people with the same brush, SE23.com is not the EDF and I haven't seen vitriol and malice directed at the TLERA here, only reasoned, if sometimes also heated, argument. I ... |
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07-03-2012, 05:13 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Only problem being that in Dangerous Laisons the bad guys are damned sexy and the good guys more than a little drippy. If anyone on the TLERA even remotely resembles John Malkovitch, they've got my vo... |
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08-03-2012, 08:24 PM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Found Rooster!
| Robin - you do realise that 'realize' is an Americanisation as well? |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Found Rooster!
| Interesting, Sandy. I'm sensitive on the subject because American editors are always criticising my 'poor spelling' because it's their way or the highway - they want a 'zee' every time and don't even ... |
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29-12-2010, 11:04 AM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Found Rooster!
| Robin - I see you have also replied while I was typing. My advice on stifling your inner pedant was meant kindly, if that wasn't clear. |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Michael - you should have signed off 'yours sincerely'. Use 'faithfully' when the salutation is 'Dear Sir / Madam'. When you address the recipient by their name, use 'sincerely'. If your opening salut... |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Robin - I think there is a difference between calling for a degree of formality and hijacking people's threads with complaints about Americanisms or other stylistic choices. That was my main reason fo... |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| I'm also quite intrigued to know what Robin meant by 'penumbra' in this context. It gave me quite a 'WTF' moment over my lunch (otherwise I would be off doing more important things, obviously). |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| I know what penumbra means, Robin, I was asking what you meant by it in this context. Did you mean 'shades of meaning' or did you mean something more subtle, relating to the common usage of penumbra t... |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Not the Antipodes, but Northern Ireland, as was (I think, although I may be wrong) Roz, who used 'rooves' first in that particular thread. So maybe it is also more common in Ireland. |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| When I lived in the States, a scallion was what the English call a soring onion. A leek was a leek.
The one that confused me was a 'jumper', which in America means a pinafore dress. There was lots... |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Silly theotherbrian, Michael was being mischievous, hence the smiley beside the word 'hung'. |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Robin - what alternative would you have expected to see for 'hate for' in your example?
There seem to me to be two alternatives:
'I would hate the Union Jack to disappear...'
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'I would ... |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Maybe have a look at who used 'struck' and see if it fits in with their general writing style. It may be just idiosyncratic usage by one person. |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| I wouldn't use either. I think the noun is 'strike' but the verb is 'to be on strike' so I would use 'were on strike' or 'went on strike'. |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Even superheroes (see what I did there?) are answerable to the
Punctuation Police around here. |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Billfold if it just hold notes (bills), usually in a clip. Wallet for bills and coins, and used for both men and women. After three years of living in the States I am still none the wiser as to the di... |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| As a writer, I found my writing style changed when I lived in the States. It's not just the vocabulary and phrases that vary, there is also an energy and directness in the American vernacular that is ... |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| You'll just have to loosen up that ass, Robin.
My comments many apply to American vernacular and dialogue. When we get to American officialese and studied politeness, there are usually six words w... |
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