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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| And let's remember that a significant number of so-called Americanisms are in fact old English uses that have fallen away here but have remained there - the use of "gotten" being a case in point - it'... |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Actually JGD, that is not much better usage. When you are talking about a specific time in the past, you should really use the past simple - so the correct thing to say would be "Andy Coulson was arr... |
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08-07-2011, 11:36 AM |
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Thread: Low water pressure?
Post: RE: Low water pressure?
| that explains why I couldn't have a shower this morning then... |
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07-07-2011, 09:33 AM |
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Thread: Perry Vale old fire station to be redeveloped
Post: RE: Perry Vale old fire station to be redeveloped
| shame the downstairs user is staying as offices though (suspect they will languish empty for some time). Not that a church would have been an improvement either. |
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05-07-2011, 02:51 PM |
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Thread: London Cycle Challenge 2011
Post: RE: London Cycle Challenge 2011
| Ha ha Perryman - I almost made the same comment in reply but thought better of it!
I'd be happy to get involved but I don't know any "real" people who cycle regularly to form a team with - can we f... |
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15-06-2011, 10:35 AM |
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Thread: Granny spinners
Post: RE: Granny spinners
| wasn't me either, my bell broke (from overuse...) ages ago and has yet to be replaced - shouting beep beep actually works much better than a bell anyway! |
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08-06-2011, 05:03 PM |
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Thread: Granny spinners
Post: RE: Granny spinners
| Where's Baggydave when we need him?! |
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03-06-2011, 03:14 PM |
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Thread: Granny spinners
Post: RE: Granny spinners
| Hills - I don't have a guilty conscience or anything like it - it's a shared path and the pedestrians and cyclists who share it muddle along just fine without your misplaced righteous indignation.
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03-06-2011, 10:12 AM |
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Thread: Granny spinners
Post: RE: Granny spinners
| And I would very much like to see pedestrians respect the idea that it's sensible to look before they step out into the road and forcing me to take evasive action.
See, we can all make sweeping gen... |
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31-05-2011, 05:26 PM |
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Thread: Granny spinners
Post: RE: Granny spinners
| Cyclists are allowed on the canal path. The cyclist in question may well have been cycling irresponsibly but that doesn't mean he or she shouldn't have been there.
As for pavement cyclists, as man... |
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31-05-2011, 11:21 AM |
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Thread: DLR Extension to Forest Hill
Post: RE: DLR Extension to Forest Hill
| I think rbmartin means off peak to Charing X during the day (although as a blow-in, my memory doesn't stretch as far back as the 90s) - the service last year was off peak in the evenings only, wasn't ... |
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10-05-2011, 10:50 AM |
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Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities
| I have no objection to the wedding at all - good luck to them, I just think it's funny that my mother-in-law is so annoyed with us - she thinks we should be trekking up to Westminster to line the stre... |
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06-04-2011, 09:32 AM |
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Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities
| We're off to Ireland for the royal wedding too! My (English) mother in-law is genuinely disgusted with us... |
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05-04-2011, 03:06 PM |
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Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities
| Nope, King Crisps are another brand altogether - and not as good as Tayto. |
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31-03-2011, 01:55 PM |
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Thread: which is quicker?
Post: RE: which is quicker?
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31-03-2011, 10:52 AM |
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Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities
| Veda! I'd forgotten all about it - I loved the stuff when I was little - Am going home in a month, must bring some back. Oh, and Southern Taytos are better than Northern. Just sayin'... |
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31-03-2011, 10:49 AM |
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Thread: which is quicker?
Post: which is quicker?
| Train to London bridge and jubilee line to Bond Street or Overground to Canada Water and jubilee to Bond Street?
I need to get to Bond Street for about 8ish tomorrow morning and am trying to plan m... |
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30-03-2011, 03:08 PM |
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Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and West...
| I'm from just south of the border with NI but I feel Northern Irish if that counts (Mother from NI and I went to university in Belfast) |
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30-03-2011, 02:09 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and West...
| Are any of the coffee shops big enough to fit more than 2 bugaboos! |
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24-03-2011, 10:34 AM |
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Thread: Bizarre: Parrot Sighted in Forest Hill!?
Post: RE: Bizarre: Parrot Sighted in Forest Hill!?
| If you go for a walk in any of the local parks (or along the Ravenbourne river) you may well be treated to the sight of a whole flock of them. Over Christmas, we spotted flocks of them in Brockley Pa... |
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15-03-2011, 05:25 PM |
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Thread: Fireworks made here.
Post: RE: Fireworks made here.
| That's not prose Zimmerman! And I will keep my opinions to myself as to whether it's poetry... |
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22-02-2011, 03:48 PM |
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Thread: Brockley Rise accident 25/1/11
Post: RE: Brockley Rise accident 25/1/11
| Hope the pedestrian is ok - I saw the car and from the look of the front windscreen it must have been going at quite a speed. The street lighting around the crossing could be a lot better too as I ca... |
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26-01-2011, 12:25 PM |
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Thread: Help! we need another Scout Leader.
Post: RE: Help! we need another Scout Leader.
| Because of course the catholics have a monopoly on child abuse...
I am sure that she is a lovely woman and a pillar of the community but just becasue she is a grandmother etc makes not one jot of d... |
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Thread: Help! we need another Scout Leader.
Post: RE: Help! we need another Scout Leader.
| Why can you not believe it Brian? I know nothing about the story but as this person works in a cathedral, presumably he/she would have occasion to be in regular contact with the altar boys and girls.... |
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14-12-2010, 03:32 PM |
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Thread: If you voted LibDem, do you sleep at night?
Post: RE: If you voted LibDem, do you sleep at night?
| strangers in the queue for the bus don't count Brian - they're just nodding politely and edging away.
Nobody on here is for one moment condoning the violent actions of the few. The riots make the ... |
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10-12-2010, 05:12 PM |
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Thread: Horniman to charge for Aquarium
Post: RE: Horniman to charge for Aquarium
| To be fair, I'm not sure I'd consider an aquarium a basic - if they started charging for the natural history or musical section I might feel differently but the aquarium must cost a fortune to run. |
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10-12-2010, 11:06 AM |
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Thread: Southern services from London Bridge
Post: RE: Southern services from London Bridge tonight
| I third the Live System comments - I checked them before I left the office last night at 6:30pm and it was telling me everything was on time - imagine my surprise at the bedlam I encountered when I ar... |
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01-12-2010, 06:13 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
| Forest Hill to City Thameslink would be brilliant for me as I work about 2 minutes walk form City Thameslink. Bring it on (if I'm still working here in 2015 of course...) |
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25-11-2010, 05:54 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale old fire station to be redeveloped
Post: RE: Perry Vale old fire station to be redeveloped
| Not another church! I was looking forward to a nice civilized bar/restaurant in that space - there's already a church across the road from the fire station and another 2 or 3 within walking distance, ... |
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03-11-2010, 10:20 AM |
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Thread: Is The Popes Visit Worth £10million.....
Post: RE: Is The Popes Visit Worth £10million.....
| Can we all just agree to ignore this thread and the direction it appears to be going in? Then it will just quietly slip away unnoticed. |
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17-09-2010, 05:24 PM |
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Thread: Boris Johnson cycle scheme
Post: RE: Boris Johnson cycle scheme
| I agree Wayfarer - one of the main things that attracted me to the C2W scheme was that I would be able to afford a much nicer bike than I usually could (although my employer actually restricts the amo... |
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13-09-2010, 12:28 PM |
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Thread: Boris Johnson cycle scheme
Post: RE: Boris Johnson cycle scheme
| Hope the link works - this sets out the way the tax rules now work on the Cycle to Work scheme
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/blog/2010/aug/28/cycle-to-work-scheme |
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13-09-2010, 09:57 AM |
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Thread: Boris Johnson cycle scheme
Post: RE: Boris Johnson cycle scheme
| Applepider - the new tax rules will apply to your cycle to work bike if you haven't made your final payment yet. It's not all bad though. You can "extend" your rental period with your employer so th... |
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13-09-2010, 09:01 AM |
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Thread: Film Showing to honour UN Peace Day on Thursday 16th September @ 5.30pm to 8pm
Post: RE: Film Showing to honour UN Peace Day on Thursda...
| I'm perfectly sure they do a good job but it's a library. Words are at its very core and it's important to get these things right. It is not pedantic to expect a post from such an institute to be gr... |
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10-09-2010, 02:35 PM |
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Thread: Film Showing to honour UN Peace Day on Thursday 16th September @ 5.30pm to 8pm
Post: RE: Film Showing to honour UN Peace Day on Thursda...
| Am I the only one who finds it rather concerning to see that a librarian doesn't appear to know how to use an apostrophe? |
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10-09-2010, 09:44 AM |
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Thread: Arc Agencies - has anyone heard of it?
Post: RE: Arc Agencies - has anyone heard of it?
| I would advise your friend to tread very carefully. The rag trade is notorious for sharp practice and the lack of a formal written contract would concern me. |
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11-08-2010, 03:48 PM |
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Thread: Home Park Outdoor Gym
Post: RE: Home Park Outdoor Gym
| There's one in Peckham Rye Park too |
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29-07-2010, 09:36 AM |
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Thread: Canonbie road
Post: RE: Canonbie road!!
| If it's late and you're tired/uneasy, I don't think a cab up the hill is too expensive or you could get the P4 which stops at the bottom of Canonbie. |
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20-07-2010, 10:15 AM |
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Thread: More Lies
Post: RE: More Lies
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06-07-2010, 09:58 AM |
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Thread: Serial attacker lives in HOP or FH?
Post: RE: Serial attacker lives in HOP or FH?
| My initial reaction to the SkyNews post was that it's not genuine - I would have thought (although I'm happy to be told otherwise) that a genuine producer would have given a bit more info as to offici... |
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18-06-2010, 09:21 AM |
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Thread: Owl Spotting
Post: RE: Tawit Tawooo, I'm an Owl
| Yep - the screeching is definitely foxes and boy is it annoying when you get woken up in the middle of the night by them. 3 nights running now that I've had a rubbish night's sleep because of the fox... |
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18-06-2010, 09:17 AM |
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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
| I did the Whitechapel interchange on the way home last night (left form Mansion House at around 7:15) - don't think it's quicker but only had a 5 minute wait at Whitechapel and it was a significantly ... |
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27-05-2010, 10:06 AM |
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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
| I used LO this morning as I had to go to Bond Street and was very impressed. Got the 8.34 from FH, got a seat and it wasn't even slightly crowded. Interchange at Canada Water was pretty seamless and... |
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26-05-2010, 04:01 PM |
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Thread: Bogus Window Cleaner
Post: RE: Bogus Window Cleaner
| Hawkesrah - I do hope you're not suggesting that anyone with an Irish accent is a crook. It's an extremely offensive suggestion and, if it is what you are saying, deeply racist. |
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10-05-2010, 09:41 AM |
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Thread: Traffic calming for rat run on Devonshire Rd
Post: RE: Traffic calming for rat run on Devonshire Rd
| Shaman - couldn't agree more about those junctions - I mostly cycle the back streets too but it's difficult to avoid the section on the South Circular from the Horniman down to the railway bridge - I... |
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23-04-2010, 12:21 PM |
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Thread: Traffic calming for rat run on Devonshire Rd
Post: RE: Traffic calming for rat run on Devonshire Rd
| Shaman - I hope your fiancee is ok and that confidence returns soon. I'm a fellow cyclist and the Devonshire Road/south circular junction is one of the many on the stretch of road from the Horniman d... |
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23-04-2010, 10:22 AM |
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Thread: Where are the worst Potholes?
Post: RE: Where are the worst Potholes?
| Shipman Road's not great either but for me, (and going a bit beyond SE23 - sorry!) the worst roads are when I "cross the border" into Southwark. They've finally resurfaced Crystal Palace Road (or the... |
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31-03-2010, 05:22 PM |
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Thread: Rugby in Dulwich
Post: RE: Rugby in Dulwich
| You may have to deal with the bruises beyojnd then! - I don't think they start tackling until they're about 9 - touch rugby until then (at least, that's how it works in my nephew's club) |
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31-03-2010, 12:14 PM |
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Thread: Changes to Waldenshaw Rd / Taymount Rise Junction
Post: RE: Changes to Waldenshaw Rd / Taymount Rise Junct...
| I always am Londonrz - I've been cycling down that hill almost every day for the 7 years I've lived in Forest Hill and that junction never ceases to terrify me - Even cycling round the Elephant & Cast... |
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04-02-2010, 03:26 PM |
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Thread: Changes to Waldenshaw Rd / Taymount Rise Junction
Post: RE: Changes to Waldenshaw Rd / Taymount Rise Junct...
| Wonder whether these "improvements" will make my evening cycle down the hill more or less scary. I generally have my heart in my mouth the whole way from the Horniman down to my turn off into Perry V... |
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03-02-2010, 03:29 PM |
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