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Thread: Horniman Triangle Play Park
Post: RE: Horniman Triangle Play Park
| I tried out the new cafe on Saturday. Cappuccino tasted good as did the huge cinamon pastry that came with it for a total of about ?2.10. Great to see the cafe open. I do wish it every success. |
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23-03-2009, 01:06 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Triangle Play Park
Post: RE: Horniman Triangle Play Park SE23
| Yes, it's the triangular patch of land over over the road from the Horniman Gardens.
What must have been the paddling pool is still there, but it's no longer used. The buildings that must have hous... |
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19-06-2008, 11:11 PM |
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Thread: If you could have one wish...
Post: RE: If you could have one wish...
| I'd wish for the Caganer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer) to be adopted into British culture. |
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15-06-2008, 01:12 AM |
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Thread: Intimidating kids hanging around
Post: RE: Intimidating kids hanging around
| Police can only disperse people in a designated 'dispersal zone'. There's the following explanation on: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/CrimeAndJustice/TypesOfCrime/DG_10027673
[i][b]Disper... |
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12-06-2008, 10:10 PM |
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Thread: Nuclear power
Post: RE: Nuclear power
| The trouble with wind (and solar and tidal) power is that the amount of power produced tends to fluctuate rapidly and be unpredictable.
Unfortunately, it's not possible to turn gas, coal and nuclea... |
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10-06-2008, 10:24 PM |
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Thread: Public sector
Post: RE: Public sector
| Considering that only about a quarter of the tax that pays for local authorities comes from Council Tax (the rest coming from Income Tax, etc), the cost of pensions as a proportion of annual budget wo... |
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09-06-2008, 09:32 PM |
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Thread: Public sector
Post: RE: Public sector
| According to Royal Mail's annual report, they have an annual revenue of ?9.6 billion, and employ over 181,000 people.
The organisation obviously needs to make big changes, rapidly.
If you don't ... |
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07-06-2008, 10:18 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Triangle Play Park
Post: RE: Horniman Triangle Play Park SE23
| I emailed Cllr Feakes about this recently. He said he had been chasing the Council for some time about the monies and will provide an update in their eFocus email newsletter (I think you can subscribe... |
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07-06-2008, 06:53 PM |
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Thread: Dining Out
Post: Dining Out
| I reckon it's wrong that we have to pay VAT on meals when we eat out, but none on most foods bought for cooking at home. The government should scrap VAT on meals out (or equalise VAT on both types of ... |
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31-05-2008, 11:41 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: RE: We should ban all dogs from the Horniman
| There is ?40k of Lottery money (http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=78), and potentially another ?50k (http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=825) for redeveloping the Horniman Triangle... |
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31-05-2008, 11:04 PM |
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Thread: Graffiti in SE23
Post: RE: Graffiti in SE23
| Lewisham can only remove graffiti from private property with permission from the property owner. See this page: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/YourServices/environment/streetcleaning/Graffiti.html |
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31-05-2008, 10:21 PM |
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Thread: Water Supply Problems
Post: RE: White tap water
| The section of London Road just over the hill toward East Dulwich was recently dug up for a few weeks to lay a new water main. This was supposed to increase pressure in the area, so if you're somewher... |
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31-05-2008, 10:16 PM |
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Thread: Lewisham awarded ?1m to develop play areas
Post: RE: Lewisham awarded ?1m to develop play areas
| Actually it was ?40,000 (of National Lottery funds) that was allocated to the Horniman Triangle in Sept/Oct 07. I emailed Councillor Alex Feakes about it recently and he said that he had been chasing ... |
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31-05-2008, 09:46 PM |
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Thread: Who are the bad people?
Post: RE: Who are the bad people?
| We could all report graffiti, fly posting, etc immediately to the council. It only takes a few minutes to report an issue and they usually clean it up within about 24-48 hours. If we all reported thes... |
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07-04-2008, 11:58 PM |
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Thread: Cards vs Cash
Post: RE: Cards vs Cash
| Worth noting that paying by card offers some advantages to the business accepting the payment too - less cash to count at the end of the day, less cash on the premises that could be a target for theft... |
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07-04-2008, 11:00 PM |
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Thread: Statistical stupidity
Post: RE: Statistical stupidity
| I'm not sure that ?250 quid is going to become a fortune in 18 years. If you invested in stocks and shares and got a tax free 10% return, and inflation stayed at an average of 3%, then after 18 years ... |
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26-12-2007, 11:10 PM |
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Thread: Why do the boffins get all the cash?
Post: RE: Why do the boffins get all the cash?
| In a free market economy, banks will go bust from time to time like any other business, and although it can be inconvenient for people who work for or who have invested in the companies, it's a known ... |
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26-12-2007, 09:24 PM |
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Thread: Why do the boffins get all the cash?
Post: RE: Why do the boffins get all the cash?
| I had half forgotten about the World Bank and not really realised what it was there for. (Must remember to sack my secret UN connections forthwith.) Mind you, if michael is right about the World Bank'... |
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26-12-2007, 08:57 PM |
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Thread: Why do the boffins get all the cash?
Post: RE: Why do the boffins get all the cash?
| Okay then, here's another idea, one I'm pretty sure hasn't been done already...
Why not apply a franchise business model to countries?
If you want to open a sandwich or burger shop, one way of d... |
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26-12-2007, 12:36 AM |
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Thread: Why do the boffins get all the cash?
Post: RE: Why do the boffins get all the cash?
| Gadzooks! Okay...stuff this 'idea'. Perhaps I should stick to whinging about Jehova's Witnesses. Something tells me they're not going to disappear for a while! |
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25-12-2007, 11:06 PM |
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Thread: Why do the boffins get all the cash?
Post: Why do the boffins get all the cash?
| Interested to know opinions on the following idea...
What would you think of giving all 16 year olds a lump sum (say ?30,000) to use as they see fit, rather than the current system of giving school... |
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25-12-2007, 11:47 AM |
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Thread: Statistical stupidity
Post: RE: Statistical stupidity
| And another point that has not yet been mentioned is that statutory maternity leave entitlement might be a [i]source[/i] for discrimination against women. Obviously it would be illegal to hire a man r... |
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25-12-2007, 10:52 AM |
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Thread: Statistical stupidity
Post: RE: Statistical stupidity
| Baggydave said:
[quote]If we did not have kids then there would be nobody to drive your buses, stack your shelves or change your nappies when you are in old age. [/quote]
This is not just hypothetic... |
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25-12-2007, 02:23 AM |
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Thread: Where did all these extra channels come from
Post: RE: Where did all these extra channels come from
| Sounds a bit like that story of the Russian dignatory who, during a cold war visit to Britain, impressed but the fullness of shelves in a supermarket, displayed a telling lack of understanding of demo... |
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19-12-2007, 08:54 AM |
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Thread: Where did all these extra channels come from
Post: RE: Where did all these extra channels come from
| ...and you lived in a shoe box in the middle of the road, had a handful of cold gravel for breakfast and your mum and dad would slice you in two with a bread knife and dance about on your grave singin... |
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19-12-2007, 12:58 AM |
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Thread: Statistical stupidity
Post: RE: Statistical stupidity
| Baggy, I disagree that things that are not already widely accepted by the majority of society should not be discussed. There are lots of stupid things of the past that were once widely accepted by the... |
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19-12-2007, 12:42 AM |
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Thread: Statistical stupidity
Post: RE: Statistical stupidity
| If Baboonery were a woman, who'd not taken time off for kids, making the same point, then would you say that?
Of to put that another way, if you'd never had kids and a father where you work, doing ... |
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19-12-2007, 12:30 AM |
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Thread: Statistical stupidity
Post: RE: Statistical stupidity
| Exactly. So why should Baboonery's colleagues who've been off looking after babies get the same pay, just for having the same number of 'years' on the job? |
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17-12-2007, 11:05 PM |
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Thread: Statistical stupidity
Post: RE: Statistical stupidity
| [quote]My employer is now stating that it must count years spent on maternity leave as 'in the job' experience in any promotion decisions, or suchlike.[/quote]
...and employers are now advised not ... |
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17-12-2007, 08:41 PM |
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Thread: Thinking of moving to the area
Post: RE: Thinking of moving to the area
| The western side of Forest Hill has good transport links. As well as the trains, there are buses including the 176 and 185 buses going to Oxford Street and Victoria (takes about 1 hour) via East Dulwi... |
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16-12-2007, 10:48 PM |
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Thread: Statistical stupidity
Post: RE: Statistical stupidity
| Here's an review of an interesting sounding book on the topic. Although books obviously don't get peer reviewed in the same way that proper research does, I think it raises some interesting points:
h... |
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16-12-2007, 01:18 AM |
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Thread: Statistical stupidity
Post: RE: Statistical stupidity
| Apologies. I certainly didn't mean that to come across as sounding like I think that [i]all[/i] women take loads of time off to raise kids, or women [i]should[/i] take time off to look after kids, or ... |
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16-12-2007, 12:39 AM |
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Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: Horniman animal enclosure to get walk-through
| The Horniman Museum looks set to re-landscape the animal enclosure to include a path through its middle. They're calling for students to submit designs:
http://www.capel.ac.uk/courses/animalcare/co... |
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15-12-2007, 07:00 PM |
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Thread: Bogus 'charity' collections
Post: Bogus 'charity' collections
| I know that the issue of bogus 'charity' collections, where companies put flyers through your door asking you to leave clothes and other items outside your door, apparently to be passed on to the need... |
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15-12-2007, 05:37 PM |
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Thread: Statistical stupidity
Post: Statistical stupidity
| From page 5 of the December issue of Southwark Life (the magazine from Southwark Council):
[quote]Southwark's independent equality and diversity panel brings together representatives of different f... |
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15-12-2007, 05:18 PM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in pubs
| I don't think anyone has said anything about 'people from the local Council estate' or anyone causing more trouble than anyone else. I would have thought almost everyone would like an extra ?1000 for ... |
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11-12-2007, 09:06 PM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in pubs
| Oh...do you mean I've 'hit the nail on the head'? I thought for a moment you felt like hitting nails into someone's (my?) head. Gulp. |
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11-12-2007, 08:27 AM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in pubs
| Eh? What does that mean, Londondrz? |
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10-12-2007, 11:28 PM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in pubs
| When you have a baby these days, you get ?250 in a Child Trust Fund. How about if they raised that to, for example, ?1000, for parents who have attended a course of parenting classes?
Surely basic ... |
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10-12-2007, 08:57 PM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in pubs
| I'd want to be sat in a pub at 10pm because a) I like sitting in pubs with friends, b) I often don't get home until 7pm or later (so a 9pm watershed makes it such a short session that it's not worth i... |
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09-12-2007, 08:37 PM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in pubs
| He he. Okay, so it's just a quiet pub free from overly misbehaving kids (or arguably misbehaving parents who let their kids run riot) that you're after, Hilltop.
But my gripe is with the attitude o... |
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07-12-2007, 08:20 PM |
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Thread: Should we chop hands off?
Post: RE: Should we chop hands off?
| Of course, a very good argument against chopping bits off is that there are folk out there who have been born without or have lost bits for other reasons, and it would be very unfair on them for peopl... |
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07-12-2007, 01:12 AM |
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Thread: Why Why Why do people not move down in trains?
Post: RE: Why Why Why do people not move down in trains?
| There's no legal limit to the number of passengers you can carry on a train carriage (see http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.8192).
So Southern will maximise profits by using as few c... |
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07-12-2007, 12:50 AM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in pubs
| Let me see if I've understood this correctly...
Some of us want 'adult pubs' where adults are free to do adult things...like talking incomprehensively, falling over and hurting themselves, spilling... |
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07-12-2007, 12:36 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Apologies for the inconvenience
| I've seen them doing such counting before, but I've never seen them close an entrance/exit for it. Just what on earth could they hope to achieve by doing this? The only possible explanation I can thin... |
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03-12-2007, 11:21 AM |
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Thread: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| Well I'm not sure as I left a few days after the notice came around, so didn't bother to dispute it, but there certainly didn't seem to be any mention of atheists being entitled to those days off. If ... |
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03-12-2007, 10:50 AM |
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Thread: Should we chop hands off?
Post: RE: Should we chop hands off?
| But what exactly are those reasons?
Aren't there equally compelling reasons for not putting someone through the psychological punishment of being kept in a prison cell for several years?
Either ... |
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03-12-2007, 10:27 AM |
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Thread: Should we chop hands off?
Post: Should we chop hands off?
| We've all heard that in some countries, if you get caught stealing you'll have a hand cut off as a punishment. I also remember hearing that in some culture or cultures in the past, a similar punishmen... |
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03-12-2007, 01:59 AM |
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Thread: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| Another news report said they stopped her speaking not because it was "too religeous" but rather "too polemic". Indeed it doesn't seem to me to be a very well reasoned argument, more of a rant.
Oka... |
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03-12-2007, 01:38 AM |
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Thread: Bubbles Apostrophe
Post: RE: Bubbles Apostrophe
| Not that it really matters, pill-j, but that 'engrish' is created by Japanese, not Chinese people.
If you think that's funny, you might also enjoy http://www.hanzismatter.com/
There's loads of ... |
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