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Thread: ?40k reward for info on local sex attacker/burglar
Post: ?40k reward for info on local sex attacker/burglar
| A BBC report yesterday says that police believe a recent burglary in South Norwood may be linked to a sex attacker who they've been trying to track down for 16 years, whose attack locations have appar... |
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17-11-2007, 09:55 AM |
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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: 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: Economic migration
Post: Economic migration
| [Moved from thread 'Why do buses terminate early' -admin]
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[quote]The sad thing is that whilst economic migrants fulfil a need in the UK and do a great job, it doesn't do much for the local UK... |
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31-10-2007, 08:33 AM |
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Thread: Fifty grand for us to spend on improvements
Post: Fifty grand for us to spend on improvements
| An email newsletter from Councillor Alex Feakes today (pasted below, hope there's no problem reproducing this?) said that ?10,000 has been obtained for spending on the local area and a further ?40,000... |
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19-10-2007, 11:54 PM |
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Thread: Foreign players in the Premier League
Post: Foreign players in the Premier League
| Every time I stray onto the football pages of a paper I read about another hack, manager, player or pundit blaming the England team's flacid performances on the number of foreign players in the Premie... |
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15-11-2007, 08:59 PM |
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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: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| Jehova's Witnesses keep knocking on our door.
Although I think they're not just idiots, they actually dangerous idiots because they pro-actively go out to corrupt vulnerable people, filling their h... |
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09-11-2007, 01:00 AM |
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Thread: Ken may bid for control of Southern
Post: Ken may bid for control of Southern
| Article in yesterday's Times:
"London mayor plans to take public control of rail services"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2903879.ece
Hmm...well I must say he seems to be... |
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21-11-2007, 08:41 AM |
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Thread: Number Theory
Post: Number Theory
| Not exactly 'six degrees of separation', but on a mathematically similar note, have you ever passed on an email petition of the type that goes something like...
[quote]>Dear all,
>The Brazilian c... |
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05-11-2007, 09:12 PM |
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Thread: ?40k reward for info on local sex attacker/burglar
Post: RE: ?40k reward for info on local sex attacker/bur...
| On a slighly more positive note, police have also recently arrested members of a gang apparently responsible for a series of thefts, robberies and violent attacks that included at least one member fro... |
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17-11-2007, 10:04 AM |
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Thread: ?40k reward for info on local sex attacker/burglar
Post: RE: ?40k reward for info on local sex attacker/bur...
| Sorry, what I meant was that someone out there somewhere might have some further evidence to come forward with, so it wouldn't hurt to mention the ?40k reward. |
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19-11-2007, 08:32 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: Birds Of Prey
Post: RE: Bird Of Prey in SE23 (Forest Hill)
| On the tellybox the other day, they were saying that there's an increasing number of Peregrine Falcons moving into London. Apparently their fave food is pidgeons. |
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16-11-2007, 09:11 PM |
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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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29-11-2007, 10:23 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: 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: 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: 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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: Economic migration
Post: RE: Economic migration
| If all the Polish plumbers did go home tomorrow, what would happen? Plumbers' wages temporarily would rise until either plumbers started immigrating from somewhere else, or it became worthwhile for Br... |
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01-11-2007, 12:01 AM |
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Thread: FHF - Forest Hill Food - MAKE IT!
Post: RE: FHF - Forest Hill Food - MAKE IT!
| Not exactly a recipe, but here's my favourite Forest Hill dinner party menu:
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[font=Verdana]Aperitif:
Cheesewax souffl? with a confit of elk breath.
Main course:
Briskets of smoked oa... |
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25-10-2007, 10:35 PM |
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Thread: Fifty grand for us to spend on improvements
Post: RE: Fifty grand for us to spend on improvements
| As an alternative to trees/shrubs, a bit of scultpure might be nice...though I shudder to think how we/the council would go about choosing it. Personally, I'd probably like to see one that moves in th... |
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21-10-2007, 08:13 AM |
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Thread: Fifty grand for us to spend on improvements
Post: RE: Fifty grand for us to spend on improvements
| I agree a ramp for the underpass would be a good, err...step forward.
I got the email just a couple of days ago and it looks like they copied and pasted that bit of the message from the newsletter ... |
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21-10-2007, 11:27 PM |
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Thread: Fifty grand for us to spend on improvements
Post: RE: Fifty grand for us to spend on improvements
| I wish I could take more credit, but all I did was post that message, actually.
I wouldn't be keen on re-opening the toilets as they tend to attract drug users, homeless people, etc and there are t... |
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24-10-2007, 07:51 AM |
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Thread: Fifty grand for us to spend on improvements
Post: RE: Fifty grand for us to spend on improvements
| As I understand it, Southern or Network Rail or one of the other companies involved in running the trains owns the station, so the only way that something would get done is if they decided that they w... |
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27-10-2007, 10:21 PM |
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Thread: Fifty grand for us to spend on improvements
Post: RE: Fifty grand for us to spend on improvements
| I'd guess anything requiring lots of ongoing maintenance is probably out of the picture.
Also, I have a feeling that the railway bridge belongs to one of the railway companies, so the council coul... |
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19-11-2007, 09:37 PM |
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Thread: Foreign players in the Premier League
Post: RE: Foreign players in the Premier League
| You mean the players' kids? |
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15-11-2007, 10:06 PM |
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Thread: Foreign players in the Premier League
Post: RE: Foreign players in the Premier League
| How is having world class foreign players playing in this country harming our kids? |
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16-11-2007, 08:18 AM |
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Thread: Foreign players in the Premier League
Post: RE: Foreign players in the Premier League
| England out of the Cup. I told you so.
A bit of time playing overseas would toughen future England players up a bit and enable them to play formations other than 4-4-2 and tactics other than givin... |
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22-11-2007, 11:58 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: 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
| 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: 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: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| I tried "I don't speak Japanese" when I was visited by Japanese Jehova's Witnesses in Japan and they came back with copies of Watchtower in English.
I don't fancy inviting them in. What could be mo... |
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09-11-2007, 09:21 PM |
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Thread: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| Baggy, there is a world of difference between criticising someone for their beliefs or actions (i.e. things that they choose of their own free will), and criticising them for what they were born with ... |
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26-11-2007, 08:40 PM |
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Thread: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| Ahem, yes that's what I meant. Thanks, RussB.
There's also a profound difference between getting into a debate with someone who is genuinely prepared to listen and, critically, if by learning somet... |
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26-11-2007, 09:27 PM |
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Thread: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| "Have dogma, my son, have dogma."
...seems different somehow, when you put it that way. |
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27-11-2007, 12:03 AM |
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Thread: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| Okay, I appreciate (a little more now, I'm happy to admit, having read many people's kind words about Jehova's Witnesses whom they have known) that they really do believe that they are doing good.
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27-11-2007, 11:31 PM |
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Thread: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| Sorry...I should have said "if the Old Testament/Torah had never existed...". Of course it was around for a good few years before that upstart Jesus came along.
By the way, on a bus the other day I... |
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28-11-2007, 08:41 AM |
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Thread: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| I think it's interesting how much time we spend pondering whether or not there is a god, and if so, which religion is 'right'.
For me, there's a much more interesting question: [i]Why[/i] do we bel... |
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29-11-2007, 12:53 AM |
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Thread: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| Not sure about quarks, but I do believe in dark matter.
(I find clumps of it mysteriously appearing in my navel every day.) |
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29-11-2007, 01:05 AM |
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Thread: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| Oh, and it's by no means established that Albert Einstein was a theist - see Richard Dawkins' [i]God Delusion[/i] for a long and rather tedious discussion of the subject, replete with numerous quotes ... |
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29-11-2007, 01:09 AM |
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Thread: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| [quote]So who is stupid; the atheist who blindly follows science, or the questioning theist? [/quote]
Indeed, it is the act of following anything blindly that is stupid, and the act of questioning ... |
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29-11-2007, 08:38 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: 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: 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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