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It is worthwhile noting that the original technical meaning was 'a reduction of 10%', which does not, to my mind, chime at all with 'drastically reduce'. I know that's how it is, I think lazily, often used nowadays but it does allow 'decimate' to be used so loosely that it loses meaning. And it can be confusing to those who know it's original meaning. I think that the fact that decimate and devastate are close homonyms does not help things here.

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But as language changes, it is no longer the "true" definition!

Which is why I was careful to specify "the true definition"! A bit like "dilemma", generally used for any tricky decisions but should really be where there are only two options, both with equally bad outcomes...

A genuine question - doesn't this relate to completely different changes that were made to the junction, when it was still being used by motor traffic? I believe Calton Avenue was first closed to through traffic on June 25th 2020. So how is this remotely relevant? Yes, that's the argument made by some, but it's not what the data shows.

I raise your pedantry. Language evolves and Merriam Webster gives the meaning as "drastically reduced especially in number." The word originally derived from the Roman practice of killing every tenth soldier in a mutinous army but I'm sure nobody uses the word in that context now.

I think there is an argument that any restrictions will just move the same amount of traffic (& emissions) to different roads. The discussion really should be about changing people's habits of the need to drive & park / stop as close to their destination as possible. When I walked my kids the 624m / 8-10 minutes to school, we would pass many empty parking spaces en route. However, there would always be the scrum of cars trying to park, and often double parking, right outside the school. I'd point out to these angry, entitled drivers that there were loads of spaces just two minutes' walk away, I'm sure you can guess the responses... 🤬

Thanks all for the replies. When the roofer come to look at the roof more recently, there were holes in the felt in the same place that the original leak had been, as well as where the new leak is. There doesn't seem to be a reason why a hole the the felt was the cause of one leak and not the other. It would have been good to have got everything sorted at the same time, rather than having to put scaffolding up again. But my main issue is around the vagueness of a 10 year guarantee. After work was done the first time, the roofer gave us a summary of the work and just wrote '10 Yr guarantee' after, without specifying what exactly that means. If a roofer comes and doesn't diagnose the problem quite right (which i imagine is common with roofs, given it's not always clear what's causing a leak), the guarantee doesn't seem to apply. But anyway, we'll be getting a different roofer, because we think he should have checked the felt under the tiles the first time round.

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The absolute irony. Ignoring all the modelling and several years of air quality monitoring data, to pull out a single line, in a single report from 2019 when the junction was still open to motor vehicles. And that line is the only thing that should be given any weight in a discussion about the impacts of closing the junction to motor vehicles - referring to anything more relevant or recent is evidence of selective use of data to validate a position? No self awareness at all. This is of course not true. It's freely available on their website.

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We used to feed the birds, but once the parakeets discovered this they just took over, scaring away all the other species and eating everything in sight. I tried scaring them away with a Nerf gun, but they just didn't care. I know it will open a can of worms (no pun intended) but I really think the parakeet population needs to be reduced; yes they are pretty, but they are just like a plague of locusts when it comes to food supplies. PS apologies for pedantry @malumbu but the true definition of "decimate" is to reduce by a tenth... 🫤

If anyone is going to the meetings above, you may wish to raise the issue of the impact of the lights, noise & activity on the local bat population. Gala commissioned a survey on bat activity, which stated that activity had been identified, with several species detected, and that action must be taken to minimise any disturbance to these legally protected species. One of the recommendations was "to limit artificial lighting and reduce noise levels starting at least 20 minutes before sunset throughout the event period" I asked the Events Team three months ago whether this recommendation had been implemented. I finally got an answer yesterday - "This recommendation was not achievable due to the nature of the event... it was concluded that not implementing this recommendation would have little impact" So there you have it. Commission a survey (box ticked) and then don't adhere to the findings because it's "not achievable", thereby wilfully and knowingly negatively affecting the foraging & commuting habits of a legally protected wildlife species. This is on top of the useless bird survey, which only takes into account activity within the walls of the site, not the surrounding area which is full of trees with nesting birds which are undoubtedly disturbed by a month of noise, lights & activity.

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...and so, 4 years on from the "dramatic planning meeting" that approved the "meganursery", how has it all worked out in reality? The building looks nice from the outside - but I don't know anything more. Did either of the nursery businesses on EDG fail because there was no demand for nursery places in East Dulwich? Did Carmageddon on East Dulwich Grove get worse? Were pre-COVID work patterns abandoned forever (lol)? Were some of the concerns expressed in opposition to the planning application a teensy bit overblown...? https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/southwark/mega-nursery-approved-amid-dramatic-planning-meeting/

If I don’t feed the birds, they’ve actually come and perched on the fence and stared directly at me through the window. The squirrels do that too.

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