Shaggy

Anyone got any use out of a Wii Fit board yet? I have mine sitting under my desk ad am hoping to take a POET's friday.

> > Also please respect that this thread is about a > legal issue and therefore be care should be taken > as to what is said. > >FYI I'm a journalist. I write court stories and stories about ``legal isues'' every day of my life. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever why the fact that this involves a ``legal issue'' means that any more care need be taken on this thread than any other. Zero. Rien. Not a sausage. On a slightly different point, thuough, it is never a good idea to make damaging and unsubstantiated allegations about anyone in a public forum, regardless of ``legal issues.''

It is pretty obvious to anyone with half a brain that quite a lot of people in ED could push themselves to pay for private education. It is also pretty obvious that the children of a large proportion of those people have kids who are below prep school age. It will be interesting to see if in a couple of years time they en masse choose state education over private education. If they do it should be to everyone's benefit.

Hmm. Interesting. Why so much salt now one wonders? Or maybe I was noticing something that everyone else clocked years ago.

Good idea. There are so many cats in ED it would be a great idea to have a hotel for them on the main drag for when their owners go away.

I'm out on Orange. Dreadful service always. I now use my 3Mobile dongle more often than not to get on the net.

Any geologists out there who can answer this? This morning, after walking in the rain the evening before, I saw that my black shoes had white streaks all over them. I thought I had neglected cleaning them, But today driving around I saw white damp patches all on buildings and white stains on the road. Rain full of chalk from the Chiltern hills? Anyone have an idea?

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Hello everybody. I have been going round the estate agents recently and all have been offering a sole agency contract at 1.5 percent. All but Fuxtons of course. Anyone managed to negotiate any lower?

Car c'est 200 km trop au Nord.

On a serious point, I hope that every poster who has expressed a negative and informed opinion about the individuals being written about here has also made a proper complaint to the proper authorities. Obviously in the ideal world neighbours would ask fellow neighbours to tone it down a bit, but I can see how that might not be a great course of action in this case. A firm warning from the council / police / whoever will either encourage them to modify their behavior, thus allowing the residents of WR to live in peace and harmony together, or get a ball rolling. The choice will be theirs.

Lets broaden this. The pair aren't just the Whateley Road Village Idiots. I think they qualify as the East Dulwich Village Idiots. Maybe they could be put on display at the Goose Green Fayre?

Our cat only ever eats organic Almo Nature and sustainable James Wellbeloved dried pellets. Makes him fart like a Trojan though.

lordship_bod Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just so you know unwins as a group went into > liquidation... nothing to do with competiton on LL > :) Actually it went into administration and Threshers bought the Unwins stores. They probably closed it cos they already had one over the road.

Now found. Must have been stuck in someone's garden shed. A big thank you to the person who was kind enough to check and free him. Please note that the other missing ginger mog "Lots" is still missing from Pellat Road.

Our little ginger tom has gone missing - if you have any leads please call 07968 730092 any time of the day or night. Thanks. He answers to the name `Corfu'

Last time I thought a cat was lost, I put a collar around his neck with a note attached. The very amused owners called to say he was not lost, just very curious. However given the fact it's a kitten, I would call the RSPCA or Battersea Dogs and Cats Homestraight away. They will be able to help you and check whether the poor little mite is microchipped. He might have an owner desesperate to find him. A vet would also be able to check a microchip for you for free I would imagine.

What is going on with the trains from East Dulwich to london Bridge? There are delays nearly every single day at the moment... (morning and evening rush hour) I called Southern Railway and they will "get someone to call me back." Has someone got any info?

Lived in the Barbican, about ten yards from the sign that said "Welcome to Islington" before going South to the heart of SE22.

Thanks for your suggestions. Intenet vendor The Trainline (which appears also to be reponsible for sales on the GNER website) have now promised me a refund which they say they will claim back themselves from GNER. Apparently it is GNER's responsibility to provide a ticket if the machine fails to work, but instead they use it as an opportunity to make another sale.

Ok - I know this isn't specifically about ED but it may be of interest to locals who hail from up North. Anyone had a proplem with the fast ticket machines at London Kings Cross? Mme Shaggy and I are spending the weekend in Yorkshire. I got relatively cheap tickets. So I turn up half an hour early, put my card in the machine and type in the reservation code. It claims it is going to print me out nine tickets. Nine tickets for two returns? It prints me out seven. I go to the real, live ticket office. I tell them that only seven tickets have printed. The spotty, porky oaf examines my tickets and says 'you have two missing.' The oxygen-thief walks over to the machine comes back and say 'no, they arent there. You have to buy another ticket.' After I have bullied him and given him the full treatment, he tells me that there is really nothing he can do and he is the supervisor. And I believe him. So quite simply when the GNER machines don't work their customer services response is 'tough.' I know I am not alone in this as a the exact same thing hapened to another customer while I was there. Her ticket was worth 200 pounds though. She left screaming. Has anyone else had the same experience with GNER? I plan to build up a file of poor service to send to their customer services team and certain members of the consumer press. I'm looking for refunds and heads on poles.

Marmora Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Shaggy Wrote: > > > > > Once the 0% deal goes don't even *think* about > > using Foxtons AND another estate agent. > Foxton's > > contract states that they are entitled to their > > cut on sale, NOT if THEY make the sale. That > means > > that if the other estate agent sells your > > property, Foxtons will still come after you for > > their commission. You end up paying twice over. > > This practice is a well established custom of all > Estate Agents - not just Foxtons. The commission > is usually less if it's a multi agent deal. > > Moral - if you don't like to pay commission don't > use them to sell your property. With the > proliferation of websites, e-bay, YouTube, this > forum I am sure the majority of sensible people > could cobble together the necessary details, a > couple of photographs to market their property and > save themselves ?6,000 on the average ?300,000 > house / flat sale in ED. Quite true, it is. Foxtons are more aggressive than others about imposing it though, as is therr right. An Icelandic couple a couple of years ago tried to test the rule and fought it all the way to the Court of Appeal. They lost and were refused permission to appeal to the Lords.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I also got the 0% offer letter. I guess there is > nothing to lose by taking up this offer, as long > as you put it on with another agent too. Otherwise > you may find that they are much more interested in > selling someone else's property which they WILL be > earning commission on. Once the 0% deal goes don't even *think* about using Foxtons AND another estate agent. Foxton's contract states that they are entitled to their cut on sale, NOT if THEY make the sale. That means that if the other estate agent sells your property, Foxtons will still come after you for their commission. You end up paying twice over.

peckhamboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And maybe WHSmith instead of the stationers, and a > branch of Fortnum & Mason instead of ED Deli? But > what we're really lacking is a nice > Wetherspoons... Yeagh - right on Peckham Boy. How come Peckam gets all the cool stuff, like the Woolworths, the Argos and the Maccy D's? I say the police staton should get turned into a huge Moon Under the Water.

I bet he heard that the White Stuff was defo going to open up on Lordship Lane, and decided that it was the only way out.