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Calsug

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  1. Unfortunately this is the problem with the UK, roads are not gritted and pavements not cleared quickly enough, it becomes slushy then refreezes and is then even more of a mess the next day...
  2. Are you sure? They knocked on my door the other day and seemed to have credentials lilithangel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The NSPCC do not cold call via house visits. My > husband works for them and confirmed this is a > scam. Also the collection staff would not have > access to information regarding increase of child > abuse in a particular area. Please report these > people to the police. Do not give them your > details. Either that or send them to my house!!!
  3. It sounds like a great idea in theory but in practice it is a lot harder - When you say Zero waste, are you including the delivery of the produce to the store? Believe one shop has achieved no plastic and the produce is very expensive as a result - the supply chain really is not geared up to accommodate this kind of transportation. Basically you will buy a 50 kg PP bag of say oats wholesale and pour it into a shiny looking bin, then what do you do with the PP bag? There is margin to be made for sure as you are basically becoming a repacker without the need to repack, but your goods are low value so you would have to sell a lot of oats!
  4. I had this issue with hanging some curtain poles and took me a while to get it right, in the end had to buy some extended rawl plug screws (https://www.rawlplug.co.uk/products/lightweight-fixings/frame-fixings/kk-frame-fixings-short-expansion-zone/kks/) Drilled through to get past the plaster and into the brick, then cleaned out the hole and stuck in some quick drying resin for good measure before putting in the rawl plug and screw. Touchwood no problems now but yeah its a total faff.
  5. We inadvertently did it the wrong way round and in your original order and it can work. If the floor height will be raised by the new floor a lot of the damage from the skirting boarding being removed is likely to be covered up by the skirting being put on higher It also depends if your skirting boards are old / original - you should factor in the need to replace them all as they will likely get some damage in the removal. Pre primed MDF ones are a cost effective and very easy to paint option and once painted you will never know they aren?t pine I did the redecorating after our new floors were laid and the repair in our case was pretty minor/easy and I?m not what you would call a competent decorator! another easy solution is to buy higher skirting which will likely cover up all the damage Also in some parts if the skirting is too tricky to remove e.g joined to an original staircase skirting you can get the floorer to cut out the bottom of the skirting to slot it in - they don?t like doing that though as it?s time consuming. My advice get a very good floor layer in and explain you want minimal mess. If though you have the option I would take skirting boards off first, plaster, paint then lay floor with the expectation you will need to touch up paint damage and scuffs from the floor laying
  6. Yeah I?m lost on that one as well. JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > alice Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > ?Just a guy? > > > What?s your point?
  7. For starters I would say that you can hardly be a qualified surveyor from a wonky picture taken out of her window secondly you have fallen for the "David and Goliath" skew the headline portrays... This is just a guy who bought a moderately expensive house in Peckham and did a decent chunk of work on it like many people do these days... OK he happens to work for Google, everyone is an MD, VP, Exec etc... especially in tech, he is hardly the CEO who has bought up the entire street and is kicking grannies out of their retirement home to build a mega mansion. What has happened is somewhere along the line they have fallen out and its now got petty and unpleasant, maybe she got annoyed with the builders parking on her drive, going into her garden OR maybe the wall is slightly over her side of the fence.. now what happens is the classic cliche the only people who win out of this are the lawyers and anyone who buys either properties next and ask for a sizeable discount when the box that says "any disputes over the last X years" is ticked. End of story :) alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is the bully with most power that makes the > counter attack. I therefore think Ms H. will be > proved right. Looks like the midline of the brick > has been placed on the boundary.
  8. Its all good - a recent study found that the health benefits of running outweigh any negative affects from the pollution levels found in London. I generally run with a high vis arm band that flashes if I'm crossing lots of roads and touchwood never had any problems nina_maniana Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks all - so helpful! Feeling really inspired. > The distance is a little over 8k which i know i > can do quite easily from runs on the weekend, i?m > just a bit nervous of traffic and fumes!
  9. the real kicker is he just spent a fortune doing up his house and now they have to live next to each other...
  10. I used to do it a lot from LB as well - unfortunately always went the Old Kent road way which as you highlighted isn't ideal same applies for along Peckham high street not wanting to deter you but its not a great run as a bit stop/start/busy/polluted - trying to get through those bits does incentivise you to run quicker though if you want a silver lining to it.. - never got round to finding a better route but heard that Map my run had some better options.
  11. We sometimes hear our neighbours but only if they are playing loud music. Generally though no real issues.
  12. Sounds like a dodgy water pump to me, anyone got ponds?
  13. Pizza is definitely a winner and easily eaten cold or hot. My parents rule was no spirits at our parties - it seemed to work well.
  14. I?m genuinely curious when we as a nation lost the the pride in our surroundings and houses that it has got to the point where someone who thinks having wheely bins all over the place/ general detritus on the street is accused of being petty and trivial - it is not modern society to be a slob. Go to many other countries who clearly are also part of a modern society and leaving bins or rubbish in front of your house is either totally unacceptable or against the law You can?t deny that if all the streets had wheely bins moved back to their correct places the streets would look better and walking down them would be more pleasant. Maybe it might make London which is a busy and crowded place just a little bit nicer to live in if we all had some form of collective respect instead people being accused of NIMBYISM P.O.U.S.theWonderCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As much as I wish you were my neighbuur instead > Ren, you're missing my point. You cited the > wheelchair users' plight - I pointed out that's > nothing to do with why people complain about this > kind of thing for the most part. > > Nigello, I appreciate the accumulation of small > grievances can add up in modern society. I do > think people lose perspective with these things > though - and clearly in my case to the extent that > some people get whipped up by threads like this, > and take it as support that their sense of > aesthetics are worth abusing a disabled person > over. > > C'mon guys. This curtain-twitchy stuff does not > help our community.
  15. We lived in a 300 year old house and had guest to stay one weekend, the next day she claimed to have seen a small boy sitting on her bed in the middle of the night... we did some research and it turns out a child chimney sweep had died in her room cleaning the chimney - there are some things you can't explain and that was one of those things.
  16. Oh! Have to admit I've lived here 7 years and never heard of them so feel rather stupid now! Renata Hamvas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Calsug, > there is a very active group, the Friends of > Peckham Rye Park. > http://www.peckhamryepark.org/friends-of-peckham-r > ye-park/ > Renata
  17. Think you're giving them more credit than they are due! The "Walkie Talkie" building on the other side of the river - its designed in such a way that it can magnify light enough to melt cars... and this was designed by the same guy who built another building in a similar way that did the same thing! BJL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm really surprised that this problem wasn't > anticipated by the architects/builders...or if it > was, it wasn't fixed.
  18. Indeed - the job sheet has been signed off and poles are in - I can't imagine anything will change now! Shame there isn't some sort of "Friends of Peckham Park" society or similar which is actually aware of what the council want to do with the park / give locals feedback before things get done. For example the new playground - was there actually any consultation on what people wanted there? I've been walking past it and unless a lot changes soon there seems to be a lot more tarmac than I was expecting for the space and not sure how much kids play equipment will be there. hpsaucey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Thanks for looking into this Renata - hopefully > quickly, although its beginning to look like a > fait accompli - for these ones anyway. > > > HP
  19. Its odd how its suddenly got worse, one thing I'm sure about is dog walkers who let their dogs off the lead at night time will have no idea where their dogs are pooing or even if they are running around on the Rye - saw this yesterday with a person who had 4 dogs tearing around all over the place
  20. Yes its a real design flaw, I used to work in the News Building and it is always windy on that road, they have wind speed monitors on the building so clearly know its an issue but not sure what they actually do with that data or can now do about the problem?! BJL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It usually seems incredibly (and unusually) windy > outside the main station entrance/exit (by the > News building/Shard) and I can't help thinking > that this is due to the design of the new > buildings in the area. (Here's a 35 year old > New York Times article discussing the problem.)
  21. I saw these yesterday and almost posted something as well, totally agree the new ones look hideous so far and don?t hold out much hope for the finished product. Even if it is an increased lighting/safety issue you can get nicer looking ones! Such a shame as Peckham Rye park is lovely but could be even better - the rat ridden pond really needs attention
  22. With the cost of moving so high and uncertainty surrounding house prices the number of people going up and / or out will only increase!
  23. seems pretty reasonable to me to be honest maybe a bit cheap - what cover do you get for that?
  24. We?re owners of a larger than expected buggy which I have nicknamed ?the tank? that said I will always pull to one side to let people go past or thank those who let me past - you just have to be mindful one way or another I have to admit some parents are totally oblivious either stopping a few abreast in the street to have a little chat or I have been steamrollered on a number of occasions and it does wind me up as well! Champ Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > dbboy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Add over sized child buggies to the list, that > the > > parents expect you to get out of the way of, > plus > > getting on and off buses bumping into people, > but > > it's never their fault of course > > arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh > > I don't have much sympathy for you I'm afraid, is > it really a problem to sometimes stand to the side > to let a parent pushing a buggy past? I'm sure > there are occasions said parents would wait for > you to walk past first on narrow footpaths, at > least this is my experience. Do you also have this > issue with people in wheelchairs? > > What I do find irritating are those pedestrians to > enthralled by their phones and not looking where > they are walking. Accidents waiting to happen.
  25. I dunno, you tell me ... Clearly this has annoyed a few people and I?m not entirely sure why - I made an observational post.... You obviously can put everything into context and say that what happened was relatively trivial compared to X I could for example say that someone getting mugged on the Rye is nothing compared to a car jacking in South Africa where you end up dead... - yes maybe but does that make the mugging less of an issue for the individual? Okay a mugging vs someone knocking on my door are clearly different things, mine was a mild irritation but still you hopefully are able to see my point If a charity wants to collect money door to door fine that is their right, but they have no right to make assumptions of the person they are trying to get money from - it is the princple and that is where my point lies not in the severity of what happened alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How sad do I find this thread.
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