shaun

Halal meat = wrong.

Rye Lane Butchers mainly sell Halal meat don't they? I avoid it as I don't think the method of slaughter is humane or ethical.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well everyone, glad you all had a great day > further f*cking up our economy yesterday! (as if > the banks have not done enough damage already), I > presume most of you are now back to work are you? > Or is the melting half an inch still on the ground > causing you problems? :'( lol God, you're a real bundle of joy aren't you! lol

Strawbs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > totally agree with the sentiment of just sit back, > relax and enjoy! Its not like this happens every > winter, this is the first winter in 4 years that I > have been here that I have seen it.. Its my very > first UK snow day and I am absolutely loving it!! > > x Couldn't agree anymore. Those who are bemoaning the 'cost to business' are nothing but killjoys. We're not just all economic units you know, days like Monday bring communities together with everyone out having fun. Our lords and masters may not be amused at us having the audacity to take the day off but who cares?! It's one day ffs!

I'd be all for parking permits IF residents didn't have to pay for them. The upkeep of permit schemes should be funded by the charges levied to non resident drivers, but that clearly won't happen and residents will be fleeced as well. So because of that I'd have to vote no.

The 8.05/8.15 services have been shocking this week. Southern Trains are a complete shambles and clearly couldn't organise a p*ss up in the proverbial. I've sent them several scathing missives but nothing will come of passenger complaints, they don't give a toss. They have their goldmine of revenue with no competition so why should they bother to invest in the service? Let's face facts if they were in a proper free market they would have gone bust a long time ago through lack of customers! Let's all hope and pray they lose their franchise next Sept, in fact I am going to contact Passenger Focus to ask how I can submit a protest against their retention of the franchise.

What a really depressing post that is, letting the rail companies reduce the service by a third without so much as a whimper. How anyone can stand up for the travesty that is Southern Rail I have no idea. Putting on ONE extra train a day does not make up for this reduction in service nor their continuing lack of respect for their paying customers. Strawbs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > From peckhamboy on the other thread re the trains > > At the risk of striking a rational and balanced > note amongst the fury, what is the real impact? > - Off-peak trains from ED to London bridge will > run every 15 mins instead of every 10. I > appreciate that might be annoying for some, but it > doesn't strike me as a huge issue. > - No connection from ED to East croydon for the > Gatwick train. As far as I could tell, this train > was only every half hour anyway - it was almost > quicker to go to LB and get the direct train from > there. There is an alternative train from Forest > Hill which isn't that far away (may even be closer > for a lot of people). > > And nobody seems to have pointed out that we seem > to be getting an additional train in the evening > at 2003, which I personally am delighted about. > 1949 always seemed far too early to switch from 6 > trains an hour to 2 (as evidenced by the fact that > the 2019 is invariably standing room only). It > will still go down to 2 an hour after 2019, but > it's a start. > > Personally, I'll be using the new 2003 much more > than I ever used the E Croydon train, so maybe I'm > biased, but overall I don't think there's too much > to get stoked up about. And given the number of > people who said they'd like to attend the meeting > but wouldn't be home in time, I'm guessing that > might be the position of quite a large number of > ED residents if they were given all the details > rather than just the ones the OP wanted to get > people worked up about. > > http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5 > ,188478

What extra trains are they running in the evening? Strawbs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I filled it in and it worked fine.. Im all for the > same amount or more trains and not less. I did > hear though that the trains they are cutting are > not in peak times and adding more late at night, I > think that's a good idea.. Dont like the idea of > losing trains altogether though i.e. the PR to VIC > - we use that regularly..

I've written a very scathing letter to Southern Trains about this but I have no doubt at all that NOTHING will happen as a result of complaints from passengers. Southern Trains couldn't care less about our opinions and continually show that they have nothing but contempt and disregard for their paying customers. Let's just all hope and pray that they lose their franchise when it goes up for renewal this year. I wonder if we'll be offered a discount of 1/3 our monthly travelcard from the 14th December to make up for the cut of a 1/3 of our service? No, thought not. Seriously though, TFL need to get ownership of all suburban routes in London so that adequate services can be run. Until that happens we'll be left with a second rate, delayed, slow, dirty service.

So, this cut in services (from East Croydon) will affect peaktime trains? If so this is outrageous and another example of Southern's utter contempt for its 'customers'

Hi Nutty, Don't know if I qualify as 'half decent' but I was playing weekly until relatively recently and am looking for someone to play against in the E Dulwich area. Let me know if you're keen? Cheers Shaun