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Ladymuck Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I actually make my own "baked beans" from time to > time: takes hours on end, but well worth it. That > fresh taste cannot be equalled. LM, you cannot just cannot say you do your own gear and then not provide a recipe.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If people are receiving abusive posts - report > them to Admin and the offender will be warned > > don't directly quote PMs in public > > (if I have removed posts which have not actually > quoted directly, PM me and I'll restore them) Posts have been removed that referred to the fact that there were PMs. I did not refer to the content or tone of the PMs I had received (but to existence therof) but my post was removed. There were PMs to different people from said individual, of various natures, but none of them could be described as 'nice'. The fact that I had received such PMs from the OP of this thread (who said on another thread to "they shoot each other" with regards to recent developments) somewhat concerns me. The fact that he can go around on here making bonkers statements and then statements full of fake concern (just read his first messages), concerns me more.

LM: I didn't take SM's post here to be sarcastic. Though while the individual actions may have seemed fair, the end result did not strike me as such.

hislordshiplane: would you care to dissect your message: "they shoot each other"? Just askin' We might then be able to proceed to understand where you are coming from, like? :)

reneet Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Guess the thread has changed to 'bash > hislordshiplane' Well (as the OP on that thread) I'll bash the guy who sends me daft PMs saying I'm some unemployed great unwashed wastrel and therefore braindead whatever. Wouldn't you? I mean why not accuse me of that online? If that's what he wants to do? (Note: I run my own very lucrative firm. And employ others locally.)

I'm kind of surprised that the guy (who lives in Sevenoaks) who wrote "They shoot each other" (and various other equally interesting pieces of text) is now starting some thread that certain others are responding to. Amazing. Really.

dukesdenver Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > bodsier Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Hi there > > > > A short while back James Barber started a > thread > > re Waitrose or a peoples supermarket. He > didn't > > seem to get much response on the peoples > market, > > though most people were vehemently opposed to a > > waitrose. > > It is not strictly true that 'most people were > vehemently opposed to a waitrose'. The viewpoints > seemed closer to 50/50 for/against to me. > I'd agree. The position was more 'much as we'd like a Waitrose, we're concerned about local domination/impact of national chains, and we like out independent outlets and fear them being overwhelmed by those with national purchasing power etc.' A somewhat more nuanced message. I hope I've summed that up right but do correct me if you feel I'm wrong.

CitzenED, that is what I do. Unfortunately "our friend" in Sevenoaks, who suddenly started this thread this morning after attacking local people yesterday, is of the view that East Dulwich people are "no doubt [in] some limited job if you have even got that" and so on... He really does seem to view ED as some land of the great unwashed some no-hope territory. Pearson, yes indeedy it is Friday already... :)

Dear Admin This morning we had a very few posts from regular EDF members about the fact that a certain individual had been sending PMs of a kind to them (insulting in my case, but I didn't mention that or indeed contents of PM - but still the post was deleted). So, said posts were deleted. So a certain re-writing of history. The said poster's posts had already been highly criticised on a certain thread. In my view unsurprisingly. Is it not possible to criticise (unpleasant) stuff that lands uninvited by PM from someone who does not even live here? Alternatively, can I not filter out EDF PMs from t***ers? Just askin'.

Hi bodsier I'm deffo interested in all this. In fact I'm signed up for a workshop next week about this entire area. (And many years ago I was the woman living over the Bonnington Cafe after we opened up the building at 11 Vauxhall Grove and connected the utilities in a very direct action fashion.) I think we can definitely do/offer a lot more locally in this regard but there are various possible models and we need to look at what's the best or most appropriate for here.

Yeah and they also send PMs to actual members of the local community accusing them of being members of the great unwashed unemployed. Ha ha. Though there appears to have been some re-writing of history on another thread.... (concerning said individual; various posts deleted this morning) The thinking of said individual seems to be: resident of Sevenoaks: expert resident of East Dulwich: unemployed waster

Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hislordshiplane is probably a troll, he sent me a > PM, saying something along the lines of "at least > I can afford the choice", which was referring to > living in sevenoaks. > > How anyone can pick a thread like this to wind > people up, is beyond me. If he's not a troll, he's > just sad. He sent me a PM too which I suspect is along the same lines but I can't be bothered to read it.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Very young chidren do not know enough > about life to be worried about things they see > (and they certainly wouldn't be aware of the > implicit sexual aggression indicated by flashing). Though by the age of 5, you are certainly aware that something is wrong and that this is a form of aggression towards you (but you probably don't understand about flashers and the whole thing is bizarre and scary, particularly when accompanied by physical and verbal aggression). My reaction was purely mine: there was nobody else around. And as with Polly D, I didn't tell my parents; it felt at the time that *I* had done something wrong (and I had a father who was likely to explode against me). I don't think I understood at 5 that he was doing a thing that I could report in order to stop him doing it to others.

acumenman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Many people assume we would immediately follow the > American route were it not for the BBC. > Well the US and Italian/Spanish etc. models are pretty widespread. Italian telly has to be the worst in the world though. It's my Italian and Spanish friends that pay third parties to access the BBC via iplayer.

Sky is entirely financially supported by Sky Sport. And costs twice as much as the BBC licence. And has no radio...

The one thing to be aware of in Varanasi (and India in general) is that everyone will say 'yes' where in other cultures they might say 'don't know' or 'no' or 'maybe'. I see this as quite a positive thing, but... When you get into a taxi in Varanasi and give the driver the address and ask him whether he knows where it is, he will always say 'yes'. But he will mean no. To make matters slightly trickier, he will not have any petrol. Your subsequent journey will definitely involve a petrol station and a beaker, almost certainly friends of the driver (to ask them the way), and possibly some godforsaken backstreet that may be less than hospitable, when the driver finally gets lost and abandons you. It may also involve picking up his children (who will invariably be wonderful), and possibly a riot somewhere (when a truck driver in front of you has killed yet another child and the community rebels). Life is cheap in India, unfortunately, and you shouldn't exclude yourself from the equation of possible targets. But India is a wonderful place full of lovely people and amazing things. So do go, but be prepared for anything (including yes-men on all sides, and the possibility of dacoits if you go cross-country). You'll have a hard time keeping everyone off your back, however. Those after you are not all charlatans and scroungers. Some are just poor, crippled etc. Around monuments and similar, some are very literate people with extensive knowledge trying to earn a crust. It is sometimes worthwhile paying somebody local to accompany you on your trip, who can explain things and deal with whatever situation on your behalf. This is not at all expensive (though they will of course be taking a cut from every person you deal with - that is the way it works).

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I would of said that you DO Need a License to view > via BBC iPlayer... DulwichFox, it's quite simple really: 1. You need a licence to watch iplayer *LIVE* programming (i.e. simultaneous to live TV broadcast) Broadcast. You will be prompted about whether you understand that (i.e. do you have a TV licence?) the first time you do it, as I previously posted. 2. You *don't* need a licence to watch catch-up. Narrowcast. What Ashley calls 'on-demand'. So if you watch iplayer *as the programme is being broadcast*, you need a licence. And if you always watch yesterday's everything, you don't. Simple.

Floating Onion Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I know of lots of people overseas who would very > happily pay the license fee (or even more) just to > have access to iplayer. There are peeps overseas who pay third parties for access to BBC transmissions. For the third parties, that is their business. Some of the people are my friends, and could not survive without.

Cookie, I'm with you on that. Once something (false) gets into the media, it's almost set in stone, and as we know on this forum, the media quite often take their info from nothing more than a forum post reported at second or third hand. In the film, Shevon's friends all think his killer is a relative of the pub owners, when he is merely a pub customer; while the pub owners definitely start out thinking Shevon has some kind of gang involvement, when he seems to be the entire opposite and had done no worse than sit on someone's car bonnet in the street. And then those cliches/pigeonholes get embedded in the press reporting and the grudges are left hanging in the air. There's some really harrowing stuff in the film. But TBH, the death of a youngster has always got to be harrowing. As someone says, it is not natural for parents to be burying their children.

And another... Today I lent an on-duty fireman a ladder! Feeling well chuffed.

Insulation on conversions is non-existent, Ms B. You have my commiserations. I fear flat-dwellers are never likely to get much attention (e.g. enforcing good sound insulation)

I've been getting mail for other addresses for.. ooo... eight years or so. It used to be that we got a new postie every six weeks. Now it seems to be every other day. Unless they know the street (complicated) they can't deliver correctly. So I end up putting several letters a day back in the system (or I'd be walking another 1km every day just to redeliver incorrectly delivered post). I've had umpteen parcels go awol in 2010, but unless you are the sender RM doesn't want to know. The sender had to send replacements on each occasion. I've complained many times about incorrectly delivered mail, fatally damaged letter box, postmen repeatedly stomping through my rockery etc. etc., but yes, stamps seems to be the only answer from RM and there's no change in behaviour.

At the risk of boring people, I really would like to recommend that people watch "Scenes From a Teenage Killing". It's on iplayer until 10pm tonight or so. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00xz0px/Scenes_from_a_Teenage_Killing/ It's 2 hours long. I've just had a PM from someone who was really moved by it, hence my re-posting on here. I'd be surprised if it did not in some way affect your views - in the widest sense - about this kind of crime. My original post follows... **** Moving, thoughtful, worth your time. Includes interviews with the family of Ricardo Cunha (murdered in West Norwood). On iPlayer until this coming Tuesday night. ***** Bafta-winning director Morgan Matthews's landmark film exploring the impact of teenage killings on families and communities across Britain, an emotional journey that chronicles every teenager who died as a result of violence in 2009 in the UK. Harrowing actuality filmed in the immediate aftermath combines with moving testimony from the spectrum of people affected in the wake of violent death. Filmed over eighteen months, this epic documentary is the BBC's most ambitious film to date about youth violence. The film questions society's attitudes towards young people whilst probing the meaning behind terminology such as 'gang violence' or 'gang-related' often used in connection with teenage killings. It reveals the reality of the teenage murder toll across one year, connecting the viewer with the people behind the headlines and the emotional consequences of violent death. Differing perspectives from families, friends, passers-by and the police are explored with intimacy and depth. Together they reflect the collective impact of a teenage killing on an entire community. Travelling the length and breadth of Britain, the film meets people of different religion, race and class. It tells the story of Shevon Wilson, whose misreported murder divided a community; the teenage girl who discovered she was pregnant to her boyfriend shortly after he was stabbed to death; the nurse who fought to save a dying teenager who was stabbed outside her home; and the outspoken East End twins who lost a mother and daughter in the same attack. The documentary names every teenager to die as a result of violence in 2009. Haunting footage of shrines is a reminder of the countless families who continue to suffer as a result of violence. Powerful and compelling, Scenes from a Teenage Killing is a poignant and brutal reminder of the needless waste of young potential. ***

DJKQ, (as the OP) I beg to differ. There have been people posting on here who do not seem to see a human life taken as a human life taken. This is purely speculation, but Daniel seems to have been trying to find his way home, given where he lived and where he was going on that bus. Boy, had I been on a bus, maybe I'd have been going towards KCH (like the teen who was shot), but he was I think trying to get home. This is a terrible thing that has happened. A tragedy. The best thing is that everyone, but everyone! who saw *anything* on the pavement in LL, on that 176 bus, at the Club, all call Crimestoppers and gives their evidence, *in confidence*. Too often perpetrators are not prosecuted successfully when witnesses fail to come forward. It's hard enough for jurors without this. People really must come forward and say what they know.

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One only has to attempt to watch television in the > USA to see where a lack of well-funded public > broadcasters leads. > > For every HBO masterpiece there is Fox News and a > thousand shopping channels and all of it decimated > by a frequency of adverts that makes your eyes > bleed. > > The BBC is one of our best assets as a nation and > should be protected. David you're forgetting the twenty preacher channels wherever you are in the US, preaching fire and brimstone and hatred. The day we have the TV service like they have in places like Italy and the US, I'll jump off a cliff, and that's a promise.