Captain Kernow

I was hoping this was some sort of badly thought out student art project, but I followed the link on the poster and it would appear this is genuine https://gab.ai/SRNETWORK .

Curmudgeon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > My personal niggle is that the double yellow lines > that have been recently put in on the corners of > most roads have done nothing to improve safety. > The roads are clearly too narrow and the angles > too steep to impact on safely pulling out or > crossing. The only consequence has been to make > residential parking far more difficult and > neighbours far more likely to be unneighbourly. I > do wonder at the level of expertise of the people > who planned, voted on and implemented these > measures Absolutely, the new double yellow lines are ridiculous and in most cases have taken away x4 spaces from each road-add in my new pet peeve of zip cars multiplying and I'm increasingly coming around to the idea of CPZ.

jimlad48 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Once cars get abandoned on a street for more than > a week, its always worth running a quick check on > the DVLA database to check they are insured. If > not you can report them to DVLA and they'll take > action. We found a lot of cars left for ages had > their insurance/MOT lapse and had been dumped. Ah, good to know thanks!

worldwiser Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What I think is undeniable is that people who > actually live on a particular street should get > higher priority than commuters, shoppers, > long-term hoggers and estate agents. There are > already provisions for those with disabilities > both with dedicated spaces and more lenient rules > for other parking spaces. The only way to ensure > local people get spaces near their homes is a CPZ. > How saying that has become so controversial is > hard to understand - it works absolutely > everywhere else. Pretty fair point i think, we seem to have had a Jag sat outside our house for around 3 weeks now. Slightly annoying for us, but I'm sure more annoying for our neighbours with kids as the way it's parked means they can't fit their car in the usual space either as it's so big.

eastdulwichhenry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > This is the new Zip Car Flex. Rather than having > marked bays, the cars can just be picked up and > left anywhere, and people track where they are > using the app. > > And not only are they allowed to park in normal > places, they can use permit-holder only areas as > well. This is part of a deal several boroughs have > done with ZipCar, and the councils support it > because it notionally helps to reduce car > ownership, by people effectively "pooling" their > car use through the scheme. Bit of a nuisance for > residents who have no driveway though. Ah that would make sense, I did wonder what had changed. Great idea, just a pity they're taking up an increased number spaces- I wonder what Southwark will spend the kick backs on....

Slightly off the topic of bins to reserve spaces- Has anyone else noticed an influx of Zip Cars in the area? I always thought they had to be in a Zip car bay (if not on hire), but it appears they're multiplying on every other street to a point where I don't think they could all be on hire. I'm sure they're really handy for some people who need a car on the odd occasion but feels like they're starting to suck up residential parking.

Agreed- Blindness from toxocara canis is no joke!!!

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not all people in Cornwall and the South West are > related, some are normal Londoners who retired > there. I'm talking more about the natives, you > know the ones who claim to be oh so friendly and > neighbourly, and yet are the most two faced people > on planet earth. They claim to have a dry sense of > humour, I actually think they lack a sense of any > sort of humour, years of isolation and misery in a > deprived and remote place have seen to that. > > That's why most of the youngsters come up here to > live! They need to escape! > > Louisa. Please send me some of the wine you're drinking!

fruityloops Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Louisa Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Captain Kernow Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > dbboy Wrote: > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ----- > > > > "well cooked venison" needs to be on the > rare > > > > side. > > > > > > > > > well cooked, as in cooked with finesse- only > > > people from Devon eat venison well done silly > > > buggers. > > > > No offence but from the people I've seen in > > Cornwall and Devon, inbreeding has a lot to > answer > > for. Most of the types who move to London are > so > > desperate to become accepted members of society > > they'll do anything to escape the dull, > depressing > > lifestyle they've been brought up in. So I > don't > > think Londoners need to take any advice about > > virtue signalling from bizarre country folk who > > move here to fill our city with disgusting > smoke > > from poncy wannabe meat bought at an organic > > butchery to cremate on some overly expensive > > hardly used anti social BBQ they keep in their > > garden to show off with (a way of making said > > country folk feel slightly more accepted > perhaps > > in their imaginary world of how they like > London > > to be). > > > > Stop being antisocial. Stop using bbq's in > > confined spaces. If you really want one, find a > > field and rent it for a weekend in the middle > of > > nowhere (somewhere like Cornwall perhaps?) > where > > you can burn meat to your hearts content. > > > > Louisa. > > > > That escalated quickly. > > Just incase you were concerned, you won't be > getting burnt meat fumes from my bbq, only the > finest cuts cooked to perfection I'm afraid. > Jealousy at its best. > > > I can't believe this is even still being debated. > > > Oh and CK - from one Cornishman to another (Louisa > no we're not brothers, and no we haven't inbred), > geddon! Wos on Pard! Ell fire they'm some bleddy lot innum. Where ee from in the Dutchy? Lets send smoke signals to each other 'morra - which direction should I be looking in? I'll throw an old tire on the overly priced social acceptance pit so you can really see mine- two puffs of smoke still mean we're going dogging down Chacewater? Geddon!

Jules-and-Boo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is wine involved, Captain? > > Might sway your guest ;-) Wos on! Should be wine and a lot of Rum- just need to make sure my Dad Uncle Brother has smuggled enough up from the mother land. I've also defrosted some more venison AKA 'poncy wannabe meat' Cheers and Gone

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cannot believe people trying to justify antisocial > behaviour it's just plain ignorance. I am 100% > with rendel on this. > > Louisa. Just so we're clear, does this mean you're not coming over for a BBQ on saturday?

dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "well cooked venison" needs to be on the rare > side. well cooked, as in cooked with finesse- only people from Devon eat venison well done silly buggers.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Conversely, London's too crowded to be a selfish > f**k 24/7. > > I have friends over nearly every weekend - and > neighbours - in the summer and we eat, drink and > socialise without feeling the need to spoil other > people's enjoyment of their own gardens with wafts > of firelighter, charcoal and burnt meat smoke. > > ETA Don't know if you got the memo, CK - generally > agreed that anyone who uses the phrase virtue > signalling doesn't have an argument. How is it > "virtue signalling" to say you don't like having > your garden and/or house filled with smoke? > You've just grabbed a phrase much beloved of > idiots and shoved it in to try and portray > yourself as a free liberal spirit. Bit sad > really. Wos on Pard! Well bleddy ell, you'm teasy as a bleddy adder aren't ee! Wos madder boy, can't ee cook a bit of meat without burning un? Down in Kernow we love our bleddy neighbours, 'specially you London types that come and buy 'oliday 'omes forcing us to come and buy terraced 'ouses in london. I gotta tell ee boy, just cos you ave a bleddy 'pinion dun't make ee right!Just like it dun't make mine right- opinions are like bleddy ass'oles we've all got em. you'm more than welcome to come over for a lovely bit of well cooked venison, and if you'm lucky I may even make ee a pasty- 'ot and peppery just like granny used to make. Anyway muther's calling- tis time for some cakey tea! Cheers and gone!

Wos on my birds, Captain Kernow here- live from Cornwall... In usual EDF fashion I?ve sat back and watched the usual virtue signalling with some amusement. I?m a keen BBQ?er and own a wonderful Kadai fire pit which also doubles as BBQ (bought on LL to make sure we keep the local economy going)- we often have friends over (sometimes even neighbours- can you imagine!?), we eat, we socialise and then we sit around the fire. Once it hits around 9pm (ish) and I know our neighbour's children are being tucked in, the pit goes out and we head for one of those trendy gentrified hipster pubs where they only sell artisan ales. As highlighted lump wood charcoal is not a fossil fuel, and all my meat is ethically sourced from a field somewhere in the countryside- so its all a rather organic affair. So I guess where I?m going with this is, rather than being a Negative Nelly and a Moaning Myrtle- unplug from the EDF hive and go enjoy the summer- if you?re a neighbour hating curtain twitcher, buck the trend and make an effort to get to know your neighbours. Life is too short to be a miserable F**K 24/7

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "one would assume this is more of an opportunist > mugging than the new norm for Whateley road." > > There's no new norm, it's same old same old > actually. > Given there's a thread on this forum already about > infrequency of P13s, Whateley Rd is hardly the > super-highway for buses and passing traffic, > especially at night ! > > Foxy may have over-egged it a bit, but he does > have a point actually IMO. > In the last 17yrs I've had three seperate > occasions where there's been an attempted mugging > or start of same on Whateley Rd. > This could be because I use it frequently daily, > so am more likely to be exposed to the occurence, > but it is definitely a street where unfortunately > these events CONTINUE to happen. > If I remember correctly, Mr. Ben (previous EDF > member) was mugged on junction of Fellbrigg and > Whateley Rds, he got quite injured if memory > serves. > > Let's not down play that particular location as > being safe or even as safe as many other streets, > because it ain't. 3 times in 17yrs hardly makes it dark and dangerous. I won't fall into the classic EDF, "I've lived here for this amount of time so I know better" argument. I'm simply saying that as a Whateley Road resident I dont feel it's an unsafe road. I think you'd be hard pushed to find any location in London that's 100% safe, but in the same vein as not playing it down as safe I'd ask you not to play it up as the new (or old if you've lived here man and boy) battlefront for crime in ED. We have a friendly group of neighbours who look out for each other, I'm sure there would be a good argument for a street party if the P13 wasn't up and down- Although as you've mentioned it's now become as elusive as the bleddy Beast of Bodmin Moor. Feel free to pop in for a Pasty and chat when you're next waiting for a bus.

Really sorry to hear what happened to you Lynsey, glad you're ok! As for the comments regarding Whateley Road being a dark and dangerous place I think we all need to get a grip and stop scaremongering. It's well lit and unlike many streets in ED is on a busy Bus route. I don't presume to know any facts of this incident other than those stated but one would assume this is more of an opportunist mugging than the new norm for Whateley road.

Hi All, I was woken around 3:20am this morning by the repeated sound of a hacksaw being used with a single stroke against something metal. We live on Whateley Road, about half way up. Whoever and whatever was going on seemed to stop once I opened a few windows and made a bit of noise (not sure if the sound was coming from the front or back of the house). Had it continued I would probably have called the police as I know there have been a number of bike thefts and break-ins recently. If you're in the surrounding area I'd suggest you check any external bike locks, sheds padlocks etc. Best, Kernow

I think there is basement level building work going in that area-maybe a delivery gone wrong.

Could be very innocent, but there?s been lots of threads about burglaries lately- worth reporting.