Mick Mac

Hope you are feeling better soon MP

Same to you foxy. All the best

Jeez - dropping like flies!

MP - if not too late (??) i'm hoping to make it along. Although wont know until later as son was a bit poorly this morning. Have I missed the confirmation of time of booking / pre drinks venue? thx

Clifton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Below is the correct link for making > representations about this proposal. (The one in > the original post above doesn't work.) > > Click on the link and go to ?make a > representation? ? then ?contact us?. > > http://app.southwark.gov.uk/Licensing/LicPremisesA > ppliedDetails.asp?systemkey=861145 Or maybe don't bother - let it go ahead. It's great for the area. Clapham, Blackheath, Finsbury Park etc all have weekend festivals. Why should we miss out.

Take Note Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- very un-naff shops. I like that :)

And now Froome has some questions to answer http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/42335916 The correlation between asthma drugs and champion cyclists is really quite ironic

Chief Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tackle the problem at source - abolish all private > education provision. Are you called Chief because people don't do what you suggest? ie: is it ironic? :)

I used to (for 10+ years) get the bus from Dulwich Library to Denmark Hill but made the change from Denmark Hill train station to use Peckham Rye instead and am liberated. The number 12 from corner of Goodrich gets to PR in about 10 - 12 mins even in rush hour and PR has Victoria and Blackfriars trains on the same platform, both of which can work for my commute. So I take whichever comes first. between the two options I rarely have to wait more than 5 mins. They are packed, but at least i'm safely on before the train then gets to the scrum at Denmark Hill. Unlike Denmark Hill, they don't change the platforms 30 seconds before the train arrives which really pissed me off at DH - so im finding PR is a much better station. im leaving the house at the same time and getting to work earlier - Nice no. 12 bus too. Ok it takes nearly an hour for the complete door to door journey, but i'm used to that after 20 years.

Zebedee Tring Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I very hope that uncleglen's latest post is not > typical of the average Alleyn parent - but if it > is, gawd help us! Well, I believe it's a very different school from 30 years ago, (Uncleglen quoted 1980s) at least in terms of difficulty in getting in the door. You certainly cant get in just because its local. It's current level of achievement is such that I'd have thought many more people travel and hence I guess the coach problems are greater than back in the 80s.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If it wasn't for the Foundation the conservation > area would look like as bad as ED eh? what's that supposed to mean?

The Station is supposed to be a good pub. I used to live there when it was terrible but apparently its very good now. and big enough to reserve an area I would have thought.

Bob Buzzard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just get my wife to go to Waitrose, then I watch > Netflix whilst she?s out, so no need for > Sainsbury?s. And she is very lucky to have you Bob. I wanted to be the first to say it.

GUNSHOTS BUT NO REPORTED CASUALIES 5 mins ago ? Police were called at 16:38hrs on Friday, 24 November to a number of reports of shots fired on Oxford Street and underground at Oxford Circus tube station. Police have responded as if the incident is terrorist related. Armed and unarmed officers are on scene and dealing along with colleagues from British Transport Police. If you are on Oxford Street go into a building and stay inside until further direction. Avoid travelling to the Oxford Street area. At this stage police have not located any casualities.

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rch Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi again Mick Mac... > > Okay, ignore everything I said above, as I walked > by Jade/Oddono's again this morning and saw > exactly what you were talking about! > > I've attached a new photo. > > IT SEEMS WE ARE FINALLY GETTING NEW PAVEMENTS ON LL ! WOOHOO - THANKS TO THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE

ok - thx - I can only assume then that these things only now get reported in the media where there is a fatality, and hopefully this wasn't the case here, hence no coverage?

malcolmchurch Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Apparently either in or just outside Bodi Salon, > 489 Lordship Lane SE22, somebody was shot 3 times > tonight between 1730 and 1800. > "Apparently" .... So did this happen or not? strange, given no media coverage ...

Yes - I thought the same thing, and checked the posting history - but to be honest, couldn't be bothered to comment. It looked like a troll from the outset.

There goes the neighbourhood. I think they'll move on, when they fid out there is nowhere left to buy a pint of milk. And it takes a long time to get served at the bar.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Are places still doing Beaujolais Nouveau? > > How very 80's. Do they serve it with a prawn > cocktail with Wham! playing loudly in the > background? Possibly only the London financial district that ever celebrated it? perhaps coincided with the advent of the wine bar culture in the 1980s and then spread to the suburbs. I do remember a beajoulais breakfast circa 1992 - a bottle of beaujoulais and a fry up for ?10 per head in a city wine bar on a Thursday morning at 8am. We didn't make it to work. All had to take a days holiday. thankfully my boss was one of us.

Well, neither of those involve offshore vehicles, but I'd say the latter is generally fine, you are entitled to arrange your affairs to take advantage of legitimate tax reductions offered by Govt, the former is from days gone by where the abuse of a loophole was seen as fair game - we now have a GAAR (General anti avoidance rule) that protects HMRC from people taking advantage of such abuses.

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bummer. Their pizzas are brilliant and just round > the corner from me. Agreed - loved it, however I find myself not having been there for a couple of years. I feel guilty.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is envy a personal trait Mick or are you inferring > to the country as a whole?... If you are wealthy and want a return on your investments in times of low interest, you are likely to seek a diverse portfolio of asset classes - these will potentially include a small proportion in hedge funds and private equity. But as these asset classes have investors from all over the world, then they tend to be structured in a holding company situated in the best place to suit ALL of the investors' jurisdictions. Inevitably therefore you could end up with money flowing through jurisdictions that specialise in fund administration (eg Lux) which have agreed double tax treaties with other jurisdictions. As my Mum says, but poor people cant do that.... well they wouldn't want to risk their own savings/capital in high risk investments anyway. But we all do indirectly benefit as our pensions are all likely invested partially this way. That's the defence as regards investments where the discretion as to where the investments are structured is outside each investor's individual control - and probably applies to the Queen's investments that made the press - Bespoke arrangements are a different matter, treaty shopping to achieve a personal tax benefit is less justifiable - I wouldn't be so understanding about matters such as Lewis Hamilton's jet. The public's response is partly ignorance and partly envy. But to the extent that there have been tax avoidance abuses in the past, the investigative journalism has gone a long way to solving the problem of tax abuses and will continue to do so.