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Cherryred, Yes, he was rude to me the one only time that I went into his shop. I wanted to buy a small piece of velcro, not a full metre which was too expensive for what I needed. He refused to sell me a small amount and told me that everything was expensive in East Dulwicha and I'd have to expect that. How do people like that survive in business?! Kind wishes.

Tricia, My deepest sympathy to you about this incident; many years ago a small boy run out in front of my car in Camberwell New Road and ended up being thrown through the air on impact. Luckily there were witnesses and I had slowed down as much as possible when I first saw him. The outcome was that I was cleared of any blame by the police and the boy just suffered with some bruising, but I was very, very upset at he time. Hopefully, the man involved is your case was not seriously injured; just carry on driving safely and don't be too tougth on yourself.

Well done ianr, how did you know?

Does anyone know why the helicopter has been buzzing around the Rye area for the past twenty minutes or so?

Thanks Siduhe, you are the intelligent person out there who I was looking for. I have it showing on this site, in the advert for faster broadband access between the sudject titles.

I used to buy timber from him for many years and his son started to carry on with the business. But in 2007 he put a notice up stating that he could'nt compete with the other local suppliers and he would close at Easter. I assume that he sold the site to a developer and made some good money for himself. A smart dael for him, but what happens next?

Does any intelligent person out there know what this new A (with a circumflex over it) sign is meant to mean in front of the ? sign, which now appears on the internet? I know that it is the third letter of both the Romanian and Vietnamise alphabets ('cause I looked it up), but that does help much. It's a bit like trying to find out if you have symptoms of swine flu, rather than a cold or ordinary flu!

Does anyone know what's happening with the derelict wood yard site? It looks like it's been broken into a few times and if someone gets in there and happens to start a fire it could cause serious damage to the property around it.

Sounds like the sort of scam that I've been caught by three times! Once it was someone who needed a bus fare to pick up door keys, another was to collect a car and then was a young women had got locked out of her home; all phoney. Sorry to be cynical, but us kind hearted folks get targeted.