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I'm in for a meetup, but not sure which weekends I can do. We are a busy bunch aren't we? roy
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There's a difference between being charged interest on late payments of moneys due (which is standard commercial practice) and being fined £120 for being two days late. I'm sure many muggers get let off with lesser punishments - the punishment here…
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I vote for building a cable car across UTP. As long as its included in my travelcard.
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Either Virgin's just started being random this evening, or sg.org has. Not sure which yet, but somehow I suspect the former. roy
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It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.
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"Only burn in effigy people you'd be sincerely happy to see burned for real. " That's the thing. I have a real problem with the idea that burning someone for real is *ever* justified. There is no-one I would want burnt for real, let alone to *see…
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@Papa L "It's a point about doing it late at night for prolonged periods when there aren't many people about" Well, but is it? Theft risk is also pretty high during the day in tourist hotspots. At least when there are fewer people about you stan…
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FWIW, the two posters I noticed are actually on Clifton Terrace, in the vicinity of Nisa Local - are there ones directly outside the tube station entrances? I can certainly see that Clifton Terrace might be more deserted than Wells Terrace or Strou…
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@miss annie: It wasn't my intention to start an argument about the word 'girl' - I was simply quoting the word used. Although I'm not quite sure why I'm not allowed to have an opinion on the matter. I had another look at the notice this evening, …
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Hint: whenever you want to search sg.org, use google to seach, and limit it to sg.org by including site:stroudgreen.org in your search query. FWIW, I'm with Dr Henderson at Queenswood Medical Practice at the Hornsey Neighbourhood Health Centre on P…
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I can't remember the wording now, but I remember the posters annoyed me at the time. Something about women ('girls') not walking alone otherwise the criminals will win - or something along those lines. I'm sorry, but if we end up with a society wh…
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To go back to the original question - burning an effigy of Guy Fawkes is equally in bad taste, as is burning an effigy of anyone. Don't do it. Certainly don't bring up your kids to think that the way to deal with problems is to chuck people on a f…
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Funilly enough mine has been pretty solid for the last few days. (Having said that, it will now go down, of course.) roy
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@Detritus: Speak for yourself - the election certainly matters to me in this country
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On a peripherally related issue, any recommendations for pizza delivery? I used to use Rocket but I'm not sure what's happened to them - last time I tried to call them on their old number I couldn't get through. roy
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Well, I was back in the new, new Sainsbury's the other week and I walked round the entire store twice looking for the underwear section. Either Chang is hallucinating or I'm blind (or it was an opening-day special). I did, however, manage to find …
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BTW, I never understand how American political activists manage it. Whereas we'd be talking about what's going on in Haringey, or in South Cambridgeshire, or whatever, the American activists end up talking about what's going on in electoral distric…
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Ooh, I've never stayed up for a US election - I invariably do for UK general elections. What time do the results come in, and what channel do you watch for coverage? roy
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So, this thread's gone a bit quiet. Anyone still up for another meet-up some time, either locally or in town....? (Personally I'd prefer to do not-a-schoolnight, but I realise that might not work for everyone.) roy
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Well, you can't get to the Seven Sisters Road exit that way, either. I think better to say "Way Out to Station Place".
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@Ali: you may have been lucky, but I know many people who've had real nightmares with ADSL, too. And I'm pretty sure you haven't had BT ADSL for 18 years! BT voice maybe pretty reliable (it's what the network was designed for - Virgin TV is pretty…
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(a) it's not at all clear to me that the problem is caused by too many people on the network (b) if it is - how should they go about reducing the number of people on the network? (But if you're leaving, then thanks for doing your bit to reduce the…
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@miss annie - right, so we're in agreement- you can't just say to someone "meet me at the Wells Terrace exit". You have to say "When leaving the platform, make sure you don't take the exit signposted to National Rail. Take one of the other exits a…
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They're not cowboys, they just inherited a network designed for (analogue) cable TV and nothing else, and built by dozens of different companies to varing standards and specifications. You don't have to like them, you don't have to use them. But g…
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Right. I think most people here know the station well enough that they don't think about what it's like for some unfamilliar with the station. Take a closer look at the signage next time you're there. What the Park Theater, and all of us who live…
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@Doug - you say the third exit only goes to National Rail and it is clearly signposted. I suggest you look again - that third exit is signposted "Way Out" just like the other two. If you're suggesting the fact that it is also signposted to Nationa…
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0% commission doesn't really mean anything - because they often just give you a worse rate to make up for the lack of commission.
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Hmm, it's Friday evening and.... Virgin broadband just stopped working, five minutes ago (after having been fine earlier in the evening) grrr roy
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It doesn't matter whether you exit the platform from the middle or the rear Way Out, you still end up at the same place. @Doug - there are three exits from the platform signed Way Out, not two. If you take the wrong (Northern-most) one, you end up…
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The problem with switching to something else is I'd have to switch my phone line from Virgin to BT to get ADSL, and then the way they bundle things means that Virgin cable TV is not cost effective unless you also have your phone line with them. So …