Brixton chitter chatter, part 2

[ericjarvis]

Save the books!

It may rain later. There could be a fire. Or a flood. They could be eaten by crack addicted squirrels. There is no time to lose.

I'll be on my way as soon as I've had another cup of coffee. And lunch. And a cigarette or two.

 

[nick h.]

Fire on Coldharbour Lane at VLS Solicitors, opposite the Dog Star. Nothing too serious, only one fire engine. CHL closed between Atlantic Rd and the Ritzy.

 

[miss minnie]

i just hope they don't sit in his house unread. i would rather they went to people who actually want to read them.
for it is i who put them out. bet that's a shock, eh?

Wait a few weeks and pop round with a test. If he can't answer the questions ask for the books back.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Fire on Coldharbour Lane at VLS Solicitors, opposite the Dog Star. Nothing too serious, only one fire engine. CHL closed between Atlantic Rd and the Ritzy.

How's traffic going up Coldharbour Lane towards the hospital? Are there delays?

 

[Kanda]

Fire on Coldharbour Lane at VLS Solicitors, opposite the Dog Star. Nothing too serious, only one fire engine. CHL closed between Atlantic Rd and the Ritzy.

How's traffic going up Coldharbour Lane towards the hospital? Are there delays?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yes, but sometimes there's knock-on effects

 

[nick h.]

Dunno what the knock on effects are, but I can report there's a big traffic jam of fire brigade vehicles in CHL - at least 10 of them. The crew of the first one put the fire out very briskly. Then all the rest showed up - three more pumps, plus a Command Unit, a Support Unit, an Investigations Unit, several unmarked senior officers' cars. Most of the chaps are just wandering around looking at each other. To be fair, some of them are paid to do that - their jackets say they are Observers or with the Review Team. I suppose in this climate of austerity it's vital not to miss an opportunity to enter in the log that all the toys have had an outing.

 

[Janh]

Traffic ok on CHL to hospital, but then I turned off at Shakespeare anticipating trouble.

 

[kittyP]

Anyone have any idea how the traffic is flowing in central Brixton. I need to get down from Effra road to Vassal road for a Drs appoint that I am quite nervous about.
I want to know if I should leave mega early or not.

 

[nick h.]

Remarkably clear at the Town Hall junction. No queues anywhere.

 

[kittyP]

Remarkably clear at the Town Hall junction. No queues anywhere.

Thank you very much. That puts my mind at rest a bit

 

[Biddlybee]

Looks ok from the road camera shots on TfL site honey:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/road/default.aspx

(tick live camera box on the left and then zoom in on the map til you can see Brixton )

Or, what nick h. said

 

[kittyP]

Looks ok from the road camera shots on TfL site honey:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/road/default.aspx

(tick live camera box on the left and then zoom in on the map til you can see Brixton )

Or, what nick h. said

Cheers B

 

[Biddlybee]

I used the cameras when it was snowy to see what the roads were like

 

[nick h.]

Thank you very much. That puts my mind at rest a bit

You're welcome. Hope your appointment goes as smoothly as the traffic.

 

[kittyP]

I used the cameras when it was snowy to see what the roads were like

Where do I find them. The link is just to the TFL site.

 

[kittyP]

You're welcome. Hope your appointment goes as smoothly as the traffic.

Thanks *breaths*

 

[Biddlybee]

Where do I find them. The link is just to the TFL site.

oh, rubbish link

'Live travel news' tab at the top > Roads > then click the box for cameras on the left

 

[kittyP]

oh, rubbish link

'Live travel news' tab at the top > Roads > then click the box for cameras on the left

Got it thanks

 

[ericjarvis]

i just hope they don't sit in his house unread. i would rather they went to people who actually want to read them.
for it is i who put them out. bet that's a shock, eh?

Thanks. Especially for Automated Alice which I've been meaning to get for a while now. I was a bit greedier this time and took 14.

 

[Orang Utan]

Thanks. Especially for Automated Alice which I've been meaning to get for a while now. I was a bit greedier this time and took 14.

and what were they? sorry, i'm nosey even though they are my books

 

[ericjarvis]

and what were they? sorry, i'm nosey even though they are my books

Sheridan Le Fanu - In A Glass Darkly
Joseph Conrad - Heart Of Darkness
Peter Carey - Oscar And Lucinda
Virginia Woolf - To The Lighthouse
John O'Farrell - The Best A Man Can Get
Mark Haddow - A Spot Of Bother
Geoff Dyer - The Ongoing Moment
Douglas Coupland - Polaroids From The Dead
Irvine Welsh - Filth; Glue
Jonathan Coe - What A Carve Up!; The Rotters' Club

 

[teuchter]

for it is i who put them out.

It was a selfless good deed for as long as it was done anonymously. Now you have spoilt it all.

 

[Orang Utan]

i only did it anonymously cos i didn't want to get into trouble.

 

[nick h.]

I left ten desktop PCs in Electric Lane last week. And nobody noticed.

 

[colacubes]

I left ten desktop PCs in Electric Lane last week. And nobody noticed.

Whereabouts? Cos chances are the bin men would have had them away

 

[nick h.]

They were intended for the binmen - they were a good 8 years old. Hardly worth powering up, and probably rusted to buggery anyway by being stored in a damp attic. But a guy in a new BMW started taking them while I was halfway through ferrying them outside. I expect he's regretting it by now.

 

[lordnoise]

Is it in Germany where - on a certain day of the week only - you can leave useful items in the street for passersby to look over and take if they want too ? Sounds like a good and green idea to me ...

 

[story]

I think they do this in Australia too, once a month.

Hard rubbish day, I think it's called...?

 

[Spark]

We just leave things we're getting rid but could be useful outside anyway - they usually go pretty quickly.