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Brixton news, rumour and general chat - June 2014

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I met Sean from Tidy Hair in Kaff last week. He couldn't stop thanking me/B Buzz/urban75 for the help he'd received and it was grand to see him up on his feet and looking very well indeed, although he still has a way to go.

Seeing him out and about seemed the more remarkable considering how bad things looked not so long ago. Well done to all those who helped out!
 
Dexter Deadwood said:
<snip>It would be worth paying the entrance fee just to use the poolside shower then jump in that water (shallow end) and cool down, really walked as hard as i could, drenched in sweat, i noticed the lido wasn't very busy.
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So you might think, but the pool's unheated - even at this time of year it's breathtakingly cold. Well done on the walk in this heat and mugginess.
 
leanderman said:
Going to make my season's debut at the Lido tomorrow morning (cheaper before 10am)
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best to go as near as possible to 10am - it gets really crowded with the pre-work crowd earlier on. It's a fine line though.. leave it too near 10am and all the other "cheap ticket post work" swimmers are queuing up and you could accidentally tip over into 10:01am or worse!! :D
 
gaijingirl said:
best to go as near as possible to 10am - it gets really crowded with the pre-work crowd earlier on. It's a fine line though.. leave it too near 10am and all the other "cheap ticket post work" swimmers are queuing up and you could accidentally tip over into 10:01am or worse!! :D
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Good tip: After school drop-off then
 
I was in the Lido at 8.25 this morning, didn't seem particularly crowded, or cold.
No queue for the showers afterwards even though, following re-furbishment, one still isn't working. How can that be? It's the first time I have been in since they re-opened the changing rooms. The spinner for wet cosies is a good addition.
 
editor said:
I met Sean from Tidy Hair in Kaff last week. He couldn't stop thanking me/B Buzz/urban75 for the help he'd received and it was grand to see him up on his feet and looking very well indeed, although he still has a way to go.

Seeing him out and about seemed the more remarkable considering how bad things looked not so long ago. Well done to all those who helped out!
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that is really good to hear. I was wondering about him this week.

His experience made me buy travel insurance for my daughter when she travelled this week in Europe. She was all 'what's going to happen to me that the EHIC card won't cover? you worry so much. I'm not paying for it' etc (that's the polite version I've typed here)

I bought it anyway cos it would be me paying for her to be medically evacuated if it came to that
 
editor said:
I've had an update from the 'initial stage of co-production on the Brixton Central Masterplan Development Brief' and I'm delighted to learn that “community narratives” have been collected from 'key local people.'
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oh.

Jolly good

:hmm:
 
Miss-Shelf said:
that is really good to hear. I was wondering about him this week.

His experience made me buy travel insurance for my daughter when she travelled this week in Europe. She was all 'what's going to happen to me that the EHIC card won't cover? you worry so much. I'm not paying for it' etc (that's the polite version I've typed here)

I bought it anyway cos it would be me paying for her to be medically evacuated if it came to that
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well, something good has come out of it. I've said it before, I think travelling without adequate insurance is absolutely batshit. And yet thousands of people do it :confused:
 
OvalhouseDB said:
I was in the Lido at 8.25 this morning, didn't seem particularly crowded, or cold.
No queue for the showers afterwards even though, following re-furbishment, one still isn't working. How can that be? It's the first time I have been in since they re-opened the changing rooms. The spinner for wet cosies is a good addition.
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When I was there on Saturday, there was quite a lot of water on the floor and some fellow swimmers told me they hadn't set up the cossie spinner properly and the water was literally just being squeezed straight onto the changing room floor! Still, nice idea... ;)
 
Manter said:
well, something good has come out of it. I've said it before, I think travelling without adequate insurance is absolutely batshit. And yet thousands of people do it :confused:
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till you hear a story like Sean's it doesn't seem like a risk I don't think
I think I used to think that the EHIC card would cover most things - my young daughter obviously thinks that
I was really shocked to when I read about Sean and his partners experience and for a time it really didn't look good. So glad to hear of the happier ending
 
Miss-Shelf said:
till you hear a story like Sean's it doesn't seem like a risk I don't think
I think I used to think that the EHIC card would cover most things - my young daughter obviously thinks that
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I've never thought that- I'm not sure where that idea comes from. EHIC only gives you access to the local health system, if its a pay as you go, copayment or limited overhead system you could still end up paying a fortune. Then there's repatriation. The limited countries covered. And there's non health stuff- missing flights, having stuff nicked, getting stuck somewhere….

Someone on my street is considering going to the US without insurance this summer with her 2 kids. If something happens her grandchildren could still be paying the bills:confused:
 
Manter said:
I've never thought that- I'm not sure where that idea comes from. EHIC only gives you access to the local health system, if its a pay as you go, copayment or limited overhead system you could still end up paying a fortune. Then there's repatriation. The limited countries covered. And there's non health stuff- missing flights, having stuff nicked, getting stuck somewhere….

Someone on my street is considering going to the US without insurance this summer with her 2 kids. If something happens her grandchildren could still be paying the bills:confused:
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I am new to this board and hadn't heard about Sean's story - have just looked it up, how horrific! Glad he is back and recovering well.

I thought EHIC would cover you adequately from a medical point of view, but that's only in Europe so wouldn't apply in Egypt or US anyway. I am going to the US soon and this has reminded me I must get insurance sorted! I usually don't bother if I'm going to France but anywhere else I do, especially US where they won't do anything until they've seen your insurance papers...
 
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Manter said:
I've never thought that- I'm not sure where that idea comes from. EHIC only gives you access to the local health system, if its a pay as you go, copayment or limited overhead system you could still end up paying a fortune. Then there's repatriation. The limited countries covered. And there's non health stuff- missing flights, having stuff nicked, getting stuck somewhere….

Someone on my street is considering going to the US without insurance this summer with her 2 kids. If something happens her grandchildren could still be paying the bills:confused:
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I really don't travel much outside the UK so I'm not a typical example of knowledge but I know I thought the card covered me in europe
I have a travel insurance with my bank account so that's also stopped me looking into it more deeply
when I did a euro-rail travel with my daughter a few years back I did look into travel insurance but only to cover the cancellations / delays
As I'd booked all the different journeys myself in separate segments(feeling v pleased with the money I saved) non of it could be covered anyway except the first leg of the eurostar:facepalm:
next time I'd book it for more money through a booker so it could be covered as a whole

but anyway non of that is about the medical insurance needed
 
Ehic doesn't cover everything the NHS covers- it isn't like having the NHS in your wallet to carry round with you. It gets you what a resident of that country would get under basic state provision. So in France, for example, you'd have to pay in advance, collect your receipts and then reclaim the cost. You'd typically get about 70% of it back and it can take 3-6 months depending on what it is. And you'd only get the cost of any drugs back if they had been issued in a state pharmacy (they aren't called state pharmacies but the right name escapes me atm), some medical devices and therapies aren't covered cost wise but you are likely to have received them as part of your care without anyone telling you that eg physio.

E2a Miss-Shelf, Emmanusquelle
 
There's one hell of a row going on in Barrington Road. I can't see anything but there's been some crazy shouting and banging.
 
I *love* this retro style print of Stockwell Bus station:

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http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/06/...dernist-architecture-of-stockwell-bus-garage/
 
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