Brixton news, rumours and general chat - February 2018

[editor]

Ziggy is not entirely happy at his first sight of proper snow

 

[editor]

And it's blooming snowy out there!

 

[xsunnysuex]

Ziggy is not entirely happy at his first sight of proper snow

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Oh that is a beautiful photo!!

 

[xsunnysuex]

Ziggy is not entirely happy at his first sight of proper snow

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Is there a window in front of Ziggy? Looks a long way down.

 

[editor]

Is there a window in front of Ziggy? Looks a long way down.

There's another balcony two floors down, so it's not a drop all the way down. He spends half his life running along this balcony or sprawling all over it to sunbathe. Fair gives me the heebeegeebees.

 

[xsunnysuex]

There's another balcony two floors down, so it's not a drop all the way down. He spends half his life running along this balcony or sprawling all over it to sunbathe. Fair gives me the heebeegeebees.

Arh that's ok then. Was a bit worried there lol.

 

[editor]

Arh that's ok then. Was a bit worried there lol.

You try stopping a cat climbing up something! He's already tried several approaches to crawl up a vertical wall to get on the roof.

 

[xsunnysuex]

You try stopping a cat climbing up something! He's already tried several approaches to crawl up a vertical wall to get on the roof.

Oh I know it. I'm just a serial worrier.

 

[editor]

Oh I know it. I'm just a serial worrier.

Here he is wondering WTF is coming from the sky. He normally chases flies whenever he spots them so I guess this must look like a never-ending swarm of passive melting flies raining down.

 

[xsunnysuex]

Here he is wondering WTF is coming from the sky. He normally chases flies whenever he spots them so I guess this must look like a never-ending swarm of passive melting flies raining down.

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He's gorgeous!! Wish I could take lovely pics like yours.

 

[editor]

He's gorgeous!! Wish I could take lovely pics like yours.

Trick is to use a faster shutter speed than you would normally because cats/dogs never stay bloody still!

 

[xsunnysuex]

Trick is to use a faster shutter speed than you would normally because cats/dogs never stay bloody still!

It's the quality of the photos. Always sharp and clear. Must be the camera you use.

 

[editor]

It's the quality of the photos. Always sharp and clear. Must be the camera you use.

A good camera obviously helps, but you can get decent pics on almost any cameras in daylight - this one was taken on my mobile phone. If I'd faffed about with filters I could have got a bit more oomph to it, but it's still OK.

Taking photos of pets can be hard though and needs patience- you should see the amount of out of focus/blurry/crap pics I've taken from my efforts to capture the dogs at Dulwich Hamlet FC!

 

[Pickman's model]

Here he is wondering WTF is coming from the sky. He normally chases flies whenever he spots them so I guess this must look like a never-ending swarm of passive melting flies raining down.

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my cat refused to go outside in the snow and was last seen snugging up in her basket

 

[xsunnysuex]

A good camera obviously helps, but you can get decent pics on almost any cameras in daylight - this one was taken on my mobile phone. If I'd faffed about with filters I could have got a bit more oomph to it, but it's still OK.

Taking photos of pets can be hard though and needs patience- you should see the amount of out of focus/blurry/crap pics I've taken from my efforts to capture the dogs at Dulwich Hamlet FC!


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I have a note 4. It takes quite good photos. But nothing like yours. My phone camera is annoyingly slow though for some reason. It takes absolutely ages to get the photos up to view them also.

 

[xsunnysuex]

my cat refused to go outside in the snow and was last seen snugging up in her basket

Your cat is very wise!!

 

[editor]

A bit about one of our new market overlords:

The big Brixton Village and Market Row £37m flog-off – more details emerge

He's a very rich man indeed. Makes Brixton's very own Jerry 'no affordable housing' Knight look like a pauper.

 

[editor]

A reader on the Standard article said this:

1.2mn annual rent on a 37.3mn purchase price gives a yield of a little over 3%pa. Any guess what direction the rents are going to in as the new owners seek to recoup their capital? Add in business rates, rising interest rates and a slowing economy and I would not like to be involved in one of those 140 businesses that operate there. Maybe I am wrong though and the new owner is happy with his 3%pa

 

[David Clapson]

I had to take my cat out and plonk her in the snow - she was too scared to step on any white bits of pavement - she sussed my plan and dug her claws deep into my flesh to foil me. She'd been holding everything in for at least 2 days. She now knows that snow is rather suitable for crapping in. And she seems to like the different way that everything smells today.

 

[David Clapson]

Where's the discussion about Brixton Green/Somerleyton Road? The Bugle has some big stories about it...doesn't anyone have things to say? Am I just very short-sighted today?

 

[editor]

Where's the discussion about Brixton Green/Somerleyton Road? The Bugle has some big stories about it...doesn't anyone have things to say? Am I just very short-sighted today?

The Bugle bizarrely ran with an anonymous yarn conveying manufactured 'local outrage' about the demise of Brixton Green. Their weird near-advertorial for the extremely dodgy and proven liars Brixton Green did their credibility no good at all and only succeeded in pissing off some locals who have had dealings with Brixton Green.

I certainly don't I know a single local person who gives a shit about Brixton Green. It's not a big story where I live - and that's right next to where they wanted to do their ever-opaque thing!



It was discussed here: Brixton Somerleyton Road development and Brixton Green - funding, proposed rents etc

 

[David Clapson]

Argos Brixton and Streatham are giving a £5 voucher if you spend £50.

 

[editor]

I've just been out around town - it's bloody freezing out there!

One thing I noticed is that the smooth surface of Windrush Square is positively hazardous in the ice/snow. I saw several people nearly take a tumble.

 

[David Clapson]

Is there a window in front of Ziggy? Looks a long way down.

Cats have a terminal velocity of 60 mph because they do a reasonable impression of a flying fox by spreading their legs when they fall. They are also very springy. So their survival rate when falling from a great height on to a flat surface is thought to be up to 90%. That figure is questionable because vets don't get to hear about all the cats which die on impact. But it's still pretty amazing.

Eta: humans have a terminal velocity of 120 mph at low altitude. And 50% of children survive a fall from the 4th/5th storey.

 

[editor]

I popped into a cafe in Brixton to use the wi-fi and warm up with a quick coffee. I now know all about how well the amazing Yoga fashion shoot in Germany went because the woman has broadcast it LOUD enough for everyone to hear. In detail.

And then the old bloke who was sat next to me asked an attractive young girl, "how do you keep so slim?" which registered pretty highly on the eek-creepy scale. And now a guy opposite is busy taking selfies of himself. It's all go here!

 

[trabuquera]

Lech: How do you keep so slim?
Girl: Running away from creepy old men.

 

[editor]

Snow in Brixton!

Brixton snow photos: the ‘Beast Of The East’ takes hold with more chilly weather coming

 

[Gramsci]

Cats have a terminal velocity of 60 mph because they do a reasonable impression of a flying fox by spreading their legs when they fall. They are also very springy. So their survival rate when falling from a great height on to a flat surface is thought to be up to 90%. That figure is questionable because vets don't get to hear about all the cats which die on impact. But it's still pretty amazing.

Eta: humans have a terminal velocity of 120 mph at low altitude. And 50% of children survive a fall from the 4th/5th storey.

Cats skeletal structure is amazing. My cat got knocked over by car. Not drivers fault. I was coming home late. My cat would go out all night. Saw me and dashed across CHL to meet me. Into path of a car. Knocked unconscious. To cut a long story short the vet showed me the X ray. Nothing broken. As he said cats are amazing. One night on a drip for the shock and he was right as rain next day.

When I was child we had cat that fell off window sill two floors up. I saw it. He landed on feet and walked off.

Vet explained it to me that cats bone structure is not like humans. Much better able to absorb shock.

 

[editor]

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