07 Oct 2010 12:00 AM:

Hi I know a few neighbours have used this company in the past and this may come as a shock - It certainly did to me Crown Currency exchange went into administration on Monday and basically anyone who ordered and paid for currency through them wont get their money.  Hope it does'nt affect too many people but thought I would pass on the info.

kirjim2

Community thread: Crown Currency Exchange

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11 Sep 2010 10:36 AM:

I have just seen a car follow a child  on skateboard down the hill between both blocks - the road is really for the cars.

Kirjim2

 

Community thread: Community matters! DJ I

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11 Sep 2010 10:26 AM:

SKATEBOARDING AND CHILDREN

This is a very exciting game for children who have no fear and see no danger.  Adults on the other hand do have fears and can see danger.  The children go down two hills between two blocks just after the garage to the block that Max resides in and thats probably the reason you dont see a problem because it will not affect you in the same way as a lot of other residents.  The other hill is the one behind block 9 and 10 where the children ride down with glee usually to block 10 garage door and hit the door they love it - we heard this just as we got in the car to come out of the garage WHO WAS LUCKY US OR THE CHILDREN? If we had been seconds earlier the children and us would have collided we could have been virtually stationary but the children would have been travelling at speed and could have gone under the car but certainly into the car.  Who knows what the consequences would have been.  This was of course in daylight its later that the children go down the big hill and again cars coming out of any of the garages do not stand a chance of not either being hit or hitting whoever is on the skateboard this is made much worse if it is done later in the evening because it is dark.  The other things that happens is if the children get tired after walking up the long hill they pick up small stones and throw them on the road (ask maintainance they brush them up regularly) if the skateboard goes over these stones/pebbles the child could easily come off.  NO ONE wants to stop the children having fun but there are skateboarding parks or other areas if supervised by parents that could be used for a few hours.  The children that are skateboarding dont want a playpark they want to skateboard.

Kirjim2 

Community thread: Community matters! DJ I

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11 Sep 2010 10:07 AM:

Max there have been more problems than the two you mentioned - not every problem is reported to you and not all problems are about noise as you well know.  However most residents are tolerant of the fact that people are on holiday and dont expect them to go to bed a 10pm or not to be talking on the balconies or that children are up really early and excited they are on holiday - you can hear everything from next doors apartment and that does'nt help when you are wakened with someone coming in at 4 or 5 am .  This is of course usually the  age group that go to clubs.  Sometimes you get very fed up with it and need to complain so please do not make out that residents moan for the sake of moaning.  I think more emphasis should be made that this is a residential complex which in itself attracts families, but some residents also have to get up to go to work etc.

Kirjim2

Community thread: Community matters! DJ I

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11 Sep 2010 9:57 AM:

The main pool used by the children is between block 8 and 10 - you can see the people come from the bottom block all the way up the hill to use this pool, therefore it is the most used pool and will get dirtier than the other.  Lucky for you Max that either you or your child can use all pools.  Perhaps if the pool down the bottom of the hill had an adjacent baby pool it would take the pressure of the pool between block 8 and 10 and ease the problem for all.

kirjim2

 

Community thread: The chit-chat area

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