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Great! I can't say there has been a vast number of interested people so far. Maybe it's a case of "if we build it they will come", as it were. We will get on the case and try to find a suitable pub venue, and then a date. But I have a feeling the pub will want to be sure there will be a reasonable number of people there buying drinks, if we are booking a room, and at present I don't think we can give them that guarantee. Does anybody know how the people who organised it (I think Georgia was one?) did it before? Please PM me if you would rather not post it on here, thanks.

And then the answer "Of course you can" 🤬

I'm reviving this thread in order to have a moan. Dive. Deep dive. I'm not sure why, but recently these words seem to be in everything I read, especially online, and I am finding them REALLY ANNOYING. Why not just say, I'm finding out more about this, or, now I am going to tell you much more about this? AAAARGH. (It's also annoying that the local swimming pool isn't deep enough to dive, but that's a totally different issue.)

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/29/the-poop-scoop-is-bagging-it-really-the-best-solution?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Sorry, I hadn't actually read your explanation 🤣

Malumbu, this thread is over eleven years old! Do you spend your time trawling through ancient EDF threads? Btw John and Willy are returning to The Ivy House in 2026 👍

Wizz Jones. A great singer and guitarist and a lovely man. R.I.P.

Not sure if this is exactly nature, but does anyone else have Holboellia in their garden? It's an absolute thug of an evergreen climber, and it seems to grow at about a metre a minute in all directions, but it redeems itself at this time of year when it's flowering. The scent is absolutely wonderful, even with just a few flowers presently out, and I can even smell it inside the house. Apologies to anyone whose garden mine has wandered into, but do take a moment to appreciate the scent before you cut it back! ETA: I have a zillion things to do, but I'm sitting in the garden watching the insects. One very small hovering thing with apparently no brain (or whatever passes for a brain in insects) just flew to my Libertia, attempted to do something with a load of unopened buds, failed, moved to a just beginning to open bud, failed, and then flew off, completely ignoring all the open flowers on the same plant. Maybe it's a reincarnation of someone like Trump.

I know that for some people, particularly those with small children (and possibly also those with mobility issues) the convenience of having a surgery within a very short walking distance outweighs any other considerations. Also, there is parking available near DMC for those living further away. I guess it is a matter of weighing up pros and cons. Plus, familiarity is important to some, and also many people don't realise how easy it is to change surgeries. Btw none of the above is supposed to imply that pressure shouldn't be put on DMC to improve. Though maybe a load of their patients moving elsewhere might help focus their minds!

Whilst I agree, it's a very long walk from one end of Oxford Street to the other, and getting a bus is much less hassle than the underground.

Maybe once you have left and have nothing to lose, name and shame him on appropriate local forums? Assuming he doesn't have loads of mates who would then make life "difficult" for you,of course ......

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I have heard them round here in past years. It is quite a distinctive sound.

They have been awful for years. I moved ages ago.

How do you think this should be addressed? Never doing any roadworks? Staggering the timing of the roadworks, even if they are urgent? Better communication between the people responsible for the roadworks? Increasing the cost of the roadworks by paying the workers a lot more to work only at night? Encouraging people to give up their polluting vehicles and use other forms of transport? (Radical suggestion, I know). Or some other way? I'm really not trying to be awkward, the backed up traffic has affected me when travelling by bus, but I can't see an obvious solution. I wasn't aware that there were "many" roadworks in ED at the moment, though. I'm aware of the ones by The Grove and outside M&S, which are both causing holdups. Where are the others?

I heard it had moved further down Rye Lane, but I just googled and 191 is the new address! https://www.jandalondon.uk/

I haven't used the RHS online shop, however to the best of my knowledge none of the RHS gardens such as Wisley have a nursery (though they may sell plants there) , so whatever plants the RHS are selling will be grown elsewhere. It might be worth trying to find out where they get their retail plants from (it could be several different places, eg one for perennials, one for shrubs) and then googling reviews of those nurseries. I may be wrong, but I'm not convinced that buying from the RHS necessarily ensures a good plant. I once bought a perennial wallflower (Bowles Mauve) from Kew (not RHS, but you would expect good quality) which looked fine when I bought it, but didn't last long. I don't think it was due to my neglect, but who knows. It was in a large pot by my front door, where it got a lot of sun, so I have no idea what went wrong. Thanks for the recommendation for Croxted Road. I wonder if they can suggest some plants which I can put in the area under my bird feeders to deter the wood pigeons, who have transformed a large part of my very small garden into bare earth, and destroyed some treasured plants which I had had for years. Btw I'm sure you know this, but be very careful with Euphorbias. If you get any sap on your skin and it is exposed to sunlight, you will get an absolutely massive blister. I speak from past experience 😭

Thanks ianr. That's an interesting book! I see it says side effects are more common after the second dose of Moderna (page 13). I would have booked my jab for another week if I'd known. Kicking myself now. I wonder why this sort of thing isn't more widely publicised. I suppose partly for cost reasons and partly because they don't want to put people off having the jab.

Sorry. Link wasn't working on my phone, but it is now, and I couldn't delete the post.

Yes, presumably, in terms of using some of the space for non Post Office things, as other sub post offices do. But as a sub office I doubt that they will be able to cherry pick what Post Office services they offer. My understanding is that there are only a few things which Crown offices presently do but sub offices don't (like passports).

I was there. Yes it was wonderful. But nobody on the roundabout was blocking anybody else's route up Lordship Lane, or anywhere else.

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Well if you are referring to CPRDave's post, I bit. But the point remains the same.