Sue

I'm over seventy and there is no way I would not have a flu jab! Hope your daughter feels better soon.

This is still happening for me all the time. As I usually only use the forum from my phone, it is very annoying.

Ivy grows back really quickly, and there is loads of it in the woods. I've been collecting some at the Solstice for decades, for wreaths and garlands around the house. It's also the day when my Christmas tree is brought into the house from my allotment. The day when the light starts to come back. Because there is so much ivy in the woods, it never crossed my mind there would be a problem. The woods are not exactly a tiny patch of land. However if everyone else is now doing the same, perhaps there is. I can see that holly berries are a different case. I use artificial ones in my ivy wreaths. If this is a conservation/wildlife issue, I do think notices should be put up, as for the wild garlic. Not everyone will comply, but I would have thought most people would.

Sorry if this is a silly question, but have you considered changing GPs? If you are in their catchment area, The Gardens books appointments by phone, and if urgent will give you a same day appointment. It is really easy to change GPs, and you don't have to tell the old one you are leaving.

Not sure if this is in the right section. Admin, please move if not! https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/dec/07/from-the-archive-dulwich-hamlet-the-tiny-football-club-that-lost-its-home-to-developers-and-won-it-back-podcast?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

I know there are a lot of bugs going round. I'd just like to have some idea how long it might take for the one I've got to run its course, if anyone else has had the same thing. It doesn't seem to be like a normal cold, as the symptoms are in the wrong order and seem to be worse. It started with about a week of a very runny nose, which at first I put down to the cold temperature outside, as I was feeling perfectly well. Then I got a very sore throat and lost my voice Then a bit of a cough. Then a headache. Then I started feeling rubbish and my eyes hurt. Then I couldn't sleep. Now I've got all of it at once. I had to get up yesterday but I'm staying in bed today. I wondered if it was flu, but I've had a flu jab. It's the time of year when there are a lot of things to do, and things to go to, so any indication of likely timescale would be very useful! If you have it as well, commiserations!

I wonder if a medical report of your injuries might help get this man the treatment he clearly needs? Might your GP provide one? If you are still in a lot of pain, should you go to A&E in any case? Alternatively, can you get someone to take photos if there are visible bruises? I'm so sorry to read this, it must have been very traumatic mentally as well as physically. Please take care of yourself.

Yes, exactly.

Thank you for posting (no pun intended) that. I'm not holding my breath.

OK, thanks, I must admit I hadn't looked at the website very closely yet!

Can anybody who has made a Lasting Power of Attorney offer any advice, eg anything I need to be particularly aware of? Do I need a solicitor or is that not really necessary? If I do, can anybody recommend a local solicitor who they have used for this purpose? Thanks.

A newt has laid eggs on the floor of my very tiny shed. I don't know how long they have been there, as it's a while since I opened the shed door. Surely this is a strange place. How can they survive if/when they hatch? I have a Belfast sink nearby with water and pond plants. Why would a newt go into a shed to lay eggs? The floor on that side was a bit damp because the roof felt was dislodged (now put back) and there was damp newspaper on the floor (now removed) Do the eggs need damp? Should I replace the damp paper? The actual newt scurried away down a hole when I opened the shed door. That was how I realised they were newt eggs (never seen them before, had to Google). Also, isn't it the wrong time of year? Will they survive the winter? And what will happen when they hatch? There is no water in the shed 😭 In thirty years of living here, I have never seen a newt before, though I have frogs and a toad in the garden.

A gnome with a well and a fishing rod, or some neon pink plastic seats and huge cuddly toys, would brighten the area as well. That doesn't mean they would be aesthetically appropriate. Having said that, the seats are growing on me. A bit. But I think they would be better somewhere else, like in a kids' playground for the adults to sit on.

Well done, but it really shouldn't have needed doing, should it? Who accepted this stall as part of the fair in the first place? I'm guessing not the headmaster.

Yes, and when they close the Clock House is still open 🤣

Excellent!

That's absolutely horrific. What is the college thinking? But also, who is still buying these things? Presumably the stallholder is expecting to sell them to people going to the fair?

Really Maria has a cat whose job it is to sit in the window occasionally 🙂😻

The Italian place on Lordship Lane has some in the window. No idea if they are "decent"! Also the cheese shop (the older one) has them at this time of year, I think.

I've just had a massive amount of post, including something dated 17 October and a package I was about to get a refund on. Hopefully they are whittling down the pile at the delivery office. Just in time for Christmas.

I was walking down East Dulwich Grove yesterday afternoon and heard a lot of high pitched twittering. I crossed the road and saw a load of long tailed tits in a tree. As I was admiring them, a woman passing by asked what I was looking at. When I told her, she said "oh, I get loads of them in my garden." GRRRR 🤣 I never get any!

I've also experienced quite hair raising journeys on the P13 travelling between the stop before the lights near Cox's Walk and the stop at Crystal Palace Road. Particularly at night, some of the drivers go at dangerously high speeds, in my opinion.

Lucky you! My favourite birds! I used to get quite a mix of birds in my tiny garden. I haven't seen (or heard) a robin, blackbird, blue tit, great tit, goldfinch or wren for ages. Less surprised about the wren, as they are very shy and hide in the climbers, so could still be there, but sorry about the others. I do get a regular flock of sparrows, and some wood pigeons, but that's about it these days 😭. I do put food out.

Someone told me the other day that it costs businesses £100 for every visit to the official tip. He knows a plumber who just takes his bits of pipe etc home and puts them in his green bin. Or, presumably, his blue bin if the bits are metal.