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Amazing 😮 Years ago I heard a terrible noise in my garden and it was a bird of prey catching (and carrying off) a starling. I used to get loads of starlings in my garden, and I haven't seen a single one since then 😭

My post seems to have gone back to normal. Things are arriving within a couple of days of being posted, and Private Eye was on time. Also I am no longer receiving items posted weeks/months ago. Fingers crossed they have cleared the backlog and now have enough staff to deliver current post. I hope I am not tempting fate by posting (no pun intended) this.

It's a bit odd that this isn't common knowledge among all vets, given the original post? Hope all your dogs recover quickly.

I just used wwww.iloveimg.com which was very quick and easy and automatically compressed my photo to the correct size for the ED Forum without my having to put the required size in. If you had more than one photo to attach to one post, you would need to use another website though, as the photos would need to be compressed to a smaller size (but you could always attach one photo to each of the following posts) I couldn't find the website I used to use :(

According to the Zoe app, there are nearly 20,000 active cases in Southwark, which is up by over 3,000 from last week.

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TfL have their own app now called TfL Go which has > live bus times. Thank you for this. I've just installed it. It looks much clearer than the bus time app I've been using.

singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ihink Lloyd?s do a delivery service if you sign up > to their scheme but I can?t see how they would > deliver when the service in the shop is so bad. It comes by post from a central place, not locally, and Royal Mail must prioritise it because it is always delivered promptly. I have used it for some time, starting from the first lockdown, and it's been brilliant. They remind you when you are running out of things, too. Highly recommended. It used to be called Echo, but now it's called Lloyds Direct.

That's very unclear, isn't it? Is it BO for branch office? Who is going to know that!

Brideshead Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Said individual (back to post) should have learn > to make equally rude comeback That remark is rude and uncalled for. Have you not read the thread? > Someone close the thread 🙄 Why? Because you don't like it? Why are you reading it and posting on it, then?

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ----------------------------------------------------- > > I think credit is due to those delivering the > backlog - they are doing a good job. I agree. And whilst I am still receiving mail posted ages ago, a lot of this is arriving at once, so it does seem that they are finally making huge efforts to clear all the delayed post. I also recently received a package posted only 2 days ago! So I think that things are finally improving. Let's hope they get back to a regular and reliable service now, Covid permitting.

Rockets Wrote: ---------------------------------------. I would much prefer to > hear about what is being done to resolve the > problems rather than photo op after photo op of > her outside various sorting offices. "Photo op after photo op"? How many have there been?

Rockets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Helen Hayes visited another sorting office > ...does anyone know what she does when she gets > there or are these just photo ops? > > > > 35421954?t=3GlxoYHEydsvUtGE5MRxhA&s=19 Knowing Helen, I doubt these are just photo ops. She is a very proactive constituency MP and has been very involved in trying to sort the delivery issues in ED. And isn't that "our"sorting office?

Why do you want another bathroom, KK? Is all the hassle really worth it?

diable rouge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Latest reshuffle (H/T Matt Chorley)... > > BREAKING: New No10 team revealed > > Director of communications: Carrie > Head of policy: Dilyn the dog > Polester: Jennifer Arcuri > Chief of staff: Peppa Pig 🤣🤣🤣

Dimelda Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I posted an item for sale on the 'For Sale & Items > Offered' section on 28 Jan. 2022. The item has > sold. Clearly, therefore, it would make sense to > remove/delete the post. Can this be done? If so, > how can it be done? If not, why not? Look > forward to your advice. Many thanks. Just edit the subject line and/or the content of the post to say SOLD ..

There are several websites where you can enter a photo and get it immediately reduced to the required size. Can't remember the names offhand but a quick Google should bring them up. Alternatively, any photo editing software would be able to do it, I think. As you say, it's the file size which needs to be reduced, not the dimensions of the photo.

ontheedge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The great shall always live on, see the family are > in financial difficulty so maybe those who admire > them could donate, sad to see amazing & national > treasures struggling The donation page was started before Norma died. The picture has now been updated to show one of Norma, but the description hasn't been. Thousands of people from all over the world have donated: https://ko-fi.com/elizacarthy

I've just read this article, and I'm wondering what people have noticed locally re the increasingly earlier flowering of plants in their gardens and elsewhere. I was at Kew yesterday and they are certainly seeing it there. The knock on effects on insects and then birds is very alarming. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/02/flowers-arriving-month-early-uk-climate-heats-up-bloom-insects-birds?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other This link from the above article also suggests what plants we can plant in our gardens to help the situation: https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/conservation-biodiversity/plants-for-bugs I hope the trend for bare "gardens" with hardly any actual plants in them, let alone wildlife friendly plants, is on its way out. Being around plants and trees and being able to see them from our windows is also very important for our own mental health, particularly in an urban environment where we increasingly have even the sky blocked out by high buildings and more and more loft extensions.

Norma Waterson. Rest in peace, you were brilliant ❤️

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "I don't know anybody called John Smith, apart > from the famous ones! " > > Well I'm not famous but you know me and that's my > name - even if I tend to go with the Irish version > online (SeanMacGabhann) Ah! I had forgotten!

But her hands are now tied because of the Met involvement.

Siduhe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's not a new scam - I had this a few years back > when someone opened a load of fake online shopping > accounts in my name - but I'm sure is more > prevalent now. It works like this: > > Scammer orders expensive goods in name of ED > resident using credit or cloned card details. DHL > or similar deliver parcel with expensive goods in. > As soon as possible after real delivery, fake DHL > driver knocks on door and says "oops, did you get > a wrong delivery - our fault - I've come to take > the parcel back". If the resident hands back the > parcel, then the scammer gets to go off with the > goods. > > In my case, I knew I hadn't ordered a tonne of > men's clothes from Very and was on the phone with > them when the scammer rang my door, but even > though I had a strong suspicion it was a scam, he > was totally convincing - even tried to take the > phone off me to speak to Very to explain it was a > delivery mistake. I can understand why people > would hand back the parcel, even if they opened it > and didn't think they had ordered it. Ah ok, that makes sense, thanks.

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > try being called "John Smith" > > all of the lame check-in jokes > or the "bitter/beer" jokes > or the 20 other John Smiths at work I don't know anybody called John Smith, apart from the famous ones! I know a load of Sues, though!

TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Impresive...thats quite a lot of 'Sues', > Sue...although lets all remember, you are talking > to a bloke called 'Spartacus'.....:) :))