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Let's hope they have increased the quality of their food as well as their outdoor space ..........

Let's hope they have increased the quality of their food as well as their outdoor space ..........

craigyboy71 Wrote: The Royal Mail > employee freely admitted there are major issues > with deliveries in the SE22 area due to the > shortage of staff and agreed it was a daft > decision to the close the Sylvester Road delivery > office. Hey ho... I don't think the posties' union was very proactive prior to that closure. I went to a meeting which both Helen Hayes and the local CWU (I think it was) rep attended. I can't now remember whether it was a general public meeting about the closure or a local Labour Party meeting. The union rep didn't exactly cover himself in glory. My eyes met Helen's a few times during his presentation, when they weren't being raised to heaven. If memory serves, the points he made seemed to be arguing for the closure, though I'm not sure if he realised that .........

craigyboy71 Wrote: The Royal Mail > employee freely admitted there are major issues > with deliveries in the SE22 area due to the > shortage of staff and agreed it was a daft > decision to the close the Sylvester Road delivery > office. Hey ho... I don't think the posties' union was very proactive prior to that closure. I went to a meeting which both Helen Hayes and the local CWU (I think it was) rep attended. I can't now remember whether it was a general public meeting about the closure or a local Labour Party meeting. The union rep didn't exactly cover himself in glory. My eyes met Helen's a few times during his presentation, when they weren't being raised to heaven. If memory serves, the points he made seemed to be arguing for the closure, though I'm not sure if he realised that .........

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I still have my Habitat Teapot from Arthur Wood > which I bought in 1980 ish. > I just googled Arthur Wood. Several teapots on eBay. They don't look very Habitat though???

diable rouge Wrote: -------------------- > overall it looks mostly Argos stuff and prices. > Disappointing to see as Habitat was a nice > halfway-house between Ikea and Heals/Conran. > Yes. > > I don't mind being called a snob if it means not > wanting a chest of drawers that look like they've > been knocked out by Grandad in an air raid shelter > during the Blitz...:) 🤣

Thanks, ianr, that's a very good deal! Shame I have no wish to read about Boris Johnson!

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Apparently Bill Oddie tried to find elephants > dung...but yes I have heard of Lion poo too... Forgive my stupidity, but surely to find elephants' dung you just go where there are elephants? eg (in this country) - a zoo??? I met Bill Oddie once (useless piece of information. It wasn't in Sainsbury's, so it probably doesn't belong on this forum).

Crikey! No sign of the heron, then?

I've had a hard copy leaflet (Ulverscroft Road).

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I agree with you about idling - I ask adults > (often responsible looking or, unbelievably, in > liveried vehicles) to stop idling of engines and I > get success about 60 percent of the time. So do I (or did, when I was out and about). I usually got a blank stare or an answer along the lines of oh FFS. I'd say my success rate was about 10% .....

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Actually the Horniman Walrus is THE mascot of > Brexit > > A bloated, roughly sketched ?we meant it to be > like this? fcuk up of a blubber mound. 🤣🤣🤣

Sadly put me off Habitat when I found out the Argos connection. Snobby I know 🤣 Though I do think their designs have gone downhill. Could be my taste is just aeons in the past 🤣

JW Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I always forget Habitat after that closed so many > stores - thanks for recommending. > > And for the other suggestions too. ED peeps are > the best. Completely off topic, but Habitat are now owned by Argos 😮 ETA: I've just noticed this thread is two years old 🤣

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 🐘💩 If that's lion dung, does it actually work?! Oh, I took my glasses off and now see it's a tiny elephant 🐘🙂

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You can also wee on the compost heap whilst you > are at it! I think we have had this conversation > before Sue.... That's different! Male urine acts as a compost activator (female urine doesn't). To the best of my knowledge it doesn't deter cats! I have googled and have put some citrus peel nearby. I am going to try netting, however I don't want to do anything which the cat may get caught up in and hurt itself. I may have to resort to one of those ultrasonic things, but they are quite expensive :(

Hamletter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Anyone got ways which work to keep cats (a > > particular cat) out of my garden? > > > > Urine! Yes, it works because animals such as cats, > foxes etc etc are territorial and mark their > territory in the way they are accustomed. > > Mark your own territory (suggest after dark) in a > manner that is akin to that used by the animals. Hmmm, I'm not sure it's that easy! Surely I would need to use the urine of another cat?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am waiting for a Parcel to be delivered.. > > It was dispatched at 07.00am 17th March Royal > Mail First Class Delivery... > > I have a tracking number but when I click on > TRACK it just says > 'An update will only be provided when we attempt > to deliver your item' > Don't think you'll have much luck there, Foxy. Three days is nothing. I waited thirty nine days for a bank card not long ago.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't remember getting such an email.. > > I delete emails which I consider I do not need to > read. > > Foxy It went to people in the clinically extremely vulnerable group, so if you are not in that group (which I don't think you can be as you have not been shielding) then you wouldn't have got it. But if you had been in that group, it would probably not have been a very good idea to delete it without reading it.

Anyone got ways which work to keep cats (a particular cat) out of my garden? Yesterday I rigged up an Emett (sp?) like contraption of string and canes at the corner it usually comes in, but I've just chased it out again. It sits and waits for birds and mice, and probably frogs as well 😡 It's been worse since I had to cut back a climbing rose in that corner 😭

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Private Eye is late for the first time in over a > month. Just got mine!

elloriac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just had a first class letter posted on 4 March > delivered. 2 weeks to travel 30 miles. It's not the travelling that takes two weeks. It's the time sitting in the "delivery" (not) office at Peckham :( Your letter probably arrived there the day after it was posted, and has been there every since (until today).

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It all seems to have slowed down/stopped again > after some attempts after Christmas to get the > deliveries moving again Yes, that's my impression as well. A couple of days ago, after ages with no post at all, I received a huge load of post including one item which I had had a refund for because it didn't arrive for weeks, and a Mother's Day card posted first class in good time to arrive - but was days late. As was a code I needed for a bank application (late but luckily not too late). Royal Mail do seem to give priority to some things - my medication from Echo has always arrived on time.

NewWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > sounds par for the course for this government so > far. My thoughts exactly .....

I found it very confusing. As in: you no longer need to shield, but don't do this, don't do that, get someone else to get your medication, avoid shops where possible, etc etc etc Shielding in all but name, so far as I can see.