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siousxiesue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My favourite spider, a false widow I'm told, had a > showdown with another spider much larger than her. > > > I had to leave them to it obviously but was > relieved to see her victorious in the morning! What happened to the other one?!

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The very large spider that lived in a tunnel-like > web in our shed door was found lying cold and > still this morning. I don't know what it was, very > large and reddish purple. We called it "Cuddles" Poor Cuddles. R.I.P. I have a dead spider on my kitchen window, still hanging from a thread. I think that died of cold too (single glazed window :( )

Somebody in my road posted this from Helen Hayes (I think from her website) I haven't included the video. Royal Mail services in Dulwich and West Norwood Posted by Helen Hayes 27sc on February 09, 2021 Residents across many parts of Dulwich and West Norwood have reported significant problems with postal deliveries since last year. Although there have been problems in the East Dulwich SE22 postcode area since Royal Mail closed the SE22 delivery office on Silvester Road two years ago, these problems have worsened even further since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Since late 2020, residents in SE19 and SE27 have also experienced serious delays, with some problems in other postcode areas too. I have been in constant communication with Royal Mail about these problems and it is very disappointing that they are still unresolved. I am clear that the problems are not the fault of postal workers, who have been working tirelessly throughout the pandemic, and have been a vital lifeline for many people. It is very concerning to hear that many postal workers have fallen ill with coronavirus and that sickness rates at Royal Mail have been very high. I am grateful to every single postal worker for their vital work at the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. Notwithstanding the hard work and commitment of postal workers, there are serious problems at Royal Mail. In recent years, Royal Mail have closed many local delivery offices. In East Dulwich, the Silvester Road delivery office closed in 2018. The local ward councillors and I warned at that time that moving delivery services to Highshore Road in Peckham would create huge problems. Highshore Road is a long way from the furthest parts of SE22 and the topography in this area is challenging. We campaigned vigorously for Royal Mail to open a new fit for purpose delivery office in the SE22 area, but they refused. There was chaos from the start, with particularly problems around the peak Christmas period in 2018, and at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, it was clear that cramming two postcode delivery areas into the same office at Highshore Road left Royal Mail with no capacity to adapt to the pressures of the pandemic. It was impossible to keep up the same rate of mail sorting whilst also maintaining social distancing for safe working, and the long distance from Highshore Road to parts of East Dulwich has left postal workers dependent on vans, which cannot be shared safely by two workers during the pandemic. The consequences of these problems have been very serious. I have been contacted by constituents who have missed urgent hospital appointments ? or turned up for appointments which had been cancelled due to the pandemic, because they haven?t received letters. Other constituents have not received relatives? death certificates or important legal documents, and over Christmas when so many people were isolated from loved ones, cherished cards and gifts were not received on time. I have raised these issues in the House of Commons. You can watch a recent debate below. While Royal Mail respond to my individual queries on behalf of residents, they have never acknowledged the seriousness of the problems in SE22, SE27 and SE19, and they have not put in place a plan for recovery. Staff tell me that Royal Mail is refusing to pay overtime to postal workers who are willing to work to help clear backlogs, and they have refused to secure temporary premises to enable more mail to be sorted with safe social distancing in place. After many months of corresponding with Royal Mail without any resolution, I have now referred these issues to Ofcom the communications service regulator. I have secured a meeting with Ofcom which local ward councillors will also attend. We will be making the case that Ofcom must hold Royal Mail to account for the ways in which they are failing customers in Dulwich and West Norwood and must require them to put in place a recovery plan to restore the reliability of our postal services. In the longer term, I am clear that delivering a profit to shareholders is not compatible with delivering the Universal Service Obligation, and Royal Mail should be brought back into public ownership

Sparrows. Pigeons. All the other birds have gawn orf.

Lovely picture! ❤️

You can buy compost activator, womanofdulwich, which may help. Also, I don't know about hot composters (too expensive for me and anyway I don't have much food waste which won't go into my dalek bins) but with my daleks you need to turn the compost to make sure air gets in. I have a special spiral tool to do it. Daleks aren't particularly beautiful, but you could disguise them or paint them? They do make very good compost! The council used to sell them at a good discount, don't know if they still do.

Mary Wilson of The Supremes 😥

Foxy, I only meant that you were not in one of the priority groups for getting the vaccine, either because of your age or because of being categorised as clinically extremely vulnerable. So, far from complaining that you should have had your jab weeks ago, you should be very grateful that in fact you have had it earlier than the vast majority of people in your age group! I hope your cataract ops go well! 🙂

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Private Eye arrived normally today for the first > time since November. Yes, I got mine today too.

This is just boring and tedious.

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You are a strange fish Trolley, or are you just > out of your ... The clue is in the first five letters of the name ....

Should of got my Vaccine weeks ago. But you are not shielding, Dulwich Fox, are you? I know you are 68 and ill, but It was people over 70, and people advised to shield (as clinically extremely vulnerable), who received appointments earlier. If you were shielding you would have been receiving letters which amongst other things strongly advised you not to go to the shops, even to a pharmacy, but to get all your shopping online or via somebody else. On another thread I suggested you ask your GP if you thought you should have been classified as clinically extremely vulnerable. Anyway, it's irrelevant now and I'm glad you are getting your first jab :)

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think Lynne may be eluding to the recent Korean > film.. Oh. clearly I haven't been keeping up. (Sp, btw, KK :)) )

alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I?m not in any current priority group but have > just had a text to offer me a vaccine. Guys or St > Thomas?s. Apparently that has happened in other geographical areas as well. Sometimes it was said it was because the priority groups had all been vaccinated, but in other cases it was apparently due to errors. Who knows?!

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wouldn't be too sure Sue. Think of "Parasite" "Parasite"? I'm just going by previous threads BB has started ..... 🙂

You could try phoning the Citizens Advice Bureau (if they still exist?) Or possibly there might be a relevant department in Southwark Council? Or does the agency (or the landlord) belong to some professional body you could report them to (unlikely, from what you say)? How much longer is this man likely to be working in your house? Do we still have community police officers? Might one of those be able to advise? I really feel for you, the situation sounds appalling.

SpringTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > niall Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > it was revealed that it had to be > administered > > > through the eyeball to have the required > > > protection? > > > > > > Yes. > > > > I'm more squeamish about having cataracts > removed, > > which is not far off according to my optician > .... > > I know a few people who have had this done Sue and > have to say it looks pretty gloopy for a couple of > days but then shortly after they've behaved as > though a miracle has happened. Good luck with it - > be more than worth the bother! Thanks, it probably won't be for at least a year unless they suddenly get much worse 🙂

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Am i the only one who thinks spying on your > neighbours is creepy? > Which part of the house next? Peepholes to the > bathroom? > And no, to adverse possession, but a possible yes > to trespass and harassment It's a joke!

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Reading the instructions on anything used to be > easy LOL. Now I need to put it under the kitchen > cooker light (thats the one I find easiest to help > read things) Don't know how old you are, but I started having trouble in dim light and when I went to the optician found it was the start of cataracts. Not bad enough to treat yet, but will only get worse. Oh happy happy days 🙂

Why don't you trolls crawl back under your bridge? It's pathetic.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cheers all. My hour counting birds yielded > nothing particularly unusual and of course the > second I look out of the window now I see far more > activity. Didn't feel like cheating though! We had 8 sparrows, two wood pigeons and three mice. Two what might have been great tits in a tree overlooking my garden, don't think that counts. One crow flew over, don't think that counts either. The peacock didn't show up this year 🤣 ETA: Interested in the info about binoculars, thanks.

JickieC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > HI > My landlord keeps sending me a workman who won't > wear a mask, wash his hands or socially distance > and keeps insisting on cups of tea. > I need some work done but do i really have to put > up with this? > He's says he's exempt but i don't believe him. > I've asked to see the exemption and it's not > forthcoming. But even with an exemption surely a > workman who can't wear a mask isn't the right > workman to be sent into people's homes at this > time? > I would really appreciate some advice > Thank you! Silly question sorry, but have you spoken to your landlord?

wordsworth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > An optician once told me those very expensive > > reading lamps you see advertised are a waste of > > money. > > > > He told me what to get, which I have a note of > > somewhere, but it was just something ordinary. > > > > I use an IKEA floorstanding Anglepoise-type > lamp, > > and it's fine. > > > Phew Wordsworth, are you in some way connected with the other trolls on here? Just wondering 🙄

Hamletter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I have a Scottish parent. > > > > Does that mean if Scotland gains independence I > > can have a Scottish passport? > > > Most probably, because you can get an Irish PP if > you have one Irish grand parent from either the > North or South. Yes that was what brought it to mind.

Whoeveritis Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I hate these lofts, they completely ruin the > Victorian houses. Ugly doesn?t even come in to it. I think there are worse things than lofts which ruin the Victorian style of the houses. At least you generally only see the hideous lofts from the back. Inappropriate double glazed windows at the front which aren't sash windows are worse, I think, and also plantation (I think they're called) shutters, though I can see from a functional point of view they are good. ETA: Anyway, I think Bob is probably referring to the original loft, not some carbuncle stuck onto it. ETA: As you were, sorry 😂