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Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A very large bird just slowly sailed overhead, > being mobbed by some sort of crow > Hadn't got the tail of a kite, so I'm wondering if > it was a buzzard > if so, this would be a first as far as I'm > concerned Lucky you!

ken78 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > why did sue swear and say it was something else > did she think we don't know what it meant like we > are thick ?? i don't know any one know Ken78, as it was you who reported me to admin and accused me of bullying, I think you've got quite a cheek to post on this thread. Surely everybody knows what FFS means. It's a very commonly used expression of exasperation. I feel like using it right now.

Eh?

OPTIC1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think when it comes to language you will guess > the real word. > BTW Does anyone know if there is a maximum word > count on here, if there is I will need to do each > chapter in several boxes, if that makes sense. I guess you will find out when you start to do it! Or (no idea) can you attach PDFs to a post?

I'd be really interested in this, OPTIC1. And KK, ha ha 🤣

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > To add paving your garden or using pebbles is no > better for wildlife, and for paving drainage. > Glad I gave up on the idea of off road parking > many years ago Whilst I agree, like many others I have a tiny garden which is on three levels (buried air raid shelter, I understand) and to have grass would be a real pain, not least because I have nowhere to store a mower. So I've kept the paving which was here when I moved in thirty years ago, albeit I've removed a lot of it over the years to extend the borders. But my walls are covered with climbers which are good for wildlife 🙂 and there are plenty of ground cover plants, plus things growing in the cracks between the paving 🙂

🤣 Socially distanced, I hope!

Administrator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's more about wading in with an FFS opinion > about a for sale item. It's not necessary to join > in. I waded in because the person selling the item has identified and defamed a well known local business person, and those posts have been allowed to stay on the thread, but my post objecting to his or her behaviour was removed And the person who reported it specifically said he had done it because I "swore" at the OP The person in question said she had already apologised to him, but still he named her, and had apparently also sent her a very rude message. As I said, apparent inconsistency in who is considered to be at fault here. And I thought I had made some valid and relevant points eg that it was a good idea to take mobile numbers of people coming to collect an item, and also that there might be very good reasons why someone was unable to come or let the seller know, eg illness. But I must admit, people who say "no time wasters" do put my back up. I once came upon someone who used this term about anybody who came to look at an item and then didn't buy it 🙄

I once complained about some chocolates. Unfortunately I left the "faulty" box of chocolates on my bed, and a friend's dog ate them 😂😂😂 plus some of the cardboard 😂😂😂 I did explain why I couldn't return them and luckily the manufacturer (can't remember who it was) found it amusing. If memory serves, they sent me a load more chocolates and their best wishes to the "discerning dog". I don't remember the dog being sick, but I don't think she can have felt very well 🤢

I had a post reported and removed because it started with FFS. FFS! Is this really so offensive? Plus, is it OK for somebody to behave badly towards someone else on the forum, but not OK for somebody else (me in this case) to object to that behaviour? This is a serious question, as there seems to be some inconsistency here. Now I'll wait for somebody to report this. 🙄

Love it 🤣

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That must have been quite vexing. I'm wondering > why the surge in numbers, whether it was just in > response to the need speed things up to help meet > the government deadline, or maybe tied up in any > way with the vaccine life cycle. Iirc, they have > only about five days of usage after dilution. And > the batch size is in the 995-1200 doses range. I overheard one of the staff say they were just trying to fit as many people in as possible. Which is completely understandable, I just wish I had known beforehand. I didn't complain, I was just glad to be there at all, but I heard other people getting apologies.

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One chunk (not eaten, but spat out, though I did > not return that bit). Faulty - wrong choice of > word but when I wrote it I couldn;t think of > another. So what was actually wrong with it? (I'm on tenterhooks here, OMG my life is so boring 🤣🤣🤣)

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hybrid grass (mixed real and fake) and is a thing > now on football pitches. But how on earth do they mow it without damaging the fake bits? And what is the point?

"almost" intact 🤣🤣🤣 How much did you eat before you found it was faulty? 🤣🤣🤣 Seriously though, if it was stale or had gone off because it had been badly stored, for example, they should surely offer you either a refund or s replacement.

nxjen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I?m developing vaccination envy This is the downside: /forum/read.php?32,2177701,2180099,page=2#msg-2180099 🤣

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My postie told me today (Thursday 21st) that 'they > were now all caught-up at the Delivery Office'. > Whether that was in general, or just my walk, I > don't know, but it sounds positive. Well, it's not my walk. I had another Christmas card yesterday, posted first class on 15 December .

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Understood, but they'd be better off makign sure > all staff, yes, staff, wear masks and that there > is more ventilation. (Staff in reception upstairs > behind plastic screens but just the normal ones > wore no masks. Perhaps they have been vaccinated > or tested daily but still, it is still a need and > was a poor show. (I rang but no reply to make a > comment.) That's a terrible example to set!

Just come back from my jab at St Thomas's. Was at the hospital nearly three hours. Massive queue even to get a seat in the waiting area, and an even more massive queue all round the North Wing to get into the other vaccination centre (Which confusingly was where I thought I was booked into). It was all very organised, but I did think it was a bit odd that they were sterilising all the seats in the waiting area prior to each use, but not in the area where you have to wait your fifteen minutes afterwards. The jab doesn't take effect as soon as you've had it! I had the Pfizer vaccine. I understand that they are trying to vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as possible, but I don't know why they gave me a fifteen minute slot and asked me to arrive no more than five minutes before it. Luckily I had a book with me, but it would have been nice to have had some prior warning of the likely wait time!

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have a mouse or two in teh garden but cannot > make out whether it is a house or wild variety. It > eats suet balls from the bird feeder which is ok > with me. A cat often sits near the bushes so > perhaps there is a nest there, suggesting it is > indeed a non-domestic variety. Does anyone else > have mice outside but not inside? I would have said yes, as I have mice in the garden both in the summer and winter, but very recently I have seen a mouse inside - no sign of droppings etc. I'm very careful not to leave food out, but I had some suet balls by the back door waiting to be put out, and there were signs of nibbling 🤣 Lesson learned! 🤣

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's overused and cliched, so I don't use it. The OP did. Just wondering if the interpretation of that involves mind-reading as well.

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think you should all stop mind reading because, > well, it doesn't work! All I can see here is > people using what the OP said as a wagon for their > own virtues and prejudices. We have no idea why he > said they were Polish - perhaps it was because he > is a total xenophobe, or maybe it is because he > thought that their experiences abroad somehow > formed their style of child raising. (We are > always told that we mustrecognise and celebrate > the diverse nature of people so it follows there > must be diverse ways of raising children.) > > PS Chris could also be a woman, so all those folk > who are thinking I am demonstrating anti-female > and/or anti-gay bias, don't. What do you think about the use of "snowflakes"?

chrisb0702 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So I?m sure this will divide the forum but just > wanted to seek out your opinions. > > We own a 1st floor flat in a converted house with > neighbours above and below who are both renters. > We own a share of the freehold so do have contact > with the owners. Whilst the walls are reasonably > thin like in most conversions we don?t tend to > have wider noise issues, particularly with the > upstairs flat which is pretty harmonious. However > the problem currently lies with the neighbours > below on the ground floor who are a polish family > with 3 boys, 2 late teenagers and one toddler who > I think is around 2 years old. During the day when > I?m working from home I don?t really hear a single > thing from them but from 7pm to around 10pm the > young toddler is running and jumping around like a > manic which whilst noisy also causes the walls to > shake. I?d say this has been going on now for a > good 5-6 months and is hugely disruptive to our > evenings. My partner is a doctor and as you can > imagine in the current climate is exhausted when > she comes home and we cant even watch the tv at > 9pm without constant crashing and banging. > > Our frustrations finally came to a head last night > when we knocked on the door and politely, and I do > mean politely, explained our situation and the > disruption it was causing thinking maybe they were > unaware of the impact. The response was a bit > galling in my opinion, we were met with ?what am I > meant to do, he?s a child?. Now I know it?s > difficult with young children and I do sympathise > but personally I don?t think toddlers should be > awake and that active past 8pm at night. Whilst > you can?t tell people how to bring up their child > when we pushed them further they said they are > struggling to get him to sleep and whilst they > would love him to be in bed at 7pm they can?t do > anything about it and he would be starting nursery > in September so he would likely be in a better > routine by then. > > I guess my frustrations here lie with the fact > that they acknowledge their child is making noise > but essentially they are not willing to do > anything about it and given we?ve already had 5-6 > months of this we are expected to tolerate it even > longer until September when they can be bothered > to try get him to adhere to what I would say is a > normal toddler sleeping pattern because then it > suits them. > > As I said I fully expect this to divide the crowd > but would be interested to hear your guys sensible > and polite (I?m not looking for an online argument > as well lol!!) thoughts of what we can do next. > Are we in the wrong here, i don;t think so but > lets see. Thanks!! Without the original post, the comments make no sense. And for what it's worth, I'm wondering what exactly the OP is suggesting the parents do with a toddler to make him sleep and/or be quiet. S/he says they are "not willing to do anything about it". And "when they can be bothered ...." What are they supposed to do? Sedate him? Tie him down and gag him? Beat him into submission? If you move into a place knowing that the walls are thin, I'm not sure you are in a very strong position to complain about noise. I'm guessing if the OP can hear the toddler, the neighbours can probably hear his/her TV. Just a wild guess, but I'm guessing the OP has never lived with a toddler. And yes, why it was necessary to mention their nationality or the fact that they are tenants, I have no idea. Is the implication that if they were English freeholders their toddler would be quiet every evening?

maniana Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > :?-( vigilant for someone who is mentally ill and > (most of the time) harmless. The world is a sad > place. The guy needs help. I bet if he had the > treatment he clearly needs he?d be a lovely man. "Most of the time" harmless???

Dead pigeon in the garden the other day. Unfortunately appeared to have been killed by a cat, so I presume it was the sick one. It had its wings spread out as if it had been trying to escape 😥 but it had a length of ivy on top of it, so I wonder if the cat attacked it where it had been hiding, then dragged it out into the open. I'm bemused by a rather fat (or has its feathers constantly fluffed out) sparrow which has been hanging around the garden. It's extremely tame and always by itself. It has sparrow colouring and a sparrow type beak. It also seems to be shedding fluffy feathers. It's behaving like a robin, hopping about nearby when we are gardening. But it's eating birdseed, not looking for worms, and it definitely isn't a baby robin. I've never seen this before, normally lots of sparrows come down at once, and also they normally fly off at the slightest movement they see. Can anybody explain?