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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?

I get my repeat prescriptions from Echo. It is quick and easy. When I registered, I just had to input all the medication and say when I was due to run out of each one (I said the week before, to be on the safe side, but in practice that wasn't necessary). Echo email me when one is due, I confirm it, they send the request to my GP and I get it by post a day or so later. I've had no problem at all getting them, so I presume Royal Mail prioritises the packets. There are other similar systems. This one is linked to Lloyds pharmacies. My friend who was kindly collecting my prescriptions from Lloyds in North Cross Road saw an ad in there for Echo and told me about it. It saves all sorts of inconvenience, and I'd only have to speak to the GP if for some reason I needed to change the medication. ETA: It's completely free.

Thanks Foxy. For some reason which I can't fathom I am not getting sound on videos on my mobile. This happened recently and I sorted it, but I can't remember what I did! It was some obscure setting somewhere 😬 ETA: Luckily I had the tab saved with the instructions on it. As you were 😂 ETA: Great to hear East Dulwich described as "leafy"! Long may it stay that way!

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Hey thanks Brian, very good news re the oaks! ETA: And fingers crossed, good news re the bats!

Pugwash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A friend who is around 80 went for her jab at > Tessa Jowell Centre on Monday = arranged by > Burbage Road surgery. If that's Elm Lodge surgery (at the Herne Hill end of Burbage Road) they don't seem to have arranged mine,so far as I can see, so I am mystified!

womanofdulwich Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > London Live is a channel. How do you get it??

I haven't heard anything at all from my surgery (Elm Lodge) but I got a text from Guys/St Thomas's with a choice of hospital, date and time, and within ten minutes I had two appointments booked and confirmed. I don't understand what's going on.

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Had my jab at Guys yesterday as a result of > persistently trying that number. Didn't help that > the train from ED Station was cancelled, but still > got there in time. Very efficient considering how > busy everyone was (unlike the train service) Damn, I completely forgot I could have gone to Guys on the train! So used to getting the 40 in the halcyon days when it still went to London Bridge!

A friend of mine (over seventy) just messaged me to ask why I was asked to go to Guy's/St Thomas's when he and other people he knows had been called for the jab to the Tessa Jowell Centre. I have absolutely no idea and considering he lives in Nunhead and I'm a lot nearer the TJC than he is, I'm a bit put out, as I'd obviously rather have avoided having to use public transport. Apparently this was via his GP in Forest Hill Road. However when he phoned to make the appointment, after trying for three hours, he was told they had run out of vaccine and to try again after 1pm on Friday 🙄 I suggested he try before then as they will have told everybody that and he will be stuck in a queue again.