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ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How many road parking spaces for its vans did the > Silvester Road delivery office need? They had a small carpark round the back, didn't they? But surely from Silvester Road they wouldn't need vans to get to most places in East Dulwich?

gumshoe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In addition to letters regarding vaccine > appointments, those of us in the clinically > vulnerable group have also been promised a four > months supply of vitamin D, to start in January > and to be delivered via post - no sign so far... I thought this would be automatic, but I discovered the other day that you have to actually order it online, giving your NHS number. I can't remember how I discovered this, but it wasn't via a letter :)) I've only just ordered mine. No idea why, surely they have a list of the people in this group? I get other letters relating to what I should be doing re shielding etc (albeit arriving far too late to be of much use). I'm already taking loads of supplements including Vitamin D, so I'm not too bothered, but it's one of the main things recommended to boost your immune system, and particularly important surely in a group which is shielding and therefore going out rarely if at all, so not getting Vitamin D via sunshine.

Canteloupe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you are eligible for a vaccine, you should be > able to go online and book one using your nhs > number - no need to wait for the letter. But doesn't this depend on which group you are in (eg age, and/or extremely clinically vulnerable) and when that group is starting to have the vaccine? How do we know that? Have they gone past the over eighties now?

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "I took Pugwash's post as meaning she had sent a > card from ED to someone also in ED" > > doh! of course you're right Sue . My brain doesn't > seem to work very well these days . Nor does mine usually :))

That's excellent, rch! That link I posted above refers to a list of trees suitable for planting near houses, but it doesn't include the full list, just a few of them. And includes some which I wouldn't have thought were suitable! Maybe that's for comparison purposes,though.

Hope you aren't moving just yet, KK! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/12/army-helicopters-may-be-sent-to-evacuate-covid-patients-from-isle-of-wight-amid-surge?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Thanks Finderloo, I will investigate!

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No dog in the entire history of the world has ever > been a nuisance of any kind. All dog owners know > this 🤣🤣🤣

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My impression was that outgoing mail was > unaffected ,that the problem was with delivery > .But Pugwash's post suggests otherwise . > I may be wrong, but I took Pugwash's post as meaning she had sent a card from ED to someone also in ED. So the problem would still have been on the delivery side.

East Dulwich doesn't appear to be in Royal Mail's list of places having problems with deliveries "due to Covid." Lewisham is included. Surely their delivery issues can't be worse than ours! Does this mean that Royal Mail accepts that the problems at the Peckham delivery office are not solely (or mainly) due to Covid? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/12/royal-mail-areas-covid-deliveries-barnsley-leeds-london-post?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other ETA: Ooops sorry I hadn't seen the posts above about this when I posted.

Jellybeanz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > These days street trees are carefully chosen to > be > > varieties which do not cause subsidence issues. > > All trees as they grow larger have greater root > area. Therefore surely they all pose a subsidence > risk unless far enough from a house? They simply > aren't meant to be planted a few yards away from a > house. Trees should be in large gardens or parks / > woodlands... > > Not wishing to argue but I have heard countless > stories about subsidence in this area. Southwark council's website specifically says they now plant "small ornamental trees" in streets. Subsidence locally due to tree roots is from larger growing trees which were planted years ago. Given that the council has to pay for repairs if it is shown that damage is due to tree roots, I doubt if they are going to deliberately continue to put themselves in that position 🙂 However, as you know, not all subsidence is due to tree roots. As you know, the subsidence in my bay was not due to the adjacent tree. In this area (and London generally) it is often due to houses being built on clay soil which expands and shrinks greatly with seasonal weather/moisture changes. https://www.subsidencesupport.co.uk/about-subsidence/what-causes-subsidence/ Not all of us wish to look out of our front and back windows and see a barren landscape of buildings and loft extensions with no trees or birds 😥 ETA: Interested that you perceive presenting a different viewpoint as "arguing" 🙄

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 2 - 3 Houses on my Road Badly Damaged by Tree > roots involving expensive repair jobs. > > Trees need to be more than 15 feet asway from any > building. > > Bigger trees should be further away.. > > Apart from damage caused by roots, as trees grow > they block out a lot of light. > > If you want to see trees.. go to the Park. > Just one article on the importance of trees in an urban environment: https://canopy.org/blog/impacts-of-trees-on-mental-health/

These days street trees are carefully chosen to be varieties which do not cause subsidence issues.

I need new contact lenses, which are sent by post, and I'm really worried about them just getting stuck in the delivery office for weeks. I should have ordered them before, but I've hardly worn lenses during lockdown (except for vanity purposes on Zoom :))), and I hadn't really noticed they were running out.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If they did not have Your Address.. How did they > leave you a card.. ?? They didn't! It must have been an email?

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As the government announces they intend to write > to the over 80s (and later no doubt the over 75s > and over 70s) to alert them to their place in the > vaccine queue I become incredibly depressed - I > wonder whether anyone will bother to check why the > low take-up in SE22 is related to no one receiving > the bloody letter because the Post Office is > hopeless. Is there low take-up in SE22? I didn't know that.

What are their parents supposed to do with their children? Leave them at home? Let them run around the supermarket causing havoc and/or getting lost? Have them on a lead, like a dog?

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wonder what the value of them is to the charity > ? Very little I imagine, except for foreign stamps. I think they go into those mixed bags of stamps you can buy when you are starting off collecting (not in this country obviously). I think some kids still collect stamps. My granddaughters did. One of them was quite into it, don't know if she still is. She used to pore over them with a magnifying glass 🙂

katesonic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Highshore still accept stamps for 'charity' > purposes of old envelopes. > > I tear my stamps and keep them drop them into > Highshore Road. > > Happy to accept even if there's a queue...just go > up to top of queue and hand my torn off stamps > in. > > > Is this just me? > > K. I send mine to a charity, but these days it takes me ages to fill an envelope. I alternate between two charities, but it's so long since I sent any I can't remember which they are! I keep an envelope on my fridge and tear the stamps off before the envelopes go in the recycling.

garages2018 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue. I have used them time and time again and > never heard my friends in Kent > come back and say they paid for any postage, but I > will take your word for it. > But are reusable This is one of the articles I found when I googled: https://www.frama.co.uk/news/single/how-the-royal-mail-has-stamp-penny-pinchers-beat/

garages2018 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Going back to postage stamps being used again if > not stamped. > I don't feel a bit guilty about it. We pay 85p > first class stamps to > get posted in 10 days sometimes 13 days. Well > done to all that reuse them, > more the merry. When you get a first class > service, which has not been seen since move from > Dulwich, I will stop reusing stamps. The troll was talking about his mother re-using them back in the day. When there was, in fact, a first class service - and not just in name. And you couldn't re-use them now, anyway. If you did, the person receiving the letter would get charged for non-payment of postage. The machines can tell if a stamp has been previously used, because they are marked at the outgoing stage, although the marks may not be visible unless you look closely. To the best of my knowledge.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wasn?t the Drum run by (at least, for a while) by > Cooper, who later set-up the Dogfather Hotdog > stall ? Yes, I think you're right.

EatSleepShoot Wrote: --------------------------------------------------- > > Does anyone remember where about it was situated > in Northcross? Was is it on the site of Monkatsu? Its side entrance was in that little alley with the nice metal doors. They let you in there after hours 🤣

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------- > > Joking aside there does seem to be a lot of > immature name calling on the forum lately, maybe > we need age verification of posters and a compos > mentis test when people sign up > I don't think it's anything to do with age. Possibly immaturity. Possibly malice. Or both. It wouldn't be so bad if it was funny 🙄

I rest my case