Sue

I bank with First Direct, and since HSBC no longer has a branch in East Dulwich, I use the Post Office if I need to physically use a bank, eg paying cash in. They have an arrangement with First Direct. I have always used them to change notes to coins if I need to, for the float for our gigs. I've never had any problems before. This Friday we have our first concert since before lockdown, and I went to get some pound coins for the float. I was told that I couldn't do this unless I had a "change card", and I would need to go to the bank. Luckily Barclays (who I have never had an account with) kindly did this for me, otherwise I would have needed to go to the HSBC branch in Peckham. When i got home, I phoned First Direct, who said they have never heard of a "change card", and that they didn't provide one. Can anybody shed any light on this apparently new Post Office requirement? What is a "change card", and how do I get one? ETA: I've just googled it. Apparently you now have to have an HSBC business account to get change. I now realise what I should have done is just withdraw cash at the counter and ask for it in pound coins. I'm sure they would have been delighted.

Why can't they employ temps, like they do at Christmas?

To be clear, the password I used for the new Gmail address was not one I've used anywhere else. I have three Gmail addresses now, but I'm a bit confused as although they recognise me, they don't seem to be relating the new address to the two existing addresses, so I'm actually wondering if I should have used the same password as for the other two. It's all too complicated for me. I think I'll go and lie down in a very dark room.

RichH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The most likely possibility is that the password > you're using to login to this site is the same as > one that's been discovered in a data breach of > another site and Google/Gmail is checking against > a database of known breached login credentials. > > You can check yourself and find out more > information here: > https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords > > Just change your password for this site; the > longer the better. Thanks, I had already changed it, I just wondered what the data breach was! Thanks for the explanation!

I just set up a new gmail account, and in the tedious process that started off, I received these messages: Change 2 compromised passwords Some of your saved passwords appeared in a data breach from a site or app that you use. You should change them now. and Some of your saved passwords were exposed in a non-Google data breach. You should change them now. This account is at risk eastdulwichforum.co.uk Sue Can anybody shed any light?

I use iD, which uses the Three network. I've never had any connection problems anywhere (I probably will now I've posted that!)

dulwichquine Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've been waiting on a parcel posted Sep 6 and > still not turned up. Was supposed to take two > business days. No attempted delivery. And a > birthday card has arrived, opened, with money > missing. Thanks Royal Mail. You should definitely report the missing money to Royal Mail. They will be able to track who has handled the card at this end (or they should be able to). However, don't expect any compensation, because they will just tell you money shouldn't be sent in the ordinary post (which is true).

I've just got a parcel today that was sent by 48 hour delivery nearly two weeks ago. I'm still waiting on other stuff. I'm also very wary now of ordering anything which will be delivered (or more likely not) by Royal Mail.

Zippydoo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Muriel Spark She wrote The Ballad of Peckham Rye, but I didn't think she was around in the 1920s? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Spark She would have been still a child?

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Enid lived up the top near the library didn't she > ? Yes. There is a blue plaque

Did you find the Facebook group I mentioned on your other thread useful?

I can ask for two teas in Turkish 🤣 And "Is there a supermarket near here?" in Italian 🤣

Up for grabs

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You seem to have a riskily short memory. > /forum/read.php? > 5,1706420,1708295#msg-1708295 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

There is a "joke" thread on here, which I haven't seen lately. One of the first "jokes" was specifically based on this word. I was horrified when I saw it and more horrified that nobody had apparently complained about it at the time. I don't think the post exists any more, because some time ago a lot of posts disappeared when the forum was updated. For what it's worth, I think the term is racist, and I called someone out on it when he used it at a party I was at. There are bad eggs in any group of people. That doesn't mean it is OK to casually insult all of them by using racist terms about them.

My daughter says it should be tested by water company for potential mains leak. If it isn't that, you can email BGS on [email protected] giving location, spatial extent of area and timescale over which it's been happening. Usually needs site investigation, is clearly localised to you and something has changed. Sometimes failed soakaway if they have had an extension it may drain to soakaway. They clog up over time. Sorry for weird grammar, I've copied and pasted from her WhatsApp posts! ETA: BGS is British Geological Survey. My daughter works there.

My daughter is a hydrogeologist but doesn't live locally. I will ask if she can shed any light without making a site visit.

No prob re hijacking, the thread has been really useful for me 🙂 But as I have now discovered on the ULEZ thread that I only have to pay the charge when I'm actually driving the car within the zone, I'm keeping it for the time being. Certainly buying another car isn't an option until my present car expires and I've done more research. Before I found out about the ULEZ details I had made some enquiries about cars I had seen online and then got inundated with phone calls from dealers 😭😭😭 as I couldn't be emailed the details without giving my phone number 😭😭😭 Anyway, my car passed its MOT last week 👍

BTW an estate agent once long ago described East Dulwich as East Dulwich Village :)) :)) :))

ken78 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > is nunhead in peckham does anyone know or is it a > village ?? some say it's in peckham some say it's > now nunhead village any one know Presumably you have posted this because you have seen the very very long discussion aka argument on Facebook about it? :)) :)) :))

Cheaper just to pay the ULEZ charge??

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Some well dodgy camera angle decisions during play > as well > > But frankly what a fantastic spectacle, match and > result > Yes, agree with both those. Though doesn't anybody go to the net any more?! It's a long time since I watched any tennis!

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, I had it on terrestrial (C4) and Amazon (I > have Prime) for duration. > The C4 perhaps was available to me because not via > Internet ? Yes, someone else I know couldn't get it via internet either. Very annoying,

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yesterday I was alerted to a hospital appointment > (for yesterday) when I had a call saying they had > to move it. > > I enquired how they informed me of the original > appointment and a letter was sent out 3 weeks > ago. > > The backlog at the sorting office is now causing > knock on effects to a wider group of institutions > and people. > It must depend on the hospital department, but I get texts reminding me of appointments. I'm more concerned with financial stuff sent in the post. The very late arrival of a bank card earlier in the year caused me all sorts of problems which are still reverberating.