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Crikey, well done Foxy, I'm impressed! But you don't need actual baskets, do you? Couldn't you use any suitable container? Not that I know anything about making sourdough 😂

Thank you for a brilliant post, mynamehere ❤️

On Saturday I finally received (far too late to use it) my "urgent" item which was posted first class on 8 December. Today I received a gift card which I had ordered well before Christmas (When it didn't arrive, I had to send an e-card instead and will have to use the gift card myself). Still, looking on the bright side, at least they have actually turned up :) I was beginning to worry that Peckham may have had a bonfire :))

mynamehere Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All my neighbours are putting in Astroturf lawns > > https://www.jackwallington.com/17-reasons-to-avoid > -fake-lawns-how-bad-is-artificial-grass-for-the-en > vironment/ I bloody hate it too.

Will we get a choice as to where we have the vaccine? I am anxious to avoid public transport as far as possible.

twinhunters Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Christmas card posted 22nd December in Camberwell > arrived Peckham today 😡 At least you got it! I still haven't received an item posted on 8 December.

wordsworth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Britannia waives the rules... 🤣

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They are actually lying about failure to deliver. > Package not delivered due to ?unaccessible > driveway? ... I don?t have a driveway! This isn't one of those scams is it, where they say they can't deliver then ask you to send money? If not, are you sure this was Royal Mail and not another company? I had something similar to that once, and the driver had entered something wrong on the non delivery thing on his device, but it wasn't Royal Mail.

I've had two warnings (a week apart but arrived in the same post) for driving down Burbage Road at forbidden times (which obviously I wasn't clear at the time were forbidden). Yes, other cars were also doing the same. ETA: This was in December, so there must have been cameras operational then, but I have no idea where they were situated.

Clutterqueen Wrote: --------------------------------------------------- > > Can't believe that people are complaining about > Southwark needing to take away their Christmas > trees, especially in this day and age of recycling Southwark recycle the trees. The clue is in the title of the thread. They use them as compost and chippings in parks.

Clutterqueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seems like Helen Hayes is still able to write a > column in The Southwark News today on her 'View > from Westminster' even though she has resigned > from the Labour Party. She hasn't resigned from the Labour Party! She is no longer a shadow minister. She is still a Labour MP! 🙄

Wasn't there some massive drainage work done in Dulwich Park some years back, or am I imagining it?

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why throw the trees away when many of them are > still proud and healthy ?! > They look great, all lit-up, don?t they ? > Ours will be up until March I reckon. > Happy Xmas !! KK, don't you know it's unlucky to leave decorations up after Twelfth Night? :)) :)) :)) Mind you, there's nearly always something somewhere in the house which I forget to take down (not this year I don't think :)) )

indiepanda Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Potential big waste of NHS resources and people's > time. Do the NHS not offer to email people about > appointments instead of sending a letter? I've not > had to book a hospital appointment (appreciate am > very fortunate) for decades so I don't know. If > they don't then the issue isn't just with Royal > Mail... I think it depends on the hospital and the department. Some departments text, and text reminders. Also some departments are a lot more efficient administratively than others. I've sadly seen too much of hospitals the last couple of years, and there is quite a lot of variation.

n dulwich northerner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just saw on ITV London news that police have > seized DJ gear in Dulwich Wood. The pictures > implied it was stored in the old railway tunnel > entrance. A friend of mine who works in conservation locally told me that an illegal rave was held in the tunnel. They broke down the doors. This has probably killed (at the time he did not know) a large colony of bats which roosted in the dark tunnel, who should not be exposed to light. I hope they find the bastards who did this.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Haven't eaten meat for decades but could be > tempted by squirrel > > https://hedgecombers.com/crispy-fried-squirrel-chi > ps/ 🤢🤢🤢

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cora Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > ..I have never in my time in East Dulwich seen a > flood.. > > Nearest I've ever seen was about 17yrs ago, > evening rush hour. I got on train at LB it was > sunny. 11mins later got out at ED stn to a > torrential vicious downpour, the area before the > exit tunnel was flooded ankle deep, along LL > (walking towards Bassano, same side) the water > flowed down LL like a river and as it hit the > corner kerbs of side roads like Chesterfield, it > splashed up like happens on rapids. But that's not > flooding, the water was clearly heading down hill > to the roundabout, and the lowest point near Grove > Vale. > First time I've been soaked so badly by rain that > every inch of my body was absolutely soaked wet. KK I remember that. I had to paddle through the water to get to the station. I was going to a gig in a pub the other side of London. I arrived absolutely sopping.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > KidKruger Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Can't see any guy, is he hidden behind the ivy > ? > > He's wearing Low Vis clothes > > Foxy 🤣🤣🤣

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!