Sue

I have just looked back through the thread and seen that I asked about where to get fresh turmeric, so profuse apologies, Foxy 🦊 Still don't know why you are so against the Bellenden Road shops though. You specifically mentioned them as being very expensive. And they are not much more of a walk for you than Sainsbury's is! Down CPR and Adys Road and you're nearly there!

Effra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd just love to some sparrows visit. We have a > couple of dunnocks most of the time but they are > not at all chirpy and social like sparrows. > > Have you figured out what it is you have in your > garden that attracts them? I have feeders with mixed seeds and suet balls (also a feeder with niger seeds, but still I get no goldfinches!) I also put crushed up (since a squirrel made off with one) suet balls on the ground, and mixed seeds on the ground, plus sunflower seeds and dried mealworms (but I think a robin eats the mealworms). The sparrows also sometimes seem to eat insects from the roses and climbers, and I think rosehips in late Summer/Autumn, though less so now as my rambling rose on one side have been drastically reduced (see below). Also there is quite a lot of shelter and places for them to perch in my garden, but less so lately due to somebody nearby making all their neighbours (including me) cut back trees, shrubs and climbers :( on the grounds that they were blocking their light (they have a North East facing garden, but don't seem to realise the implications of that ..... ) I also have large saucers and bowls for birds to drink from/bath in :) and I try to keep them topped up (not a problem at the moment, obviously :)) But this particular flock of sparrows seems to be around a lot of the time, I'm not quite sure why. They seem to be mainly very young (though less so now), apart from one older male (who is maybe showing them the ropes?). The little male ones are just getting their black bibs.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bird life is a bit depleted, there must be better > sources of food out in the wild at the moment. > Blue tits have returned as have the gold finches. > Otherwise it is the annoying wood pigeons, green > squawky things and crows. All I get lately is sparrows (up to thirty of them at once, which are fun to watch), wood pigeons and lately - for some reason - feral pigeons. Who arrived shortly after my partner commented on the fact that I never got any feral pigeons in my garden. A couple of days later, there were two at the front of my house. A few days after that, they (well, possibly not the same ones :)) ) arrived in my garden. Strange, eh?

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Oyster or Contactless is ?2.60 off-peak, > ?3.10 peak. > > A paper ticket is ?6.70 return. ?6.70???? Blimey!

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > *starts to strip and oil gun* Why do you need to strip in order to oil your gun, PGC?

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is one of those Pizzico pinch of salt > things on eBay for a mere ?22.39 ...... > > I can supply pinches of salt, to customer's > specification, pre-packed in plastic bags. > Minimum order one gross. Contact me for a > quotation. :))

Nnobody is telling you what to do, Foxy, but you seem very anti the shops in Bellenden Road for some reason, as you seem to have come onto this thread just to have a go at them out of the blue? ETA: Oh, and Sainsbury's had loads of shops in the fifties. It was a chain then! It started in 1869! Amazing what you can find out by googling! By the fifties, it had even gone self-service in some stores (not the one in Streatham Hill, though). https://www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/timeline/150 The first self-service store that I remember was Waitrose in Streatham, which opened in 1955 just up from St Leonard's Church. Made a change from shopping with my mum in Home and Colonial, just a little way down the hill on the other side of the church :))

Kerry H Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Sue, my husband and I have been vegan for a few > years and can't recommend it enough! We've never > felt or looked better :) > > It does seem a bit daunting at first but we've > found our cooking is so much more creative now we > aren't eating meat and 3 vege every night. There > are some bril meat alternatives on the market too > if you need a meaty fix. Sainsburys Forest Hill > just expanded their plant-based section recently > and M&S ED has a great range of quick fix meals as > well. > > My go to for recipes is just instagram, and I love > these two: https://www.wearesovegan.com/ Thanks KerryH, I've been happily plant-based since I originally started the thread! I have a freezer full of home cooked plant-based meals, plus three ring binders of recipes :)) Though I am no longer strictly vegan, as the vegan diet I was on gave me digestive problems :( ETA: Oh and I do occasionally eat fish.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fresh turmeric will keep in the fridge for a > couple of weeks. > When frozen, it'll last for up to six months. > > Why would anyone need 1 Kilo of fresh Turmeric. > ?? > > If you freeze it then it is no longer fresh when > defrosted. > > Also Studies typically use doses of 500?2,000 mg > of turmeric per day. > So 100grm will be more than enough. DulwichFox, I am comparing prices :) If you don't want to look at prices per kilo, I gave you a price (above) of ?1.28 per 100g at Real Foods. In any case, many people would buy a kilo and split it with friends. I know lots of people who do that with various "whole foods" online. Your original post seemed to be solely to have a pop at the local traders in Bellenden Road, and by implication the people who shop there. Yet you haven't actually told us what the price of fresh turmeric is at any of the shops in Bellenden Road, for example the shop which has lots of very good quality vegetables outside (assuming it sells it). I have no idea why you posted it on this thread, where turmeric has to the best of my knowledge never been mentioned, fresh or otherwise :)) probably because most people don't eat turmeric as part of a plant-based diet :)) Oh, and obviously anything frozen is "no longer fresh" when defrosted. But frozen peas, for example, are better than fresh peas (unless you have cooked them straight from picking them yourself) because peas, like many vegetables, lose their nutritional value very quickly after they have been picked. According to this: https://www.turmericforhealth.com/turmeric-queries/can-you-freeze-fresh-turmeric-root-and-for-how-long the freezing process preserves most of the turmeric root's nutritive qualities, as you would expect, so I'm not sure what your point is? And just to add, shopping in Bellenden Road is supporting local traders. If you don't like the prices (assuming you actually know what they are) then nobody is forcing you to shop there :)) Shopping in Sainsbury's is supporting a massive chain.

I use both Sainsbury's and Tesco depending on what I need and who has what on offer, plus sometimes Iceland.So what? I now get a lot at once, rather than shopping weekly, because Tesco's delivery charges have rocketed. Not of perishable things obviously. Luckily I have space to store it.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No its not per kilo.... > > FRESH TURMERIC ROOTS 100g > > Price: ?5.81 (?58.10 / kg) & FREE Delivery > > Foxy I have edited my post above. Sainsbury's is ?15 a kilo. Amazon is ?58 a kilo. Here is ?12.75 a kilo: https://www.realfoods.co.uk/product/21503/organic-fresh-turmeric ETA: If you think it is ?8 for 100g in Bellenden Road- which would be ?80 a kilo, which obviously nobody with any sense would pay - how about providing some evidence? ETA: Organic Village sell it. I have bought it there in the past. I can't remember how much it was. And as Malumbu said, there are probably loads of other shops in Peckham and elsewhere around here which sell it, but I'm not going out much at the moment, for obvious reasons.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > DulwichFox Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Fresh Turmeric Root > > > Sainsburys 100 grm ?1.50 > > > > > > > > > https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c7/d6/ec/c7d6ec23fc > > > > > > 4673e90de60048e3e117e2.jpg > > > > > > > > > https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/indian > > > > > > -ingredients/sainsburys-fresh-turmeric-100g > > > > > > No doubt you will be able to buy the same > thing > > in > > > Bellenden Road For ?8.00 ish > > > > > > > > ?1.50 for 100g is actually quite expensive > (google > > it). > > > > You are paying for the unnecessary packaging. > > > > BTW people add turmeric to food for health > > reasons, not because they are on a plant-based > > diet :) > > Expensive.. ? > > I did what you suggested.. I Googled it.. > > FRESH TURMERIC ROOTS 100g > > Price: ?5.81 (?58.10 / kg) & FREE Delivery > > https://www.amazon.co.uk/FRESH-TURMERIC-ROOTS-100g > /dp/B00H0U3TN8/ref=asc_df_B00H0U3TN8/?tag=googshop > uk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=375421148118&hvpos=&hvne > tw=g&hvrand=13215088787017772512&hvpone=&hvptwo=&h > vqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045890 > &hvtargid=pla-830509977258&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid > =77211369312&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=375421148118&h > vpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13215088787017772512&hvqmt=& > hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045890&hvtar > gid=pla-830509977258 > > Sort of price you pay on line > > Foxy Sainsbury's price per kilo is ?15. You can get it online for less than that. For example: https://www.realfoods.co.uk/product/21503/organic-fresh-turmeric ?12.75 a kilo, or ?1.28 per ?100. The Amazon price you quoted is ?58.10 a kilo!!!!

seenbeen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I had a visit from someone sent by Southwark > Council- a contractor who needed to come into my > house- I had to actually ask the person to put on > a mask... It's appalling, isn't it. And that contractor is presumably going from house to house (as was the Tesco delivery person). What's wrong with these people? And surely Southwark Council must have some rules which its contractors should be adhering to? No wonder the virus is getting out of hand.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fresh Turmeric Root > Sainsburys 100 grm ?1.50 > > https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c7/d6/ec/c7d6ec23fc > 4673e90de60048e3e117e2.jpg > > https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/indian > -ingredients/sainsburys-fresh-turmeric-100g > > No doubt you will be able to buy the same thing in > Bellenden Road For ?8.00 ish ?1.50 for 100g is actually quite expensive (google it). You are paying for the unnecessary packaging. BTW people add turmeric to food for health reasons, not because they are on a plant-based diet :)

muffins78 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just unlucky! My Tesco delivery message still > reads the same about vulnerable group - so the > driver always stands back. I?m sure some of them > wear masks. My shopping still is bagged but I > just put it in my own bags at the door - like > yourself I can?t carry it inside!! I'm also in a vulnerable group, but they should be treating everybody the same, regardless, given the seriousness of the present situation, surely? I reluctantly decided to make a complaint, because I think this is quite a serious issue, if Tesco are not training their staff during a pandemic which is getting worse.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I?m not sure rhinitis is contagious (if that?s > what you mean by ?infective?). I imagine BB knows that .....

I just had a Tesco delivery. I had four or five crates full of stuff which came without bags, so that I had to put it all into my own bags at the door. The crates were too heavy to carry into the house and unpack them there. The delivery person just stood there, next to the crates, practically breathing into my face, without a mask, whilst I did this. Except he didn't do that for very long, because I had to ask him to stand further away once it became clear that he wasn't going to do that of his own accord. I've never had to do that before, and it was a bit embarrassing. Surely Tesco must have rules, and surely they must train their staff? I haven't had the same issue with Sainsbury's - they have stood at the gate and only come closer to take the empty crates away. Has anybody else had this, or was I just unlucky?

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Greendale isn?t far and my very small garden has > trees, so I think I was a pit stop for some tasty > insects! Well done for having trees in a small garden :)

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Long-tailed tits....loads of them in the garden > 😁😁😁😁😁 > 513; Oh lucky you. My favourite birds. Where do you live? Near the woods?

wordsworth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How unfunny I thought it was funny, KK 🙂

Juliette Greco

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Had two calls this week purporting to be from BT. > When I said I was surprised because we were'nt on > BT the voice said that was OK because their > service was fully compatible with any system. I > hadn't heard this one before. So I put the phone > down and let him talk to the table for a bit while > I went away :)) :)) :)) You could also keep a very loud whistle by the phone, just in case he ever calls back :))

I've never been able to pass it without sniggering at the name, sorry :))

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue or anyone else - I agree but then I think why > did it cause such a big problem ? Were lots of > staff redeployed /got rid of ? > > Is there lack of space and /or organisational > skills in the Peckham office ? I suspect it's poor management. But obviously Covid won't have helped, plus we've just gone through the holiday season. There has been a lot of previous discussion about it on here, I seem to recall, but I can't now remember what it said. I do remember that at one point my then postie said to me something along the lines of "You don't know the half of what's happening down there" (ie at the Peckham office).

another annie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Trouble is if we're getting some letters, we don't > know/suspect what might be getting held up. We > thought our deliveries weren't too bad, then today > my partner received a hospital appointment he has > been waiting for. Trouble is, the appointment was > more than a week ago. The letter from Kings was > posted on 9th September. So, more waiting and > worrying for him, and a wasted appointment at the > hospital. That's really awful. Many departments text as well as sending a letter. I've had the same happen, but luckily I had also been sent a text. I don't know why they don't all do it, even my hairdresser reminds me when I have an appointment due!