Sue

Seems to be happening everywhere. Second wave, anyone?

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I agree with Localmum. There's a difference > between the normal noise of children playing and > continuous screaming (yes, I do mean you at the > top end of Crawthew) Maybe that's the continuous screaming I can sometimes hear from Ulverscroft. Young children do like to scream! They have found they can do it, and it's fun, so they keep doing it just to hear themselves screaming. It's understandable. We probably all did it! But if they are doing it outside, you would think an adult might come and either take them into the house or else get them to stop? Maybe they are put in the garden so the adults can get some peace and quiet? The adults maybe just don't appreciate that others can hear the piercing noise and be disturbed by it?

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, I don't know how well you are presently, but > could walking over to KCH be an option if you left > enough time and made a stroll of it (if weather's > nice) ? > I'd be nervous on a bus ! Walking would have been my preferred option, but unfortunately at the moment it seems that even mild activity when I'm feeling well puts me back in bed for several days (nothing to do with the reason for the appointment.) Plus I'd have to walk back as well, as if I didn't I might as well have gone there on the bus. I don't think I could do it 😭 As I'm on the vulnerable list I am eligible for car transport to medical appointments,and I phoned yesterday to ask about that, but apparently it has to go through my GP, which is not a problem, however it's an urgent appointment and I'm a bit loath to depend on a car turning up on time, plus they said it was only available if I had "no other way to get to the appointment" and obviously there's the bus option. Also, a car is a very confined space, even allowing for masks etc.. I've never used Uber, and I don't really want to for the first time for something time critical. The car parking situation at Kings used to be impossible, is that still the case? I've been driving to my allotment. However I don't want to be stressing because I can't park 😭 Thanks everyone above for your information and advice! I think I should just calm down and risk the bus! I will phone my GP for advice maybe as I'm in a weird situation re the virus.

The thread in question has sadly disappeared :( I sincerely hope the original problem was sorted, as it sounded horrendous.

diable rouge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > KidKruger Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > wasn't there a guy who used to post on here who > > preached the benefits and purity of hunting by > bow > > and arrow (or was it crossbow) ? > > He may be able to help. > > Sounds like BBW, saw himself as the Rambo of > Sydenham Woods... Crikey, (unwelcome) blast from the past :))

I haven't been on a bus since before the start of lockdown, but I need to get one next Friday from ED to KCH to get there around 11.30am (and then back again probably around 1 - 2pm). I know I have to wear a mask, but can anybody tell me: a) Are the buses likely to be crowded at that time b) Will they be less crowded upstairs (I usually go upstairs anyway) c) What is the deal re social distancing - presumably it is one person per seat, but are alternate pairs of seats not in use? d) I would normally go to the stop before the one at the Post Office, but the pavement is quite narrow there. Is social distancing usually observed at the stop outside the Post Office? Sorry to be so dim. I feel like I'm venturing into a strange and unknown land :))

fishbiscuits Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If during the day, the Rye cafe and Cafe G (and > sometimes The Herne) sell beer to takeaway. > > But TBH I don't understand why you wouldn't just > go to Tesco. Tesco don't sell draught and keg beer, or at least they hadn't changed into a pub last time I was in there :))

lucy.turcan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi. > Can you please tell on what shoul I accord > attention while choosing alternative energy > supplier? Thanks in advance Google a few different energy comparison sites. Put in your current annual usage for gas and electricity. Say whether you want green, fixed tariff, direct debit etc. Don't assume that any one site will have all the possible options. Don't use schemes that claim to automatically tell you, or switch you to, the best option (they don't have all the possible options either, and I've always been able to get a better deal by doing it myself). That includes the MoneySavingExpert scheme, sadly 😢 Don't just look at price. Google customer service reviews, eg on Trust Pilot.

The Ivy House, Stuart Road. Two minute walk from the Rye (top end). Not sure whether you have to order in advance or can just turn up - I think the latter now, but best phone to find out! http://www.ivyhousenunhead.com/

ribrob Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @sue > > > Complaints on here always seem to be about > Virgin! > > I am genuinely bemused as to why people stay > with them. > > On our road, we have no choice but Virgin fibre or > dial-up (unless we go satellite which is just daft > just to get an internet connection). > > Virgin owns the fibre on our road, and nobody else > has put any down, so we suck it up, or go back to > the days of watching images visibly downloading. > > Rob Oh dear. Monopoly situation then. That's bad.

first mate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think most of us had figured this. I hadn't. Duh!

Complaints on here always seem to be about Virgin! I am genuinely bemused as to why people stay with them. Is it because they are much much better than other providers when you can actually get online?

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Recommendations please. > > Some plonker practising a clarinet in the garden > from 8.10 am this morning is making me desperate. Do you want to borrow my melodeon? 🤣🤣🤣 I'm sure you could drown him out 🤣🤣🤣 ETA: Or her .... If that fails, you could "accidentally" throw it at him/her. It's quite heavy 🤣

DulwichFox Wrote: -------------------------------------------------- > > Fresh air. The best remedy for most illness. ??????

Really sorry to hear this. Did anyone phone the police? I can understand people not wanting to get directly involved, presumably for fear of being hurt, but I find it hard to understand people who just pass by and don't even try to get help for the person being attacked. I hope your brother is OK and not too traumatised. Glad to hear that at least one person came to help.

Thanks Zig-Zag, that's reassuring. Especially as the last time I heard mega bird commotion it was on my allotment, and followed by a fox trotting away with a pigeon in its mouth 😮

There have been threads about this on here in past years. I'm sure they will be cluster flies. Someone on here identified them for me when I had them in my house (haven't had them since, thank goodness!)

For all you know, the girl is ill or being abused.

exdulwicher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What effect on the economy do you think NOT > locking down would have had? > > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52968523 > > An extra 470,000 deaths in the UK which would have > completely overwhelmed the NHS (and morgues). > 470,000 key workers, elderly, vulnerable dying. > You reckon the economy would still be functioning > fine and we'd all just be carrying on, stiff upper > lip, we're British? > > There'd be CHAOS. Riots and looting as a result of > the massive hoarding that would have been going > on, mass absenteeism from work as people took > their own decisions (or were off work seriously > ill) - you may remember that many companies had > already closed up shop, locked down, gone to > remote working etc BEFORE the Government finally > mandated it. No-one would be "just carrying on", > there'd be no normal operations at the NHS > (because they'd long since have been overwhelmed > and would be taking years longer to recover beck > to normal). > > The idea that everything would just be fine with > the UK just carrying on regardless (while > virtually every other country in the world was on > lockdown) is just farcical. It's not realism, it's > complete utter fantasy. > Exactly. But unfortunately you seem to be talking to a brick wall.

What is only just becoming apparent (partly from the King's Zoe symptom survey) is that there are very many people (of all ages, including many young people who were fit and healthy before) who have ongoing, varied and debilitating Covid-19 symptoms which come and go, in some cases for months. Most of them will not have been seen in a hospital, though some have. If you are doing the Zoe survey and report symptoms, it actually gives links to a Facebook support group. Jimlad48, I suggest you do some research before posting your rather offensive opinions on here. And being over seventy and in the vulnerable group for other reasons, I find your assumption that my life is not worth saving repellent, to say the least. It's a pity this government didn't take the sort of action New Zealand did, then we would probably all be back to normal life by now.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not too concerned about a shop that I have never > heard of.. You probably aren't the only person reading this thread! Do not know where it is.. ? Next to William Rose. > > Not a long standing feature of Lordship Lane.. Depends what you mean by long standing. Not as long as the EDT for example, no. How > long has it been where it is. ? It opened in July 2017, so nearly three years. I'm absolutely gutted it is closing, and judging by the number of followers it had on social media (I wasn't one of them, I just looked to try to find out when it opened) I won't be the only one. They had very good quality plants and pots and other nice things, they had things that were in all price ranges, they were incredibly helpful and knowledgeable and never put pressure on you to buy. I really hope that they will be able to come back to East Dulwich in some form in the future.

Once I found the right department to talk to (which took a lot longer than it should have done) I found Thames Water very helpful about a drainage issue at the front of my house.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > yeah I'm high-risk Foxy (as are you), so your > little-exposure can do one ! So am I, but sadly still got/have it. Be super-scrupulous with quarantining/washing EVERYTHING that comes into your home, people 😢 Keep safe!

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've had 12 weeks.. out and about shopping.. > Queuing .. travelling on local buses. > > Hospital appointments .. blood tests.. > > Receiving Take away deliveries. Living life. > > I must of been near or next to affected people. > > If I just stayed at home and totally gave up on > life.. Then I might just as well be dead anyway.. > > > Fox You have been crying wolf/fox for what seems like years on here, so I find it extraordinary that you are now deliberately putting yourself at risk. I suspect that as soon as you show any signs of Covid symptoms, your posts on here will be somewhat less enthusiastic about "I might as well be dead anyway." Obviously I hope this won't be the case, however you put me in mind of Boris Johnson boasting about shaking hands with hospital patients with the virus, then ending up on a ventilator 😢 In case of any doubt, I don't wish you ill. I just find your attitude very strange .... Staying at home except for urgent appointments etc does not have to be "totally giving up on life" and in any case it's not for ever (one hopes!)

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting that the UK has some of the most > Stringent Restrictions on Social Distancing > and Self Isolation .. > Compared to who? The UK locked down too late and not completely, and thousands of deaths could have been avoided if they had locked down even two weeks earlier. And "a little exposure" for some people can be fatal.