Sue

Can't see a thread relating to the under eighteen travel issue, so posting this here. It's a petition asking the government to save the under-eighteens bus pass: https://action.labour.org.uk/page/s/keep-free-travel

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How dare you say that about Ulrich Warnke, his > mate in the Circular Society Carsten Sudhoff will > tell you what you can do. 🤣

Abe_froeman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pearspring had a load of plants in two weeks ago, > which have since gone, the shutters have come down > and sign has gone up saying closed indefnitely. > > There was a guy clearing out oddbins yesterday. > The inside was completely empty. Fridges, till etc > all gone. That's very sad if Pearspring has permanently closed, it was a lovely shop and all the staff were really helpful. There never seemed to be any customers in Oddbins anyway. It always looked closed even when it wasn't, not sure why.

And you know this how?

As the original post was in 2017, I doubt they are still looking for a wedding venue 🙂

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lynne Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The post got far far worse after the closure of > > Sylvester Rd. I didn't have many problems > before > > then > > > Real shame Sylvester Rd. had to go.. :( > Was a great Local Service. > > Nothing Ever changes for the better. Wrong people > in charge making changes. > Jobs for the Boys. > I agree the delivery service is far worse since the office at Sylvester Road closed, but in common with many other businesses I imagine the present problems are mainly due to the virus (staff shortages plus probably different working practices). Plus possibly poor management at the Peckham office (going on issues mentioned on other threads). But what do you mean by "jobs for the boys"? I doubt Royal Mail's selection processes have suddenly changed to be unfair.

Peckhampam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Reminds me of the time I admired the beautiful > irridescent beetles on my rosemary bush. It was > dead the next day , killed by said beetles. Lily beetles too are really lovely (bright red) but they and/or their revolting larvae strip the plant in a millisecond. And as for asparagus beetles, GRRRRRR.

On our allotment yesterday a bird flew over which we couldn't identify, but on looking it up later we think it might have been a yellowhammer. Is that possible round here? We didn't get a very close look but it seemed to be about the size of a blackbird, and was brown with definite flashes of bright yellow. At least one of my taddies now has legs. I think I wasn't looking in the right place 🙃 Anyway I am now giving them pellets of food for taddies with legs (as I'm not sure how much natural food there is in the sink).

tomdhu Wrote: --------------------------------------------------- > > Just a thought but she may have CV19and he is > escaping before he gets it too. If his girlfriend has CV19, he should be self-isolating, not "escaping" to potentially spread it to others.

Still no post 😢

I like getting SE22, so I'm quite happy to quarantine it for a few days until I can read it 🙂 What is junk mail to one person is useful or interesting to another!

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nor me. Except for the bank statement just left > openly on the porch 😮

Has he fallen out with his girlfriend? There would be a difference between coming back to live at yours permanently, and flitting between yours and hers (not on in present circumstances).

I've had no post for ages either.

EDmummy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone know how the victim is? The newspaper report says his injuries are not life-threatening, so hopefully he is OK.

No mention of arrest of the man who allegedly broke into the house and assaulted the couple? Hopefully at some point we will know the full story .... I have a feeling that there is more to this than meets the eye, but who knows ....

seenbeen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Islington council used these psychometric tests > about 15 years ago that I knew of ( don't know > about now) but > https://blog.mettl.com/talent-hub/10-companies-usi > ng-psychometric-testing > > it could be an insidious way of excluding > candidates imo The Oxford University study has nothing to do with psychometric testing. To the best of my (admittedly out of date) knowledge, psychometric tests are quite commonly used in recruitment and the results would normally be used in conjunction with other information about a candidate, though also possibly as a first stage of selection if there were a lot of candidates. Nothing insidious about it. Obviously you have to exclude candidates somehow, otherwise everybody who applied would get the job 🤣

The thread is ten years old - I'm guessing the OP's baby will have stopped breastfeeding by now 😂 BTW the post two above this one is a first poster posting on a very old thread - I would be cautious about clicking on that link .... ETA: That post has now been removed.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------ > > > I like the first comment - sort of fits > > "I know at least two people that were alerted > they?d been near someone with symptoms and all the > app told them to do was stay alert!" That's about par for the course in communication, I would say 🤣🤣🤣 Communication to the public in relation to the virus, I mean, obviously ....

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The experiment where volunteers gave electric > shocks to another volunteer always makes me think > what an experiment is really measuring and what > they're looking for - we probably aren't mean't to > do that and should just do them without the > 'metathought' :). I don't think you can fairly compare Milgram's experiment with a survey on the effects of a pandemic on people's mental health 🤣

JohnL Wrote: -------------------------------------------------------Claims to be inactive now so > can't check it out :). Perhaps other people have pointed out the problems and they are belatedly sorting them. As the survey stood, even apart from the other issues, they could never have broken down the results by ethnicity, which I would have thought was a pretty important thing to look at, particularly given the apparently disproportionate numbers of BAME people testing positive for Covid-19.

/forum/read.php?20,2116888 Protest about the George Floyd murder.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seriously - I think its a protest about George > Floyd > > https://twitter.com/lexohaha/status/12667374219259 > 57633 Good for them.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I have loads of little tadpoles! So happy! > > > > Thanks for the spawn, Lynne! :) > > > > My taddies should be getting their back legs now, > shouldn't they? > > No sign yet ....... OK I know I'm getting a bit obsessed ... Does anybody posting on here have tadpoles with legs yet? Mine are in an old ceramic Belfast sink. It does have plants and algae, but I'm feeding them a plant based tadpole food which is supposed to be only suitable until they get their first legs. I have some different food for the next stage, when they become carnivorous as well. I'm worried if I miss the leg arrival, they may start eating each other 😭

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is just possible or even probable that Many of > us have been exposed to The Virus > Have had the Virus and are now immune to the > Virus. > So far as I am aware, nobody yet knows whether having had the virus makes you immune, and even if it does how long that immunity may last (even leaving possible mutations out of the picture).