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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!

They'll be finished before they even started at this rate. Like something out of Tenet 🤣

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's bad . I have an irate 80 year old > acquaintance endlessly phoning me to ask if his > letter has arrived . > > What exactly has caused the problem ? What can we > do ?? Closing the Sylvester Road delivery office caused the problem. Nothing we can do now. Some of us - and Helen Hayes - tried to do something at the time, but all water under the bridge now.

I am receiving multiple duplicate texts today from the same person. Apparently this can be due to intermittent connection issues at either the sender or receiver's end. Just wondering if anyone else has had this today? I'm with iD, which uses Three, and I've never had any problems before. She is with a provider using EE (I think there have been EE problems round here? But she doesn't live in East Dulwich).

Perhaps it's art 🤣 But if they want to plant trees, which I'm all in favour of, couldn't they do it on the area/s behind the fence where people throw rubbish? (or did, I haven't been up there since lockdown).

Saw it, didn't follow it, read the below, still don't know what the hell happened 🤣🤣🤣 I still enjoyed it, though 🤣 We saw it up the road, there were only four people there! https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/tenet-explained-whats-going-on-in-the-plot-of-this-movie.html Empire described it as "bonkers". I agree. Bonkers in a good way, though! All the acting was brilliant, apart from Michael Caine, who just seemed to be going through the motions. But then - he's Michael Caine ..... Oh, and there were a few good jokes amongst the violence 🤣

I've just received this morning (21 September) 20 bulbs of Gladiolus Byzantinus which were posted on 17 August, second class, with an estimated delivery date of 19 - 20 August. Unfortunately I had forgotten all about them, or I would have contacted the sender ages ago (I have now). They look much as you would expect small bulbs to look which have evidently been languishing in a delivery office for a month in very hot weather, ie sad little long brown sprouts emerging from the bulbs. I doubt they're viable, but who knows. I'm not a happy bunny. GRRRRRRRRRRRR. ETA: They only came from North London, as well.

Clutterqueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No, he has not done a good job for London. Why?

olliejarman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wow, what an unhelpful message. Thanks Sue > > Had a lovely evening down there today and everyone > was respectful and tidy. Inspiring to see young > people (and old) making something of a dire > situation. > I shot some photos which you can see on my > instagram (Ollie_Jarman) and I will upload more as > I take them. I think the skate park is great. As you will see from my previous post. I signed the petition. However it is not helpful in a pandemic to have a large group of mainly young unmasked people gathered together watching the skateboarders with no attempt at social distancing at all. It isn't about being "respectful and tidy". It's about not passing on a virus.

Jacqui5254 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I took the 185 from Kings to ED today. > > A young woman got on and sat near me, she wasn't > wearing a mask. > > I said " I have a spare mask, would you like it?" > I also told her I had used hand sanitiser. > > She said thank you and wore it for the rest of > the journey. > > > Lets try to be kind to each other when we can. ❤️

afr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It was an Uber driver at 3am this morning. He had > a heart attack. Hope he is ok! Does anybody know how the driver is?

This work has been progressing really well. Conway are already more than half way down one side of the road. They will be finished long before their estimated date of 12 December, at this rate. I'm well impressed 🙂

I'd say it was completely appropriate to post the screenshots and/or links on here. If I was looking for a carpet cleaner, I would want to know about this so I could avoid him. Thanks for posting.

Place was packed this afternoon. No social distancing in evidence.

My Private Eye for 28 August to 10 September also only arrived a couple of days ago. Does anybody know what the outcome of Helen Hayes' visit was?

seenbeen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Homophobes and misogynists are everywhere and > plenty of them are closet cases. At least we know > his views and as TheCat pointed out > "As one of the articles below suggests many > religious folk (Muslim, Catholic etc) hold similar > views (again, which I personally disagree > with)....but does that mean we should bar them all > from any public office?" > > -especially the ones that are face to face with > the public in their jobs? > > A friend had a bad experience in hospital here in > SE London. She is admitted regularly as she has a > GENETIC disease that makes her susceptible to > serious problems. While she was in there a 'nurse' > came to her and said that she should go to the > nurse's church as it would make her well! > Fortunately my friend is not desperate as she > knows all about her disease so was not beguiled by > this. Your friend should complain about this nurse. That is really worrying.

AylwardS Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Peckham Rye Park Consultation - Redevelopment of > Bowling Green > > On my walk round Peckham Rye Park today I saw > signs up about a consultation on plans to > redevelop the bowling green. > > > https://consultations.southwark.gov.uk/environment > -leisure/peckham-rye-park-bowling-green-and-pavili > on/ > > The consultation closes on 11 October. > > The online survey suggests mini-golf or a pop up > licensed bar in the summer and asks for > suggestions of other uses. > > I?ve made a suggestion of an area managed for > wildlife with viewing areas. I think this would be > good and one thing to come out of the pandemic is > a recognition of the importance of nature to > wellbeing. > > If you support this or not you might want to fill > in the survey That would be lovely. Great idea! I'll do the survey!

I liked Inception. Does that mean I might like this?!

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > newresidentindulwich Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I go to Memsaab fairly regularly (once every > three > > months or so since moving here) and was pleased > to > > get a booking on their website for dinner last > > week. We arrived at the correct time to be > > greeted by a packed restaurant and a big queue > > outside (not a socially distanced queue). I > went > > in to ask for our booked table and was very > rudely > > told to go away because they were full. I > pointed > > out that I had booked a table on their website > to > > be virtually shouted at that it wasn't their > fault > > that the website was overbooking tables. > Needless > > to say they've lost a customer - I won't ever > go > > back. > > Before Lock down I used to go to Memsaab 2 -3 > times a week. > > I doubt they will miss 4 yearly visits. > > Foxy The frequency of their visits is not the point, is it? If you book a table, you expect that table to be available when you turn up. And if it isn't, you expect an apology and some recompense, not to be rudely told to go away.

Abe_froeman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Living up to you're name all over the forum > Shrieker. What's made you so angry you've had to > sign up here to vent?? He or she is a troll. Trolls post to get a response. They love it when people take their posts seriously. Better ignored, then they might go and troll somewhere else.

tallulah71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Decent music, like trance or techno...." > > This is a joke post, surely Troll. Ignore.

Helen Hayes has been very proactive about the delivery issues, including coming to a (poorly attended) demonstration outside the old delivery office in Sylvester Road in a vain attempt to stop it closing. She also did all she could in other ways to stop our deliveries coming from the Peckham office, but sadly with no result. Now all the predicted chickens are coming home to roost (not sure that's quite what I mean, but you get the picture). I really hope that things will change. It does seem to me that at least part of the problem is down to poor management at Peckham, but I might be completely wrong. It can't all be due to Covid, because the deliveries went way downhill as soon as they were moved to the Peckham office, which was long before lockdown.

Thank goodness somebody is going in the "greener" eco-friendly direction! Lately it has seemed to me that all around me is becoming a sterile wasteland with no consideration for birds or insects or other wildlife whatsoever, let alone for the wellness benefits of looking at green things rather than buildings and concrete. Sorry I can't help re the application, but as regards species a mixed hedge (including flowers, berries and other seasonal interest) would be visually attractive and eco-friendly, however it does depend on where it is situated (eg hawthorn is nice, but as its name suggests, thorny! Also it might be hard to restrict it to a metre in height without constant maintenance). Do you have a photo of the existing fence and its surroundings? Good luck, and please update as as to how you get on!

Clutterqueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But what if you don't have a mobile phone Sue, let > alone Whatshapp? Then obviously you can't make phone calls when you are out and about, and can't use WhatsApp :) And sadly you can't see the photos posted of the repairs made by Thames Water yesterday :)