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Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "supermarkets deliver to your door" > > have you tried booking a slot lately Sue? Not > easy... Yes I had a delivery a few days back. There weren't all that many slots available but I had no trouble getting one with a delivery between 9 and 10 pm.

Sydney Carton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No planes Well there hasn't been bloody silence in my bedroom until a short while back, due to a bloody builder's radio.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Over 70's to be forced to Self-Isolate for 4 > Months. > > How are people who live on their own supposed to > get food. ?? In case it had escaped your notice, supermarkets deliver to your door :)) In any case, it has now been said that complete self isolation is not in fact what is being proposed.

I was hoping they would finish work at four, but no, it's still pounding away through my acoustic double glazing :( It's finally stopped. They must finish at 4.30. Please God they don't come back tomorrow :(

I am in bed feeling quite ill (nothing to do with coronavirus). Since quite early this morning a builder, apparently in Crystal Palace Road, has had a radio on that I can hear quite clearly through double glazing with acoustic glass in. I am not in a position to be able to do anything about it. If you know who this is, I'd be extremely grateful if you could ask them to turn it down :( I believe it is from a house which is having a loft extension done, in the part of the road which runs between North Cross Road and Whateley Road, about halfway down that section, and on the side of the road opposite to The Great Exhibition.

Scientists urge government to enforce social distancing now https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/mar/14/scientists-urge-government-to-enforce-social-distancing-now?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You could try smaller more frequent shops to allow > you to stock up. I could do, but avoiding having to do that and cart heavy items around (yes I have a shopping trolley) is the reason I do (or did) a few online shops a year, and just shop more frequently for perishables.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does what this Dr say about vulnerable people > cheer you up or worry you - not sure. Is he > saying all the treatments we have won't be enough > for you. > > https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus > -intensive-care-doctor-letter-matt-morgan-a4387326 > .html I'd say that was pretty reassuring, on the whole. He doesn't say what will happen when in theory they could treat you but in practice they can't because they don't have sufficient resources, though.

Also, according to the delivery guy, Tesco are looking at a customer's recent orders in deciding how much of something to let them have. So you can't beat the system by doing another order in a week or so. Understandable to stop real panic stockpiling, but bloody annoying if you are just trying to have your larder and freezer restocked to its usual max level prior to eating it and then doing another big shop in three or four months' time.

whiteplumeria69 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I agree. It's starting getting crazy. They > should,indeed, put limits on number of items you > want to buy... They already are doing that. And not everyone who wants a number of the same item is panic buying. I do a big shop every three or four months, when I stock up on things like tins of beans (plain not baked beans), tomatoes, tissues. Unfortunately my first big shop since before Christmas coincided with Tesco's decision to limit the number of things I could buy. As I am presently not eating meat, fish or dairy, except very occasionally, this has been vastly inconvenient, given that my existing food stocks were run right down, hence the shop.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------ > > Surely if you are worried you can choose not to > go? It's not just a matter of choosing not to go if you are worried. It's a matter of those who are not worried and who do choose to go potentially spreading the virus to vulnerable others, either at the match or travelling to and from it. You can be infectious without knowing it, before symptoms develop.

sdrs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is completely irresponsible of the Club to be > promoting the match in the current situation. I > hope fans who say they don?t care whether they > infect themselves by attending will stop to > consider whether they would really want to pass > the virus on to others in the community who may be > more vulnerable than themselves, in local shops, > pubs and stations. The most community-minded thing > the club could do would be to cancel the match. I completely agree.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This person is obviously on a wind-up. Trying to > rattle the EDF users, I think that's unlikely if you look at his/her previous posts. Also, s/he is a long time user of the forum (over twelve years)

monica Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I am connected to the garden because > we raised the funds With a bit of help from a benefit gig run by The Goose Is Out! at DHFC, headlined by Wizz Jones who (plus everyone else involved) gave his time for free, to be fair :)

I think we are talking tinned tomatoes. Well, I am :))

yorksgirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't think there is any way of knowing if a > caterpillar crawled into the packet in the > factory, or in transport, or in the supermarket. Nevertheless, if you let either the manufacturer or the place you bought it from know, they may be able to investigate and stop it happening again? ETA: It's very kind of you to go to such lengths to keep alive whatever is inside it ......

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Or will they just call a delivery service and feel > smug that they can survive the zombie apocalypse > with their horde of tinned and dried goods. They won't be able to horde via a delivery service, at least if all the supermarkets are like Tesco. I couldn't even get my cupboards back to the stock level they were before Christmas, because virtually everything is limited - you can only order a max number of items. I don't know what would happen if you did a number of separate orders and ordered the max on each of them, but it would cost you a lot in delivery charges!

emjorealdavies Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have an abundance of three-cornered leek in my > garden - not quite wild garlic but similar :) if > anyone wants some feel free to PM and I'll give > you a load! That's a very kind offer, and I was all set to PM you, until I googed it (as I'd never heard of it) and found this: An invasive species brought over to the UK from the Mediterranean, it is an offence under Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act in England and Wales to plant or otherwise cause to grow this species in the wild. So geting some leaves would be fine, but I'm not sure I'd want to plant it on my allotment :))

Which (and other reviews) found the Dyson V11 to be head and shoulders above any other cordless vacuum. It is eye wateringly expensive, however it's presently on offer at both Dyson and John Lewis -?100 off. Still eye wateringly expensive though :))

another annie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 'virtually ignored' - Monica please don't think > your efforts with the physic garden so far have > gone unnoticed, I enjoyed looking around it last > year when visiting the hospital for a blood test. > I'm sure I'm not the only one. Great idea, esp for > that situation. I also have a look to see how the garden is doing when I'm passing or going for blood tests :)

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Huggers Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I have masses in my garden, it?s overwhelmed > > everything else and grows spring summer autumn > > Back in the woods in Gower - we had masses of > Bluebells and Wild Garlic and eventually some > hybrid emerged that was blue garlic. > > My mother swore this was true and it showed nature > was going crazy. Nobody believed her :) I'm not surprised. That sounds highly unlikely to me :))

The one near the hairdresser was a taxi firm. ETA: I believe the same landlord owns several of the shops in North Cross Road, so you could try asking in the ones which are still open!

dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was glad to read that both Tesco and Asda had > put measures in place to regulate the amount of > certain goods customers could buy. Yes and it's really annoying. I just did an online Tesco order, my first one since before Christmas. They appear to have limited the maximum number of canned tomatoes you can buy to five. Same for passata. Same for bloody canned chickpeas. I am not panic buying, I am trying to replenish my larder! I use this stuff all the time! FFS!

Melihoople Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dulwich woods usually has a lot. I don't if > picking is allowed. I just like to identify.m I thought there was a notice somewhere asking people not to pick the wild garlic in Dulwich Woods. Have I imagined it? You are hardly likely to pick lily of the valley by mistake! It doesn't smell of garlic :))

claresy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'll mention to mine next time I see them! Thanks. It also depends on whether the neighbour is in when the postie tries to leave the parcel with them :) ETA: My postie has gone to quite ingenious lengths sometimes so that I don't have to trek down to Peckham. I think he feels sorry for me :))