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The Ivy House is open part of the day but I don't think is doing food. However they've got an excellent new chef, so might be worth checking just in case. The Clock House was open till at least late afternoon and was doing Christmas lunch last year. Obviously you have to book in advance.

Jules-and-Boo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do people know why we have trees and wreaths at > Christmas? Or do they just buy them? > > I would suggest largely the latter. I imagine most people do it because it's a tradition handed down over the years. I bring greenery (and lights) into the house to celebrate the solstice on 21 December, when the days start getting longer. Except this year I've got to do it earlier than the solstice because I've got a zillion family members coming and they will expect a tree etc :)) My tree lives on my allotment most of the year (in a pot). OK, as you were :))

Michael P is still around under his original name :)

DulwichFox Wrote: --------------------------------------------- > > Well As far as I am concerned I personally have no > more to say on the matter. > Or do you want to make it compulsory like Voting. > ? Eh?! It didn't occur to you to just stop posting on the thread if you "personally" had no more to say then? :)) :)) :))

Lidl have an ad in Saturday's Guardian advertising potted non drop trees for ?18.99. Potted is not necessarily pot grown though, and I imagine they are quite small for that price.

mrwb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do any local seller do a tree like this:? > > https://www.amazon.co.uk/GardenersDream-Nordmann-G > rown-Christmas-Tree/dp/B07ZZH7DWK/ref=asc_df_B07ZZ > H7DWK/?tag=&linkCode=df0&hvadid=399666076754&hvpos > =1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=414691623115009244&hvpone=&hv > ptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy= > 9045890&hvtargid=pla-842704733999&ref=&adgrpid=848 > 09710723&th=1 > > Potted so can be planted after Christmas and then > re-used? > > Only 2ft, to start with, but presumably will get > bigger every year. Probably you can get one in a garden centre. I have one which has been growing in a pot for about four years. I can't remember where I got it. It may have been Homebase. You could phone around and ask. Shannon's in Forest Hill may sell them, or if not may know where you can get one. I think the people up on the South Circular at the entrance to the Cricket Club may do them, too (next to Cox's Walk). ETA: But mine was bigger than the one on Amazon to start with. They come in various sizes even though pot grown. Make sure it is really pot grown and not just dug up from the ground and stuck in a pot for Christmas though! If it has, its roots will probably be damaged.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > With regards to the Mural I think enough has been > said. > > Not worthy of continual discussion. What do you consider "worthy of continual discussion", then, Dulwich Fox? This is a forum. People discuss things on it. Like local issues. Like this one.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Whilst many high streets are boarded up / in > serious decline, East Dulwich is arguing over a > whether or not they like a mural. It's the East Dulwich Forum. The mural is a fair subject for discussion, I would say :)

sunshine77 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Totally incorrect. Don?t post rumour Alice, deal > in facts It isn't clear what post you are responding to! Nor is it clear in your subsequent posts! The "quote this message" option is a helpful one in this respect :)

diable rouge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We have a Prime Minister who won't tell the public > how many children he's fathered, yet has > castigated single mothers. Marina Hyde's latest > column pulls no punches... > > Boris Johnson?s big contribution to reducing > plastic consumption is not wearing condoms. Or as > Gavin Williamson put it this morning: ?Boris > Johnson has done more for the environment than any > other politician.? Quite. We don?t need a > joined-up strategy to prevent climate catastrophe > with the largest and most successful trading bloc > the world has ever seen, because Johnson?s going > to spaff our way to the higher ground, while we > serve as galley slaves on his privatised sex ark. > > Maybe I?m being a shade unfair. So let me say that > this election marks a change of behaviour for the > prime minister, who has finally started > withdrawing. Unfortunately, he?s pulling out of > climate debates and BBC interviews, as opposed to > single mothers. Still, baby steps. And he?s > certainly missed a few of those. Marina Hyde is brilliant. The rest of the article carried on in the same vein :)

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Plusnet Vs B.T. > > https://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/reviews/plusne > t-vs-bt-broadband > > All you need to Know ? I dont see anything about customer service on there. Apologies if I missed it. Also, the comparison is over a year old. Things change quickly in the broadband world :)

micromacromonkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > doogleflip Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > In our company we have had 2 vans broken into > > and > > > tools stolen from the back. One attempted > break > > in > > > with holes drilled into the back doors. One > set > > of > > > ladders stolen off the roof bars and this > > morning, > > > one of our engineers woke up to discover his > > front > > > window smashed and sat nav / bag stolen. > > > > > > All of these incidents have happened over the > > last > > > 12 months. We're a family business. This is > > really > > > upsetting. > > > > > > Obviously I'm very sorry to hear this, and I > > really don't want to sound unsympathetic, but > > surely vans should be emptied of bags, tools, > > satnavs etc at night? > > > > That's why you often see notices on vans "no > tools > > left in this vehicle overnight", as otherwise > > these (expletive deleteds) will break in on the > > offchance. > > And women with short skirts are asking for it? That is completely different. As I'm sure you realise.

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KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > DulwichFox Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > > > BT Excellent customer service.. > > > > > > I think you will find if you google that BT do > > not do well on customer service/satisfaction > > ratings. > > > > Talk Talk are setting the bar rather low, so it > > isn't surprising that BT are better than them. > > How much can you really trust "customer ratings" > though? > As with most things praise is hardly recognised > and bad experiences over exaggerated (IMO). > Never had a problem with BT. You just need to > know how to handle the help lines that are mostly > just following scripts. The only way that I got a problem resolved, after months of promises from various people in various places at BT, was to go onto their Facebook page and complain there. Because it's public, they have to be seen to sort things - which they did, very promptly. I just wish I'd thought of it before. And yes of course people are more likely to complain than to praise, however it is still the case that more people appear to complain about certain companies (BT, for example) than others (Plusnet, for example).

doogleflip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In our company we have had 2 vans broken into and > tools stolen from the back. One attempted break in > with holes drilled into the back doors. One set of > ladders stolen off the roof bars and this morning, > one of our engineers woke up to discover his front > window smashed and sat nav / bag stolen. > > All of these incidents have happened over the last > 12 months. We're a family business. This is really > upsetting. Obviously I'm very sorry to hear this, and I really don't want to sound unsympathetic, but surely vans should be emptied of bags, tools, satnavs etc at night? That's why you often see notices on vans "no tools left in this vehicle overnight", as otherwise these (expletive deleteds) will break in on the offchance.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Corbyn does not stand for Labour.. Corbyn stands > for Corbyn > > He is using The Labour Party for his own devices. > > > He wants Labour to win BUT only if HE is in > charge. What a load of bollocks. What evidence have you got for that?

Oh ok thanks. Shan't be going there then :(

RyeRambler Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Don't overlook 148 on Lordship Lane. Ive only been > twice but thought the food was excellent and good > value. In town i think Phoenix Palace baker street > has the best food. Hakkasan also has good food but > place is a bit wanky Where is 148 on Lordship Lane? Wuli Wuli is OK. Not keen on Wagamama (though as said above it isn't Chinese). I think it's gone way downhill since its early days ( but I haven't been there for years, so maybe it has gone uphill again!

SpringTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- The fresh herbs > section is underwhelming. Bit surprised you say that. I got a good sized pot of healthy Thai Basil there some time ago, and it's still going strong. Never seen Thai Basil anywhere else in East Dulwich.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BT Excellent customer service.. I think you will find if you google that BT do not do well on customer service/satisfaction ratings. Talk Talk are setting the bar rather low, so it isn't surprising that BT are better than them.

There was a lady in Ulverscroft Road yesterday knocking on doors, but it wasn't to help with shopping I don't think - or at least not in the way I understood your post. I stand to be corrected, as I told her I wasn't interested, but she appeared to be promoting one of those schemes which deliver vegetables and other food to your house.

snoopy17 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > The staff look so miserable and bored. > I rarely go in there, but yes, when I do the people on the tills seem like they can hardly bring themselves to serve you. On one occasion I actually said to the person on the checkout "You look like you really enjoy your job" and she looked at me and said "No I don't" :)) Whereas the people in M&S are almost always really cheerful and helpful.

Jules-and-Boo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > would have preferred to have commissioned a local > school and given them the money Yes, that would have been a great idea. A wall near the Cowley Centre in Oxford has a brilliant series of murals done by local children, I believe from various local schools and community groups.

The divi still exists. It just isn't called that any more. If you sign up you get instant reductions at the checkout. It's brilliant. Sometimes I have got most of my shopping free.