Sue

Oh that's good news, I wondered what that was going to be!

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Some people just want to be > friendly, something Londoners are uneasy about. But if you want to be friendly, you don't normally approach a lone woman in the dark. I would have been freaked out by this too.

hammerman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Southwark News had an article today about how Lidl > are wanting to open eight or more stores in the > Southwark area pretty soon. > > Dulwich and East Dulwich were on the list of the > eight areas. Bloody hell, I thought you were joking, but .... https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/lidl-southwark-bermondsey-peckham-locations/ I used to trek down to the Lidl in Peckham, but it got too much like a trip to Ikea. Too many impulse buys because things are so cheap. I still have cornichons in honey (why?!) in my cupboard from a Lidl visit several years ago :))

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I know Sue, but imagine when Burns night came > along and you could nip out to your local kilt > shop, so avoiding a trip to Scotland. > > Plus you could pick up a stuffed badger or stoat > while you were at it. Crikey, that's a very convincing argument, you've got me thinking now :)) Maybe you could start a petition?

Google the make and the problem. Might be a simple fix. Good luck!

doogleflip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tapas As already noted, we have Maria's Tapas. And very good it is too!

I brought all my stuff back in a shopping trolley. Yes it was quite heavy but that was mainly with stuff from Gather in my own glass jars. But I grow my own potatoes etc so less to buy and less to carry. All good exercise, whatever! As regards Lordship Lane, it would be very boring if it sold everything. There wouldn't be much reason to go to different places then!

goodlizzie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, I'd not thought of doing that. Might have a > bonfire on 5 Nov. > Burning is certainly another option, but you might get incompletely burned pieces of confidential information flying around. I have a personal shredder, but I had far too much to shred like that. It would have taken weeks. OK if you've only got smallish quantities. I shall shred as I go in future! But in these online days, I am accumulating less paper. A large shredder like you get in workplaces would do it easily, but obviously you'd need access to one!

Captain Marvel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "In a word, we are devastated." > > Sack the editor :))

hammerman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not a shortish walk at all Sue from Lordship Lane! > I would have thought the arty farty shops on > Bellenden Road already have enough foot fall from > the fall out of the old shops that used to be > there. Well about ten minutes' walk, I'd have said, from the Goose Green end of Lordship Lane. That's shortish. I don't understand the rest of your post. I'm not trying to drum up trade for the shop because they need more people to go there. I'm suggesting they have a great selection of good quality and reasonably priced fruit and veg, or at least they have had whenever I go past. I bought a load there last week.

I've been destroying decades worth of financial papers. I stick them in a large bucket of water, leave them a bit, mush them up and put them in a bin bag.

bertie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A greengrocer would be very nice- we have a good > fishmonger and butcher, so with a greengrocer we > could get most of our fresh produce without going > into the supermarkets. Not Lordship Lane, but a shortish walk from it, the little supermarket type shop in Bellenden Road on the left as you head towards Peckham has a great range of really fresh fruit, veg and herbs outside, at very reasonable prices. I got a load there after I had stocked up at Gather (cooking a load of stuff to freeze).

Blimey!

At the top of the hill, surely? :)

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Penguin68 Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Too many good eateries last a few months and > > then > > > the custom falls off and they close. Ideal > > would > > > be to find an entrepreneur willing to invest > in > > a > > > good quality kitchen and then find > > restaurateurs > > > willing to run say, 3 months pop-ups - > changing > > > over regularly. For them, it would be a > chance > > to > > > try out a formula - for us a new cuisine > every > > > quarter that we could all fill and then not > > worry > > > about returning too frequently 'to keep it > > going'. > > > LL palates seem to get quickly jaded - maybe > > this > > > would be a way round that. And having a > > regularly > > > changing venue (but in a good and intentional > > way) > > > would probably be good for the Lane as well. > > > Sensible scheduling and planning could have a > > > pie-shop style outlet in winter months, > > something > > > more salad-y and light for the summer. Just > > > wishful thinking of course, but no more so > than > > > previous posts perhaps? > > > > > > > > But wasn't that what was happening at that > place > > near Tandoori Nights? Platform something or > > other? > > > > That didn't last long :( > > Platform 1 which replaced Pussy Liquor > > They used Experimental Chefs who were trying to > get recognised and they changed around every 2 > months or so. > > All trying to do a Heston Blumenthal.. It didn't "replace" Pussy Liquor. Pussy Liquor was, thank God, renamed after - let's say - poor feedback on this very forum. An ill-advised joke on Meat Liquor, which at the time had only recently opened. I don't think any of the chefs were doing Heston Blumenthal stuff though. But I couldn't afford to find out :))

That's very sad. Thinking of his family and friends.

FreyaMikaelson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm not even shocked anymore. I'm just curious to > know how many of these kids have ADHD & autisim, > or if they're just being brought up to act like > they do. But it was the parents who stood them on a reataurant table and changed their nappies. I can't see what ADHD or autism has to do with it?

I don't understand this. The staff in Franco Manca were aware that this was happening and didn't intervene in any way?

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Too many good eateries last a few months and then > the custom falls off and they close. Ideal would > be to find an entrepreneur willing to invest in a > good quality kitchen and then find restaurateurs > willing to run say, 3 months pop-ups - changing > over regularly. For them, it would be a chance to > try out a formula - for us a new cuisine every > quarter that we could all fill and then not worry > about returning too frequently 'to keep it going'. > LL palates seem to get quickly jaded - maybe this > would be a way round that. And having a regularly > changing venue (but in a good and intentional way) > would probably be good for the Lane as well. > Sensible scheduling and planning could have a > pie-shop style outlet in winter months, something > more salad-y and light for the summer. Just > wishful thinking of course, but no more so than > previous posts perhaps? But wasn't that what was happening at that place near Tandoori Nights? Platform something or other? That didn't last long :(

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Someone gets their car vandalised and some users > find it amusing and take the 'P' > > Don't we just have some lovely people on here. > I know Peckhamgatecrasher, and yes they are lovely. Just because somebody makes a (clever and funny) joke doesn't mean they find vandalism amusing. Edited to remove a gender reference.

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Baffling. > :)) :)) :))

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Baffling. > :)) :)) :)) ETA oops I see I have already posted this way up the thread :)) :)) :))

Yeh yeh, we believe you :))

Does he charge by the job/s or by the day? I have a load of stuff to be done! To save me having a horrible shock, could someone give me a rough idea of his day rate? I'm not ready to go yet as still making lists. Also, does he do painting and decorating? Thanks!

Lucky you. My partner once saw a goldfinch in my garden. One. I've never seen one, despite putting out Niger seed :(