Sue

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Let's be open about what 'alternative medicine' > means. It's an alternative to evidence based > medicine. Does that sound good anyone? Why would > someone want to sell you a product that they claim > will make you better, but not present robust > evidence that it will do what they say. If the > substance works, why not prove it in a clinical > trial. First of all, it's not "alternative". It is "complementary." Very few practitioners of complementary medicine would suggest you give up going to your GP if necessary (apart from obviously minor ailments), and if anybody did I'd suggest you find somebody else. Secondly, to have a clinical trial you need to have sufficient subjects for any results to be statistically significant. And you need to have strict criteria on what is going to be considered a "successful" result. And the trial needs to be extremely rigorously controlled. Complementary medicine and treatments, by their nature, do not lend themselves to that kind of trial. But I don't even know why I'm bothering.

Depending on what you are intending to grow, some seeds need heat to germinate, some don't. I agree that you would save yourself a lot of hassle if you buy plants which need to be started off under protection as plug plants rather than try to grow them all from seed from scratch. King's Seeds are very good for high quality vegetable plug plants, and they will deliver them at various dates depending on when you need them. They don't just sell seeds, despite their name :) https://www.kingsseeds.com/Products/Plug-Plants/Vegetables

A lot of complementary remedies and treatments work on an energetic level. I haven't found homeopathy helpful, but I have found other complementary treatments helpful, and I don't believe due to a placebo effect. There is absolutely no point in discussing it on here, because there are people who will always mock. Like somebody who can't see in colour, so does not believe that it could possibly exist. Also, I think it is quite wrong that very personal information about a specific individual and business has been posted on here, and I think it should be deleted.

What seeds are you wanting to sow? Some can just be sown directly in the ground (later on).

dimples Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi there sue , > Could you possibly upload this letter on here so > we could down load it and fill it in so we all > can receive this survey ? That's a good idea, but it won't be today. I would have to scan three sides, reduce the files to forum accepted sizes andd then upload them. So then that would be jpegs which I don't know if you could print out to A4 size. Not everyone will have a printer. It will also mean the preaddressed side with the Freeport address is on a separate jpeg. I will also have to check with the people who sent it out that they are OK with me doing that. Also obviously not everyone in SE22 reads the forum, so physical copies would still have to be delivered. I am running a singaround at The Ivy House tonight so going out shortly. Will try to look at it tomorrow.

Rosetta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Was up at Brockley Rise SE23 the other day, and > there are a couple of barber shops and a > hairdresser. One of the barber shops advertised > ?12 for a wash and cut for a man and ?14 for a > woman?s. Good prices in these austere times. Well, certainly cheap, but it depends on the quality of the cut, doesn't it?

Yes ETA: To avoid confusion; The letter and the survey are completely separate. And the survey does not include those words. Insert rolling eyes emoji here :)

"Add their names to a piece of labour policy with which they don't agree"? How are they doing that, exactly? FFS. I'm going out now, but from the rest of your post it seems that (yet again) you are making assumptions, as you have done in previous posts.

ontheRye Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unfortunately, Jamie has thrown the towel in after > the incident mac4 mentions above, which was the > culmination of a period of harrassment by the > perpetrator whose hair Jamie had cut but wasn't > happy with it This person must surely have been mentally ill?

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >the owner of Brixton > Wholefoods sent his son to Alleyns and his > daughter to JAGS off the money he took in the > shop, and that was AFTER all his staff were > robbing him blind. So please don?t go telling me > that the homeopathic world is averse to ripping > off the customer - oh I?m sorry, I meant turning a > ?healthy? profit. What have wholefoods got to do with homeopathy? And why shouldn't the owner of a wholefood shop make a profit? Do you think he should have run it as a charity?

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Are you accusing me of cycling drunk, stealing > from shops whilst in possession of a Class B drug > Sue? How perceptive, you've got me worried. > > Asset, it can be a bit of fun, yes it's done its > time but just to correct you "small minded anti > cyclist vs broad minded but somewhat superior > cyclists" :)) :)) :))

Asset Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Can we close this thread? It's just turned into > the usual, predictable, boring, uninformed, > scare-mongering, small-minded > anti-cyclist/pro-cyclist debate. It's the lounge! If you don't like the thread, nobody is forcing you to read it! Or do you have plans to set yourself up as the forum censor? :)

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you change the windows appearance you are > supposed to get Planning Permission. So if you > don't and try selling your home in the next 12 > years you'll have a serious hiccup and after the > 12 years would still have issues selling. > > Good wooden double glazed sash windows would be a > great eco improvement and likely to add value to > your property. uPVC are viewed in a variety of > ways by future potential buyers - you could always > speak to an estate agent. Crikey, I didn't know I needed planning permission. Can you point me to a website where that is laid out, please? Many houses in my street have PVC double glazing, and most of those look nothing like the original sash windows. I think they are an abomination. To the best of my knowledge none of the owners have had any problem selling them. Many things would add value to my house, but that doesn't mean I intend to undertake them! I am interested in your saying that wooden windows would be an eco improvement. I have a relative who is an alternative energy consultant, and I don't think he would agree. There are a number of factors to take into account, obviously. Speaking to an estate agent is a good idea, thanks.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Keep us posted Sue, I?m hot on your heels.. Well I certainly won't be fitting any windows myself :)) It's got a bit less pressing because the stone mason/builders now aren't starting on my bay reconstruction till the end of February :( ETA: And nobody can take any measurements for windows until the reconstruction has finished, because the window spaces will change :(

peckham_ryu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ed_pete Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Not SE22 but I love the Kevin Bacon from Small > > White Elephant on Choumert Road. > > Kevin will be gone in a few weeks: SWE are closing > soon. I'm aiming to get one last Kevin Bacon there > soon! NO!!!!!! Why are Small White Elephant closing? I've only just discovered their yummy food!

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As for bringing politics into whether art/music is > acceptable is a whole can of worms and asks the > question how far back in history one goes. Wagner, > Ezra Pound, TS Elliot and yep....Morrissey. Maybe > it would be a better use of people?s energy to be > concerned about and fight against the worrying > rise of the racist and anti Semitic far right > across Europe. Agreed.

Also very sorry to hear this. Especially at night, and if you don't have pets yourself, it would be difficult to know what to do. Are there 24 hour vets?

I have now seen this survey. In fact I have a bag of them to deliver. So: 1. They are being delivered by hand, by volunteers like me. They are not being posted. 2. Because of the holiday period, some are delayed. 3. There isn't a closing date as such, however the survey says on it "Please post back today" so I imagine at some point there will be a cut-off to enable the results to be analysed. 4. Given the voluntary delivery, it is quite possible that some people may not receive the survey, depending on the number of volunteers and the time they have available. For example I am doing just three streets. 5. There is a covering letter from Helen Hayes (our local and very proactive MP) which focuses on the situation re postal deliveries in East Dulwich, outlines the background and states what steps have been taken so far to address it and try to improve things. It includes at the end the sentence "Labour is committed to returning Royal Mail to public ownership as a public service focused on delivering for residents and businesses, rather than the poorly performing asset stripping company it has become since privatisation." If you think that means "the Labour Party are trying to gain support" by sending out this survey, then so be it. It seems to me like a statement of fact which is very relevant to the local postal situation. 6. The survey is very short and easy to fill in. It consists of four questions which require a "Yes/No" answer. So no problems of analysis there. There is a supplementary part to Question 4. The fifth question asks for any other comments. So, Penguin68, yes there is a qualitative aspect to part of it. But if there wasn't, a lot of relevant information would be lost. With your great expertise in research methods, I'm sure you understand that. It is common to many surveys and other research, both commercial and academic, in my experience. 7. No it won't be a completely representative survey of the whole East Dulwich community. Some people won't receive the survey, due to the voluntary nature of its delivery (see above). Some people who have had problems will receive it but won't send it back. Some people will not bother to return it because they haven't knowingly encountered any problems with their postal deliveries, so (a bit like online reviews) the results will be skewed towards the problems. But despite all that, it WILL give an indication of how widespread the problems arising from the move from Sylvester Road to Peckham are, and the nature of them. 8. It does ask for personal details including the address, however given the nature of the questions it would be a bit stupid not to include that, wouldn't it, if the results are going to be communicated to Royal Mail in the hope of improving the delivery situation? 9. Overall, this could (and hopefully will) help improve the dire current situation with postal deliveries in SE22, so if you receive a survey, spare a thought for people like me trudging down streets to deliver them, and please fill it in and return it. It's Freepost, so you won't need to pay anything, and the delivery address is in SE24, so hopefully it will arrive safely :)) ETA: The survey is the same for every ward, but will be headed differently depending on the ward. So for example the one I am delivering is headed Goose Green. This does not mean that the survey is only going to Goose Green ward.

se22cat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Another HUGE pile of dog poo on almost the same > spot as it appears every day, absolutely > gargantuan in size, one of many others on Frogley > Road, screw these people! CCTV?

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Time for this? > > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35363 > 991 > > Love dogs to a soppy extreme: despise > irresponsible owners. That article was from January 2016. I'd be interested to know if the scheme was successful. Oh, and it took place in Barking. Ahem :)) ETA: When I go through Barking on the train, I have to bark. Childish in the extreme, I know. I don't do it if I'm travelling alone, I hasten to add :))

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It makes me think that if there's going to be very > prominent public art, we the community who have to > look at it all the time, should have some say in > the choice. But art, like music, is a very personal thing. Some people will love a particular piece, others will hate it. Plus how would you go about consulting everybody each time to make sure everybody was included? Personally, I like most of the street art in this area, and some I like a lot, so I can live with this one (which I don't).

Thanks malumbu, I'll check them out too.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is a sign at work in our back entrance yard > "caution cyclists" > > Not sure if this is a "be careful cyclists" (as > service vehicles use the road, including > classically the Royal Mail Driver on his mobile" > > Or "be careful of bikes, pedestrians" for those > who share the yard with us. > > Or "watch out for monster raving cyclists with > axes who will cut you up and eat you alive" > Maybe it's an instruction to the police :)) https://www.gov.uk/caution-warning-penalty

It's not only revolting, it is a health hazard. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/toxocariasis/

lavender27 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Te he, ha ha ha, my predictive text You have predictive text which comes out with pistman as a word? :)) :)) :))