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KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dover - Lux Thai (formerly Sema) is a wasted > opportunity. I don't think it's moved on a > restaurant in the 28yrs I've been in ED. Real > shame. We went during the summer and I chose an > obvious easy dish (Pla Rad Prik) which > unfortunately was disappointing because it's sooo > easy to make. > They are not even trying and the menu is plain. > Thai food is such a great cuisine and we see > little evidence of it there I'm afraid. I had one of the worst meals of my life there. I can't even begin to describe how terrible it was. I love Thai food, and this was an absolute abomination. To be fair, it was on New Year's Day, it was quite a few years back, virtually nowhere else on Lordship Lane was open, many people had therefore ended up at Sema Thai, and the staff seemed rather overwhelmed. However, that doesn't excuse the pitiful plates of crap we received after a very, very, very long wait. We have never been back since :(

If you get a call from a number you don't recognise and think it might be a scam/spam, you can google it. There are several websites which will tell you whether other people have reported it, and why. If you don't find it by googling, of course, it doesn't mean that it isn't a scam, or spam, but it can be useful.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi sue, > Please see planning portal here - > https://interactive.planningportal.co.uk/detached- > house/outside/windows-and-doors > > " > It states you DO NOT usually need planning > permission if: > - repairs, maintenance, and minor improvements, > such as repainting window and door frames > - insertion of new windows and doors that are of a > similar appearance to those used in the > construction of the house (note ? a new bay window > will be treated as an extension and may require > permission) > " > > So uPVC non sash windows replacing wooden sash > windows would need planning permission. If you > look at the planning list you'll see a steady > trickle of these planning applications. One was of > telling a reputable installer is if they point > this out. > > Hard wood windows have better fire resistance than > plastic ones. The materials in making plastic > windows are worse in the manufacture and eventual > disposal when they one day get replaced than > wooden ones. Both can be double or triple glazed > so neutral on that one. But I'm replacing the windows with ones that look identical to the sash windows that are there now. I'm not replacing them with "non sash windows."

sjsl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The light at the end of the tunnel might be a > train.. > That's a jolly thought for the day :))

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've just spent the last fifty one years thinking > it was "stupid butty Tuesday". And then I looked > on the interweb ... Eh? I don't understand!

fishbiscuits Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Funny looking chicken! That's probably because it's a picture of the lamb :)) ETA: Isn't this thread in the wrong section??

AndrewBarton93 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Went in for a roast and wow was I not disappointed > in the slightest! Hoped to have the lamb shank but > had sold out so went for the chicken instead, glad > I had it! Beautifully seasoned and cooked to > perfection. The rosemary roasted potatoes were > delightful and the rooted mash veg was the perfect > companion to an overwhelmingly amazing chicken > roast dinner, will for sure be coming back again! > Please save me some of those honey mustard pigs in > blankets for next time!! > First post? Sounds remarkably like one of those paid-for "reviews" in local papers ..... :)

pinkladybird Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue- the pollution that I was complaining about is > an open fire but is woodsmoke OK, fair enough, there must be another open fire in the same area which isn't burning wood but isn't burning smokeless fuel either.

jimbo1964 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nothing wrong with Thai Corner. It has had its ups and (very very) downs over the years since it opened. Unless I was sure that it was now consistently "average", I wouldn't risk eating there again :(

andrewc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I called it just to share some bile. Hope it's not one of those scam numbers where they charge you a zillion pounds a second when you call them back, then :))

Apologies if I've missed it, but what is happening at the old Threshers site in Lordship Lane? It is boarded up and something finally seems to be happening there!

I'm pretty sure that the pollution referred to by the OP was nothing to do with a woodburner. It was the same again on early Sunday evening when we went out - horrible choking fumes from somewhere in the North Cross Road area, spreading all down the adjacent roads. It wasn't woodsmoke, and as before it smelled like some sort of coal - or other non-smokeless fuel - being burned on an open fire. At least we were going out, so didn't have to sit in my living room breathing it in.

ED Light Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sweet, sticky, stodgy westernised chinese food - > hope the menu gets a revamp with something more > modern than the 1980s appeal they have today Yes, sadly it wasn't very appealing the last time we ate there (some years back admittedly). It didn't really encourage us to return. Hopefully, as jimbo says, they have upped their game.

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I never mentioned anyone?s name. You didn't have to. They were very easily identified by the contents of your post.

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- the wholesale assumption > that an untested regimen of 100% natural origin > will somehow be superior in all respects to > medical treatments is dangerous and must be > challenged. > Sorry, but I'm very confused now. Who has suggested that, either on this thread or anywhere else?

fishbiscuits Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I'm quite happy to believe many herbal > remedies are effective (although saying that, lack > of testing/regulation makes it hard to know which > ones are really effective, and what the side > effects may be) Well, very many what you describe as "herbal" remedies are now integrated within conventional medicine. Digitalis is derived from foxgloves. Just one example.

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?