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singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The meeting was advertised on here if I remember > correctly. I went to it and was surprised by the > small number attending. I don?t think the outcome > would have been different if everyone affected had > turn up though. Yes it was well publicised on here. And I agree more people there would have made no difference. More people writing to Royal Mail might possibly have made a difference, though I doubt it. Since privatisation they seem to care more about their shareholders than their customers. What a surprise.

singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The meeting was advertised on here if I remember > correctly. I went to it and was surprised by the > small number attending. I don?t think the outcome > would have been different if everyone affected had > turn up though. Yes it was well publicised on here. And I agree more people there would have made no difference. More people writing to Royal Mail might possibly have made a difference, though I doubt it. Since privatisation they seem to care more about their shareholders than their customers. What a surprise.

That's made my day :) What a lovely thing to do.

lilolil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I won't be > drawn into any silliness on here. What is silly is to relate stories and then opt out of the resulting discussion when asked to back them up with evidence. In my opinion.

twinhunters Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Can?t believe it?s taken 2 years and 14 part time > police officers to say its foxes . > Surly it?s a case of can?t spend any more time or > money on it . I think it is amazing that they have done such a thorough investigation and involved so many non police experts, and other organisations. If you don't like the outcome, that's another matter.

Huge public vote? How many people voted?

Vote with your feet, people! Change banks! It's easy!

singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It?s good to know that foxes have developed good > knife skills and kill each other as well. I, for > one, will continue to keep my cats in at night. It was stated clearly that foxes can in fact produce wounds which are as clean as, and appear to be the same as, those produced by a knife. And of course you would continue to keep cats in at night if you believe them to be at risk, regardless of what is the cause of these deaths!

Excellent letter from Helen Hayes, though I felt she could have stressed that Peckham is a different postcode area and made more of the distances/times taken to get to the other office. Plus the particular difficulties for disabled people and people with young children. It won't be dealt with by the CEO anyway, who will just sign off a letter drafted by her minions. Anyway, fingers crossed it is effective. The whole situation is absurd.

sjw Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This report is absolute rubbish--IMO-- I have > never heard of a fox ritualistically laying out a > body on the doorstep of the cats home. See some of the posts above. ETA: And on other threads on the forum relating to this. "Ritualistically" is just a human interpretation of the way the body was left, isn't it? Unless you know a particular person did it and why they did it in that way, it's just an assumption.

You don't give any contact details??

Jim1234 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just use their bins? :)) :)) :))

El Presidente Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seems minor You think it's minor that somebody has to leave their baby unattended in a public place while they go and move somebody else's bins? Doesn't seem minor to me. It's stressful enough moving house without having an issue like this on top of it. Hope you sort it out soon, OP.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/croydon-cat- > killer-unmasked-police-reveal-culprits-after-three > -year-investigation-and-500-deaths-a3940956.html Thanks Rendel, that's a very interesting article. Pity the vet didn't do a proper job on the post mortems in the first place, eh. Might have avoided a lot of hysteria. I'm a bit surprised they got the same vet to look at them again, though - and surprise surprise he found puncture marks this time. How come he missed them on so many bodies before??? John of Chener Books always said he reckoned a lot of these supposedly-killed cats were initially the victims of road accidents.

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > RH I was thinking that it would just be a way of > excusing their lack of progress and interest . From the report linked to above, it seems that far from lacking in interest and not progressing the case, in fact the Met have done a very thorough review of the evidence, in conjunction with various other bodies. I don't really know why people are so keen for there to be a cat killer on the loose. I'd have thought they'd have been delighted that there wasn't. ETA: Sorry RH, hadn't read your post at the time I posted this - I think we are saying the same things!

DulwichBorn&Bred Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The tracking said it?s out for delivery or it has > no information hence the waiting in! > Oh, how annoying!

Mscrawthew Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think any one of the many owners that have come > to discover the remains of their family pets not > only with missing body parts but some returned to > their locality with said body parts neatly placed > either on the body or blatantly in the view of the > owners and proven to be detached from the body > with a sharp instruments may disagree with the > underfunded police forces in the U.K. Are you able to refer us to some reliable reports of this proof, please?

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've been told unofficially that they're three > postmen down. Is that permanent, or due to sickness/holidays? If permanent, surely they can recruit some more?

DulwichBorn&Bred Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I?ve had parcels ordered from beginning of > September that still haven?t arrived despite being > sent with tracking numbers via Royal Mail. > Frustrating as I?ve been waiting in for nothing! Sorry to be dim, but isn't the whole point of having a tracking number that you know where the parcel is in the system, so you don't have to wait in unless you know for sure it's coming that day? Have I misunderstood, or has the system gone wrong?

What a shame John of Chener Books isn't here to see this. He always held there was no cat killer, and was roundly criticised by the SNARL defenders.

dickens Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, you're right we need to find the cause as > well. Godden came this morning and it's not > subsidence thank god. We are going to go ahead and > get them to fix it. I'll let you know how it goes. What else could cause a building to move?

There would be more police around, and more within easy distance of the crime, even if not on the same road. Also with more patrolling, the criminals could not be sure one would not suddenly appear. That's a deterrent in my book.

Helen Hayes is a brilliant MP for Dulwich.

It's easy enough to get to Tooting from here. Bus to either Oval or Elephant, then Northern Line.

civilservant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i note that Lyttle Minx and Tart now stand > side-by-side in sisterly solidarity :))