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tomdhu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > If you don't want to get bothered by politicos > door-stepping you then just give them a long > expletive-ridden rant about their policies and > failings and they will strike you off their list > and they will never bother you again. > > It works for me! I've never had any of them around > for years. Bliss! :)) :)) :))

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>Posted by 2wans Today, 03:14PM >Don't worry, JoeLeg. Sue doesn't appear to be getting out of her bed any time soon. So you started posting on this forum on 6 February, 2wans. Would you say that your fourteen posts so far, including those on this thread, have contributed to the forum or the local community at all? I'm genuinely interested to know.

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > https://store.terravesta.com/ This stuff is very > energy efficient and has free delivery right now. That's interesting! I've never come across Miscanthus used as a fuel before, only as a decorative grass! It may be sustainable etc, but I can't see anything on their website about possible pollution (or not) when it is burned? ETA: These are what I have used for the last year or so: http://www.fuelexpress.co.uk/products/winter-fuels/heatlogs https://www.homebase.co.uk/fuel-express-heat-logs_p493186

Sometimes little things need to be picked up on, because if they are not they become acceptable. If that leads to a slanging match, then that is regrettable. Better that than pretending it doesn't matter, in my opinion. So-called "limp wristed" people are part of the community too. Aren't they? It's the tacit acceptance of this kind of language that gets kids bullied at school for being "different", and not how the other kids think they should be. I personally think it is worthwhile to point this out. I'm sorry you find it embarrassing.

Dom Johnston Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Limp wristed knock or limp wristed handshake > generally describes a lack of confidence rather > than someones sexual orientation. It's one of the > first things people are ever taught about > interviewing, a firm handshake exudes > confidence... I totally agree a handshake like a wet fish is not pleasant to receive. However as noted above, the expression "limp wristed" is generally used not to denote a lack of confidence but to denote somebody with what could be described as effeminate characteristics, or as the OP would have it, "unmanly".

2wans Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, you are, at the very least, 25 years older > than me, but I did not have you down as a > degenerate... quite yet. > > An UNMANLY knock. A loose, quiet knock has been > heard, by the hour. You obviously have nothing > useful to add to this thread, & it seems you spend > most of your life in bed, as you're on these > forums 24/7. Go get some fresh air. It'll do you > some good. What a charming post. And so new to the forum, too. ETA: And what exactly is "UNMANLY", anyway? How would you describe your apparently preferred "MANLY" knock? Do "Real Men" only knock strong and hard and with a wrist that is whatever the opposite of limp is? Do women not campaign these days? Maybe the knocker was knocking gently so as not to wake any sleeping children? And WTF is it to you what I do with my time and how often I post on this forum? I presently have what appears to be flu, and even if I didn't have, so what? I live locally, it's a local forum and I have every right to post on it as much as I like. If you don't like the content or frequency of my posts, you can find another forum to spend your own important time on.

2wans Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Since you have so much time on your hands, Sue, > why don't you google search that. I'm ill in bed, that's why I "have so much time on my hands". Why don't you just explain, since you used the expression and I don't think it sounds very nice. ETA: I have googled it, and it's as I thought, so perhaps you could explain why you used it.

The thing that really annoys me, which seems to be becoming more and more frequent round here, is cars holding up traffic in both directions to do a U-turn on a main road. Sometimes they do it with no warning whatsoever. All to save a couple of minutes diverting round side roads, or turning right into a side road and doing a three point turn (does that expression still exist?) there.

2wans Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've been told that the Lib Dems are back at it > again with their persistent, limp-wristed knocks. What is a "limp-wristed knock", exactly?

The trouble is, if everybody assumes somebody else has reported it, it may end up that nobody reports it, and then Thames Water may not even be aware that there is a leak.

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Pretty sad frankly, but we all know what happens > when they aren?t opposed at the earliest > opportunity. Yes. Thank you to those posting here who have taken appropriate action.

Calsug Wrote: ----------------------------------------------------- > > > As for cars pulling out in front of you, > definitely a London thing and totally > selfish/dangerous or even what I call the > aggressive nudging out into the road at junctions > - if they pull out in front of me to do this I now > make a point of driving round them if they are > blocking my side of the road ( when I safely can) Whilst I agree this may often be selfish/aggressive (probably the same drivers who tailgate others to intimidate them in a 20mph zone), it is sometimes very difficult to see from a side road when the main road is clear to pull out, because of parked cars in either the side or main road. Also, particularly if there is a lot of traffic, sometimes the only thing to do is to nudge out gradually so that you can see and make use of a brief break in the traffic. Many of the side roads round here are just not suited for the amount of parking and traffic they get, and people parking on double yellows with no fear of a fine just makes things worse for everybody else.

Don't know if this is relevant, but Thames Water were really overstretched at the time of the previous snow/freeze, and I don't know how they decide their priorities. I imagine they have another load of leaks now, plus some (as this one?) left over from before. It would make sense to do it in conjunction with the roadworks though I guess, but who knows. Maybe if somebody phoned they could get more info?

Oh dear, I had the same on Sunday. A large bumble bee suddenly started buzzing round my living room. We put him outside in a sheltered place where there wasn't any snow. He wasn't there later, so I hope he managed to survive. Don't know how he got into the house without our noticing, possibly when a friend went into the garden the previous day for a smoke. Hope he (probably a he?) and the other bees will be OK. At least the temperature is rising a bit now.

Absolutely agree they need to be challenged. You only need to look at what's happening elsewhere in the world. Easy to say it couldn't happen here. Until it does.

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > These humane traps work well > https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beat-Pest-Metal-Multi-Mou > se/dp/B00K5T013M/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=152147530 > 2&sr=8-20&keywords=humane+mouse+trap > They work well in terms of catching a live mouse, however the only time I used one (not in London) and took it to a field to release the mouse, the poor little thing was so terrified it wouldn't come out of the trap for ages. Also you have to remember to check them frequently. My brother once forgot, and found a mummified mouse. Not a very quick or humane death :(

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The moth traps attract the males. Yes, because the females don't fly. The papers and hangers you can get (chemical ones) do keep the female moths at bay though, provided you remember to change them on time. In my experience, anyway. A running and expensive battle, though ...

I'm sure they will leave as soon as the weather gets a bit warmer, provided you don't leave any tasty nibbles around (I had one break into a sack of bird food which I had stupidly not put into a mouse proof container .....) Anybody else noticed the moths coming back in force?

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Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Louisa = greasy spoon > Sue = Franklins > > The polarity of the EDF. Haven't had one for a while, but if memory serves Franklins' bacon sandwich is around a fiver. Really tasty bread and bacon and a large portion. Oh, and eating in not take away. Don't know how much a greasy spoon sarnie is, but it can't be much less than that?

M&S now sell bacon produced without nitrites. Nitrites are the cancer causing ingredient in bacon.

Apologies if this point has already been made, but surely a large part of the current perceived problem is due to skips and builders' vehicles? Once every home in East Dulwich has had every possible extension and been gentrified till it can be gentrified no more, the skips and builders will move elsewhere and there will be more available parking places :))

Where would people buy coal? Surely all you can buy these days is smokeless fuel?