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anonymous_third_part Wrote: > Less staff fraud, less chance of getting robbed > and less chance of getting your books wrong - it > makes no sense whatsoever to not want to accept > all card payments - unless you are trying to dodge > paying taxes I used to use one particular shop round here and noticed that they put transactions through the till if I paid by card, but never if I paid by cash. Whether fraud or tax evasion or some other reason I have no idea, but I stopped going there. I almost always pay by card, especially now it's so easy with contactless payments. But I keep a tenner and a fiver in with my Freedom Pass, just in case. I don't blame shops for not wanting to be out of pocket for card payments, but on the other hand I don't want to spend more unnecessarily either.

I was out most of the day, and when I got back quite late in the evening the meter seemed fine. It's been fine since. Very odd. I have just double checked that it is actually calculating usage (which it is) and I checked the date it was replaced, which was 2006. No idea whether that is old for a meter! If it happens again I may phone the gas people but otherwise I'll just leave it. As it's never happened before, I did think it might be something to do with the cold weather and the supply running down, but it seems not. Thanks for asking though!

We saw a solitary redwing in Peckham Rye Park on Saturday around midday. Apparently it's quite unusual to just see one by itself :( Don't know where its mates were!

My gas meter (or a pipe near it) has been making strange loud whirring/bubbling noises this morning - not continuously, just on and off. The boiler seems to be working as normal. I know there was some publicity about gas supplies running down, but I thought this was predicted only to affect commercial rather than residential use. I don't want to phone the gas company unnecessarily. Has anybody else had this?

Administrator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, stop it. It's boring for others to listen to > you two bicker on and on. Take this off the forum > and please keep it off. I completely agree. But it would take a saint not to respond, and I am not a saint, sadly. And not all the posts which started this off have been removed.

PokerTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Angelina Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Poker Face - have you changed your user name ? > > > No I haven't. I had a different username when I > ran the football but haven't used that one in many > years. I have no new username since this one and > don't post on the forum these days. Actually that > means I changed it once but l have never posted > from the two names if that makes sense. So which was your other username, Poker Time?

Snowing in my road as I type ..... :))

Would not explain activity up Cox's Walk, unless they were parking there to avoid blocking the road?

Oh I'm so jealous! My favourite birds!

Yep. If they don't respond on Twitter, many people see that. If they don't answer the phone (but to be fair, they must be inundated with calls at the moment plus possibly staff haven't been able to get to work) only the caller knows. Plus possibly whoever runs Twitter could work from home if necessary.

The emergency number I have for Thames Water is 0845 9200 800 But I imagine they are pretty busy today. Don't know if you could try Twitter?

nods Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We should all sponsor a weekend in Paris for > Dulwich fox and sue . That should sort things OMG it's bad enough living down the road from him :)) :)) :))

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I read Sue's Original Post and thought how > condescending it sounded. > > Apart from those on the street, there may well be > people here on EDF struggling and not able to turn > up the heating. > > In fact there have been on many occasions people > in need of simple thing like a Kettle or a > Toaster. > > Sue. Enjoy your Tea and Toast. Quince Jam. ?? > > Very insensitive post. > You didn't even bother to read the post properly, did you? Having a roof over my head is just one of the things I am grateful for. The things were separate. Read it again. ETA: The heating part was because somebody was posting on the Nunhead Facebook page yesterday that her boiler had broken and she had three children under four, including two under two. All the council could do was say somebody would call but they couldn't say what time, so she couldn't even take the children somewhere warmer because she had to stay in for the boiler person. I really felt for her. A load of local people independently posted on the page offering to take round electric fires etc to her. That is what community spirit is, Dulwich Fox.

Angelina Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's good thing to make a concerted effort to be > thankful frequently. It's a good post Sue. > > It makes you more aware of what you really have. Yes, thank you. That was exactly why I posted it. I was making a cup of tea and looking at all the snow out of the window. I thought how extremely lucky I was compared to many people in the world, and how I should focus on that more often instead of dwelling on things which get me down but in the great scheme of things are really not important at all. I genuinely can't understand how anybody could have taken it any other way.

LW51190 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just as an FYI - I have had various issues with > Family Store on Upland Road. A few times my > delivery has triggered a notification that it is > ready for collection, and when I get there they > have said that no parcel has been delivered. This > has been investigated by DPD and the various > companies have had to refund. > > I would completely avoid ANY delivery to this > store. Are you implying that somebody from the store is taking the parcels? That would be a bit foolish surely, because it could be so easily tracked, assuming they have to sign for them when they arrive there?

BigED Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > what kind of bugs? :)) :)) :)) ETA: Sorry, I know it's a serious matter, but that did amuse me, BigEd

I've just had a card through my door from The Sash Window Man. At the top, it says "Are your Sash Windows stuck fast while you swelter in the heat?" Er, no :))

Posted by DulwichFox Today, 10:18AM > Sue.. So you do Charitable things and you are telling us all about it. > When I did something similar, I was branded about being Narcissistic and it being all about me. > IE when I mentioned about my own fund raising for The RNLI and RNIB. and Diabetes UK. > I too am grateful for my own situation which is similar to yours. > Got very little food in the house though so I will HAVE to venture out. Oh FFS. I give up. I am "telling you all about it" because of your rather nasty post in response to my OP. Please look up the definition of narcissism. ETA: And the traits and signs of a narcissist. Wikipedia may provide a starting point for your research.

I'm guessing this work is probably not happening today as planned, due to the weather, or am I wrong? Have just put my head out of the door, and no sign of Thames Water. Vile smell of pollution, though :(

Re: Things I am grateful for this snowy day .... Posted by DulwichFox Today, 09:46AM > Why don't you put a poster up on Lordship Lane > so all those who are on the streets and will not see this post > will know that someone is thinking about them. I was hoping that perhaps other people might post up what they were grateful for. I suppose I should have known that wouldn't happen and that the negative posters on here would pounce immediately :( And yes I do give money to charities for the homeless, Dulwich Fox, and have raised a lot of money for refugees via a benefit gig, so if you are implying that thinking of people is not enough, I put my money where my mouth is. Edited to add Dulwich Fox's post.

Having a roof over my head. Having a functioning heating system and enough money to pay for it. Having a kettle and a toaster, tea and bread. Having warm bedding. Having food in the house and not having to worry about not being able to afford food for others. Not having to go out onto slippery pavements. Thinking of all those who are not so lucky x Oh, and apart from the snow, and despite all the hideous things wrong in this country at the moment, grateful that it is unlikely that I will be bombed in my own home, that my grandkids will be shot in their own classroom, or that I will be a person fleeing a desperate situation in their own country who no other country is willing to take in.

:)) I remember that one! Brilliant!

Thames Water will be able to tell you. In my experience they are really helpful if you phone them.

Angelina Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Self harming is a mental health issue, not a > fashion. Are you on a different planet? FFS. > > Rarely do I feel riled by a post. > > OP - you must be trolling. Yes. I wondered that too.

Surely self harming isn't a "fashion", unless you are including things like piercing and tattoos.