Sue

jimbo1964 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There are notices on the outside now to say that > the owners will be taking back possession next > week. So the squatters will be evicted? Who are the present owners? Is there any more news about the future of the pub?

Don't know where the machine was bought, but some places will give free tuition after purchase. The sewing machine shop in Deptford does. John Lewis used to, don't know whether they still do. Alternatively, try googling the model, there are bound to be YouTube tutorials!

adonirum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yep, totally agree with you there, Sue. > > Whenever anyone uses a phrase like that..to be > quite honest with you...to be honest... I always > reply with "does that mean you have been less than > candid up to now" (especially if it is in a formal > setting). Always throws people off their stride, > some even get argumentative and aggressive!!!! Surely not! :))

Like "To be honest" .... You mean you aren't usually? Easily said, though .....

It obviously depends on the style of your house, but mine is a turn of the century terrace (1900 not 2000!) which still has the original period features downstairs, and I have painted the original floorboards and stairs white and have rugs/runners on top in some places.

?1000 seems excessive to put up scaffolding, to say the least! Russell Perring is an excellent roofer (if he's still around), you could try asking his advice. The number I have for him is 07852 972052.

FJDGoose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > "can I get?" > And then the answer, "Of course you can!"

"Not a problem." Er, it never crossed my mind that there would be a problem :))

I have the phone number of a local beekeeper if you still haven't made contact. ETA: PM me if you need it.

claresy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm not surprised shopless Sally's makes money > with no shop overheads - I was astonished to see > they were charging 20p for a slice of dried orange > at Christmas and sell flowers by the stem at inflated prices. > I shall really miss Bonnies - her bargain bucket ensured >I've always had flowers, no matter how short of money I've been. To be fair oranges are not cheap, and you can't easily use the very juicy small ones which are cheaper, because those takes ages to dry because of all the juice. And it takes heat to dry them, which has to be paid for. I make my own dried orange slices at Christmas, to hang on the tree, but I'd have been quite happy to pay 20p for a ready-dried slice, because slicing and drying them (on a rack over a radiator in my case) is a faff. Bonnie's bargain bucket was of flowers which were well past their best and wouldn't last much longer, hence being sold off very cheaply. I do agree maybe better than no flowers at all, but I'm not sure they were a huge bargain.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > edcam Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Non/low alcohol beer and wine are vile. If > you're > > not drinking, you're better off with water. > > > > This year we're doing no booze Monday to Friday > > night. So far so good..... > > I already drink 6 glasses of water a day. I may be wrong but I think edcam probably meant fizzy water eg with lime or blackcurrant ..... Pound a pint max, often much cheaper ...... quite palatable with ice :) I agree low alcohol beer is vile. Haven't tried low alcohol wine. What's the point of either of them?!

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Always > been slightly confused by these expressions, > simply because how much of a chump would one have > to be to hand over the cash on the seller's > assurance that there was a piglet in the bag > without having a gander first? I'm sure there were as many chumps in those days as there are these days, only these days they give out their bank details on the phone to all and sundry claiming to be their bank, or send money to complete strangers who email them out of the blue with ridiculous stories ......

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am aiming to eat it by the end of next week. I > got some brandy cream from Sainsburys reduced from > ?3.25 to 0.97p but it expires on the 9th > Jan...although in my experience these things last > a good 5 days after the sell by I stuck my brandy butter and brandy cream in the freezer, even though they said "not suitable for freezing". They've both been absolutely fine. Just heated up the Christmas pud in the microwave, sliced through the butter and cream with a knife, and stuck the frozen slices on top of the pud. Yum.

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But it's not really that simple Sue. > > For example, a large part of Nando's offering is > that it's very family friendly, which is a bonus > if you have young kids. It's also a good place for > teenagers to go on their own. > > As a parent, I'm ok with my children eating there > because at least I know where the food comes from, > and that it isn't terrible. Compare and contrast > with Pizza Express, also very family friendly - I > strongly suspect the meats they use are not much > different in welfare terms to Nando's. Should that > stop us eating here? > > Maybe I'm a bit of a hypocrite - I would never use > less than high end free range meat in my job, and > I can trace all of it from field to fork, but in > day to day life we sometimes make compromises. I wasn't suggesting nobody should eat at Nando's, JoeLeg! I'm sure it will be a great addition to Peckham! Of course everybody does what they want food wise. Speaking purely for myself, where there are other suitable options, I just prefer not to eat chicken which isn't free range, and these days I ask.

Actually a lot of expressions which on the face of it sound stupid have interesting origins, but because times have changed they no longer make sense to us. We know the intended meaning, but not the underlying meaning. Like pots and kettles - these days we rarely boil kettles or cook food on an open fire, yet we still know the meaning of the saying. Letting the cat out of the bag is another one. Pigs (presumably small ones) used to be sold in markets in sacks/bags, and unscrupulous sales people replaced the pigs with cats. If you were wise to this, you opened the bag at the point of sale to check that you were in fact getting a pig and not a cat. Hence, letting the cat out of the bag.

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Who's fence > > Could of been. :))

tracymcdavis Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- But not yet clear if all > killings around the UK are same person of course - > heaven forbid there is more than one of these > monsters out there. Unfortunately all the publicity is likely to have resulted in copy-cat (sorry can't think of a more appropriate word) killings by people who were that way inclined in the first place :( I can't believe just one person would travel around the country killing cats. Unless they were already travelling, for example for work purposes.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I haven't ate my xmas pud yet! I'm three quarters of the way through mine :))

Oh. That was why I said just yes or no would suffice :)) But glad to know the answer, anyway. I won't be eating there. ETA: Though I have in the past eaten at Nando's. I'm sure it will do well in Peckham, just that I have become more aware of animal welfare issues than I used to be.

Is their chicken free range? Just a yes or no will suffice (though sadly I think I know what the answer will be).

Everywhere. But don't worry, it's Valentine's Day first :))

At this moment in time....

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pot calling the kettle black. What if the pot is > purple, or silver, or copper, or any number of > colours that pots seem to be. They were black due to being used on an open fire, nothing to do with their underlying colour.

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe it could work better as an online business, > or as a mobile unit going to different venues each > week. I hope it does well under some other guise. They have another branch, don't they?

d.b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > dds29 Wrote: > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > Surely the onus should not be on a potential > > customer to find out what is behind a window > with > > no goods or information in it, and a business > name > > which gives no indication of what it is > selling? > > > > You're being massively disingenuous. There was a > clear plate glass window through which anyone > walking past could very easily see pasta sold, and > usually could see the person actually making the > pasta fresh right in front of the window maybe 2 > feet away from where you're standing. Fair enough. I walked past it many times and never noticed this. Since it has closed down, maybe I wasn't the only one. I was dimly aware it made and sold pasta, but that was all. I had no idea if it was a shop, a restaurant or what. And presumably this pasta making in front of the window wasn't going on 24/7? I never saw any samples of pasta or a price list or a menu in the window. Sorry, but a business has to promote itself, and if it doesn't do that well enough then the inevitable happens.