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spark67 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We've a den on a patch of land behind our garden, > my cat runs up there as soon as she hears them.... > I'm a bit worried she likes to watch 😶 :))

hammerman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not sure what you're trying to say Sue as you > didn't quote all of my post but I like to set an > example to children and adults alike when crossing > the road. I didn't quote the first part of your post because it wasn't relevant to my point and I didn't want to clog up the page with unnecessary words :) I thought my point was quite clear? That we should be teaching children to stay safe on the roads, which is about far more than just "waiting for the green man". Quite apart from anything else, there may not always be a pedestrian crossing anywhere near where they need to cross. As I said, or thought I had, teaching children only to "wait for the green man" in every circumstance is counter-productive, as everybody with half a brain cell can see that if there is not a car in sight - nor likely to be within the time it would take to cross the road - "waiting for the green man" may be a complete waste of everybody's time. It needs wider training about identifying where a vehicle could come from unexpectedly (eg a side road or a speeding vehicle round a corner) and taking that into account when deciding when and where to cross - and indeed, whether to wait for the green man, which is mainly useful in circumstances on main roads where there is likely to be a lot of traffic. Surely once a child is old enough to be out by themselves, they are old enough to understand that? If they aren't, they shouldn't be out by themselves.

mrsparker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you're > going to pretend it's a period property at least > put down a decent hardwood floor (their flooring > makes me want to weep) Yeh I noticed the hideous flooring too :(

mrsparker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ah I like that one, this is the one that irks me > > http://www.acorn.ltd.uk/property-for-sale/4-bedroo > m-house-in-landcroft-road-east-dulwich-se22-P21098 > 2/ OMG that's truly hideous :(

Ah, thanks for that, I shall get some and try - I like goldfinches!

I have a heated throw which I sit under when on my sofa. It heats me up without having to heat the whole room. It's brilliant. I wear a woolly hat around the house and have two duvets on the bed. Having said all that, I have turned the heating on twice since the Summer - and the second time was about ten minutes ago. I move the thermostat from room to room as I need to, though it's usually in my living room, and it is presently in the room I'm using as an office. Once that has reached a comfortable temperature I'll turn the thermostat down again. I do have thermostatic valves on all the rads, though. I don't like my bedroom to be too hot. Though in any case the timer on the thermostat is set so that the heating isn't on at night.

Apparently it "confidently terminates the terrace with a highly distinct proposition." :))

My eagle-eyed partner spotted THREE goldfinches in a tree overlooking my garden yesterday! Maybe the nigella seed I have been hopefully putting out for ages is finally attracting them .... The sparrows haven't returned yet though - I can hear them twittering away in somebody else's garden :(

stantonb Wrote: Would you > have said it was a white guy if it was a white guy > who took your phone? Of course you would. Yes, and people on here have done in similar circumstances. ETA: And I am unclear why you have called me Susan above.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't get the raising of the fact that the woman > has married a different guy - there seems to be a > suggestion that this releases the father from > responsibility to contribute as a parent - which > on any level is so obviously wrong. Yeh I don't get it either. The father surely has a moral, if not legal, responsibility to help financially support his children?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Same on Ulverscroft.. > > Market on a Saturday. > I go shopping and cannot get back on Ulvercroft > anywhere. Not just outside my house until after > 6.00pm > > Friday Prayers at Mosque parking congested > between 13.00 & 14.30 > > Parking difficult due to skips and builders > lorries most days.. > > Also Sunday due to people driving to the area for > Pubs and restaurants. > Some people won't walk a couple of hundred yards. > > > Definitely getting worse. Some residents on my > road have 2 and even 3 vehicles. > Are we living on the same road? There has been absolutely masses of space to park. People are away. I think it's half term. ETA: And how do you know "people won't walk a couple of hundred yards"? How do you know where they live? And how do you know "residents have 2 and even 3 vehicles"?

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > The grimmest place I ever worked was Windermere, The grimmest place I ever worked (well, did a placement) was Collier's Wood. :(

Oh God it's the mating season again. I can hear them at it in my garden :( ETA: But not according to Google. Maybe they're just killing each other.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Aaah 'principle', that old stalwart of good solid > business acumen. :)) :)) :))

stantonb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The black man? It's a description.

nxjen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The originators of graffiti as an art form > probably started as 14 year olds doing crap tags. Yep. And I'm going to the Basquiat exhibition next week. Graffiti morphed into art worth millions of pounds and a show at the Barbican. Discuss.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You all scoff but the sad reality is > gentrification continues to divide communities > between the haves and have nots more strinkingly > than ever. There have always been haves and have nots. Have you not noticed?

Yes, Fox, that is copied and pasted from the link I just gave above .....

Abe_froeman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That Spanish Tapas restaurant / cafe on north > Cross Road was only ever open at very random > intervals/. Sometimes it would be closed for > months on end. > > I don't remember the fruit shop being open all the > time either. The Spanish place never properly got off the ground. The fruit shop was open regularly until there were problems with a new landlady, if memory serves. ETA: In neither case was there a deliberate policy to only open erratic hours. I can however think of two examples. One was Jacks, the cafe in Pellatt Road - long gone. The other is the newish crepe place in North Cross Road, which seems to be more closed than open and I can't imagine is going to last long, though I hope I'm proved wrong.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > James Barber Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Hi Seabag, > > Community pianos need to be under cover. > > I could sponsor the cover, how much do you need > > Do I get to choose where it goes? It's a permanent cover, surely, as in under an archway or something? And presumably can't be in a residential area?

The pneumonia jab is not an annual one, apparently. If you are over 65 you just need one, which protects for life. I wouldn't have thought a surgery should offer it at the same time as a flu jab, in view of the fact that both of them could have side-effects, but then I'm not a medical professional so who knows. http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/pneumococcal-vaccination.aspx

hammerman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've seen terrible road crossings by adults with > primary age children over the years, i.e. not > bothering to wait for the green man or the > lollipop lady/man! If there's no traffic coming in either direction, and no side roads from which a car could suddenly appear, I don't wait for the green man either. And I can't help but wonder what the primary age children think when they see a completely clear road and a load of adults standing like sheep waiting for a red man to turn green. And often it doesn't, because nobody has actually pressed the button ...... It's surely about teaching children traffic awareness and how to stay safe, not following a ritual just for the sake of it.

Siduhe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Reminded of this thread as I'm sitting at the bus > stop by Harris Boys school with an empty coach > (Coaches Excetera) parked up blocking the actual > bus stop where the driver has just refused to cut > his engine off as "he needs it running for the > children". FFS. Needs it running for the children? What on earth does that mean, if there aren't any children on the coach?!

Lolamaxx, hope your baby is ok?

Not much point it being illegal if there are no sanctions and no policing of it. Much like the 20 speed limit :(