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hammerman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Only trying to help - no need for the long rant! Sorry if it came across as a rant. I did try to end with some humour :))

Click and collect isn't associated with any particular parcel company, is it? It's just one means of getting your parcel. Many shops apart from Londis provide the service.

They are supposed to collect the sacks, that's why the council provide sacks. They always have done in the past. I have a very small front area and don't have room for three wheelie bins even though I use the smaller sizes. Also I think they are a total eyesore, especially the blue bins, and I like to use the tiny space I have for plants, not bins. I have very little food waste and I use a brown caddy for that. ETA: Surely you are supposed to put your garden waste directly into the brown bin, not into the bags and then into the bin?! Maybe this is why the library is constantly running out of the bags and has been rationing them?! Also, the brown bin collection is every week, not fortnightly. It is the blue and green bin collections which alternate. I am amused that you are putting hedgerows into your brown bin, Hammerman. It must be a very large bin or very small hedgerows!

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you have seen numbers together I think they are > more likely to be actual rats rather than water > voles. If their tails were hairless they certainly > were. It would be great if there were water voles > about. Not sure now. We saw them singly, but two or three in one area and another one on the way back in a nearby area. Must admit they didn't look like that photo of a water vole, but they didn't look like ordinary rats either.

fishbiscuits Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's the 21st century, not the 19th century. > > Let's have something modern, efficient, fit for > purpose... rather than a perpetual cycle of naff > mock Victoriana. Agreed. The new lights are perfectly inoffensive and quite in keeping with their surroundings, in my opinion. Unlike the hideous bendy ones elsewhere. Why is nobody complaining about them?

We saw several water rats in Peckham Rye Park yesterday, in the area just up from the Oval. Also a bit sad to see a female duck on the edge of the lake/large pond who seemed to be ill or hurt. She was having trouble walking and seemed very subdued :(

I think the new posts are OK and quite unobtrusive. They are far better than some of the hideous bendy things around here. And as someone who uses that path quite a lot after dark, I am glad of the better lighting of it.

Yes indeed. Sorry I thought I had replied to James. Makes sense to see if they pick it up tomorrow!

It will probably vary from day to day. Google maps will tell you the best route taking into account current traffic conditions, delays and bus or train times, and you can set it for walking, car or public transport. You just put in the start and finish point. You can do it in advance but obviously that will be less accurate if there's a subsequent accident or other holdup on the route.

I reported it online but they haven't been collected yet, so I presume they will just go with the next collection on Tuesday. I didn't report it the same day as I think you are asked to wait?

What do you mean?

Not an expert by any means, but you could try removing EDF cookies? Also try asking on the "About this forum" section, or try PMing admin? ETA: I presume it's only happening on one device?

That is awful, but crikey, a ?40 tip? How much was the meal?!

civilservant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > ETA for your viewing pleasure > That made me laugh out loud :)) And the double squirrel assault course following it was good too :)) Clever squirrels!

What have they replaced the play area with, out of interest?

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > KalamityKel Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Hoooooray!!!! > > > > > > "You could sit and eat your dinner outside > > while > > > the children played safely in the children?s > > play > > > area. Now there is absolutely nowhere for > > children > > > to run around. " > > > How about the park... just across the road! > > > > > > Why would you send your children to play out of > > sight in a park across a main road while you > were > > eating? > > I think you missed the point Sue. Where did I > suggest sending children to play unattended in > another part of the world whilst parents/those > responsible for children enjoyed their time in a > pub? I didn't. > My point was that if the OP was concerned there > was no where to take the children in the area then > they have missed the opportunity which is opposite > the site in question. > I don't agree with children in pubs - my own > opinion, to which I'm entitled to and many would > also agree. > There are other places to go with children to dine > whether it's with an outside space to let children > run riot or not. Simple. No, I think you missed the OP's point :)) She was talking about somewhere for her kids to play whilst the adults had a Valentine's dinner. She wasn't talking about somewhere for her kids to play in general. And if pubs didn't allow children, there would be even more pubs closing down than there are now. With the availability of cheap drink in supermarkets etc (at least cheap compared to pub prices) many people now drink at home. Obviously if you aren't keen on children in pubs, go to a pub which doesn't have them, while you still can....

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wouldn?t have thought Wetherspoons would be > anyone?s first choice anyway? Because they had a children's play area? Because they have a good range of well kept and well priced drinks? Because they have reasonably priced food which may not be the East Dulwich gourmet's food of choice but is child friendly and filling?

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hoooooray!!!! > > "You could sit and eat your dinner outside while > the children played safely in the children?s play > area. Now there is absolutely nowhere for children > to run around. " > How about the park... just across the road! Why would you send your children to play out of sight in a park across a main road while you were eating?

tfwsoll Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I am > really missing them so maybe those people who are > saying they were overpriced can tell me where I > can buy decent fresh pasta locally now? No idea what it's like as I have never bought any, but there is a stall selling fresh pasta in North Cross Road on Saturdays. ETA: No idea if it's there every week, but I think it is.

dulwichrat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Please stop calling me ?Roger?, it?s starting to > give me a complex :)) I see you give your real name on here as Rattus Pratus. What shall we call you then? Ratty? :))

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- My brown bin sends out a scout to consolidate waste and put it > into the road for the lorry following to collect - Crikey, a smart brown bin, blooming modern technology :)) Thanks Penguin68 and nxjen, I'll see if the bags are still there tomorrow and if they are I'll contact the council. It's a bit annoying as I had carefully lifted them over the wall to put them by the bins, and they're sopping wet, as well.

I will do provided I'm sure it actually is a missed collection .....

It was my blue bin collection day today, and the bin people have emptied my blue bin and my small brown bin, but have left three brown council paper bags of garden waste (weeds mostly) which I had left on the pavement with my bins. Just wondering whether anybody else has also had this? Are the brown bags collected separately? I always thought they were collected with the rest of the recycling.

It works both ways. I know people who moved because of the people who moved in next to them :) ETA: Also, different people have different expectations and tolerance levels for noise, and different kinds of noise, frequent or one off.

The last time we went to the Curry Cabin (and at one time it was our local Indian restaurant of choice) the reason given for a meal that let's say was not up to their previous standards was that the chef was drunk :)) It was all a bit Fawlty Towers :))