Sue

Crikey, what pub is that?!?!?!

FFS. If children aren't taken to museums, galleries etc from an early age, how do you think those places will carry on when the children grow up? Or if they are taken, but find them totally boring because there is nothing for them to do? My grandchildren love the Horniman. If you want to go somewhere where no kids are allowed, maybe go somewhere else? Or if you don't like the behaviour you see, take it up with the parents? I have intervened in a screaming match between two kids in the cafe where the younger one was in danger of being pushed out of his high chair and the adult/s with them were nowhere to be seen. If you do nothing (eg report the butterfly grabbing to staff) how do you think the behaviour of some parents will change?

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You don't have to tip if it's the proprietor who > does your hair. > > The best advice I've had on tipping generally is > to tip if you plan to go back. Yes it is the proprietor but on the other hand he charges the same as the others. Yes I do go back because he is brilliant. On the other hand although the prices are reasonable for the area, it's a lot to pay when you are on a pension. Also on the other hand, he cuts my fringe free between my main cuts. I have tried to pay in the past, but he wouldn't let me. I stopped tipping when the prices went up a year or so back but now I feel I'm being mean, though he knows I'm not rolling in money (can probably tell by my threadbare clothes, anyway :)) )

:)) :)) :))

That's the sort of stuff I find in the lining of my coat, not in my purse :))

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I usually chuck a ?5er and have done for eternity, > but given how cool they make my hair look they > thoroughly deserve it. And I think the hair > washery staff get a cut anyways. A FIVER ??????? Crikey.

Except that it is only a few of the messages which go into spam. Most of them are delivered as normal.

Every time I get my hair cut I get all embarrassed because I'm never sure whether to tip or not. And when I do, I get all embarrassed about actually giving the tip, unless I can leave it at the desk. And then I get embarrassed because I'm not sure whether I should also be tipping the person who washed my hair (where different). I did ask my hairdresser about it once, and then we both got all embarrassed. Just wondering what everybody else does. I stopped doing it, but now I'm embarrassed about that :))

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Works with sloes, though Sue. He suggested it for damsons as well :(

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I've found Gmail is really good at blocking > spam. > > > > I have the opposite problem. It puts things > into > > my spam folder which aren't spam and then > deletes > > them after thirty days.. > > > > I only found this out recently :( > > > > And when informed that they aren't spam, it > > continues to treat emails from that address as > > spam :( > > Just ADD to Safe Senders list.. > Unfortunately it is messages sent via a contact form on our website, so I dont' think that solution would work.

I'm not Mark, but Dawson Heights??

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I wonder if Dulwich Fox could actually tell > whose > > Madras was whose in a blind tasting. > > > > I also wonder how many people in East Dulwich > > actually eat in these restaurants. They > certainly > > don't seem as full as they used to be, in fact > > they usually look quite empty. > > > If only Tooting wasn't such a slog to get to. > The > food there is head and shoulders above anything > round here. > > > Does that include Ganapati ?? > Ganapati is in Peckham. I was talking about the LL restaurants.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Arrhh Tooting.. I had a lady friend who lived in > Tooting. mid 1980's 30 years ago. > > ...So done that when it was good. Now over priced > .. pretentious .. but I get that suits some > people. > Overpriced and pretentious?? Have you actually eaten there? PMSL :)) :)) :))

Shoulders??

I eat my words about Kebab and "Vine". Had a fantastic lamb shish there on Saturday night. Loads of tasty tender meat, especially considering it was a "small" one, and good fresh salad. My only gripe was the weird chilli sauce, which was sort of lumpy.

There used to be a restaurant in Exeter (maybe still is) called Fannies which was right next door to a surf shop (I think) called Willies. Cue childish sniggering.

I've found Gmail is really good at blocking spam. I have the opposite problem. It puts things into my spam folder which aren't spam and then deletes them after thirty days.. I only found this out recently :( And when informed that they aren't spam, it continues to treat emails from that address as spam :(

I wonder if Dulwich Fox could actually tell whose Madras was whose in a blind tasting. I also wonder how many people in East Dulwich actually eat in these restaurants. They certainly don't seem as full as they used to be, in fact they usually look quite empty. If only Tooting wasn't such a slog to get to. The food there is head and shoulders above anything round here.

If you can't find any you can make damson gin, as I just did. However I recommend you don't follow Nigel Slater's advice to freeze them and then bash them with a heavy object. A mallet and a rolling pin made no impression whatsoever until they were half thawed, and they ended up as mush, so there was little point in freezing them in the first place. It's the afternoon with a needle method next time :))

Good luck, Buddug!

I've just reported the leak outside number 5 to Thames Water. It had already been reported this morning and they are sending someone out. Just posting to save anyone else reporting it.

Pugwash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rumour has it that Plough Homecraft were > reallocating to the old butchers. But the butchers must be smaller, surely?

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Here in > ED, the best service comes at Blue Brick and down > at Norris and Knight. I shan't list the bad > ones.... Amazed to read that, because we only go to Blue Brick when we have enormous amounts of time on our hands and nothing time-critical coming up, because the food is lovely but the service is so extraordinarily slow!!

Very sorry for your loss, James.

So it has been sold to someone else who has replaced all the staff? Have I got that right? What has the off licence got to do with it, have they bought Jade? Are they keeping the Jade name even though there's another branch in Lordship Lane, presumably still owned by the previous owners? I don't understand.