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JDR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I'd rather warn people and it > be unnecessary than not and something bad happens > and they didn't know to have increased awareness Completely agree.

The ?90 for two was for three courses and wine. If you just have a starter and a glass of water it's cheaper :))

DovertheRoad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "A paradiso of unintentional comedy". > > That's no way to talk about Dulwich Fox. :))

tomskip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, it turned out the girl in Oxford was not > abducted. It was reported quite widely. Guardian > link here > https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/11/po > lice-in-oxford-schoolgirl-case-say-she-was-not-abd > ucted Ah OK. My daughter lives in Oxford and I don't think was aware of this as it was her who told me that nobody had been caught in relation to the apparent incident. Having two granddaughters at school there it was obviously of concern to me.

That was very poorly advertised. I heard drumming last night and looked out of my front door to see the procession going down North Cross Road past the end of my road. I and I'm sure lots of other people would have liked to know about this. Where was it advertised, exactly​?

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rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I never quite understand why these incidents are > not more widely reported - if I wasn't on the EDF > I wouldn't know they'd happened, nothing on BBC > local news etc. Admittedly I don't have children > myself but I always pass the info I see on here to > those friends who do, and they always ask why it > hasn't been in the local media. I have no idea, but I wonder if they want to avoid copycat incidents. And also, to avoid making the perp feel important, but maybe that's a stretch too far.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > They had a total refurb.. Oh dear. Reminds of when I went to see some friends I hadn't seen for a while, in their new house. I said "I can see why you want a new kitchen." They said "This is the new kitchen." Ooooops.

wonderwoman Wrote: > Does anyone know if we can find out what happens > with these incidences? There have been several > reported as previously mentioned but we never hear > how they have been followed up at all. I imagine that we will only hear anything if somebody/some people are arrested/prosecuted. The police are unlikely to tell us much for fear of hindering their investigations, I imagine. There was a case in Oxford last year where a schoolgirl (I think aged fourteen) walking to school was dragged into a car and taken to a house by several men. The girl was later dumped in Oxford (alive but physically hurt and mentally traumatised, obv) and so far as I know the men were never caught. This apparently happened in a busy road during peak hours, yet no witnesses came forward. It's very hard to know how things like this can be prevented. An increased police presence in the area might be something of a deterrent, but that isn't going to happen, is it? Budgets have been cut. And in any case, the people who will do this sort of thing don't seem to be risk averse.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > What is wrong with the current decor. ? > Nothing that a total refurb couldn't sort :)) And please, please, please don't let them have the same music as Xoco ...... :)) Or the same plates, come to think of it ..... :))

Are they keeping the existing Xoco decor, Fox? Hope not.

Don't think it's illuminated but might be wrong!

What is Dvis? Another school?

I've just passed the establishment in question. Apart from the Xoco sign still there (understandable if they haven't got the new Memsaab one yet) there is still a Xoco menu in the window, and nothing at all to say the place has changed hands, let alone to promote their "grand opening" in just a week's time. Surely at least they could take the old menu out and put some kind of notice in the window?!

Their Facebook page says they are offering 40% off food at their grand opening: As the grand opening getting close by and we are sincerely waiting to serve you great authentic quality Indian food. To do us the honour to serve you please book your table by calling on 07969 994122 to get the 40% off on food But underneath the text they have a picture of their flyer (which I have just received through my door this morning) which says the special offer at their grand opening is 30% off food. So which is it? ETA: Oh, just seen a note on the back of the flyer - thanks Foxy! :)

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > It's like Cluedo. Poodo

Well none of those things is going to happen unless Memsaab fails, which let us hope it won't ....

I can assure you that any council would not risk disturbing nesting birds. I worked at a council where contractors did this, and there was an outcry. The situation re the cemetery has been made so sensitive that that there is absolutely no way things will not be done to the letter of the law.

I think people should be called out whether or not that results in exchanges like the above and whether or not it might be a wind-up. To ignore it implies you agree with it. On this kind of relatively small scale that may do little harm. But it leads to not speaking out in the wider world when there are much more important things you see are wrong. And that can do a great deal of harm.

Two for the price of one? :)

I scanned a load of photos using a printer I had bought partly because it specifically did that. However my son in law told me that the resolution was not high enough and it would be better to have them done by a specialist (which I never got round to). If you are not bothered about that because you just want the memories, then that wouldn't matter, and I have no idea how much it would cost to have them done elsewhere (or even if my son in law was right) but it's something you might want to take into account. And Fox is right, it's a very boring job and dust on the scans is not what you want ...

Which charity was it?

I am not "trying" to do anything, let alone wind anybody up. I don't have that sort of manipulative mind. And I don't give a f*** what you think of my posts, so go and play your tedious games somewhere else.

nxjen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fellbrigg Road is used as a cut through for many > large lorries who aren't delivering close by. I > believe Melbourne Grove is given as a route on > some Satnavs and perhaps it's the same for > Fellbrigg. It surprises me that there isn't more > damage to parked cars. Cut through to where though?

Sazzle30 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Buy two terracotta plant pots - ask the milk man > to put the milk in one pot and then the other pot > (upside down) on top. This is what my mum does in > Wiltshire to stop the foxes piercing the foil on > her milk bottles. I'd have thought the foxes would just knock the top pot off to get at the milk?