Sue

Ok we went. Walk through woods lovely. Wood House greatly improved. Staff all lovely. But I'd forgotten it was a Young's pub. Roast was just about ok except for the potatoes which were not even slightly crispy. Would go back for a pint or two (though not the Youngs) but wouldn't make a special trip. And I wouldn't eat there again. Probably.

I passed by the Dog in the car the other day and there seemed to be loads of people sitting outside, so I thought it may have reopened? I'm right in thinking it hasn't though?

Anyone else playing this? The rules seem a bit harder than Snakes and Ladders :))

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, Sue, as I said "IT'S A SHOP". > My book didn't count in their scheme because it > was a hardback, and so, obviously, not a book. > Perhaps this makes it a small coffee table or door > step. One of my other two books was a hardback, and they seemed to think that was included in the sale. I now have an urge to make it into a (very very) small coffee table :))

TheArtfulDogger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > "I really enjoy torturing small helpless fluffy > animals", oh dear. > > OMG YOU KILLED TUFTY DIDN'T YOU . > :))

DovertheRoad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > :)) > > > > Looking forward to a walk through the woods and > a > > drink in the Wood House, pleased to hear it is > now > > worth going to, its last incarnation was > > horrendous . . > > What could possibly go wrong? :-) Depends if they have a book sale on :))

Also! Apart from the fact that they don't recognise a gardening book when they see one (despite Royal Horticultural Society being on the front in large letters)they don't seem to understand their own pricing strategy. When I had two books (which fitted in with their esoteric classification obv) it wasn't the case that I could "get another one free". It was the case that I could get the two existing books plus the extra one for a pound. So bizarrely, if I had bought a book I didn't want, I could have got that "free", got the other two half price, then given them back the book I didn't want! Oh and re the swearing. I said Jesus at one point before the end, and you would have thought I had said something like "I really enjoy torturing small helpless fluffy animals", oh dear. As for whether I should just have paid up and bitten my tongue _ yes I could have done. I could also have given them a tenner and said keep the change. I could have said I'll go home immediately and rewrite my will in your favour. I don't do that in Tesco so why should I do it in a charity shop? It's a shop. I give to charity directly as well, I'm not trying to do them out of money, it's the principle. Also, they clearly see themselves as a normal shop. When the charge came in for carrier bags I was in the larger shop when an assistant insisted on charging a very upset customer for what appeared to be a very old and well used plastic carrier because "all shops have to do that now."

God I'm so gullible

We had lunch there today, again really good. But surprised it was almost empty on a Saturday lunchtime! Oh and we sat in the window. And saw a friend going by on a bus, so that was fun, especially as he saw us too and waved. Oh damn I forgot, we are supposed to sit in the window so as to look cool, must do better. At least I had my contact lenses in and clean hair this time :))

:)) Looking forward to a walk through the woods and a drink in the Wood House, pleased to hear it is now worth going to, its last incarnation was horrendous . .

OK I can laugh about it now :)

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't believe it, this is probably the first > genuine irrational rage rant and you go and stick > it in a new rational rage thread!... :) :) :) I think you'll find there's a "maybe" in the heading :))

Bob Buzzard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Medic Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Try ?500 Bob. The 'fee' may have gone up. > > > Great, where is Camber Tennis Club? Is it in ED? South Circular opposite the old Harvester. Next to the cricket club.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You think he is? Not about the bribe, but maybe about the allotment. Benefit of the doubt and all that :))

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When the Assistant picked up the ?2 book and said > "That's not in the sale, it will be ?2. But you > can get another book for free.". > > Why didn't you just pay the ?2.00 as you expected > and ?1.00 each for the other 2. ?4.00 in all. > Which you did in the end anyway. Why engage in > such a pointless argument about the subject > matter. ??? > > It's a charity shop.. Just give them a Fiver and > everyone would be happy and no stress.. You seem to have missed the point ....

I'm still fuming :( I went into the smaller hospice shop in Lordship Lane this afternoon, chose three books at ?1, ?1 and ?2 and took them to the counter, expecting to pay ?4 for the three. Assistant picks up the ?2 book and says "That's not in the sale, it will be ?2. But you can get another book for free.". I didn't even know there was a sale! Assistant: "It's a cookery book, cookery books aren't in the sale." Me: "But it's not a cookery book, it's a gardening book." (Carol Klein's "Grow Your Own Veg Journal".) Assistant: "No it's not, it's a cookery book." Me: "It's a gardening book, look inside." Asistant: "We have looked inside, it's a cookery book." Me: "It's a gardening book." Assistant looks inside, leafs through it a bit, and says nothing. Maybe she had seen the headings such as "Discouraging Pests", "Chitting Potatoes" and Watering Your Garden". I then turn round and look at a large notice above the bookshelf (which I hadn't previously seen) which says in large letters "Books three for a pound (I think it was) except cookery and art books". Me: "Look, your notice says only cookery and art books are excluded from the sale." Assistant: "Well, we've decided that book is excluded as well. We can't list all the books on the notice which are excluded." !!!!!!!!! So at this point she must have realised that the book was not in fact a cookery book. Me: Something along the lines of "Well that's bloody stupid, what's the point of having the notice at all then." I then get soundly attacked by two assistants plus a customer for: 1. Swearing. 2. Daring to question a price in a charity shop when said charity is for people dying in hospices. I was also told I was lucky to be alive when there were people dying !!!! !!!!!!!!!!! By this point I was really incensed. Not only did I hold my mum's hand as she died in a hospice, have given money to hospice charities and donated loads of stuff to the larger hospice shop, I also buy loads of stuff there as well. I would have told them to stuff their books and walked out, but unfortunately I really wanted the gardening one. In the end I paid the ?4 which I thought I was going to have to pay in the first place anyway, and left, followed by very bad vibes and no doubt left them all gossiping about what a mean and terrible person I am. When we got outside, I said to my partner I was sorry if I had embarrassed him, and he said no not at all, you were totally right. All I can think is that the original assistant did not want to admit that she had been wrong to say the book was a cookery book and not in the sale, had to find some way out of it, so turned it all round to put the blame on me for trying to rip the charity off by not paying more than, er, the price it should have been. Why the customer and other assistant got involved to back her up, I have no idea. I thought I would feel better for having a rant about it on here, but I don't, in fact I feel even more wound up. I'm off to have a nice cup of tea, then I think I will go and lie down in a darkened room .......

If you are actually serious, Grove allotments next to Camber Tennis Club near the entrance to the woods have a relatively short waiting list.

It seems to me that you are just being deliberately provocative, pop9770, so why don't you go and do it somewhere else and give us all a break? If you are not being deliberately provocative, then unfortunately it does seem to me that you are incapable of grasping quite simple concepts, as for example in BrandNewGuy's posts above. Which he helpfully posted twice as you didn't seem to understand the first time. Or else, for reasons best known to yourself, didn't properly read them.

pop9770 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks > Using your explanation. > I'd say calling a French person a Frog is equally > racist because it also a derogatory term > no different calling a Gypsy a Gyppo or Pikey > > > Why is it ok for a black person to use the n word > ? > > The laws make little sense and the guidelines are > decided by those who shout loudest not based on > any rules and that is where the problems are. > > http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/p_to_r/racist_and_reli > gious_crime/#a09 > > Same with religion clarity is required being anti > all religion some call that being religist is > technically a crime. > > I say we need the government to make a list of > what is and is not legal and that it should be > made public. I can't find one if anyone can please > point me towards it. NOT towards any non > government non legal web site which would call > every name based on their own "principles" racist. A little googling will bring up lists of unacceptable terms, with reasons, I'm sure. I don't know why you are posting on this thread about something which has nothing to do with the travellers on Peckham Rye. At root, this is nothing to do with legality or otherwise. It's about common human decency and sensitivity, of which judging by your posts on this thread you have little. "those who shout loudest"? Oh FFS.

"Is he/she for real?" informal ​ Used when you think someone is silly or very surprising http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/is-he-she-for-real A quite appropriate question in this case, I'd have thought. I can't believe you seriously think - in 2016 - that it's acceptable to use the terms you mention.

HelBel65 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeremy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > alt + print screen to grab the current window > on > > PC. > > It's windows logo + print screen on my Dell > laptop... It's just print screen on my Dell laptop!

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's easy to do pizza plus drink in Franco Manca > for a tenner. > And very delicious pizzas they are too! I took my daughter and son-in-law there for lunch in the Summer. My son-in-law said afterwards that his heart had sunk when we said we were going for a pizza, but he had been too polite to say anything, however they were both really impressed with the price and quality. One of my granddaughters is dairy free for health reasons, and they were really accommodating in using her "special cheese" (ie not really cheese) to make a pizza for her.

Willard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I drove through there on Tuesday morning, around > 7:30 am, on my motorbike. The water was insane, a > torrent coming up through the pavement which > looked completely blown apart. Nearly a foot of > water in places for about a 100m stretch. I really hope local residents and shopkeepers won't be as badly affected as the people and businesses in Herne Hill were. ETA: Oh, and thanks for the transport info, EDmummy and Applespider, very much appreciated.

There is also a large van, transporter and police van blocking the right hand turn on the South Circular by the entrance to the woods.

Duvaller Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > This is a problem that Dulwich DIY have made for > themselves. It has hints of New Delhi where shop > building extensions encroach on the pavements so > much so that pedestrians have to walk in the > gutter. > OK I've not taken much notice of this thread for a while, but having revisited it I've properly seen the above. And putting in my twopennorth, I think it's racist too. "Hints of New Delhi"? WTF? Why on earth would anybody bring New Delhi into a thread about a shop in East Dulwich? And what have building extensions and pedestrians having to "walk in the gutter" got to do with the situation here? Oh, hang on ......