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dc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Menu here if you can't wait: > http://meatliquor.com/eastdulwich/menu/web/ OMG that looks fantastic! And Deliveroo deliver! Anything with blue cheese is fine by me!

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Could it be the change from 16:10 to 16:9 ? > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16:10 > > Your new one would be smaller diagonally then I'd > think. I don't know but I'm talking about a laptop screen. I no longer use a freestanding monitor, they take up too much room on my desk! And the diagonals if both the old and the new ones are more or less identical, presumably because the extra on the horizontal side has compensated for the reduction on the vertical side.

ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue - Sorry I can't be of any practical help but > I've used quite a few different laptops over the > last few years and none have been exactly the same > in terms of screen size. To be honest I've never > had an issue with applications and screen size or > resolution but that doesn't mean that you won't. > It can be quite difficult adapting to a new laptop > when you've used the old one for as long as you > have (nothing wrong with that) - they all have > their foibles that you like or dislike and get > used to. > Buying a new laptop is a tricky task - the choice > is vast but as you say far fewer models are on > display in places like PC World or John Lewis. > I would say that you should trust that your > research is correct and go forward with the new > one. I'm sure after a week or two you'll be just > fine. Thanks for that, I'm hoping so. The other thing was I had a bit of a shock to find the case was glossy black (just described online as black) and shows every fingermark. But that's less of an issue and I won't see the hideous gloss when it's in use, anyway.

But my old one is not a square screen, it is not much different to the new one, just a noticeable (to me) half inch less high.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Overpriced ready meals. Don't quite understand why > anyone would pay over the odds for food you can > get elsewhere for those prices. I will concede on > the iced lemon drizzle cake however, very nice. > I used to get ready meals from the Co-op at two for ?4 (ie ?2 each), for days when I couldn't be bothered to cook. Stuff like Shepherd's Pie. Last week I bought three ready meals from M&S for ?10 (ie ?3.33 each). The M&S meals were so extremely much nicer (not just slightly nicer) than the Co-op ones that despite the difference in price I shall be getting them from M&S in future, plus there's a much wider choice. Oh and one of them was the Empire Pie, mentioned above, which I agree was absolutely delicious. And so was the prawn and chorizo risotto. Neither of which, I think you will find, can be bought in either Iceland or Lidl. And their ?10 meal for two consisting of a main, side, dessert and bottle of wine is incredible value - not that I've tried it yet.

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, I looked at a lot of different laptops > recently before buying and noticed there did seem > to be a trend, but they weren't all like that. My > last work laptop was also like that and it made > PowerPoint practically impossible. Thank you, that's really useful. The trouble is, there seems to be some drawback to virtually every laptop I've looked at in my price range (under ?500). And many of them aren't even reviewed. But I do sometimes use powerpoint, so that could be a problem. And descriptions online give the diagonal but don't give the horizontal and vertical dimensions, or none that I've seen, they just give the dimensions of the laptop itself.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well Sue.. Yes.. They are all wide screen now.. > like our Television screens.. > Fox, a poster above says that they are not. And I'm not talking about "square monitors." My old laptop screen is 13.2" x 8.2" The new one is 13.6" x 7.8" With respect, your posts are not addressing my question at all, and in fact are just muddying the waters.

Fox, I am talking about the physical size of the screen. The dimensions. Whether it is turned on or off. Nothing to do with resolution. I have gone no further than the "Hi" screen and haven't even started setting the thing up, as if I do I can't return it.

I have googled this without success. Have laptop screens become longer and thinner? My old and new laptops both have a 15.4" or thereabouts screen, but the new one's screen is longer horizontally but shorter vertically by about half an inch. My old one is ten years old (!!). Are all screens like this now? I'm worried I'm going to notice the lack of depth when eg I've got Firefox tabs at the top. Or is this somehow connected with the Windows 10 layout? I'm considering returning the new one (I bought it online and didn't see it in the flesh) but not if they're all like this now and I just have to get used to it ..... I didn't notice the different screen shape till I powered it up. I can't use it to see if I get used to it because obviously I can't then return it ....

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So far the wine has impressed, if the layout is > somewhat shoddy, in the new Marks. The food > however, leaves a lot to be desired. > What do you find wrong with the food? Everything I have had from there so far has been excellent.

Signed. The bit about donating just says "please consider donating". Fair enough, somebody is paying to host the website and keep it running properly.

Have you spoken to the neighbours? If they don't use the garden they might be quite happy for you to pay to have someone chop off the offending branches or even chop down the whole tree ...... What did Southwark actually say when you approached them? If you have something in writing that would cover you if the tree was chopped down it might be useful .....

Salsaboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just put my sprouts on the stove. They should be > ready in time. You must have been taught to cook by my mum. She put the sprouts on before the turkey :))

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, looks like Equisetum, I've seen them on sale > in the garden centre next door to North Dulwich > station, I believe they can be quite an invasive > plant if not kept under control... There's a kind of Equisetum which is indeed really invasive - mare's tail. There's a whole plot on my allotment site cordoned off because it has mare's tail, in an attempt to stop it spreading :(

Can't see it well enough to tell!

NewWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm sorry but I do find this shop horribly > overpriced for mediocre clothing. > I prefer to donate to Mind and St Christophers > where at least the clothes are sold at prices that > the poorer folk amongst us can afford. I think the prices at the Mind shop are really high, and sadly St Christopher's seem to be heading in the same direction :( The Living and Giving shop prices on the other hand seem to have reduced since the shop opened.

treehugger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A circumflex is not a "sounded accent"; rather it > indicates where an "s" used to be. Thus cout (with > circumflex in the example given) has the same root > as cost (which is its English translation). Bloody hell, they never told us that in O level French :))

I used plastic strips which come in two colours. Can't remember what they're called but I'll see if I can find it. Really easy to fit, they're a V shape and expand to fill the gap, look natural (I used dark brown between white painted floorboards and they just look like gaps) and stop draughts. There is another thread on the subject on here somewhere, and I gave the name on there. I'll see if I can find it.

aerie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > in your opinion : > > Well after your constant needling Sue, here you > have a reaction: the poster is not dyslexic. > English is her first language. Of sorts. Of > course I am not trolling. I am however exasperated > at this poster's crashing keys method of > communication. > Neither am I haunting everyone/anyone else's posts > in order to leave a smiley face or comment. I feel > often that you believe yourself to be the > community police officer here on the wonderful > EDF, which is not necessary, thank you all the > same. > When you consider some of the downright > unpleasant, offensive, disgusting, moralistic, > rude, insolent, puerile, crass, > sexist, misogynistic, vulgar and vile comments on > here, then perhaps you should take them on and not > someone who you believe you can bully with your > self righteous indignation and verbal curtain > twitching. > > On this site in the last few days someone has > referred to DF as a twat, someone has left an > offensive remark for Louisa, > and insults have been flying unchecked. > > Go take them on, if you think your're hard enough > and not be picking on me because somehow, you see > me as a soft target. > Your judgement seems askew. > > I have never knowingly been rude. > > I would prefer it if you would get off my back. > Find yourself something productive to do other > than haunting this site and leaving me meaningless > comments and sanctimonious twitterings. WTF? ETA: You quite unnecessarily have a go at another poster's punctuation etc, and when I call you out on it you then take the opportunity to have a go at my posts as well. I have no intention of changing what I say on here or the way I say it because you don't like it - rather ironic that you say that I am policing the forum then proceed to tell me what to do! Perhaps you'd like to give some examples of my "constant needling", "bullying", "self righteous indignation" and "verbal curtain twitching". I'm not holding my breath. Oh, and I have had a very productive weekend thank you, but hey ho, I must go and make some more "meaningless comments and sanctimonious twitterings", whatever they are. 0h, and I'll post smileys wherever and whenever I like :)) ETA: And perhaps you'd like to explain exactly when commenting on a post becomes "haunting" ?! If you're having trouble finding examples of posts I have made which bear out your criticisms of me, you can click on my name and all my forum posts will come up. I look forward to seeing your list. And I don't see how you could assert so confidently that a poster was not dyslexic and that English was their first language unless you knew them in real life, which in my opinion would make your criticism of them even ruder. And even if they are not dyslexic, some people find writing difficult. In the past some posters have stopped posting on here because of unkind people criticising things like their spelling, punctuation and typos. This is supposed to be a community forum. Community to my mind is about support, not personal comments completely irrelevant to the content of somebody's post.

Get a room! :))

We went in around 11am today hoping to get some food for a picnic lunch, only to find huge numbers of empty shelves :( I am glad they are doing so well, but hope they will soon be able to predict demand a bit better. I highly recommend the lemon drizzle cake, which is delicious!

aerie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It would only take you a moment to read through > and edit your posts to include punctuation, > pauses, as there is 'room to improve' or to quote > my erstwhile school reports : 'could do better' as > what you do write is unreadable. That is really rude. Are you not aware that some people may be, for example, dyslexic and/or not have English as their first language? Or are you just deliberately trolling? Either way, your comment is totally unacceptable.

mancity68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe a fun nock, nigello?. They like hedges. Dunnock?!

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Looks like the upstairs restaurant at John the > Unicorn hit a brick wall. The chef (ex-Opera > Tavern) is moving on. TBH while the food was > great, it wasn't really working... never seemed > busy, really weird d?cor and furnishings, and > possibly the wrong location. > > Will be interesting to see whether they carry on > down the "posh food" route, or try something else. Oh that's a shame, the food was great. But yes, a very weird space.

Isn't the one on Lordship Lane closing? I also think it's an opportunity missed but I guess it would take a completely new team with different expertise to run something more modern rather than the same old same old they are used to.