Sue

:( Maybe that's a last resort then. I put washing powder (I did use bio) down the sink and the overflow (it's a butler type sink) last night and the smell does seem better this morning, but maybe the smell of the powder is just masking the other smell :(

My phone has been behaving oddly for a while - very slow - then a couple of days back it just froze up, and when I turned it off and on again, it started optimising 72 apps - the first time unfortunately I was out and using data, and I don't have unlimited data on my contract. Now this morning whilst on this forum, it has twice come up with a screen just saying Adobe Marketing Cloud, with no way to get off it except, again, to turn the phone off. And now the f-ing phone is optimising 72 apps again. Thankfully I'm almost at the end of my contract and due a new phone, but can anybody suggest what could be wrong? Do mobiles get viruses?? Have I got one?

Hey thanks all. Just sitting in the garden and there seems to be something BUBBLING in the drain?!? Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh :(

I have a vile smell coming from my kitchen sink (the plughole not the actual sink obv). So far I have tried: Disinfectant Bleach Bicarbonate of soda and white vinegar Ecozone enzyme sticks None of them have worked. Can anybody suggest anything? I asked at the DIY shop but they only had one citrusy thing which was quite expensive and didn't look particularly strong. The drain where the water goes to at the back of the house doesn't seem to smell, and there is no apparent blockage as water is running away OK. Grrrrr. I have people staying soon and at present the house stinks of drains :(

Not unless "wood" is a disallowed word ?!? Oh, maybe I had the title in capitals? I will double check. But not now :) Thanks.

I posted a "for sale" item a short while ago (Fence/roofing slats) but it's not showing up on the page. I tried to post it again and got a message to say it was a duplicate post. Where has it gone?!

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TBH the article is pretty fair... it all feels a > little gloomy and down-at-heel. But if the > transport links are good, and there's at least one > pub/restaurant you like, and the price is right... > why not. Pretty much every part of London is > moving gradually upmarket... just don't kid > yourself that it's going to turn 'posh' any time > soon. There's a country park and a lake though :) And a clock tower :) And it's a walk away from Crystal Palace aka Upper Norwood, with nice caffs etc. And a short distance from Croydon if you're into that kind of shopping ...... I think South Norwood has a lot going for it if you can ignore the current state of the high street, which I'm sure will change for the better.

edhistory Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When I leave East Dulwich I'm going here: > > http://crematorium.eu/images/p515_1_00.png :))

"we?re giving a trial to two ladies this morning, as females make up 40 per cent of our workforce" I'd run a mile from any job where my potential boss referred to me as a "female" (or indeed a "lady") :(

I love them all :) Nobody's mentioned the two black women - Sandy and ?Sandra? - they're brilliant too :)

Just looking to see how long the sticky pads for the traps were effective, and found some information on this site which is quite useful: https://www.mothprevention.com/pages/5-steps-to-moth-control and this one: http://www.insectslimited.com/faq Traps evidently effective for sixty days, but really only give you an idea of the extent of the infestation. Unless it's quite mild, they won't work by themselves, and in any case obviously don't control females, larvae or eggs.

Particularly if you are very overweight, you can lose a lot at the start of a diet due to water loss, particularly if you cut carbohydrates. Good in a way because it can motivate you to stay on the diet, but that level of loss won't continue, and would soon go back on if you went back to your former eating pattern.

binkylilyput Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Chuggers- people trying to earn a few quid while > also collecting for charity > Beggers- otherwise known as homeless people....i.e > no roof over their head and certainly no car that > won't start > > Interactions take up approximately 5 secs maximum > of your time- they ask a question, you reply "no > thank-you" > > We are responsible for our own behaviour, bad day > or not > > Get over yourselves There is a difference between somebody asking you politely and pestering you by following you into a shop. There is a difference between the occasional interaction and it happening frequently, including on your own doorstep and sometimes after dark. There is a difference between a genuine homeless beggar asking for money for food and a paid chugger asking you to sign up for a direct debit.

They aren't collecting one-off donations though, they are asking people to sign up to make regular donations by direct debit. And unless you have a great deal of spare money, it is just not possible to donate to every one of these undoubtedly worthy causes. I don't consider myself emotionally underdeveloped (though some of course may disagree :)) ) but nevertheless I don't like being approached in the street, and still less in my own home, by people asking me to make regular payments to "their" charities. Yes we are free to smile and say "no thank you" or whatever, but the fact is, I (and I expect many people) do donate to charity, but that is to charities of my own choosing, and because I don't like chuggers does not make me a nasty person, I think.

Elphinstone's Army Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, 'birds being slaughtered' : even more > dramatic : two weeks ago before the tree outside > the nursery leafed, I saw a little bird sitting on > a branch minding its own business, until a crow > flapped down, scooped it up and flew away with it. :( A few years back a bird of prey got a starling in my garden. I used to have loads of starlings and now none come. Weird, eh? That poor starling made a lot of noise, but it was in broad daylight not after dark!

tomskip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think I'll be a little bit sorry to see Londis > (or 7:11 as I insist) go. > > Was having a conversation with husband the other > day about what business was in the Jolie A Pied > shop before. We racked our poor old brains. I'll > have to search out that thread about the changing > face of LL. I think it was either the Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society or a bar (Inside 52? Can't remember it's name). Can't remember if there was anything in between, but the shoe shop originally had a different name I think, and certainly very different stock.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TheArtfulDogger Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Strange title to this thread, if it's a fox or > cat > > then it's nature not murder > > Murder only applies to the unlawful killing of a > human being by another human being.. > Poetic licence, Fox ..... :)) Many words are not used according to their original meaning. Have you never heard the expression used by a hungry person "I could murder a (insert name of food item here)", for example? Anyway apologies, maybe I should change the thread title to "Birds being very loudly killed in Crystal Palace Road?!?" but somehow it just doesn't have the same impact .....

mancity68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Parakeet influx? They'd all be in bed at that time, surely?!

Is this the one in East Dulwich Road?

It seems the landlord has taken back the Spanish restaurant in North Cross Road as of yesterday :( There are notices in the window. What a shame, all that work done on it and then it never really opened :(

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > These weight lose regimes and products are a scam > and are multi million pound businesses. > Given the level of obesity in first world countries these days, there are many people who need to lose weight, and to do so they will need some sort of "regime" otherwise they will just keep getting fatter! I don't think diet products are necessarily a scam unless they are telling outright lies (eg that eating or drinking some particular thing will in itself cause you to lose weight). They might not work in the long term, but that doesn't necessarily make them a scam. Most diets don't work in the long term either, because people gradually (or quickly!) return to the eating habits which made them fat in the first place. It's obviously true that eating a healthy diet (and not too much of it) and exercising are important, but for many people that is easier said than done when they are trying to change the habits of a lifetime and everywhere they go there is tempting food laden with fat and sugar. I still don't see anything wrong with trying to lose ten pounds quickly eg to fit into a dress for a special occasion. So what if it goes back on again afterwards?

Gaynor Hill Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have had them as have carpet throughout they > were in dark corners under cats giant play post I > wiped carpet a walls with basic pine disinfectant > and then I see steam mop so far so good > You could try this or maybe hire carpets cleaning > machine rug doctor is good a pain but good and no > chemicals > Hope this helps Unfortunately I doubt you will get rid of moths in a carpet without using chemicals. Apparently it's better to use a powder type, as that will get into the places where the moths lay their eggs. I no longer have carpets, but the last one to go was in my bedroom, and when I took that up I found it had been eaten in the part which had been covered by the bed.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Eating a healthy diet and exersise is a better > way to go.. > That's not likely to lose you ten pounds in a hurry! :)) ETA: I doubt the occasional crash diet is going to do anybody any harm if they are reasonably healthy to start with.

It didn't sound like the usual fox/cat commotion. Did nobody else hear it?? camberwell70 - :))

It's half past ten. There's a massive wild life commotion! Anyone care to venture an idea as to what it is?