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It's impossible to have a reasoned discussion without comparative stats from other similarly sized urban areas inside and outside the UK. This thread was supposed to be about parcels stolen from doorsteps in SE22. Admin, is it time it moved to the lounge? Or at least, the posts not relevant to the thread topic?

That hasn't answered PeckhamPan's request for evidence to support the statements you made previously, has it? Probably because you haven't got any 🤣

I have found phoning the central Royal Mail complaints department usually produces a result 🙄 though of course it shouldn't be necessary

As I said above, the police do care, and have come out to try to catch one of the parcel thieves. It is ridiculous to say that London is becoming lawless. Get a grip 🙄

On the Facebook ED Forum it says that the bike driver hit a pedestrian and then drove into the car. The car driver was apparently in no way to blame.

Unfortunately some GPs will do that as well (not mine).

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/16/mystery-us-drone-sightings-what-we-know?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Used nappies were in at least one, I believe. Dogs may also have been involved.

Yes, someone in our road had a parcel stolen, someone else subsequently got a picture, and the police came out but unfortunately didn't catch him Definitely report it to the police, with the picture. This is happening all over the place at the moment. Some people elsewhere are filling old Amazon boxes with rubbish or worse, taping them up and leaving them on their doorsteps to be taken 🤣

I don't think that's necessarily the case any more, depending on what the antibiotic is for. Pharmacists have recently been given more powers I think. https://healthmedia.blog.gov.uk/2024/02/01/pharmacy-first-what-you-need-to-know/

Aliens, then.

If you ask in any pharmacy, they will probably be able to direct you to one who does, if they don't do it themselves.

Could it have been some kind of light on the ground reflecting off clouds or fog?

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Possibly one or more of those lighted lantern things which people send up in the sky? I suggest the OP removes the final photo/screenshot 🤣

Is it just me who doesn't know what an Advent window is?

🤣🤣🤣 Are you channeling an ex member of this forum? 🤣

40 mph? Is that a typo?

If it was, somebody's having a lot of tea!

Obviously not shattering compared to many life problems, but relatively minor annoyances add up to become a horrible background buzz to life I've just phoned and cancelled the order. Getting a refund. I'll get it from somewhere else. 🤬 Oh, that is annoying. What has DPD got to say about it?

Yeh. I've now had yet another change on the tracking, and now they can't even give me a delivery date. It's appalling. I don't know why Staples use them. I ordered from Staples because the paper I use is cheapest from them, and to be fair I had no issues last time with the delivery and Staples customer service is very good, but this is really annoying me. Yet another phone call to Staples in the morning. UPS have very mixed reviews on Trust Pilot, with a lot of recent one stars (and about to get another one, but I'll wait till I actually get the paper .. ) 😭

I have a delivery from Staples, ordered 2 December, and I still haven't got it. It was supposed to come on Friday, but apparently the UPS van broke down. Ok that couldn't be helped, but annoying because I needed the delivery (a box of premium paper to print flyers). So then it was scheduled to come by end of day yesterday. No sign. Then scheduled to come end of day today. According to the tracking it's still at Dartford and not even out for delivery yet, so I'm not holding my breath. This is even worse than Royal Mail 🤬