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The Minkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's a delight to see birds bathing :-) xxxxxxxx Yes, and also to see them fluffing up their wet feathers afterwards :)

There's someone in the "Wanted" section looking for a lift ....

Sugar Mountain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi > > Just came across this post so thought I'd add that > I sometimes have salted caramel from Marine Ices. xxxxxxx Went to Marine Ices in Camden at Easter with the grandkids as we had just walked along the canal. Thought it wasn't a patch on Oddono's. Less tasty ice cream, more expensive, and poor service. Wouldn't willingly go there again.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Gluten free bread near choked me to death, it's > weird crumb texture conspires against the eater > and tries to kill you > xxxxxxx Well - some gluten-free bread is indeed absolutely vile with a weird texture and sometimes also a weird taste. Like the muck Sainsbury's now sell since they stopped selling yummy Warburton's gluten-free :( But some is fine (see my post above). Tesco's own brand seeded gluten-free bread is not much different from ordinary bread in texture and taste. In my opinion. Or you could try making your own in a breadmaker, and experiment with type of flour and method. Some now have programs for gluten-free bread.

pinecone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > xxxxxx's not needed -- we can tell because of the > > prepending the previous post. "xxxxxx" looks > like redacted obscenities. xxxxxxx To you, maybe..... Glad you have so much time available to tell other people how to write their posts, how lucky are you :))

Why don't you just post the questions here?

OMG

wee quinnie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mon Petit Chou is great. The staff in there are > lovely and their pastries are excellent. As is > their coffee. xxxxxx Agree. And I like their panninis. I've never had a bad brunch there. Though I'm also not sure what is French about them apart from their name :))

LadyDeliah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > At least it wasn't a cyclist mounting the > pavement. :))

Salsaboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Heard something on the BBC today (so it must be > true) that this year will be a bad year for flying > ants. Lots of them appearing due to mild > winter/spring. xxxxxxxx AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- As Whittler said, > they're easy to spot. The first few, I just > thought "oh , what pretty beetles". xxxxxxxx They are very pretty and easy to spot, but in my experience as soon as you try to remove them they often drop off and not always easy to find again to kill them :( And yeh the grubs are disgusting :(

Nicest (sliced) gluten-free bread I have found is either Tesco's own brand seeded gluten-free, or Warburton's ditto (possibly the same bread but I haven't been able to find the Warburton's locally since Sainsbury's stopped stocking it).

Thanks Adonirum, much appreciated. Ooops, sorry, mis-spelled your name at first attempt.

Can anybody on here help? I am the other side of the party wall from a new loft extension. I stupidly agreed to use a surveyor who was acting for both parties, mainly because it was very short notice and I was very busy. He did a survey of my house prior to the work commencing but hasn't been back since.The survey didn't fill me with much confidence as it contained a number of basic errors just in the description of my house. Over the course of the building work, which was from January to May, a few minor cosmetic cracks appeared in plaster, and also there was a problem due to water coming in and staining my wall, both of which the builders sorted. Also during this time my back door started sticking badly, which it never had done before (in over twenty years) but because there had been heavy rain I assumed at the time that it was due to damp. However to my horror I recently saw diagonal cracks across the corner of my living room ceiling (just the other side of the back door). These problems are along the same line through the house as the cracking was in the plaster. The surveyor said he would contact me to arrange to come and look at this, but despite several chase-ups hasn't. The builder says that there is no way that anything wrong downstairs can be due to vibration from the building work, and has more or less accused me of trying to use him to get repairs done in my house for free :( I have googled this and found a website "oldhouseweb" which says ".... house settling can occur, particularly on clay soils, when there is a nearby source of vibration" Since at times my whole house was shaking during the building of the extension next door. I think it's pushing credibility to think that the timing of these cracks and door sticking can be coincidence, since there has been no other movement of my house for over thirteen years. I really need to get this sorted quickly. Can anybody on here tell me whether strong vibration from the building of a loft extension upstairs could potentially cause these problems downstairs, or whether as the builder says that is impossible? Thanks.

adonirum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unfortunately, a lot of comments on > forums/chatrooms etc can get misinterpreted as we > are unable to hear the tone of voice, see the body > language etc. xxxxxxxxx Yes. That's why I put a smiley after the comment you objected to....

Thanks civilservant, it isn't a hedge as such but I guess the principle is the same. Looks like my plants beneath will have to stay in deep shade till the Autumn then :( I may cut a few of the very outer bits off ...... carefully .....

Does anybody know whether nesting is likely to have finished? I have a large tangle of climbers including a lot of ivy and dead wood at the end of my garden, which I would like to thin out a bit, but I don't want to risk affecting any baby birds, either by trashing their nest or by making predator access easier. I would leave it as it is, but I have a very tiny garden and it is causing too much shade :( I haven't actually heard any baby bird like tweeting from it lately. Also, to save another post, does anybody know if birds eat Libertia seeds (from the plant, not dried)? Thanks.

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Honestly, I believe no one should be paying a > million quid just to let the house out > > Multiply that by all the others doing same and the > house wouldn't be best part of a million quid in > first place xxxxxxxx But the house hasn't been sold yet at a million quid. If it's currently up both for letting and for selling, maybe the current owners are seeing whether they get a buyer or a tenant first? ETA: Or is the situation that it is being advertised as a buy-to-let with a potential income of ?x? In which case I completely missed the point and I apologise for any confusion in my posts!

adonirum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Quote "Sue"......"I can't be arsed to walk down > the road" How damned rude, and especially as > you gave a side swipe at me earlier in this thread > about being selfish. That comment is hardly loaded > with altruism. Further quote "though maths isn't > my strong point" Seems like good manners isn't, > either. xxxxxxxx Eh?? Pots and kettles, I think, adonirum. Seems your ideas of rudeness and good manners differ from mine, however. ETA: And when did I "give a side swipe" at you about being selfish? To the best of my knowledge, you said that the rise in house prices in my road were a good thing for me, and I said that I was looking at the wider picture. If I said I wasn't selfish, and I can't remember my exact wording, I certainly wasn't having a go at you. I'm not quite sure why you have suddenly chosen to publicly attack me in this way? ETA: And I hardly think being too tired to put my shoes on and walk down the road to look at a house number to satisfy somebody else's curiosity on a forum equates with preferring a lower rise in house prices for the sake of all the people who can't afford to buy one, even if that means I make a rather less massive profit if I sell. Plus I know the person I addressed the "can't be arsed" remark to and would have been gobsmacked if he had been in any way offended by it. And what on earth is in any way rude about saying that maths isn't my strong point?? That's putting myself down, not anybody else. I think you owe me an apology, actually.

Has the original survey link you clicked on now been removed from the EDF site?

OMG it's not flying ant season is it? I HATE flying ants ever since some got caught in my hair when I was a child :(

I have a Nook, had the same problem. Basically I had to charge it for absolutely ages before there was any sign of life, a lot longer than 30 minutes, but it's fine. ETA: I would let it charge overnight before going through all the pain of a reset etc..

rodneybewes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Plusnet were bought by BT and their ratings have > slipped ever since. > > Here's a decent comparison guide - > http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isp/compare.html?isp > _7=1&isp_77=1&isp_21=1&isp_22=1&isp_84=1&isp_6=1&c > ommit=Compare. xxxxxxx Plusnet have been owned by BT ever since I was with them, and I have nothing but good things to say about them, hence my post above. ETA: What do you mean, "their ratings have slipped ever since"? What evidence is there for that?

Maybe the window just got broken?

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mustard Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It's also on the market to rent for ?2700 pcm. > > That is a gross yield of 3.5% on a value of ?975K. > Who'd enter the BTL market at the moment? xxxxxxx But the present owners didn't pay ?975k for it? Though maths isn't my strong point :)