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Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Having recently been visited by a local psychic > due to some unexplained activity in my home, xxxxxxx Hey come on, you can't leave it there! What "unexplained activity" ?! And what did the psychic say ?!

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is more expensive than most charity shops, but > so what? No-one's forcing anyone to go there. > After buying for everyone else I decided to treat > myself and bought a new item marked at ?50.00 on > the old label for ?18.00 > I don't think that's too bad. > And yes, I know I'll get a lecture from all the > self-righteous of ED of which there seems to be a > large number > Lynne xxxxxx That sounds like a bargain! Good for you. What makes you think anybody is going to "lecture" you? People are free to state their own opinion on here - that's what a forum is for, surely? It would be awfully dull if everybody had the same viewpoint ..... If you choose to label somebody's opinion as "self-righteous" because it happens to differ from yours, that's up to you :) Or is my saying that "self-righteous" too?!

There were no noises last night - or at least I didn't hear any. I am so hoping that it was something to do with Larry the tabby cat stuck on a roof in Crystal Palace Road in a house quite near mine, who was rescued yesterday morning, particularly as his owner told me that he had a very distinctive yowl (though I don't know what the thudding noises could have been, in that case). fl0wer, if I had been able to pinpoint even vaguely the location of the noise, then yes I would have contacted the RSPCA or police, however I had no idea at all even whether it was coming from the direction of the back or the front of my house. Sound travels in strange ways and bounces off buildings etc. Also I'm not sure they would have welcomed a call in the middle of the night. The RSPCA are not always the most helpful of organisations and I'm pretty sure the police would not consider it a priority :( Anyway, let's hope that either the cat was the cause, or else that the animal is now out of its misery :(

Spyragyra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Goldfinches are the most common birds in our > garden, they love sunflowers hearts. As do > nuthatches, parakeets and the black and white > woodpeckers. xxxxxx You are very lucky, where do you live? The most common birds in my garden are sparrows :)) ETA: Despite hopefully putting out niger/nigella seed, I have never seen a goldfinch in my garden .... where there is lots of cover for the birds ..... I recently hung up some ham rind/fat for the birds from a joint my sister brought over, and it has been quite amusing to watch cats looking at it longingly from below and making ill-advised (and unsuccessful) attempts to reach it :))

The missing/yowling cat has been found stuck on a roof and taken home, so that's one possibility eliminated should the sounds happen again .....

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If that's so then I stand corrected on the "second > hand" comment. However, I still stand by the > rest. xxxxxx I think it's a different sort of charity shop to the usual kind, and the emphasis is on raising money for the charity rather than providing affordable things for the less well off. That is why these Save the Children/Mary Portas shops are situated in relatively affluent areas. The Waitrose/M&S of the charity shop world :) I won't be able to afford to shop there, but hey I can't afford to shop in many of the shops round here any more, so it won't make much difference to me :)) Better this than another estate agent or run-of-the-mill Indian restaurant, surely?

louisemurray Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Long tailed tits in Peckham rye park Xmas day in > big trees near the outdoor exercise machines, > going back today to look for them. xxxxxx Hooray, they are my favourite birds! Never seen them round here, but when I lived in Oundle they came down to my bird feeder.

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I would hope second hand goods were sold cheaper > than rrp! xxxxxx But they aren't "second hand goods", are they? My understanding is that they are new designer goods which have been donated by the designer to be sold for charity? Please somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

pinecone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > are you sure it wasn't just a regular fox barking? > it is quite a unique sound. xxxxxx No. I hear that all the time, as would anybody who lives round here!! And I am well familiar with the sounds of mating foxes, for the same reason ..... Somewhere between 2 and 3 I heard the sounds again, and there was definitely another sound associated with it which sounded like a stick thumping on wood, that's the best way I can describe it. I went outside again but couldn't see anything. Someone who lives in my road has just told me that her cat, which apparently has a very loud yowl, did not come home this morning, for the first time ever. I sincerely hope this is not related :(

Have just become aware of what sounds like a fox in pain and being hit by a stick or something. I've been outside but can't really identify what direction it is coming from. It isn't the usual fox screaming, and there are thudding sounds as well. Really hoping it isn't a fox caught in some kind of trap, because it is quite distressing :( Can anybody else hear it? ETA: I live off North Cross Road. ETA: It is still continuing. I hope it isn't a dog somebody has been given for Christmas and left in the garden. ETA: 12.39 - has stopped. Whatever it was, I hope the animal is OK :(

bonniebird Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My Acacia was blown down :( gutted I am, I got it > when it was about 2 foot tall, it had the most > beautiful yellow flowers every year, damn storm :( > its now laying in the garden xxxxxx Bonniebird, if it's just uprooted, it might be OK if you replant it. Worth trying, anyway.

Happy Christmas everyone - won't have time to post in the morning, hope you all have a great day :)

The wind brought some of my fence down and some of the back wall with it. I wish I'd just lost a few poxy geraniums :(

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Catkins are already out on the hazels. xxxxxxxx :(

keyhole Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Get earplugs,very little aircraft noise here. xxxxxxx Eh? Compared to - somewhere very near Heathrow, perhaps?

He seems to be out .....

NewWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > If you can't stand the heat, keep out of the > > kitchen :)) > > > Sorry Sue, but that sounds really bitchy. > xxxxxxxx Dear oh dear, it was supposed to be a joke, hence the smiley :(

binary_star Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Patient survey reporting tool, DMC vs The > Gardens: > > http://practicetool.gp-patient.co.uk/Practice/Sear > ch?id2=SE22%209EL&index=0 xxxxxx I couldn't work out how to actually get any useful information from that - DUH.

If you can't stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen :))

I got some cash out of that cash machine outside Barry's in Barry Road . At the bottom of the advice slip, it says "Season's Greetings from everyone at Bank Machine" :))

It's a lovely mural, and the outside of the shop looks very smart.

Horsebox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have read repeated advice that you should store > your bitcoins/wallet offline on a portable drive, > rather than on your desktop device. xxxxxx Wasn't there somebody recently who had done that, but mistakenly thrown it away, thereby depriving himself of the millions of pounds stored within it?

Hope you're OK now, Ontherun? ETA: I have only been to A&E once, and on that occasion too the staff were absolutely fantastic.

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.8pen.com/ > 8pen, I gave it a go and found it unusable, but > some people apparently swear by it. > xxxxxx Or possibly swear at it?!

Dopamine1979 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I didn't understand that map you posted. > > It went over my head. xxxxxxx :)