Sue

Vik Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I presume the crying out loud was the fact that > people seemed to be acting like it was some huge > state secret. xxxxxx I thought it was amusing that people were wanting it to be somebody "famous" .....

Could you post a link to the proposed changes please, or give us more detail as to what they are? Ta! ETA: Ignore this, I see there is already a thread about it (so not sure why another one has been started?) http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1302472

worldwiser Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > An extremely helpful and apologetic letter from > the owner's architects was put through our door > today. All is explained with contact details > should there be further disruption. Anyone who > didn't receive a copy let me know and I'll scan > it. xxxxx This is pure nosiness as I don't live on Crawthew Grove (though I walk down it often) but could you give us a brief description of the explanation? Were there apologies for the giant multi-loo parked in the road for weeks? Is it coming back?!

speedbird Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeremy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > JimH, I think it's common knowledge, apparently > he > > was quite open about it on Twitter... > > > Who is it then? Someone famous? Pray tell... xxxxxxx Depends how you define famous :)

katesonic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- But hey do any of you know where the Nags > Head is or have tasted the best Sunday roasts in > South London in The White Horse? xxxxxxx "Best Sunday roasts in South London in The White Horse"? Eh? They're certainly cheaper than most others round here, so you could make a case that they were "best value Sunday roasts", maybe, but "best"? Not the Sunday I was there :(

I've PMed you, Louisa.

The Minkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lol, the way I feel about it, their shoot could > shortly feature a demented person shouting abuse. :))

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Although the newly formed "Women Who Eat Wherever > The F*ck They Want" FB page is growing by the > minute and a 'lunch-event' is being planned..... xxxxxxx YAY!!!

Sounds horrible, hope it's a lot better now. Personally I'd put Rescue Remedy on it. OK, homoeopathic, but works for me. But I sadly also want to know how it happened ......

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was surprised at Phaedra for a boy. I knew that > Phaedra was a female from Greek mythology and then > had to re-read that it was a boy! xxxxxx Yeh, I thought the same! But hey, language changes ..... Finding this thread a bit off, tbh. Fine line between humour and smug middle class superiority.

edcam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ramble66 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > All the estate agents we got valuations from > used > > 'if you sell through us we'll give you priority > on > > viewings' line. > > > > When I emailed one estate agent, who had given > us > > a valuation, about a property they'd sent me > > details for, they replied saying there was a > > priority viewing for their vendors and > therefore > > no room for us, unless of course we decided to > > sell through them. Blatant blackmail. > > If that happened to me I'd put a note through the > vendor's door, telling them the estate agent was > limiting potential buyers. xxxxxx Happened to me, and that's exactly what I did. ETA: And the estate agent tried to say that I must have "misunderstood" what I was clearly told on the phone :))

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't see why they couldn't half the floorspace, > reduce their rent, and still shift almost as much > stuff (the deli counter seems to be their... er.. > bread and butter). People complain about the > service, but I like the shop. It was one of the > original trailblazers, along with Franklins, > Cheeseblock, Blue Mountain, etc. ED would be worse > off if these guys hadn't set up shop years ago. xxxxxx I agree with all that.

rch Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cool, count me in, then! xxxxx And me!

The new owners have also banned all live music at DHFC apparently.

claresy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sad to see charming little original artworks > (just a couple of inches high!) by a talented > international artist as 'damage by an oik'. If > money the only concern a little long-sightedness > might recognise the value of something so unique > and beautiful. xxxxx Totally agree.

Chamomile lawns aren't great if you're intending to walk on them a lot anyway - they get patchy and then weedy - so maybe you've had a lucky escape :)

mancity68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh that's sad - I used to love thatlittle piece xxxx So did I. Gutted. :(

titch juicy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The title of this thread sounds like it should be > the name of a specialist website. xxxxxx :))

Oh dear oh dear oh dear .....

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Sue, > not everyone can afford auto top-up. They need to > manage their finances much more closely. So yes > for many people auto top-up is god send but for > others it could cause terrible problems with their > finances. > xxxxxx Yes, that's true, and come to think of it I do know people who top up a tiny bit at a time for exactly that reason, so I take it back.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I only stay with BT because of the hassle of > changing my e-mails. > > xxxxxxx Foxy, if you change to gmail, it is really easy. They import all your existing email contacts and will also forward emails from your existing inbox for a month - at least they did this when I changed to gmail a while ago. Plus you can still manually check your old email account (at least you can with AOL, who I was with before). For broadband provision I am with Plusnet and have found them excellent - even though BT is their umbrella company, I believe. Their customer service is brilliant, and they are very good value for money. Don't know about free web hosting, but we pay peanuts for the http://www.thegooseisout.com hosting since changing to a Wordpress based website, and it's been fine.

worldwiser Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You can > top up online and also set an auto top-up at a > level of your choosing. Everyone should do this - > I haven't had to visit a machine or ticket office > in years. xxxxxxx Even if someone doesn't have internet access themselves, presumably they could ask someone who does to set the auto top-up for them - or go to an internet cafe or the library, if they know how to use the internet. I did auto top-up in the days before my freedom pass. It was very easy and meant I never had to worry at all about the Oyster card running out. But I agree if you are travelling beyond the Oyster zone you do still need to use a ticket office, at least until such time as they change the system - I don't think you can get the add-on ticket at a machine, can you?

JimH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If anyone knows who the owner is supposed to be it > would be unlikely that they would be running out > of money anytime soon. Don?t know if it is open > knowledge or right to state who it is on this > board xxxxxxx The owner has already been named on the other thread about this site, and to the best of my knowledge was in the public domain already via the planning application to the council? There were builders apparently working in there last week when I passed, but I've no idea what they were doing, if anything.

fl0wer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you have to kill a thing just crush it quickly. > For preference set it free outdoors instead. xxxxx I think sanitygirl (I keep misreading that as sanitarygirl :)) ) didn't want to set them free outdoors because they are predators of "good" ladybirds?

sanity girl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue and ladyruskin - they are the "bad" invading > Harlequin ladybirds - xxxxxx Oh, OK, I take it all back - hoover away :))