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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 :))

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Other things could cause these symptoms other > than > > a stomach bug. > > > Antibiotics won't cure a viral infection, as > > suggested above, but I expect you know that. > > > > Aquarius Moon was not suggesting using Antibiotics > as a cure, AQ was suggesting Antibiotics could be > the cause. > > > DulwichFox xxxxxxx I know she wasn't, Foxy. It was someone else further up the thread. Maybe a slip of the finger and they meant bacterial infection. ETA: Louisa, glad things are being taken seriously by the doctors. Do hope it all gets resolved soon.

sanity girl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I hoover them up mercilessly, :( Ladybirds don't do any harm. In fact they eat aphids which damage plants in the garden. They are heroes, not villains!

Two CD reviews from this month's fRoots: 1. "Its self-composed tunes are about as memorable as the last day it didn't rain and are played with all the nous of a brain-dead sheep." 2. "Horribly-toned accordeon with plodding bass notes and frenzied uilleann pipes conspire to murder Irish traditional music with the assistance of a homicidal cittern player. Truly, truly awful." :)) :)) :))

Spinach in the dishwasher :( Why does it always get over EVERYTHING???

Other things could cause these symptoms other than a stomach bug. Antibiotics won't cure a viral infection, as suggested above, but I expect you know that. As it's now been going on so long, I'd be inclined - as someone else said - to insist that you get referred to an appropriate specialist. You may need scans etc.. My daughter's illness last year started with similar symptoms and she ended up being quite unnecessarily very ill indeed because she wasn't diagnosed for months. Whatever it is, you need a speedy diagnosis so that you can get appropriate treatment. I do hope you feel better soon. Take care.

No problem at all James, and I certainly wasn't criticising - hope it didn't come across like that. I greatly appreciate all you do for East Dulwich, and I wouldn't normally have chased after such a short time, just that it was time-critical. Have got your response now, for which thanks.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do you write for Sly and Reggie in your spare > time, by any chance? :))

Bumping as I see you just posted on another thread :)

The Patient Participation Group at DMC has just emailed round a three-part survey, which apparently is also available in paper form at the surgery. Unfortunately it contains several questions which are impossible to fill in accurately - I'm guessing it was compiled by somebody unfamiliar with surveys. For example, the question "What is the longest you have had to wait in the surgery after your appointment time?" only gives you the option to put in a whole number of hours - meaning that anything less than an hour cannot be given. You can't even put in 0.5 hours, because that isn't a whole number. And you can't answer "varies" to questions such as "How many times do you usually telephone before getting through to the surgery?" Another question assumes that you have not been able to get an appointment within two days, even if you have. You have to answer the question, and you can't submit the survey without answering it ...... So unfortunately, I'm not sure that all the information they will collect is going to be accurate, and is therefore not going to be useful :( A pity, because a survey was an excellent idea to collect some statistical information about the apparent problem areas.

Bluerevolution Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @#$%& hell Otta, don't let her know !!! Mid life > crisis and all that !!! :))

Hi James, I emailed you this morning. Just wondering if you picked up the email? Apologies for posting on here, but you're normally very prompt at answering emails and this one is about something time-critical, thanks!

lizzie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lordship Lane in the early 90s (I moved 1992) was > dire indeed and a very depressing place, > especially after Sainsburys opened and the > greengrocer and butchers (Le Chardon now) closed > and Northcross Road was wall to wall hairdressers. > I remember when the Blue Mountain cafe opened > (1993??) and after that the domino effect began xxxxxx I moved to ED in 1991. I didn't find Lordship Lane "dire and depressing" at all! When was Northcross Road "wall to wall hairdressers"? If memory serves, there was a butcher, a cobbler, a newsagent, a Greek deli, a greengrocer (still there), amongst other things. To the best of my recollection there was a barber (still there) and one hairdresser. What were the other hairdressers? I agree the opening of the Blue Mountain was the start of the gentrification of ED :(

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > hence the usefully provided links. xxxxxxx I'm afraid the links made little sense to me either :)) Never mind, I gave up on stuff like this after hitting a mental brick wall whilst attempting to learn Fortran in the seventies :))

Is it just me who has no idea whatsoever what this is all about? :))

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fazer71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ah the thread has been removed. > xxxxx Maybe it's just been moved? Whole threads aren't usually removed?

Slightly different, but there are also a few community gardens around which are open to the public, eg the Physic Garden at the front of Dulwich Hospital, which has a selection of herbs and other medicinal plants, with information about them. Good for bees, I imagine.

Not local, but Neal's Yard Apothecary have excellent electric oil diffusers. The reservoir lasts for some time (you put in water and a few drops of oil), and when it runs out the diffuser turns itself off. You can also have either changing colours, a static colour of your choice, or no colour at all. I've got the Zenbow one, but they do other shapes. http://www.nealsyardremedies.com/essential-oil-burners They are not cheap, but I've found them much much better than the tealight ones, which only have a small reservoir and when that runs down, the burner itself can crack so I was constantly replacing them. The electric ones are also safer as there are no naked flames. I don't know where the nearest branch is, but there's still the original one in Neal's Yard, Covent Garden, or if you have time they do them mail order. ETA: I absolutely love mine - I usually burn lavender oil, but at Christmas have Christmassy scents :)

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > northlondoner Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Course it's not the wrong door. He was a "young > black male". > > You can never quite tell tone of voice from the > written word, can you? Sarcasm or racism? Hmmmm. xxxxxx Sarcasm in this case, surely? That was how I read it, anyway.

We have been on a Dawn Chorus walk in Horniman Gardens this morning (starting at 5am!!!!) It was led by a very knowledgeable, enthusiastic and - importantly - audible guy from a company with the excellent name of Bird Brain :) Many birds are already nesting and some already have young. We heard - and in theory are now able to identify the songs of - blackbird, robin, blue tit, great tit, goldcrest, wren, nuthatch, song thrush, dunnock, wood pigeon, green woodpecker, one of the spotted woodpeckers but can't remember which, redwing (I think), magpie, parakeet, crow. Well obviously we already knew some of them ..... Well worth making the effort to drag ourselves out of bed and going out into the freezing cold dawn, though we did have to go back to bed after we'd had breakfast :) Apparently there are at least thirty types of bird at various times in the gardens, probably more. Didn't hear any house sparrows but came back to see several in my garden :)

We have just been on a Dawn Chorus Walk in the Horniman Gardens this very morning (had to get up at 4am as the walk started at 5am, but it was well worth it!) Was about to post on the nature thread about it when I saw this thread. Now off to post on that thread! ETA: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,246908,1290701,page=54#msg-1290701