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Chimney breasts are useful to put shelves at one side of? Or both sides, possibly? Shelves could be useful in a dining room? If you aren't wanting to do that, and you'd have more space without it, why not take it out - you could have a picture, or a mirror, as a focal point in the room? Or if you're concerned about the effect on a future sale, why not ask the advice of an estate agent before you decide? ETA: Is it the chimney breast itself, or removing the fireplace? I realise I may have misunderstood your post ....

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Council spends our Taxes on more important > things.. > > Like painting Bollards pretty colours and carving > Totem Poles. > xxxxxxx As someone told you not long ago on a different thread, Foxy, the two things come from totally different council budgets......

MrBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I meant it in a nice way. xxxxx I wasn't suggesting you didn't :))

MrBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Burbage Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Although some people clearly flatter themselves > > that they're worth looking in on, a fear of > > rubber-necked, prod-nosed and possibly > > light-fingered, neighbours is not always > > unreasonable. Shutters help reduce this anxiety > > without the implication that the inhabitants > are > > reclusive documentary-fodder or dead. Moreover, > > shutters never need taking to the dry-cleaners, > > which means they're always ready for action. > > > > Whether your neighbours have spent good money > to > > allay an imagined fear, to hide their squalor > from > > the judgemental, or to mitigate a real threat, > is > > a question only you can answer. But, whatever > the > > motive, it doesn't seem an entirely healthy > > development. > Cool flowery prose there bro'. xxxxxx I lost the will to live halfway through the first sentence :)) :)) :))

Prunella_Gatsby Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thats the very reason people shut their > shutters/curtains because of perverts/potential > burglar like you peering in! xxxxx Nobody can see in in the daytime if you have translucent blinds or similar, and in the nighttime you'd be shutting curtains anyway probably. It's the boarded-up keep-out appearance during the day which I personally dislike. Also, ironically, keeping shutters shut may actually encourage burglars, because they think if your shutters are closed you are probably away from home.

woodrot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > gentrification suckling bandwagon jumping art > facilitator shite. xxxxxx No it's not, it's very useful in finding out what's on.

fl0wer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What would encourage you to walk and cycle more? > Do you think Southwark is more biologically > diverse than it was 10 years ago? > What do Southwark's parks mean to you?" xxxxx They're rather vague questions, don't you think?

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Earthly Powers is a great read, and also doubles > up as a handy door stop... xxxxxx Yeh, brilliant book. Famous first line: "It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me." ETA: I've read 26 of the books on the list too. Intrigued to see that he's read Douglas Harding (in particular) and RD Laing.

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ah ha ... :) . > > And the thumbs up one ? > > Ta . xxxxxx Sorry, no idea! Re burglars and open gates, I think that must be a myth. The people living there are not the only people going up and down the path and closing (or not) the gate!

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wasn't being sarcy ...just acknowledging that I > nearly always agree with your posts -). > > By the way ..how do you format the post to add the > emoticon ? > > ( not that I still have too much time on my hands > ! ) xxxxxxx Phew! The smiling smiley is a colon and a bracket with no space between them, but I'll put a space between them to show you what I mean ...... So : and ) gives :) The laughing smiley is a colon and two brackets with no space between them, ditto, So : and ) and ) gives :)) The miserable non-smiley is a colon and a reverse bracket with no space between them, So : and ( gives :( Now can somebody tell me how to do the clinking glasses one, which I miss very much since the forum did away with the smiley bar :))

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StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > all that effort wasted Jeremy... xxxxx Not on me :))

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You're right Sue .( goes without saying -) ) . > xxxxxx Oh dear :(

sheilarose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It has the same stems and leaves as statice > (limonium) but I've never seen one with single > flowers like this. xxxxxxx Ah, thanks, I was thinking of statice, but I googled it as statys and then couldn't find it! The flowers are quite different here, though, aren't they? The stem is very similar to a Verbena bonariensis, the same squareness and legginess. But obviously leaves and flowers quite different too. InTexas, good thinking :)

Thought Dan mentioned The Ivy House, Beth? It would be lovely to hold such a community-based evening in London's first community-owned pub, and the Nunhead choirs could be involved as well? It would also mean money from drinks bought went to The Ivy House rather than the EDT ..... Also, there's a proper stage! And a piano (if any of the choirs use one .....) The Dulwich Folk Choir is presently learning songs connected with knitting, for a knitting-singing evening to be held in Dulwich Park! Aimee is teaching the knitters the songs as well! Edited to add a link to The Ivy House website: http://www.ivyhousenunhead.com/

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Those are the ones they only allow you to use for > 3 days :) > > King's gave me Tramadol to take home after an Op - > was very good. > > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > intexasatthe moment Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Paracetamol is good > > > > xxxxxxx > > > > Paracetamol and Codeine even better (at least > I've > > found it stronger) :) xxxxxxx You can buy paracetamol and codeine over the counter at any pharmacy, so I doubt there's a three day limit on taking it (though from memory there's a warning on the packet that codeine can be addictive). There is a stronger version which you can only get on prescription.

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Paracetamol is good xxxxxxx Paracetamol and Codeine even better (at least I've found it stronger) :)

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > These are what I'd have if I could afford them > ,the type referred to by red devil . > > > > Dont the plantation shutters block the light ? xxxxxxx I think those look nicer, but don't you have to have them either completely closed (presumably at night) or completely open (when you are very exposed)?

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Walking round East Dulwich these days, it feels > like a place where everybody just wants to shut > everybody else out." > > ?? > > so how come on autumnal evenings I can peer inside > most people's houses through uncurtained windows? xxxxxx "Most" ???? I think I'm attuned to seeing shutters now, so my impression is perhaps biased, but certainly around the area I'm in (North Cross Road area) shutters appear to be breeding like rabbits :)

Have belatedly decided I've answered my own question ...... Shutters make your home look like a fortress from the outside, and probably make it feel as if you are in a prison from the inside, when they're pulled across the window, even if (or maybe especially if) the slats are "open". Walking round East Dulwich these days, it feels like a place where everybody just wants to shut everybody else out. Maybe that's one reason why they're called shutters :) I once briefly (very very briefly) went out with somebody who got really twitchy because I always left my front gate open. Shutters feel a bit like a closed gate. Unwelcoming. So I don't think I'll be going for shutters. Oh dear, not on trend then. That'll make a change :)) And in making that decision I've probably halved the potential value of my house. Bother :))

The square shaped stems should be a clue. The petals look like they might be papery like an "everlasting" flower - are they? I don't have time, but there are plant ID websites online, you can go through step by step (type of leaf, type of stem, type of flower, colour etc) and hopefully at least reduce the options a bit? ETA: Thanks re the outline. I have no idea at all what it is (and I've worked in two plant centres specialising in unusual plants - but then my memory is crap so I probably wouldn't recognise anything these days!!!)

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Only missed one CC Venue. Swadesh. which I > understand was not the best night out. > > Foxy. xxxxxxx Well they don't serve alcohol any more, do they, so nothing to drown your sorrows with if the meal isn't what you'd hoped for :)

Chocoholic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What time do the bands play on a Sunday. xxxxxx 2pm next Sunday, according to this: http://www.ivyhousenunhead.com/events.php ETA: Probably good to get there early, the pub was really packed yesterday.

Do you have a picture of the leaves? ETA: And/or a picture of the whole plant showing the shape of it?

kford Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-French-Glass-Sho > t-Glasses-Collectables-Classic-Cars-Barware-50s-60 > s-/221287271075?pt=UK_Collectables_Breweriana_SM&h > ash=item3385bfcaa3 > > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antique-Black-Forest-Fig > ure-Figurine-Treen-of-a-Man-Playing-a-Banjo-/32120 > 9892151?pt=UK_Antiques_Woodenware_RL&hash=item4ac9 > 99fd37 > > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Perfume-bottle-necklace- > empty-glass-vial-pendant-silver-plated-opening-top > -/261295775325?pt=Fashion_Jewelry&hash=item3cd6711 > e5d > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IVY-HOLLY-BY-TIFFANY-CO- > STERLING-SILVER-TEA-SERVICE-FLATWARE-SET-MASSIVE-/ > 140696551460?pt=Antiques_Silver&hash=item20c22b002 > 4 xxxxxx That's a bit cruel :)