Sue

Totally different environment, Fox!

Charming.

?50k? That seems very cheap. How long is the lease for? Only went in here once, so I suppose so did others. Sorry that it's closing though :(

I've got lots of clipboards! But it wasnt me. Even though I'm nearly as drunk/off my head as HonaloochieB appears to be :))

No chance. How on earth would a community run post office work? It's not a local thing, it's UK-wide :)

I think it might not be deep enough, Nigello, but probably somebody more knowledgeable can say. I don't think the shade is a problem. I was worried about lack of sunlight, but my tub gets almost no sunlight, but has attracted frogs, hooray!

lousmith Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks Sue. Is that due to childhood trauma? Or > their general nocturnal flappings? xxxxxxx I have no idea, but I guess it must stem from childhood. Maybe keeping silkworms for a while. Found the whole process a bit yuk rather than fascinating :( A frogwatch would be good!

Hope it all goes well Lousmith, but I have an irrational need to avoid moths, especially large ones :)

Exact date not set but will be late Summer/early Autumn according to the info shareholders have received. Can't wait!

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fly paper. xxxxx Blimey, that takes me back to my childhood. Do they still make it?

Or you could dump it on her new doorstep.

buddug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And by the way, what are you all doing posting on > the forum at this time of the day? xxxxxx I'm retired, thank God. Don't know how I ever found the time to work :)) Though The Goose is practically a full-time job ..... no skiving there :) http://www.thegooseisout.com

Got out of bed the wrong side again, Foxy? :)

"The tranquil "The Gardens" and Peckham Rye Park are close by" The garden in the middle of "The Gardens" is a private garden for residents of that road, isn't it?

Excellent!

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What- when the whole place is infested by rats- I > expect you would like to knit them some nice > woolly bonnets for the winter Sue! xxxxxxx I already do. And scarves and mittens. Rats feel the cold just like us, you know :)

What an extraordinarily mean thing to do. Why not leave your other veg where they are and booby trap them in some way?

You could store stuff in the garden, there's sod all else there.

Words like "more", "money", "than", and "sense" spring to mind :)) ETA: Pity they didn't get a decent garden designer in as well. ETA: Actually, forget the "as well" - that implies the interior designer was decent :))

Thanks to the Ivy House for keeping shareholders so well informed - and huge congratulations on this: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/angel-awards/vote2013/best-rescue-of-any-other-type-of-historic-building-or-place/ ETA: You can vote for the Ivy House here (in the "readers' favourite" category): https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9DDJ8HS EDITED 21 October to say - IT WON AN AWARD!

You've reminded me to look for the historical data I mentioned before. The first Tory cut in income tax was earlier than I thought, but I distinctly remember the cuts in the eighties. Wikipedia isn't always correct, but I think this is. This is an edited (by me) extract: "Margaret Thatcher, who favoured indirect taxation, reduced personal income tax rates during the 1980s. In the first budget after her election victory in 1979, the top rate was reduced from 83% to 60% and the basic rate from 33% to 30%. The basic rate was also cut for three successive budgets - to 29% in the 1986 budget, 27% in 1987 and to 25% in 1988. The top rate of income tax was cut to 40% in the 1988 budget. Subsequent governments reduced the basic rate further, down to its present level of 20% in 2007. Since 1976 (when it stood at 35%) the basic rate has been reduced by 15 percentage points." Voters were so keen to see more in their pay packets (or whatever the modern equivalent is) that they voted Tory in their droves. What they failed to realise in their personal greed was that their tax had been going to pay for education, the NHS etc.. When these systems started to collapse, no government could put income tax up again if they wanted to be re-elected, so the country was f****d, quite apart from other issues. That may be somewhat simplistic, but that's my take on it. Thin end of the wedge. And now we've got Food Banks.

giggirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What a relief. Thanks so much for caring so > deeply first mate. Can't help but be concerned > that this adorable little dog is being sent back > to the pricks that left her to fend for herself. xxxxxx My sentiments exactly. And it took the RSPCA long enough to get themselves in gear, didn't it? Lucky for the dog that you were so persistent, First Mate.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is the cost of this coming from the council tax? > If so, I am not surprised they are wasting money > on this type of hippy nonsense. xxxxxx The state of this country at present, we need something to cheer us up. To call it "this type of hippy nonsense" says more about you and your prejudices than about the painted bollards :)

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Uncleglen here- NEVER to be confused with UncleBen > especially on political issues( someone on the EDF > gets us confused) xxxxxx There's also a MrBen and yes, I'm totally confused :))

Yet another pointless post from Annette Curtain :))