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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 :))

There has been at least one thread on this forum started by somebody who had been fined, so I guess Southwark does sometimes enforce them.

UncleBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dear James Barber and the rest of the lib(con)dems > including the 'ex tory' crookshank hilton - please > stop posting your propaganda through my letterbox. > Its all lies and distortion. xxxxxxxx Unlike the propaganda from other parties :)) And I'm sure James etc will know exactly which letterbox yours is :))

shutters 3rd person singular present, plural of shut?ter Noun Each of a pair of hinged panels fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out light. Wikipedia: window blind is a type of window covering.[1] There are many different kinds of window blinds, using different systems and materials. A typical window blind is made with slats of fabric, wood, plastic or metal that adjust by rotating from an open position to a closed position by allowing slats to overlap. There are also window blinds that use a single piece of material instead of slats. A window blind is also known as a window shade.[2] The term window blinds is also sometimes used to describe window coverings generically?in this context window blinds include almost every type of window covering, i.e. shutters, roller blinds, honeycomb shades, wood blinds, roman blinds and of course, standard vertical and horizontal blinds.[3]

Thanks LondonMix, that's useful.

The ones I posted a link to above .....

Burbage Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Everywhere I go I seem to see new ones at the > > moment. My neighbours on both sides have them > :) > > 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. xxxxxx Erm, I hardly think my neighbours see me as a threat of any kind :)) ETA: Despite the Stella :))

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's the 'plantation style' I was referring to > Sue. > > The origin of plantation shutters that are > currently used are from the early colonization of > the US. Spanish settlers that founded plantations > had brought the knowledge of the convenient and > adaptable window treatment with them. They made > the plantation stand out by painting them white > and creating wide louvers. Usually reserved for > sugar or cotton plantations, the shutters > eventually became a stylish but practical way to > control air flow and sunlight. Today, while still > recognized as a symbolic tradition of the South, > many people appreciate the creative ingenuity that > has remained almost unchanged since the colonies > sprung through the Americas. > > I can see you sitting in your rocking chair on > your front verandah, watching the world go by... xxxxxxxx In my case it's sitting on my front wall with a can of Stella watching the world go by ... :))

Yes that office is definitely on strike today. I took a parcel in on Saturday and was told if I sent it by the ordinary Parcelforce service it would not leave until Tuesday as they were on strike on Monday :(

Not in ED, but we saw a mother duck with FOURTEEN tiny ducklings on the Thames (near the Wetlands Centre in Barnes) yesterday. Seems awfully late in the year, and a very large brood! Hoping some of them at least will survive whatever eats them (herons?)

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm guessing Sue is thinking of the internal > blinds. Probably brown > > They do same job as curtains, just question of > preference really > > But yeah - dust magnets for sure xxxxxxx No - not blinds. Wooden shutters, hinged, which fold back. Usually seem to be painted white. Everywhere I go I seem to see new ones at the moment. My neighbours on both sides have them :) This sort of thing: http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/350832785166?var=lv&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y&cbt=y&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=66&ff19=0 ETA: I've also had leaflets put through my door from companies which make/fit them. The main reason I'm not all that keen is that I don't think they would fit in with my decor. I'm not bothered about keeping cool in the Summer, but if they were definitely better than curtains at retaining heat in the Winter then I'd definitely consider them. And/or if they worked out considerably cheaper than curtains overall when fitted in a front bay. But I suppose I'd have to have them on the back window as well as I have a through living room.

East Dulwich seems to have become full of shutters. Can anybody explain to me why? Is it because: They are supposedly on trend? They keep in heat (in the Winter obviously :) )? They stop people seeing in? They stop the sun fading stuff? Some other reason? It's a serious question. I was going to have full length thermally lined curtains in my living room and wonder whether I am living in the past and should be looking at shutters instead. Can't afford new windows/double glazing .....

Where did you go in the end? We had a good evening at The Old Nun's Head :) despite my OH being soaked to the skin after the walk there in torrential rain :)

worldwiser Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- try and name any part of zone 2 left > that doesn't have restrictions on every single > street during the working day. xxxxx And it's an absolute nightmare.

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