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poppet27 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello, > > Any interior types that can help? I have just > painted my living room in Little Greene's French > grey and disappointed in how lilac it looks. Yes, > I did use a match pot and was obsessive about > which colour to go for. xxxxxx The problem is, the same paint will look different in different lights and on different walls. What you can do is to still use a trial pot, but instead of painting direct on the wall paint some large-ish sheets of paper. Then you can put them in different places in the room and see how they look at different times of day and in natural and artificial light. I agree you should re-paint it. You'll never be happy with it if it isn't what you want now, however you try to accessorize it. ETA: Sadly though, you may not be able to get the absolute exact colour you want. I had a particular shade in mind, couldn't get a match at all and ended up with my default position of white :(

Applespider Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Go for a camera with a great optical zoom when > you're travelling; it's amazing how small cameras > with a 10x or 20x zoom are these days and it makes > a huge difference to your pictures. You can take > 'candid' shots while appearing to lounge against a > wall on the other side of a square. xxxxxx I agree with this, and also agree that Canons are great. I have a small Panasonic Lumix. I do find the zoom control rather fiddly, but the quality of the pictures it takes is excellent. When I was travelling (before the days of digital) I lugged around a Canon SLR with a Tamron lens that went from wide angle to zoom (28 - 200? in pre-digital numbers), got some excellent pix but think I'd probably take something rather smaller if I did it again! ETA: A polarising filter is very useful if you're going to Australia (if these things are still used?!) ETA: Have a great time :)

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > FatherJack Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > My experience has been poor service since my > > phone > > > t/f to EE...hope it gets better and soon! > > > > xxxxxxx > > > > I'm with Orange and haven't had a problem at > all, > > but can't say specifically today as the phone is > > > using my home WiFi. > > > > No problem with texts, calls or downloading > stuff > > today, and no problem yesterday when I wasn't > at > > home. > > Sue.. > Your phone signal comes from the nearest > Orange/EE Aerial. > > Your Wi Fi signal comes from your Wireless > Router . (If your phone has Wi Fi.) ?? > > They are completely separate entities. > > Your phone calls do not go over Wi Fi unless > you are using Skpe. > > If you have Data Enabled then you can access > the internet via your Phone Line when Wi-Fi is not > available. > This is expensive once you have used up any > allowance you may have. > > > xxxxxx Yes I know. Downloading on my phone uses the WiFi when it's connected, no? ETA: I'm aware calls and texts don't use WiFi :)

You could google those models and see what reviews they've had from users and mags?

brain_opera Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you're talking about DMC and/or Melbourne > Grove, both of those are privately managed. xxxxx But the treatment is on the NHS - at least, I haven't been paying for it in all the years I've been going there .....

decorative art Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Question should be, has anyone tried to go to > a grotto in W1 with two children under Five? > xxxxxx The Question should be, why should somebody take advantage of the difficulties of taking small children up to town by charging frankly ridiculous prices for a local visit to Santa, real reindeer or not. This may be Dulwich/East Dulwich, but not everybody can afford to shell out ?18 a child plus money for adults plus money for photos etc.. Are people allowed to take their own photos? I'm guessing probably not, but happy to be proved wrong. ETA: And last time I bought a takeaway for a small child, it didn't cost ?18 :))

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > "Thank God for the NHS"?? You must be joking. xxxxxxx No, I'm not joking. I can't afford private healthcare (and don't believe in it anyway) and on the whole I've got nothing but praise for the treatment I've had on the NHS (apart from the "consultant" accompanied by a load of students who diagnosed a ruptured ovarian cyst/peritonitis as food poisoning ...... but private healthcare doesn't exactly have a great record on things like that, either) Would you rather we did away with the NHS and had a system like they do in the States? The NHS (and education) started to deteriorate in this country when income tax was reduced in order to gain votes for the Tories, in my opinion. What did people think their tax was being used for, FFS? ETA: Sorry for the rant, I'm ill :) As you were .....

MrBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ?60 and you're in and out in 10 mins xxxxx That'll be ?360 an hour then. Thank God for the NHS :))

Victoria C Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I'm very proud of our relationship and Emma's achievement. > xxxxxxx So you should be, it's brilliant, and great to see you both being so open about it. Apart from anything else, that must make it easier for others in a similar situation to talk about it as well.

I don't have a problem with this provided people aren't actually killed in order to eat them. However I don't think I'd want to eat anybody I'd once known :)) Wouldn't mind anybody eating me - don't really care what happens to me when I'm dead, provided somebody has made damn sure that I am actually dead (and not by shooting me - not that kind of making sure) :)) ETA: I don't normally venture into the Drawing Room - am I allowed to have smileys?!

I got all excited then found it was not very near ED :( https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&q=chumleigh+gardens&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=chumleigh+gardens&hnear=0x47d8a00baf21de75:0x52963a5addd52a99,London&cid=0,0,8978444644681061201&ei=VrSSUOyaLoPB0QXXgoHoCg&ved=0CJ4BEPwSMAc

What sort of age were the kids? Very little ones might be just focused in on the sweeties and didn't think to say please or thank you? Were their parents with them?

Yeh and the photos are presumably extra money on top of the ?18 .....

Actually it can be offensive, see below. Adds hastily, but despite being in the relevant age group I wasn't personally offended. (But I'll defend the right of anybody else to be offended :)) ) geriatric [ˌdʒɛrɪˈ?trɪk] adj 1. (Medicine) of or relating to geriatrics or to elderly people 2. Facetious, derogatory, or offensive (of people or machines) old, obsolescent, worn out, or useless n 1. (Medicine) an elderly person 2. Derogatory an older person considered as one who may be disregarded as senile or irresponsible See also psychogeriatric [from Greek gēras old age + iatric] And yes, surely there can be little more left to say about the Iceland / M&S thing, unless there is more actual news about what is happening to the building .....

dimples Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- have to tell you all with great > excitement , I saw a kingfisher in peckham rye > park 2 weeks ago and one of the park keepers saw a > little owl ! xxxxxxx I'm very jealous :) Whereabouts was the kingfisher? By a stream?

FatherJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My experience has been poor service since my phone > t/f to EE...hope it gets better and soon! xxxxxxx I'm with Orange and haven't had a problem at all, but can't say specifically today as the phone is using my home WiFi. No problem with texts, calls or downloading stuff today, and no problem yesterday when I wasn't at home.

peckhamboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ?18 for a child though? Think we'll be giving it a > miss, much as I'd like to spend time with some > real elves. xxxxxxxx ?18 ??????? Bloody hell :( Are they keeping the reindeer upstairs? Poor things. How are they getting them upstairs in the first place? There isn't a lift ..... ETA: Ah - just realised it says Dulwich Park. I thought it was the Lodge upstairs at the EDT :))

I also have no hesitation in recommending Russell. He did a great job on my bay roof - admired by all who see it :) - and was efficient, reliable, friendly and reasonably priced. I'd definitely use him again. ETA (9 December 2020) The bay roof I have now had to be rebuilt last year as part of insurance work due to subsidence, and as the insurers arranged it, it was not done by Russell. Therefore (if anybody knows which my house is) please don't think the bay roof was done by him. I would rather it had been!

klove Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just looked at the patient numbers on the NHS > choice website (as suggested by Burbage) and the > figures speak for themselves: > > DMC (Crystal Palace Road):12,131 > 306 Medical Centre: 2,834 > The Lordship Lane surgery: 4,923 > The Gardens surgery: 6,506 > > But in all fairness, it does have a lot more GPs. xxxxxxx So wouldn't it be fairer to state the number of patients per GP for each practice? Otherwise, it's not clear quite what point you're trying to make, as actually the figures don't really "speak for themselves", do they?

fuzzyboots Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- No such sights like this down in ED. nor the owls, woodpeckers, jays and peacock. xxxxxx My OH saw a jay whilst waiting at ED Station earlier this year :) And I once saw a greater spotted woodpecker in the land between Dulwich Hospital and the railway line :)

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Hi Sue, > Dulwich Hospital site we hand delivered survey to > all East Dulwich ward homes. For knocked on doors > for most homes to try and explain the survey to > encourage responses. our policies are based and > informed on those responses. xxxxxxxxx Fair enough, James, thanks.

Fly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's here xxxxx YAY!!!! :)

Voyageur Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I get pretty irritated when I am only given the > option of Ms (as opposed to Miss/Mrs/Ms) on any > form that I have to fill in. xxxxxxxx I get pretty irritated when I am only given the option of Mrs/Miss :)) I have never understood why men are not differentiated by their marital status (not sure if that's grammatical, sorry) whilst women are.

I was in Cheners bookshop recently when Roksana came in with a beautiful notice for the notice board with a tiny (origami?) 3D piano on it! I wrote down her mobile number, which is 07796 173583. I have grade 8 piano but haven't played for a long time, and I was so taken with her ad that I think I may have some lessons - I've even just ordered a new piano stool :) ETA: My sight reading has always been a bit crap, so I'm encouraged to read the posts above :)

susierose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Who mentioned colour??????????? xxxxxxx Er, you did. "They were not white or English and if they were i would say so!"