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Surely the No Dogs sign should be very very large at the entrance? It's a bit pointless having it once you've taken the dog/s in there?

Thanks for this, IlonaM. I'm still ill and feeling sorry for myself. Can't have my flu and Covid jabs till I'm over this effing bug. I've already postponed the Flu jab I had booked. I have been out briefly a couple of times but my symptoms keep coming and going, and now I feel rubbish and have retired to bed again. However I'm very grateful it isn't worse. I know there are a lot of people much worse off than me. I'm tucked up under a duvet with a radiator on and a pile of books. Commiserations to everyone else who is ill at the moment.

Mopping two or three times a day? What on earth were you doing in there?! And there are various permanent or temporary ways to deal with the draft between the cracks. I painted the original floorboards in my living room, and I used a system which is a V shaped roll of brown plastic (comes in other colours) which folds up to push into the cracks. It just looks like gaps in the cracks once it's in, stops the draughts, and you can just hoover or mop over it. Can't remember its name, but it was quick and easy to do, I did it myself. There are other systems eg using some kind of expanding filler stuff, but what I did was much simpler, and allows for expansion and contraction because the V just widens by itself if necessary. Also, though more expensive and more hassle, you can take up all the floorboards and put in insulating material from above or from below (if accessible). I'd never go back to carpet, but no doubt fashions will change, because the manufacturers won't make money otherwise. I see avocado bathroom suites are coming back 🤢

But on the app at least, if you go "home", you are shown the newest post on each section of the forum. And what seems like 99% of the time, in the lounge, it's the word game "thingy". How does that make anyone "experience the forum as a whole"? If I was new to the forum and didn't know what the lounge was, it certainly wouldn't make me inclined to investigate further. And even if I was into word games on local forums, I'm not sure I would look further into one called a "thingy". I expect someone thought it was funny at the time. Talking to people/family in real life about things like Brexit and Gaza is in my experience much worse than Facebook. Assuming there is disagreement, which in my family's case there is on both issues, at least you can block them on Facebook 🤣

You could try the Citizens Advice people in Peckham? https://www.citizensadvicesouthwark.org.uk/

It's easy on Facebook to snooze or block people, or leave groups you don't want to see again. And ads. I do it all the time.

When I complained, it was about a specific instance. I can't remember the exact details, but it was investigated and rectified, and I was kept in touch with what they had found out. Unfortunately, general complaints about the Peckham delivery office have been being made ever since the Sylvester Road office was closed, and despite our then MP Helen Hayes doing her best, things seem to improve for a bit then deteriorate again.

I'm not disputing that you all got sick, but you all ate the same thing? And it was diagnosed as food poisoning? Rather than something catching which one of you could have transmitted to the other two? Because it seems odd that a newly opened eating place would not be right on top of food hygiene regulations. Did you tell Love about this? And/or did you report it to the public health people so that it could be investigated? If you did, what was the outcome? If you didn't, it seems unfair to be posting things on here which could affect their reputation, especially when they have only recently opened

That's a bit odd. Did they say that to you before or after the investigation? A very quick Google brought up the attached, which gives the phone number🙄

How can you be sure it was from there?

I've found phoning them to be effective. The central complaints people, not the delivery office. They investigated and got back to me. I wouldn't think your MP would be too happy if you hadn't gone down the Royal Mail complaints route first.

Have you reported to the police, because they are presently proactively investigating a similar recent local theft in the North Cross Road area. Same MO, opened boxes dumped in a nearby road. This is the person who stole a parcel in Ulverscroft Road. The police are apparently happy for the photos to be shared. Please contact them if you recognise him. Sorry don't know how to remove duplicate screenshot.

The thing is, it's not about "cyclists" or "drivers", is it? It's about some people's lack of consideration for other people and disregard of the "rules", or perhaps just being in a bubble where they are unaware of what is happening around them - or are aware but don't care. Or are angry about something else, or just generally angry. Those things presumably don't just affect their behaviour when cycling or driving, but they do affect other people directly and potentially more dangerously in those situations. I appreciate that it's tempting to vent one's wrath on here and elsewhere about particular incidents you have witnessed or which have affected you, and I've done it myself, but it's not going to change anything, is it? What "causes" some people to be like that in the first place is a whole other issue, of course ....

Are you drunk? 😀 I like your reason for editing your post, btw. Though maybe you should have stuck to what was there before 😂

The OP says the road is presently one way, so presumably there are temporary traffic lights at each end? Is it possible that the lights were out of phase so that the cyclist did in fact go through a green light but the lights at the car end changed to green before the cyclist reached the end of the road?

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Profuse apologies. It was made by a human. Is that better? 😂

I hope the Peckham branch have taken appropriate action. I would have thought unnecessarily asking for somebody's personal details in the course of his job would warrant immediate dismissal. But also, he could just go and get a similar job somewhere else. Presumably he won't get a reference from the Halifax, but there are probably ways round that, unless all the banks have some sort of list which they circulate of people to avoid, which I doubt.

The entrance opposite the skate park was closed very recently when I passed it. To the best of my knowledge the nesting season is over now, and I have no idea why it's all taking so long. It's very annoying for those of us who used that entrance to go for a walk in the woods.

Was this a local Halifax branch? Also, could your daughter change her phone number etc, or would that cause too many complications?

No need to be specific. Just the type of crime.

What was the "very serious and violent" crime?

I'm with Octopus, and I have no idea what to do either. Finding it hard to get my head around it all. They seem to have a 15 month fix with no exit fees, however I'm not sure if I exited whether I could just revert to whatever I'm on at the moment, or whether I might find that whatever that is might no longer be an available option. I tend to just heat whatever room I'm in and/or use a heated throw. And use the microwave where possible unless I've got an oven full of stuff which I can then freeze most of.

??? I feel really weak and dizzy, I don't think it's a good idea at all to be out. And my vitamin D level is actually much too high. Last time I had blood tests, my GP told me to stop taking vitamin tablets. But thanks for your concern! I appreciate the advice, but I only came on here to see if other people had similar symptoms!