Sue

The newly built house at the Crystal Palace Road end of Ulverscroft Road has a green roof, or part of it does. I saw the turves (well not turves but you know what I mean) outside before it was installed, but I don't think you can see it from the street. You could try asking the occupants about it. There's loads of info online if you google "Green Roof". eg this website (apparently they're based at/part of the University of Sheffield) http://www.thegreenroofcentre.co.uk/green_roof_code/wildlife_roof_design_guidance

Usually in parks the gates are closed one at a time, because the same person does it, so they can't close them all at the stated closing time.

computedshorty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Looking at the way they are displayed we could be > looking for a Piss Artist. :)-D

Lovely picture!

Crikey, ?1000 ??? I don't think Admin could start making exceptions to the rules for certain posts, could they? Otherwise there would be no point in having the rules.

Dee Woffaz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i got so > outraged last year i posted 5 fake small packaged > to myself just to see if they did. Out of 5 1 > turned up. A vary poor service royal mail(no > capitals you dont deserve them) xxxxxxxx But did you report these missing packages to Royal Mail? Obviously if they don't know about things going missing, how can they try to identify a pattern, narrow the field of possible suspects and then do something about it? Clearly - they can't.

Bloggsy08 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You can read some detail about the Hooper's Tooley > Street music licence review session on the Ivanhoe > Residents Assoc facebook - > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ivanhoe-Residents-As > sociation/316393255069392. > > The verdict is in - some time curtailment and new > restriction on allowing people out to smoke in > Malfort Road. xxxxxxx We know - it's already been detailed on this thread :)

herrd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the odd grumpy old sow won't result in any pub > closures. > xxxxxxxx Well it's resulted in restrictions to Jamie's license, which is likely to impact on his custom I would have thought. It seems extremely unfair to me when so many people wrote in support of him, compared to the grumpy old sow in question who could only drum up the support of two or three others, after quite a protracted campaign apparently.

Jamie had already soundproofed the bar as much as possible as a result of this woman's constant complaints. And had put up signs asking people to be considerate of neighbours when leaving etc.. It's hard to see what more he could have done. Why this woman bought a house near a pub when most houses for sale are not near a pub is a mystery to me. Maybe she wants it closed down so that she can buy it? Who knows.

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I remember it from the Malverns too :) We only > lived just down the road so it was a regular > outing. > > Although I have to say, that as a teenage boy it > was hardly a cute girls fest. I wanted to hang > around telephone boxes. xxxxxx I used to live in Bredenbury (near Bromyard), so not far away - had friends in Malvern but didn't trek up the hills much, being a lazy sod. But I was rather older than a teenager at the time and telephone boxes didn't loom large in my life :))

Eh?

Hey thanks Huguenot! I only heard it quite briefly on each occasion as they shot up into the air very quickly - so only a fraction of that!

Jah Lush Wrote: > The Spitfire's good but so's the Doombar. They do > a bloody good pint of Guinness too. Make sure you > go back soon. Cheers! xxxxxxx I do remember on at least one occasion, must have been several years ago though, they actually had no ale at all!!!!

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's hard to smoke with a gag in your mouth Sue. > :)) xxxxxxx Oh yeh, duh :-$ And yes I agree re the people who complained (less than a handful, stirred up by one vindictive person). Move near a pub and then complain when it goes about its business. C****.

Thank God I don't smoke any more - where are smokers supposed to go after 11pm? Or is Jamie going to issue them all with gags so that they smoke in complete silence? The mind boggles ....

Hi CameronMac I just got that email too and was about to post the same thing - thanks! Bit of a mixed decision I think as the views of the minority seem to have taken precedence over the views of the majority. But better than it might have been I suppose. Is either side appealing, do you know?

Minkey, you could try using those eco-friendly washing balls on a cold water rinse/wash? I use them now for all my washing, and if something comes out still grubby I only then wash it with soap. I must be saving a fortune not using hot water (well that's my theory!) You need to use something that will retain the oil in the wool, don't you? Otherwise it will go all horrid. I think :)) ETA: If you don't have any, let me know if you want to borrow mine.

The Minkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All through the night is most likely to be a > Robin. It's a very sweet sounding song - I used > to get quite excited when I heard one thinking it > must be a nightingale. xxxxxx Same here - I hadn't realised before that Robins had such a lovely song. Off topic, but when I first heard a skylark I knew immediately what it was - that's probably the most distinctive bird song I've ever heard :) Only heard it twice though, once in Sussex on the downs, once on the Malvern Hills.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anyone know what the outcome of Hoopers license > review today was? > > Sorry, I know it's off topic but it was discussed > on this thread and I don't want to start a new > thread just to ask that :-$ xxxxxxxxx That'll be a No then? :)) ETA: I've emailed Jamie to find out ....

Anyone know what the outcome of Hoopers license review today was? Sorry, I know it's off topic but it was discussed on this thread and I don't want to start a new thread just to ask that :-$

At certain times of year, if you are walking near Sainsbury's on Dog Kennel Hill late at night/early in the morning, the sound of birdsong in the dark at about 2am or later is really really loud. There must be loads of birds in the little parks nearby. I do think it's something to do with streetlights, but also it's coming up to bird mating time now, isn't it??

They're looking for the ideal spot for a new Waitrose.

tarafitness Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, you're in for a treat love, they're back!! > > I had this picture emailed to me by my boyfriend > earlier... > > http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EmM0JyUH2gY/TyZ-iIaxarI/ > AAAAAAAACtg/W1pW74sFifI/s320/More_Bottles%2521.JPG > > > with the message: > > I don't believe this... > > I opened one and had a sniff. Are you ashamed?! It > smelt rank - put it > this way, it's not orange squash. It was a bit > like a stinky dog > smell. God I want to know what this is!! > > So after a week's hiatus they're back with a > vengeance... do you think it likely to be related > to fact that we've had a caravan parked on our > road for the past month or so?? > > Surely it's too dark to be pee?? If it is then it > must be coming from some malfunctioning kidneys! xxxxxxxxx Yes, if that's piss then somebody is either extremely dehydrated (though surely they wouldn't be pissing that much in that case) or extremely ill, I should say. Not that I have any medical knowledge at all :)) I'm in hiding today following a heavy weekend - hopefully they will still be there tomorrow!

shhh Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Reading this thread has me more panicked than I > was previously. I sent a Special Delivery to the > Home Office on 18/1 -- it never arrived. It has my > time-sensitive visa application, my passport, my > husband's passport, bank statements and other > identity documents. Is it possible it's been > stolen by the local Post Office? xxxxxxxx If you pay for special delivery (RMSD), unless the system has drastically changed, it is supposed to be kept separate from the "normal" post at every stage of its journey (unlike recorded delivery, which goes in with the rest of the post and is just signed for on delivery so that you have proof of delivery if you require that for some reason). Therefore, you should be able to track what has happened to your RMSD item. Have you put the ID number into Royal Mail's tracking website? That will tell you whether it was actually delivered to the Home Office (could they have lost it internally somehow?) If not, have you reported it to Royal Mail? If it was RMSD, they should be able to narrow down who handled the item at each stage of its journey.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >> > The > dwarf-ramsay-lookalike-pornstar-eaten-by-badgers > thing is definitely a hoax. xxxxxxxx NO! I'm so disillusioned now! You have ruined my evening, which has already got off to an extremely bad start because our website is down :-$