Sue

Twirly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- We've had > a series of small powercuts over the last couple > of weeks. Usually just for a second or two, just > long enough to knock the router out and reset the > things that flash when they come back on again > (luckily), though it is annoying. > > Has anyone else been experiencing this? xxxxxxxx Yes, I've noticed this too over the last couple of weeks. Luckily it only seems to affect my clock radio, but it's a pain having to reset it as it's so old it only goes forwards :)) Ulverscroft Road.

Yeah, I don't know how I manage to get through life sometimes, amazing isn't it :))

I have never set Opera to be my default browser. I use Firefox. Nothing usually opens in Opera. I don't know what was causing the refreshing problem, but it sorted itself somehow. I just panicked too soon :))

No idea, Jeremy. I certainly must have done something. The Coffee Cup people have told me how to change the file associations, but as the pages are refreshing OK now there isn't any immediate hurry. But thanks! ETA: I suppose it would be too much to hope for that if I uninstalled Opera it would automatically change the file associations???

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I agree about the pheromone sticky traps. It's fun > to see the little buggers stuck on them. xxxxx But it's really cruel.

I was updating the Goose website tonight but when I checked the site, none of the pages would refresh. On investigating, I found that all my html files have turned into Opera web documents - which I've never heard of before. I think what happened is that some message came up asking me to allow Opera, and I assumed it was something to do with the Opera browser, which I sometimes use. Can anybody help? How can I turn them back into html again? I use Coffee Cup html editor. ETA: The pages seem to be refreshing now, but I'm still totally bemused. ETA: I've had an answer from the Coffee Cup helpline which sort of helps, but I still don't understand what has happened ......

Salsaboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Who? The rabbit? xxxxxx :))

Tarot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I once had a whole set of very good sable oil > painting brushes eaten by moths,just little dusty > stumps left on handles > if only i,d had a picture of my own face when i > saw them,still not over it. xxxxxxx Oh no :-S Probably a bit like my face when I found they'd eaten most of a wall hanging I'd lovingly woven at a workshop, which was being stored in a cupboard whilst my house was in chaos. The hanging not the workshop, obviously.

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I came home the other day, someone had broken in, > stolen everything. Then they had put it back > exactly as they found it, and fixed the lock so > that when I came home everything was normal. > > Bastards. xxxxxx :)):)):))

Many years ago, somebody broke into my ancient car and stole - the first aid box :))

After I had a total blitz last year, using various methods, touch wood I have only had one moth. However I am not complacent, as they seem to come out in warm weather. The one moth I had flew out of a cardboard shoe box when I opened it - it had never occurred to me moths would like shoes. I don't go into my shoe boxes very often as they contain my shoes with heels :)) I found the Rentokil moth killer strips and hanging units sorted my problems with clothes (and also fabrics, as I have piles of fabrics waiting to be turned into things). Though when I had the infestation previously I had to spray things like cushions and wall hangings with something which also killed eggs and larvae to sort the problem. I found a cheap source of the strips and hanging units on Amazon - I'll try to post a link to it, no time to track it down at the moment.

Maybe you should sell the idea to Damien Hirst :)) When he moves on from butterflies :))

Of course she won't "stay to enjoy the rest of the forum", she has registered and posted on here in order to promote her products. There is already lots of good advice re getting rid of moths on the forum, which is on the thread I gave a link to above. "Natural" products don't work (moths just ignore them). I have spent a fortune on "natural" products in the past before realising this. Cleanliness certainly has a part to play. Traps may give you an indication of the scale of the problem, but do not eradicate it. Chemicals are the only thing which work in the long term, sad as this may be. ETA: It is not the fact she has posted on here which I object to, it is the fact that she has not come clean about her connection with the website selling the products which she has linked to. I don't like people who are economical with the truth.

Annette Curtain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TopTip? > > Set the Igloo on fire xxxxxxxx (tu) Good thinking

Annette Curtain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TopTip? > > Move in to an Igloo xxxxxxxx Polar moths?

Annette Curtain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TopTip? > > Only wear synthetic fibres xxxxxxx Especially if you want to create loads of static and feel like shit in hot weather :))

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > charlottekb Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > why? things will get lost in one thread. > > > Or stolen... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :))

Your post on this thread appears to be your very first post on this forum. Would it be very suspicious of me to think that you may perhaps have something to do with the sites you link to, since they both seem to go to the same website? Both selling anti-moth products? And the wording on the site is very similar to the wording in your post ..... Do you actually live in East Dulwich? Or have you googled for moths and found this thread in order to flog your stuff? You wouldn't be the first one ...... Edited because the rest of my post was a bit pointless given the above :))

bobpullen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > > > Thanks for this Bob, and I appreciate your > posting > > here, but the problem is, if my internet > > connection is down I cannot receive your > > announcements etc :) > > True, however it would have saved the subsequent > confusion when you did manage to get back online > ;) xxxxxxxxx That's true :)) I will subscribe immediately :) Thanks again for your posts here, very useful.

bobpullen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Sue, > > > Is this just a bizarre coincidence? > > Yep, as others have alluded to it was complete > coincidence. > > There was a nationwide BT service outage on the > morning in question that affected multiple ISPs. > We posted a number of announcements about it, the > first of which can be seen here. > > If you're interested in receiving these updates > then you could do worse than to subscribe to them > via email or RSS. Alternatively you can check the > Service Status pages on the main Plusnet website > or follow us on Twitter. > > Anyways, sorry about the downtime and I hope you > managed to get that ticket list printed in the > end. > > Best regards, > > Bob Pullen > Plusnet Digital Care xxxxxxxxxx Thanks for this Bob, and I appreciate your posting here, but the problem is, if my internet connection is down I cannot receive your announcements etc :) I don't have a smart phone - and can't afford to get one till my existing contract runs out. ETA: Of course you're not violating any forum rules (as far as I know) and don't let people put you off continuing to be helpful.

Lu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If it's anything like New Cross PO, half the > problem is that each transaction takes twice as > long as it should. Once you've finished what it > is you went into the PO for, they then try to flog > you top up for your mobile phone, their savings > products, credit cards... All this when there's a > queue of 20 people behind you waiting to be > served. I feel sorry for the cashiers though, I > imagine management make them go through this. xxxxxxxx Really? I use the LL post office fairly frequently, and I've never once had anybody try to sell me anything - apart from what I went there for, obviously :)

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Report recent crimes here for Forumites. Also tell > Police Obviously. (from the Idea of another > member) xxxxxxx Sorry to be dim, but when you say "here" do you mean on this thread? Are the police going to read it? Or do you have a link for the hotline?

Moore13 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh God, this is horrendous... I live in Hayes > Grove too (only been here 4 weeks!) and was woken > up by the sound of a girl screaming - it was > really bloodcurling and shocked me to the core. xxxxxxxx Did you go to investigate, or phone the police, when you heard the screaming?

tiger ranks Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > this is gettin very serious around this area what > have local police said about this xxxxxxxx It is always hard to know whether these incidents are actually increasing in number or whether they are just getting more publicity than they used to because people knowing about them post details on this forum. Unfortunately it is a sad fact of life that muggings happen in all parts of London and elsewhere). It's just that we don't usually hear about them. I would be interested to know the statistics, if anybody has them - whether there is an actual recent increase in number or severity of muggings round here, and if so, whether it is more of an increase than in other areas of London.

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