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Ms B Wrote: > > The last time I went past it the board outside > said the pastor is 'L Bent', arguably the greatest > name ever for a preacher. xxxxxxx Yep, I posted that in the Lounge on the thread "Things which have made me laugh" :)) :)):))

Run of bad luck? This is over the last forty or so years !!!!! :)):)):)) PipD Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Or stuff happens to some people Sue! Sounds like > you've had a right run of bad luck there.

Why don't you approach the pubs and ask them? Many are always looking for good live bands which will attract the punters. Hoopers and The Ivy House are two which spring to mind immediately :)

Surely this is the same everywhere? I live round the corner from both North Cross Road market and the mosque in North Cross Road. At certain times/days of the week I also sometimes find it difficult to park near my house, and occasionally in my road, if I'm not already parked there. It's just a fact of city life, surely. And probably country life too in certain places, eg near pubs. If you have a pressing need to park near your house, maybe you should move somewhere with off-street parking?

peterstorm1985 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > > To my eternal shame, I've had mine sitting on a > > shelf since Dennis came, and haven't even > checked > > out any readings yet :-$ > > > > Sorry Dennis, but in my defence I do try to > turn > > lights and stuff off when they're not in use > :-$ > > We got one of these meters and had great fun for > the first few days - proving that everything we > know uses lots of power really does. The trouble > is it doesn't actually make anything use less > power so once you're got over the novelty it's a > bit redundant, at which point you wonder how much > energy it cost to produce and how much landfill > will be taken up with all these bits of plastic. > It might be better if they just let you have it > for a few days - to realise how much those > spotlights are really costing you - and then pass > it on to someone else. xxxxxx Isn't it supposed to make you realise where you are using power unnecessarily, rather than power you actually do want to use?

kford Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The smart meter is great. I had the microwave, > washer, oven and kettle on the other day and it > nearly exploded. xxxxxx To my eternal shame, I've had mine sitting on a shelf since Dennis came, and haven't even checked out any readings yet :-$ Sorry Dennis, but in my defence I do try to turn lights and stuff off when they're not in use :-$

spark67 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've made some great new friends locally via > twitter & it good for finding local bloggers & > sharing views..especially for foodies like me :) xxxxxxx We basically use it to get details of our gigs etc to people who will use Twitter but might not open their emails or look on our website - I hardly ever use it otherwise as I don't have a smartphone, though I do sometimes via my laptop for stuff like the phone-hacking enquiry or when the riots were on, to get breaking news.

Well I like it, and I'm happy for some of my tax to go towards restoring it. :)

My brother and his partner had naming ceremonies for their children. I'm not sure where they got the last person they used, but she mis-pronounced one of the children's names throughout the whole ceremony! Although apparently they had met her beforehand and talked the whole thing through with her including the names! Jennyh, had you considered just making up your own ceremony and doing it yourselves? It would be very personal then to yourselves and your friends.

I know this isn't what you're asking, but had you considered soft varifocal contact lenses? I have monthly ones, and I find them excellent. My vision is very good with them except in very dim lighting, when I find reading difficult, and they're really comfortable to wear and easy to maintain. I eke them out for a lot longer than a month as when I'm not going out I slob around the house in glasses :)) I go to the Institute of Optometry to get the prescription, but I get the actual lenses cheaply off the internet (exactly the same make etc as I would get if I paid a lot more for them). I'm interested to know with the laser surgery (I'm far too squeamish to have it done) - what happens when your vision changes as you get older? Do you have to keep on having more surgery every few years? Does it scar?

I can hopefully say this without being accused of having a vested interest, as I don't sell them any more, but a magnotherapy wristband worked for me - I originally got it to sort my arthritic aches and pains (which it did) and it sorted my migraines as well. I hadn't realised it had until I suddenly became aware that I hadn't had a migraine for months (now years - apart from very very very rarely). You need a strong one though, not a cheap wishy-washy one. One of my customers (I started selling them after I had had such good results) had had severe migraines since she was a child, and after she started wearing a wristband, she hardly had any, just the occasional one when she was extremely stressed. ETA: I gave a three month money-back unconditional guarantee, and only had two or three back the whole time I sold them - and of those, clearly one had never actually been worn ....

katie1997 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Er....what time is it?!! xxxxx Five past one, here. And some of them made me laugh out loud for a very long time :))

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've had my car window broken in Kent, my purse > stolen in Bath, my car keyed in Wiltshire, sh=t > happens. ED is a good place xxxxxx Seconded! I've been burgled whilst in bed in Topsham (Devon), had my car broken into in Ditchling, car stolen in Stanmer (both near Brighton), car broken into in Dundee, purse nicked at London Bridge station etc etc Stuff happens everywhere.

Google Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- then more lego men on > mopeds that cant talk english and think their the > police and talking rude to people, xxxxxx Eh???

motorbird83 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Definite yes! I think the small shops will be > fine as you can tell from the replies, they have a > hard core base that won't leave them. xxxxxx When Sainsbury's opened on Dog Kennel Hill, quite a number of small local shops were forced to close, including greengrocers and butchers on Lordship Lane and a Greek deli/grocers on North Cross Road. I guess they would also have thought they had a "hard core base" of customers.

I think they're all bloody weird :)) But also very wonderful :)) ETA: Hal, I'm not sure I would describe number 49 as weird, more - er - well, I can't find the words really :)) But hey, these photos have made me realise that actually my family is quite normal :)):)):))

Strawbs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- it was literally a non second xxxxxx A timeless moment, then? :)

jimbo1964 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I would say it's probably a good move. I like the > CPT but unless there's football on it's pretty > empty. As long as they keep the name and not any > "Actress" nonsense I hope it's a success. xxxxxx The name of The Actress was suggested by somebody on this forum :) It goes with The Bishop (geddit?) We are lucky they didn't go with their original intention of calling it something like The Village Inn - I think it was :)) When people protested about that name, it was thrown open to suggestions. The name of the CPT had already changed from The Crystal Palace Tavern, anyway.

Am I going mad? I thought this thread was in the lounge? In fact I thought I had posted on it!

I notice that @thegooseisout is conspicuous by its absence on your long list, The MidlifeManual :-$ Check us out at www.thegooseisout.com You might find at least one event out of the zillions we have coming up of interest, maybe the 2 - 9pm fundraising event for Dulwich Community Garden on Sunday 22 January with Wizz Jones, The Dulwich Ukulele Club and five other top local acts?? (shameless plug for the garden and the gig there, hope admin will allow it here as it's for a community event!) :)-D

A few years back I helped a friend with a boot sale to raise money (for SCOPE) for her sponsored trip to Machu Picchu. We both got rid of quite a lot of unwanted stuff plus other friends also donated stuff. Can't remember how much it raised but it was quite a considerable amount. You just have to watch for people nicking things (yep - even when she had a big banner saying it was all for charity).

And almost certainly not a woman, unless they have a funnel :))

This scam has been around for years, don't know if it's still the same people. They were operating round here when I moved here 20 years ago! My then partner, being very soft-hearted, was duped into buying some rubbish tea towels. There have been threads on the forum before, but thanks for warning us that these people are around again.

Also on Ulverscroft Road, my clock radio was flashing this morning. The other one was OK but I think it has a built-in battery to protect against power cuts, so Craigy maybe that is why one of yours was OK.

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I understood that permission was given for the > new(ish) adjoining part on the understanding that > the rent was used to renovate the old part. Is > this just an urban myth? xxxxxx The sad saga has been discussed at great length on this forum! If you do a search on "concrete house" the other threads will probably come up?