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Tarot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >I have a blackbird who likes grapes > and chips. > All good. xxxxxx Sounds like you have a blackbird likely to have an upset tum, Tarot :))

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sambless Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- You don't have > young children do you? I really hope they didn't > see, that would be awful. xxxxxx Eh? Rats may be vermin and a health hazard, and therefore have to be controlled, but they are also animals and part of the natural world. What's wrong with children seeing them? Or are you joking?

Taper - we haven't yet, but that's not a deliberate policy :) We were approached by one very good Cajun band, but they weren't well enough known to put on at DHFC and their fee was too high for the Mag. If there's anyone you'd like us to check out, PM me :)

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I know Phillip Henry, not bad I suppose... > xxxxxx NOT BAD?!?!?!?!?!

Phillip Henry. You won't have heard of him yet, but you will. First guitarist since I first saw Bert Jansch around 1965 to literally make my jaw drop. And sit there with my mouth hanging open. F-ing amazing slide.

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Mike Waterson > > Who has died recently. June Tabor will be > speaking about him on R4 Last Word, that's about > to start. xxxxx Died day before yesterday :-S Obituary here :( Amazing songwriter and singer, both solo and with others. And a bloody nice bloke as well. Best version of Tamlyn I've ever heard in my life, makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. R.I.P.

Marie81 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I would take the foxes screaming any day over > noisy neighbours or cars speeding down the road > with loud music blaring! xxxxxxx Same here, but that's a bit different to having your dogs hurt

Fuschia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > My specific question is can instead rafts and > rascals with an 8 yo and. 3 yo? Or us the 8 yo too > old and not allowed in > xxxxxxx Fuschia, can you interpret your post?! :))

One rat? Luxury! I once lived in a hut on a farm, and I used to have a birdfeeder. One day I saw what I thought was a squirrel on the feeder, then I saw it had a very thin tail for a squirrel, then I realised it was a rat. Long story short (ish), I once counted seventeen rats of assorted sizes outside my kitchen window. There was a big grizzled granddaddy down to little ones. I felt like the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Stupid as it sounds, I actually quite liked them. However then they started coming into the hut and into my food cupboards and moving the food around. Then they started getting underneath the hut and gnawing through the wooden floor. I used to lie in my bed at night hearing them gnawing through the bedroom floor. The farmers put metal plates beneath the floor, but that didn't deter them. Then they gnawed through the plastic boxes I kept the birdfood in. Sadly, eventually I agreed to them being poisoned. That wasn't the end of it though, because one expired beneath my hut, in a totally inaccessible place. The smell was indescribable. For weeks, if memory serves. Oh happy days :)

Frankito Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >. Wasn't there a programme > recently where some local types formed a non-Co-op > co-operative..? xxxxx Has already been a discussion on this on the forum, can't remember what thread but I'm sure somebody else will :)

tallulah71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I know one of the neighbours > regularly puts food out for them too which doesn;t > help. > xxxxxxxx Could you not explain the problem to your neighbour and ask him/her to stop feeding them? Obviously it's going to be almost impossible to deter them if they're getting a regular supply of nearby food.

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > RIP Thaddeus, lone tadpole occupant of our salad > bowl 'pond'crying smiley > > We had such hopes for you, you managed to > outlive your brothers and sisters for so long! > > RIP Thaddeus, et eius fratres sororesque. > > Were any of them named, btw, or was this a sad > consequence of Thaddeus's outliving them? Is Tad actually dead, are you sure he's not just hiding? I didn't see any of mine for ages, thought they had snuffed it. :-S

I've got a froglet!!! Just went out to check my tub wasn't overflowing, and a little froggie leaped off the pile of stones and into the tub! Hurrah!!! :)-D Now fingers crossed a cat doesn't get it :-S ETA: Am feeding the taddies freeze-dried bloodworms recommended by a fish shop for when they start geting legs, on the basis that even though I rarely see a taddie as they lurk down the bottom, they jolly well should be getting legs by now, seems I was right!

What's this got to do with North Cross Road, fredricketts??

Lucky you, I'm very jealous :)

Meant to post this before and forgot! On Saturday morning, I saw what appeared to be a flock of long-tailed tits flying into the trees next to Sainsbury's carpark (on the right hand side as you face Sainsbury's). I've never seen long-tailed tits in ED before, though when I lived in Oundle I often used to get them coming down to my birdfeeder. I've also seen them in woods in Sussex. Anyone else seen them about in ED, eg in the woods?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I don't spend ?50.00 on petrol. > > I take my 86 year old mum shopping each week and > if we spend ?50 in store between us on our weekly > shop, > I get 5p off every litre of petrol I buy. and the > normal price is no dearer than most garages. > > and still get points on our club card (which we > share) which add up so we get more vouchers to > spend. xxxxxx Sorry, misunderstood :-$ So what Tesco do you go to? Old Kent Road?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I normally shop at Tescos. The prices are cheaper > and my mother and I get regular vouchers > (?30-?40+ p.a.) > that can be spent on anything in store and also > 5p off every litre of petrol when we spend ?50.00+ xxxxxx Yeh but how much does it cost you in petrol to go to Tesco? The Co-op is very convenient and depending on where you live, you don't need a car to get there (just a shopping trolley in my case :)) ) And how big is your car, if you spend ?50+ on petrol each time you fill it up there? My little Micra wouldn't take that much even if it was empty!

andynic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >The Montpelier > does a good one on Tuesdays, but has stopped for > the summer rather bizarrely. xxxxxx Not sure why that's bizarre! People are away during the Summer, plus many people prefer to sit outside rather than inside on light Summer evenings.

Frankito Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Are they going to turn the Co-op in LL into a > Waitrose too then? Happy days... As long as they > don't keep any of the staff eh! xxxxxx Most of the Co-Op staff are friendly and helpful (in the Lordship Lane branch).

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Okay I could be totally wrong, and I apologise to > said art student in advance if I am, but there > used to be a scam - back in the early 1980s - > where a van would take a handful of young people > to a different area every night/weekend, armed > with convincing looking prints etc. that cost only > a couple of quid, and claiming to be art students > trying to 'get by'. These 'students' would charge > a lot more and were usually paid a comission on > what they sold. > > As I say I could be wrong but I would advise a > close look at the 'work' anyway. xxxxxxx I remember this in the eighties around this area, but I don't think they were prints, I think they were truly awful original paintings :))

Greyhound does terrible food. Worst Sunday lunch I have ever had in my life, in fact probably the worst meal. I'm amazed to see people recommending it here. Herne bad in other ways but yes is family friendly, just avoid having any dealings with the manager. I'd try Franklins or the Mag .....

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Yes but I think you misread my post Sue - if you > look again you will see I was referring to the > Sogim Pharmacy that used to be the Co-op Chemist > (hence the crack about Brut) and not the Co-op > that used to be Somerfield. xxxxxx OOOPS sorry :-$

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > no - same tat but no divvy. xxxxxxx This just isn't true, sorry! The Co-op in Lordship Lane has a much better range of things than Somerfield ever had, including a lot of Fair Trade items. They also have very good special offers sometimes. It's far from perfect, but it's unfair to call it tat. And there is divvy - as I said above, I just got over eleven quid, which I can get paid straight into my bank account. And I don't do my main shop there, just odds and ends. You have to join their membership scheme and get a card, however, and use it when you buy stuff, obviously, before you are eligible for divvy.