Sue

Thanks Louisiana :) I see Infinity Foods are mentioned. I find them hugely expensive. My daughter gets a bulk order from them every few months and splits it with friends, but I find I can get most things cheaper or around the same price locally, eg from SMBS.

The Snow It Melts the Soonest - Anne Briggs

My congratulations too, I really appreciate your involvement both in matters concerning the community in general and also small personal matters (I don't think I'd ever have got the tree replaced outside my house without your help).

I'd be very happy to come to a meeting to discuss possibilities.

Hope they're cheaper than the Mind shop has become for many things :-S

Thanks for the contact info, PeterStorm, that's very useful.

Just remembered something that happened in the seventies. I had a cat, Woolly, who developed a rodent ulcer (a type of cancer) in his mouth. I can't remember all the details now, but it was spreading so that he had difficulty eating/swallowing, and the vet said that it was not treatable (maybe because of where it was situated) and basically there was nothing he could do. I had some health food magazine or something which I had picked up at the local health food shop, and among the small ads in the back was one for a couple who did absent healing on animals, and because there was nothing to lose, I wrote to them (no email in those days!). I had a nice letter back saying they were "praying for Woolly". They didn't ask for any money. Then the ulcer started to get smaller, and eventually disappeared. The vet couldn't explain it. Nor could I. Nor could my very sceptical ex-husband.

Tarot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe a garden contest.with garden vouchers for a > prize. xxxxxxxxx There already is one, Southwark In Bloom. I'm not sure what the prizes are, but certainly Islington in Bloom has garden vouchers as prizes.

peterstorm1985 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Re the Co-op, what about us trying to 'take it > back'. I've started emailing, regularly, to > complain about specific failures. I'm sure others > do too, but if the number of complainers increased > they would eventually take notice. xxxxxxxx Do you have the email address? I wrote to them ages ago about various issues including the lack of free range chicken pieces, but had no reply.

flapjackdavey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I like "The Cutting" :)) xxxxxx Didn't know you were into self-harm, flapjack :))

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Experimental music." Hmmm....does that mean you > can't actually play any instruments but like to > make a bit of a racket? xxxxxx :))

This old house is falling down around my ears I'm drowning in a river of my tears Richard and Linda Thompson :)-D

legalbeagle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > expat Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > >Well I LIKE the Queen. > > > > But She is not getting married > > > I appreciate that expat. Thanks. > > But since I like her I'm inclined to not mind her > rellies too much. So I'm generally pleased, I > quite like a good wedding, and I'm delighted at > the extra holiday. > > So there. > > Again. xxxxxxx But are you organising a street party, LB? :)-D

Asset Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think Sue should organise it, what day is it > anyway? xxxxxxxxxxxxxx You're bloody joking, no way am I organising anything connected to a Royal bloody wedding :)) Oh no I see I have capitalised Royal, what does that mean???

Some friends and I messed around with an ouija board at uni. Long story short, I slept with a Bible under my pillow for months, was scared witless. Would never ever ever do it again. :-S

Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin

Interesting stuff, whatever the explanation :) ETA: Sorry, posted that in response to LegalBeagle's post

legalbeagle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Australians everywhere as they face Cyclone Yasi. > Good luck QL. xxxxxx I have a very good friend who lives in the path of the Cyclone, and have just heard that he and his wife have survived the cyclone, as has his house, but his garden is devastated. Lucky eh. They retreated to a motel inland and after the worst had passed it took them three attempts through floodwater to reach the house to check it, not sure when they will be able to return to their home but looks like they were among the lucky ones.

edcam Wrote: -it reminds me of that unpleasant > Madeleine McCann thread which has thankfully gone > now. xxxxxx That "unpleasant" thread is still in the lounge, and is only "unpleasant" if you find the facts stated in it "unpleasant". I repeat - facts. ETA: Although there were certainly a lot of unpleasant comments from people who did not want to accept the facts.

expat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > But She is not getting married xxxxxxx Blimey, didn't know she got a Capital Letter, like God :)) Sorry, I mean She!

Ridgley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We can improve our community with less bitching > and biting on this forum for a start. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sadly bitching and biting are human nature and some people will always bitch and bite whether they are on a forum or not. How others respond to the bitchers and biters is more to the point perhaps.

EDdownunder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I would love a Waitrose and think the "most people > are vehemently opposed" is plain wrong. The > people's supermarket seems an interesting concept > - although not sure about this volunteering > business - and it will be interesting to have a > look at what its all about on the box. > > People seem a bit worried about chains > infiltrating the lane but since threshers went out > of business we have had an empty shop in a prime > spot without any other chain such as odd-bins or > whatever rushing to take on the lease. I get the > feeling some residents would prefer an empty store > over an evil chain. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxxx Volunteering is an integral part of the people's supermarket :) That's part of what makes it a community enterprise, surely. The issue of Threshers' empty shop has nothing to do with whether people want a Waitrose, has it? Let's not turn this into another Aspirational Supermarket thread - the issues around Waitrose, M&S etc have already been well rehearsed on James Barber's thread elsewhere.

And there aren't even Seven Oaks any more .....

Tarot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > But it is a pleasant park,albiet it has gone down > hill since the early nineties. > Not so many Rhodedendrams has there used to be. xxxxxxx If there are fewer Rhododendrons (?) I think that's good - horrid brightly coloured shapeless things :))

Also with Firefox tonight, I keep getting timed out before a page has loaded, not happening with any other sites. I get a message "The server is taking too long to respond".