Sue

Has anybody used this company? Nationwide Energy Services I was cold-called this morning, thought it was a scam and told them I wasn't interested, but having done a bit of research it seems they are bona fide. I have a surveyor coming tomorrow for a "free, no-obligation blah blah blah" and as far as I understand it they act as middle men/women for an 80% government grant to bring my loft up to the recommended standard. They've said I would pay around ?149 but that could vary up or down subject to the survey, and that this is cheaper than other companies (they quoted British Gas for one, as charging ?199). Anyone used them? Were you happy? Can I get this done cheaper elsewhere? My loft is currently part-insulated and part-boarded, I haven't done anything to it in the twenty years I've been here :-$ . It was on my very long house "to do" list (mainly getting previous builder's work done properly and/or finished (6)) but somewhere near the bottom :))

Great pic, ComputedShorty :) I remember a street party in Hopton Road in Streatham for the coronation.

MrTwirly, you have made me feel so much better :)

Pugwash, deffo speak to Citizens Advice Bureau, and if at all possible someone should stay with your daughter until this is resolved, for everybody's peace of mind. I'm so sorry, what a nightmare. Lodgers definitely have fewer rights than tenants, because the owner lives in the same place. But CAB should be able to advise on the exact ins and outs of this situation. Good luck.

Like an invasion of blob-like aliens descending on the Rye :) Nice tree though.

Ten police cars would hardly turn out to a burglary, would they? There was a helicopter out last night as well.

Daizie, that's really funny. The whole of East Dulwich would be one giant cat's cradle :))

legalbeagle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So there you go. No doubt there's a perfectly good > and scientific explanation for all of that. xxxxxxx You'll probably find that the usual suspects will pick out the bits of your story where they can find some alternative "scientific" explanation, however unlikely, and conveniently ignore the other bits. Hopefully you won't be subjected to the mocking and name-calling as well. :-S

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I haven't given up at all and loving it. Well > done for giving a boost to The Goose is Out! xxxxxx Hadn't noticed that :) If you're into folk/roots/blues, check out the Goose! (But I haven't updated the website since Friday's gig, ooops :)) )

Blimey, a compliment on here makes a pleasant change :)):)):))

What???

Wonder if anyone else who had stayed there had ever seen her, Jaws? Would be interesting if so, and to know who she was. When my Mum died, at her funeral, one of my sisters saw her turning cartwheels - although my recollection is that she said it was "in front of the altar", and I'm not sure they have altars in a crematorium? Will have to ask her. Just remembered something else which freaked me out somewhat. I went on this weekend course at the College of Psychic Studies, never done anything like it before (or since) but I'd had a few weird experiences and had found them quite scary and I thought if I found out more about what was going on I wouldn't be so scared. Anyway, the main thing I remember is that we did this exercise where each person wrote their name on a piece of plain paper, then crumpled up the paper and put it in a bag. The tutor came round with the bag and we each had to pull out one of the crumpled up balls, open out the paper again, and talk about what we "got" from it. With mine, I couldn't see anything on the paper at all really, and when it got to my turn I said all I could see was a boomerang, which meant nothing to me at all. The person whose paper it was then said she was about to emigrate to Australia. And no she hadn't mentioned this before, and I had never met her before.

Yeh I remember Miller and seven. I remember lots of useless things :)) Oh and I've found out from my OH how the vase got broken, but as it's a :-$ memory I will never divulge it :))

@minkturtle - I once had a friend who could affect stuff like that. Don't think she ever played machines though! She was also a healer, and worked with cancer (I think) patients (with the doctors' permission) in an NHS hospital (I mention the hospital work only in an attempt to stop further mocking, though I doubt it will). I agree that having precognition can be a curse. There are some things you just don't want to know about, particularly in advance. ETA - sorry, wrote the above before I'd seen your later post, what you say is very interesting. I have (another) friend who has a similar what I would call gift. She can also do absent healing, and I can always tell if she's been doing it on me even if she hasn't said she's going to, because I can feel it. @Jeremy - I believe what you say about particle theory (or whatever it's currently called) is correct, but the alternative to thinking that there's an actual scientific explanation for some of the incidents described above is that there is some "psychic" thing going on, however you choose to define "psychic". Isn't it? And we have no idea if or how parallel universes might interact, assuming they exist in some way. Many things, like flight and space travel, which used to be considered "in the realms of science fiction", as you put it, were subsequently found to be possible. And now I must get off the forum cos got a gig tonight and things to do for it. Damn!

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Sue you were getting grief for not being bothered > to wear REAL fur coat, for wearing a fake nylon > 'impression' of the real thing, goddammit why > couldn't you just wear REAL dead animals instead > of pretend dead ones ? > xxxxxxxxx :))

Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And why aren't they looking to return East Street > to its former glory as a "destination market" to > recoup some of the losses? [/quote > > Because it's not the 80s anymore? xxxxxxxx Eh? I'd have thought in a recession more people would be looking to go to markets. Just, not expensive ones.

As a councillor, James, to whom ultimately presumably council employees are responsible, can you not put pressure on these particular employees? It does seem to me that somebody must have taken their eye off the ball (to put it mildly) if they did not realise what was going on at East Street, resulting in such a massive deficit. Or are we talking turning a blind eye? OK you probably won't want to answer that :)) And why aren't they looking to return East Street to its former glory as a "destination market" to recoup some of the losses? Too much effort compared to North Cross Road?

:)) But not in my case cos I've never taken any :)

Now can we get back to the subject of the thread, thanks.

I'm so sick of people mocking things they can't explain. And mocking the people who talk about the things they can't explain. It's pathetic and closed minded.

My daughter doesn't take drugs. Other people saw the bike there, not there then there, including the cleaner. The bike was locked up. It was still dusty. The flatmate/neighbour thing doesn't work. My daughter got a first class degree and an MSc and is now a hydrogeologist. She's clearly not stupid. She can't explain it logically.

Some people always have to have a go, don't they? I've got A level physics and a psychology degree, does that make me mad as well? I also did physics for a year at uni. And as it happens, I used to tutor first and second year undergraduates when I was doing research, and one of the things we used to discuss was parapsychology. Edinburgh Uni has a whole department on it, or did have (I wasn't at Edinburgh but I did do some research there, not on parapsychology, on stereotyping). And I also made it clear that I had no evidence for my theory about parallel universes. If you were being funny (or trying to be) then feel free to ignore the above post. :-S

Fair points and I've no desire to take you to task on them

Some of us like fairy lights all year round, why do you think they are Christmas lights, are they in the shape of reindeer or something?

For what it's worth, and I have no evidence for this whatsoever, I think that some of these incidents (not the bending key ones I don't think) are to do with either parallel universes or dimensions, and that sometimes there is slippage between them. Could also be time slippages involved. And if you have read anything about theories in modern physics, you'll know that is not necessarily a totally improbable explanation. Edited to add: I think a lot of people don't talk about stuff like this for fear that people will think they're mad, so thanks KK for starting the thread :)