Sue

You don't have to put up with it! There are other local GP surgeries! It's very easy to change, just register with another one!

I used to come to Lordship Lane with friends in the late seventies/early eighties to eat at the Dulwich Tandoori. None of us lived in the area, and didn't know anybody who did! I'm pretty sure this still happens. Though probably not to the Dulwich Tandoori, where I haven't been for years.

Yes, so many new places recently opening, and with such a lot of choice, one bad or even so- so experience might not lead to people giving them the benefit of the doubt and making a return visit. And there is presumably a finite pool of potential customers, even allowing for people visiting ED just to eat there.

Please can you tell us where this place was, so we can avoid it. Regardless of whether their usual tailor was away, they should be compensating you for bad workmanship done when you had paid them. Surely it is not a matter of opinion whether or not the legs are of equal length? They can be easily measured with a tape, surely? I can understand why you would not want to spend more time on it, but if they think they have got away with it, they will not take more care in the future and other people may have similar experiences. But then I'm the annoying sort of person who would pursue something like this till I got compensation!

Freudian slip? Debit? 😂

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Might be a good idea to google before you speak to them to try to find out your legal position (but whatever, definitely speak to the business asap). There is probably info on the MoneySavingExpert website, maybe Which (I think you only have to be a member to get the info about specific brands, not general info). The citizens advice bureau could also help, but I have no idea if they will give advice over the phone. Don't let the business fob you off, and don't agree with anything they offer until you are very clear about your exact legal position. Good luck, I really feel for you.

Off topic sorry, but I was in a pub last week which had Youngs - four pumps, all with exactly the same beer. Thinking it would be crap, I had a pint of Estrella, but I tasted my partner's pint of Youngs and it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. Back on topic, let's hope both the Clock House and the EDT can stay open (and that the Clock House continues to open in the afternoon on Christmas Day 🤣 , fortunately or unfortunately being on the way home from The Ivy House 🤣)

So sorry to hear this. How upsetting. If you told them exactly what was required and they didn't do it, surely the local business you used should pay to replace the jeans?

Cosmetic dentistry is at least related to teeth!

I wasn't questioning anybody's expertise. I don't mind professional people sharing premises. What I strongly object to is making an appointment for a routine dental checkup and then being asked whether I am worried about cosmetic issues which have nothing to do with my teeth or my health. It's bad enough getting old without it being suggested by a dental surgery that you should be worried about how you look (and if I had ticked "yes" I presume I would have then been given information about all their cosmetic treatments). What next? Are GPs going to go down this route as well?

Ah yes, Winter Warmer. I think they also did a chocolate stout or something similar which was nice.

Injections for anaesthetising gums, not for injecting botox into lips and "wrinkles" !

Their dentistry training surely doesn't cover cosmetic issues unrelated to teeth?

The new government is well aware of the overall issues, if you read what they have said. However given the terrible situation re prisons which they have been left with by the outgoing government, they are having to look at "least worst" options in the short term. What else are they supposed to do? They can't build more prisons, recruit and train more probation and prison staff, introduce rehabilitation programmes, address the underlying causes of crime amongst young people, etc etc etc, overnight.

Now that would be a real cause for worry 🤣

It always was awful, apart from some which only seemed to be available at certain times of year. Can't remember what that was. Porter?

Have Youngs ceased brewing? I still see their beer on pumps here and there? Not a great loss if they have 😂 I didn't know the Clock House and the Wood House were connected? I've never been fond of either of them. They've always felt rather bland and characterless, whatever was done to them to "improve" them.

The pubs will be sold, and hopefully remain open under new ownership.

Just seen from a reliable source on Facebook that Antic have gone into administration 😮

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Thank you, both! Do dentists have catchment areas, like GPs?

I recently booked a dental checkup at Dulwich Dental Office in North Cross Road. I had stopped going there because during COVID I was disappointed to find that the very small reception area upstairs, and the receptionist, appeared to be very lax indeed about social distancing or taking other precautions. After their refurb and taking over the old Lloyds premises downstairs, I thought I would give them another chance. I was very taken aback to find that among the usual preliminary form filling re medical conditions etc was a questionnaire asking questions such as was I worried about wrinkles 🙄 Yes, I have wrinkles. I'm ancient. I'd rather not have them, but I have no intention of spending shedloads of money to look like an ancient person who has spent shedloads of money on work to make it look as if she hasn't got wrinkles. Are young people being asked this as well? Young people who are worried that they might be getting a wrinkle? Or weren't worried before, but are worried now that this potential worry has been put into their heads? Then when I got to the actual dentist, there was a large notice on the wall advertising Botox, even although the room itself did not appear to be set up for anything apart from dentistry. Is this common practice now? Can anybody recommend a good local dentist who won't try to sell you a trout pout and a face lift alongside making sure your teeth are not about to fall out? I was only reminded of this because Dulwich Dental Office have just sent me a survey asking me to rate them. Apparently they will then send me their "secret free guide on how to keep a healthy smile forever". Dentists used to tell you how to look after your teeth and gums as a matter of course. No longer, apparently. Unless this guide just suggests you have all your teeth extracted and replaced at vast expense by artificial ones that won't rot? Why is the guide secret? It is so secret that they haven't sent it to me, probably because when I got their request for a review I fed back something along the lines of the above. Sorry for the long post.

Well if they were it seems to have been sorted out very quickly!

Have they been hacked?