Sue

louisiana Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Another option would be to take stuff to the > Dulwich Going Greener Give & Take event on > Saturday 5 March. > xxxxxxxx These are a great idea - I've been to a couple in Oxford with my daughter, both giving and taking. They weigh stuff on the way out to see how much has avoided going to landfill. My daughter once got a lovely cupboard :) Good for the environment, but not for charity, however.

flocker spotter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I too have trudged down there with good quality > saleable items only to be refused at the counter. > I felt quite affronted, but also very sorry for > the charity itself that had just missed out on > making a possible ?50. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Same here. They told me there was a notice in the window stating that they weren't taking goods, but the notice consisted of a large sheet of paper containing closely spaced type, as in a letter - who would stop and read that?! Afraid I lost my temper and shouted at them :-$ Wasn't going to lug it all back home again (I was on foot) and dumped it by a bin. Wasn't there when next I passed so hope someone could make use of it. Haven't dared go back in the shop since in case they recognise me as The Shouting Woman :))

I gave away three books recently, had a few people interested and gave them to the first person to reply. When she arrived to collect them, she looked in the bag and said "Oh, I thought there were more than that, I thought you said five to ten"!! That was it - not even a thank you. I had clearly listed the titles, authors and publishers in my post, so there were clearly only three books. I was well pissed off, wished I had given them to somebody else as I could probably have sold them online and got twenty quid or so and now suspect she is going to do the same as she only seemed interested in quantity rather than content and clearly hadn't read my post properly, just saw "free books" :-S

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Hi Sue, > Lots of consultation took place at the Dulwich > Community Council. Notices in newspapers and on > lamp posts. I also twice posted a map of East > Duwlich with where they were proposed to go. > > xxxxxxxx I wouldn't have objected to the space as I think it's a great scheme, but I don't recall seeing anything on lamp posts or on the forum, and most people won't attend the Dulwich Community Council meetings. I don't buy a local paper but I do glance through anything free which comes through the door :)) and don't recall reading anything about it. Maybe I'm just unobservant .....

dukesdenver Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Seconded, I often take stuff to the Trinity > Hospice shop on Walworth Road. The lady who runs > it is lovely xxxxxxx You can also take any amount of stuff to Trinity Hospice directly. Bit further to go (Clapham Common) but you can park in their carpark no problem.

I live on Ulverscroft Road, we have a car club space at the end of the road and to the best of my knowledge nobody was consulted about it, it just appeared one day.

:))

minkturtle, that's a lovely description of your experience.

benwiggles Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sod all this chitter chatter its a street party! > Whats not to like, I'm and I know many of my > friends in East Dulwich are fully behind it, xxxxxx So you and many of your friends will be organising it then, yes?

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

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