Sue

OMG that youtube clip wasn't even so bad it was good, it was so bad it was awful. Now I need a nice cup of tea to recover :))

Same with my daughter - no side-effects at all.

The screaming and shouting may be a bit of a giveaway, though, no? In our case as well as music you could hear from the end of the street, the guy also shouted, including many choice swear words, and kept his windows open all year round including in the bitter cold.

Should have added, in my case, it took a very persistent campaign by four sets of neighbours (including me) to both the council noise people and the housing association the guy was a tenant of before anything was done, and in the case of the housing association everybody we spoke to or emailed kept passing the buck, but eventually we succeeded. That was also a mental health issue and we were all also scared to approach him because in addition he appeared potentially violent. Also, the one time (Christmas Eve, four in the morning) it all got too much for me and I went to complain in person, he couldn't hear the doorbell because of the noise.

SimonM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting piece in today's Guardian, admittedly > by an American journalist, but it read pretty > convincingly to me. xxxxxx Is it online? Can you post a link?

Been quite ill. Still ill. NHS Direct reckoned the side effects of the jab should not last for more than two days, and be less severe than the actual swine flu, however have heard of two people who were ill for a week. Have hardly noticed the sore arm. Have however had a temperature (over 100), been very nauseous, dizzy, dry cough, headache, aches and pains, blah blah. Too tired to do much - mainly sleep with breaks to type/read. At least no runny nose! NHS Direct said it was likely that by coincidence I have another viral infection which happened to start after my jab ...

Yes you definitely need to call them every time, however much of a pain it is. You also need to keep your own record of when you called and who you spoke to. In my experience (admittedly some years back) they will only record your call if they manage to come out within their target time, and if they can't, or don't come out at all, your call will be quietly "lost".

Santerme Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- xxxxxx Blimey, that cricket one is very David Inshaw :)

HDNL left a card on Saturday evening, when I was out, for a parcel from Amazon, and I rearranged delivery for today. I've been in all day and it never turned up. I phoned them at 9.45pm (hanging on at 10p a minute) and they said the driver was "still out" because of "Christmas". At 10.15pm however according to the Amazon tracking system, my parcel was returned to base. Now what am I supposed to do? Keep rearranging the date and staying in and hoping at some point HDNL will actually deliver it when they say they will? I'd much rather get a card from Royal Mail and collect the parcel from Sylvester Road. I've just complained to Amazon. So much for their new contract - HDNL are clearly taking on more work than they can cope with.

Sorry you can't do that :)

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Am I dreaming, or didn't there used to be plastic poaching rings to keep poached eggs apart from each other? And yes, the eggs have to be fresh or they go all frilly and stringy in the water.

I use a separate non-stick grill thing that's supposed to be for paninis etc.. It does loads of other stuff brilliantly, including steak!

Pick it up from the "depot"? Are you sure this was Royal Mail?

plimsoul Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >the rest of the world that cares > to interest itself in London looks on at us and > laughs (i know this for fact) xxxxxxxxxx You know for a fact how the rest of the world feels? Blimey! You could make a fortune in market research :))

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Sorry :-$

reggie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am very curious about the post above. A bit like > Prof. Calculus wandering in. Have I missed > something? > Either way I am liking it. xxxxxxx Because ..... ??

Personnent hodie. Adeste fideles. Also Silent Night in German, for some reason. Etc :)

Was just about to post the same article. Apparently there were no fingerprints of the two convicted more recently in the room the crime took place, and they can't have wiped them because there were plenty of the guy who was previously convicted, and wiping couldn't have been that selective. The author of the article reckons it's a face-saving exercise by various of the people/organisations involved in the investigation and prosecution, and that these two may well get off after the next two appeal stages.

stereforth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When I told my GP > that I was on immuno suppressants she strongly > advised that I have it. > Incidentally, she assured me that there were no > side effects. xxxxxxxxx I thought that a suppressed immune system was a contra-indication? It's one of the questions they ask before you get the jab. Maybe I got this the wrong way round. I've just had the jab this morning. The Nurse said I was likely to have a very sore arm for two days and she asked which side I slept, to avoid that side. Of those I know who have had it, some have indeed had very sore arms, others have had no symptoms at all. I've got the sore arm starting and also feeling very shivery and tired, may be nothing to do with the vaccine but I'm going to bed anyway :-$

Isn't it a pub any more, then?

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue - "child neglecting couple the McGanns"? You > know better than to write shit nonsense like that. > That couple have gone through hell and they may > just be innocent. Until proven guilty (and > no-one's charged them) let's allow them that > courtesy, yes? > > xxxxxxxx They have admitted leaving three little children under four on their own every night of their holiday, in an unlit and unfamiliar apartment. These are doctors, who of all people should know that children can choke, be sick, fall, wander, whatever - let alone be frightened. If that isn't a "child neglecting couple" I don't know what is. I am not an unkind person, but whatever happened to their daughter, there is no doubt that it was their fault, directly or indirectly, so they bloody deserve to go through hell. Most of the police files from the original investigation are in the public domain, but the McCanns have gone - and are still going to - great lengths to get forums discussing them closed down and books based on them banned. Just a few points which have been barely given newspaper space in this country (why?): Of 48 questions Kate McCann was asked by the police, the only one she would answer was the final one, which was "Do you realise that by not answering these questions you are hindering the search for your daughter?" or words to that effect, to which she replied "yes if the investigation thinks so", or words to that effect. Two of the top dogs in the world independently found indications of blood and cadaver scent in the McCanns' apartment and on various items associated with the McCanns. Did the McCanns express horror and concern when told of the dogs' findings? No, they tried to discredit the dogs. Did they ask for the case to be re-opened when they could have done? No, they preferred to spend donated money on "private investigators", one lot of whom didn't even have any expertise in cases of "missing" children. Did they and their friends return for a police reconstruction of the night of the disappearance? No, they refused to go, preferring to star in a TV "reconstruction" putting forward solely their version of events. If you study the case, which I have, you will find that there is no evidence of an abduction, and a great many indications of something else, which taken together show a completely different possible scenario. However unless further evidence comes to light nobody is ever likely to be charged. True, the McCanns "may just be innocent", but if they are, they have acted in a very strange way. The above is just a tiny selection of disquieting facts. I don't think this couple deserve my courtesy frankly. They didn't show any to their daughter and her little siblings when they left them alone night after night, did they?

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