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The Minkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I popped into Celia Hammond's last week to drop > off some cat food. There was a lady there who was > just picking a cat up having had it neutered. > Anytime she gets hold of an intact cat, she takes > it down to be done, then once it's recovered, she > lets it go again. I got the impression they do > this as a free service. Unneutered toms can be a > nightmare. We used to have a tomcat 'visitor' in > our last house who would get in through the flap > and spray all round the kitchen :-( hi minkey - that may have been me you saw at celia hammond. They neutered our tom cat-stray for free but i gave them a donation to say thanks as they were brilliant. pm me for details

property is returning 6/7/8% from rental yields (incl ex-local authority flats) there's zero incentive to save in a bank, quite literally. you may as well withdraw 5% each year and burn it in the back garden... the metal (is it metal?) exLA flats often aren't mortgagable, so watch for that if you're buying with cash as it may not sell that easily. The brick builds are mortgagable. debt being currently VERY cheap, and rental yields high, makes sense to me if you want to save for the long term. There's no other way to save right now (stock market is too scary for most)

I saw a couple of guys digging up the wraught iron railings on the Oglander Island (Grove Vale/Copleston Junction) today Not sure why they were digging them up *again* after it's only just been resurfaced? I assumed they just love constantly rejigging that junction... but now thinking back perhaps they were after the metal in a clever broad daylight disguise? or perhaps not

not sure if it's the enamel itself that's dehydrated - perhaps if we're dehydrated, then we have less saliva to protect, or neutralise, the acid found in juice drinks etc it's the acid that disolves the enamel and drinks are packed full of acid - citric acid is after all vitamin C. Caffeine can cause dehydration as it's a diuretic - drinks that contain caffeine are also known to stain teeth - i'm guessing this is right but this is going back a few years for me!

Have you tried a music mobile? Consistent noise maybe easier to block out? Did he used to use a dummy? Perhaps reintroduce as a soother just at bedtimes? U could sit with him for a few nights until he goes to sleep and see if the phase passes. I'm a gina mum too but had to do this a few months ago when dad took to picking him up and putting in our bed when we were on holiday... Training him to need us to go to sleep *wail face*. Spent 3x days untraining him. Wasn't fun. Good luck

A third of US citizens do not have proper health insurance. The rich/poor divide over there is shockingly bad. Completely agree with above post in that every mother (and father) should have their baby in the way they want to but for some that may be a c-section and for others a home birth. So we should leave other parents alone to make their own choice.

I had one word on my first 'birth plan' after attending nct and all my midwife sessions - that didn't change mind. It was: *epidural* i never got the epidural i asked for before and during my labour. Instead i experienced threat of prolapse, utter neglect by midwives If i'm lucky enough to get pregnant again my birth plan will be: *elective c-section* i wonder if they'll let me have that. I'm desperate - do they accept cheques for the extra ?500?

... Within 5 mins he muttered 'You're such a knob'

i feel like i could get a quicker response if i asked him something 'in general' than face to face

It is lovely peckham - flick through today's bricks and mortar (the times) i think copleston road features a well loved, community spirited area. i've lived here since 2000 - loved every minute of it

some people felt they were being spied on - simple solution

it's my favourite restaurant - it is expensive but worth every penny love it - friendly service. best restaurant in the area

Ahem... some deck that!

give them gin as well? *ducks*

>>>- They also acknowledge that the design is somewhat illogical with respect to the streets in the V-shaped cutout (Oglander, Everthorpe etc). They would have preferred to include additional streets including Oglander, Everthorpe etc, but the available budget does not allow. This is what i was told yesterday as well. How can excluding a v-shape from the cpz be because of budget restraints?When the council will be making money from cpz??? - this is a genuine question?? How much does it cost to paint some lines on the road? versus the income from the residents who opt in? Conclusion: a budget constraint means that this particular project will be half completed.... Paul even said to me saturday at the same consulatoin 'yes, i agree those particular roads will get hammered' *will get hammered* great i am against this proposal but if they do it - please dont leave out random roads (oglander/everthorpe) in the middle of the cpz - makes no sense

For a ten year bet, either property or equities should work as they'll hopefully survive through inflationary times. property is tough call as we're back to 2007 highs (or higher) but the rental yield justifies current prices alone so you can forget about income multiples the reason why london's property prices have maintained value is classic supply and demand. it's small example of what's going to happen worldwide over the next 50 yrs and why the states property market hasn't recovered. they dont have the same supply issues as we do. ultimately London has a job market right now - the recession is mostly outside the M25 - this exacerbates the property supply and demand issue and will continue to do so over next 5 yrs or so. the only reason why property feels like a 'safe bet' is cos it's returned in the past - this has no bearing to what it will return in the future my personal bet is equities - the volatility makes it slightly scary - but investments like property and equities shouldn't be seen as 'short term'. ultimately if the sh1t hits the fan they'll just print more and more money. bodes well for real assets like property/equities/gold interest rates aren't going up anytime soon my money's on listed small uk companies (w/out currency risk) with investment overseas (emerging markets) but not property at these levels, despite all the positives, equities feel much better value and similar yields

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why have they drawn a circle around ED train station, proposed a parking restriction and left out a major section of it? i.e. oglander/everthorpe and oxenford? what's the logic behind this? moreover, they chose not consult those residents of the roads left out which will obviously become a car park? I have no knowledge of CPZ considerations. Is it normal to leave a whole section out like this? Seems completely illogical. WTF?

now now children - enough of the bickering. This is a public forum.

Everthorpe Road doesn't even feature on the drop down menu of Southwark council's feedback form yet it's bang in the middle of the CPZ section (but not incl in it of course) .... Oglander gets a mention

we bought one of these for the same reason then we got the electricity bill which was 4 figures... never again so we now use 2x 2.5tog sleeping bags, a blanket, quilt and tights/pjs

i'm still getting over the fact that *women* are turning up in boozers... jeezus where do you draw the line?

"As far as I can see, the current plan would simply concentrate all of the commuter parking from quite a wide area into the very convenient triangle of Oglander Rd, Oxenford St and Everthorpe Road". EXACTLY Makes no sense to have this weird v-shaped exclusion which is under 5 min walk from the station and therefore will turn into a car park! either make the boundary consistent or dont do it at all!

i'm still having a real problem with our local evil black cat (named FANG) oglander/copleston roads we have tried *everything* he bulldozes through the 'smart' cat flaps. we have taken to blocking the cat flat with a heavy wooden table to stop the b*gger getting in also asked cat charities for cages (with hope to capture and neuter it) but they just pass you from pillar to post or promise you a cat trap and never get back in touch :( our cat is now a forced in door cat.

me too! i was budgeting in my head about ?2k a year for 'extras' i wonder how naive that is...