PeckhamRose

How is this ambulance chasing wavyline girl. Do you know the meaning?

That's it! That's them! Well done you bird detective you. Geese indeed. They were necking in a Narphuk accent.

Living three floors up with a wisteria in a very very large pot on the back balcony, I can still hear the ducks and Canada Geese in the park opposite, but the wisteria's own Hnnnnnnnnnnnnhhhhhhhhh is drowning them out at the moment. Meanwhile, having bought far too many packets of bee friendly seeds which are heaving themselves into leaves but with no space to plant anymore, if anyone would like a tray of 15 or so PM me. I won't put this on the FS section, I'll just let you find it and PM me. They're noisy, mind. They're drowning out The Kick Inside.

No, but the emerging wisteria can, just wait till it's fully grown.

How I loved Pamela Stephenson - when she was funny. I adored the album the song Running Up That Hill was on. But The Kick Inside is a favourite, and is still played occasionally - on the TurnTable!

Thank you so much. The ducks were silent, it was the plants who were only making a noise in my mind. But the ducks were not small, they were the same size as all the other ducks. I recall a TV series called Tales of the Unexpected, where someone had developed the ability much to her horror of being able to hear plants and trees, especially when they were in danger or being cut down. I can't recall what happened in the end as I never stopped crying at the idea. I love how this thread has (to date/time) been seen by 235 views but you're the first to actually reply. Thank you kindly. Enjoy Springing!

Nature lovers - duck lovers - what the blinking flip are those two lover-ducks in the Peckham Rye Park Pond? Unlike all the other ducks, they're brown, in different shades of brown, and they looked very loving, and there were only the two of them, being very sweet and pecking one another's beaks / bills in a sort of "if we had proper lips and not these daft bills we could get down to some proper kissing" sort of a way! And can you hear that "Hnnnnnnnnnnnhhhhhhh" sort of a noise as you wander through? No, NOT the dogs trying to squeeze out a smelly one, but the sound of all the buds on the trees and especially the flower buds on the branches around the English Garden hurrying to squeeze out their flowery selves to us all!

How I loved those days when you queued up outside the theatre to get tickets when the ticket office opened at 9.00am. Those were the days. Cash. Sleeping bags. Certainty! ;)

Love ya *bob* x

I like them too. And don't find them particularly uncomfortable. They're better when there's no annoying people on them of course.... Oh, and Boris made it safer for me to ride my motorcycle around London by allowing us to ride in the bus lanes. I'd still not vote for him though!

But another issue - apart from finding time to look at labels and avoiding obvious sugar, there is the tea and coffee issue. I have lost weight through only eating when I am definitely hungry, and trying to eat smaller portions. All well and good. I still get through two sugars in each coffee and tea and I drink a lot of tea and coffee. I have tried cutting it out altogether but I love my tea and coffee. I tried using sweeteners including those apparently made from sugar ( ? ) and They Tasted Absolutely Horrid. So what can I do? I've lost weight anyway, but for the sake of my teeth it might be helpful!

A luxury is being surrounded by positive people even those who are suffering for various reasons. So alice sadly makes this place not very luxurious, if that is your definition. Here's some of mine that happened this afternoon. Just ridden around London on my motorcycle and didn't get wet despite the storms. My motorcycle is very comfortable and I am confident and enjoy riding: Luxury! Came home and relaxed in a very hot and full bubble bath for about an hour: luxury! Dried myself in warmed fluffy Egyptian cotton thick towels: luxury! I've just eaten carrot sticks dipping them in taramasalata: luxury! I may have a bacon and brie sarnie later: Luxury! Get my drift? Yet to me, luxury is not having anything to worry about, health wealth and happiness. That rarely happens, so I take luxury in the little things. It's not Peckham related (I just happen to live here and love it). But it's a luxury to walk around a great park, and see the views of the whole of London from my home.

I am bumping this just once, and hope you can all remember to do this, as it all really does help catch the phuykwitz who plague us all and have - with BT specially - conned people out of thousands. Not everyone is as sussed and smart and naturally cautious and untrusting as we are. Thanks. Oh, and an Indian accent rang me yesterday claiming to be from Windows and he cited a long complicated number at me which I wrote down, and took his Anglicised name he'd forgotten how to spell and the American "1-800" number he gave as being from Brighton! Emailed that report to Dave the BT guy and he said that the long Windows number is a generic number which all computers have but it just sounds like it could be just one that we as individuals have. As soon as I asked Indian accent man if he had my name, he hung up.

I refused to admit who was riding the vehicle and then threatened them for harassing me. The Bailiffs letter came and I got advice from a consumer advice guide and wrote a formal letter - template available on the sort of thread as listed above - and they dropped it. And this was before the law changed so should be easier now.

I have caused nothing. Your negativity and propensity for the same has caused you to thus see - and I'll have the other half luge of vodka please!

You miserable buncha - ! It was a dead ugly stump of a tree and it's now a beautiful carved tree stump and go awayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

Agree with the above. The difference being the extra charges will probably still outweigh an average mortgage. Do research and become a member of LAS (See the other thread) and go to Leaseholders CAB (See the other thread), and - see the other thread!

I had an out of body experience when I was near death when I was a child. I can remember it vividly. I was floating around the ceiling and was not in pain. Then I heard my Nan coming up the stairs and started panicking thinking I should get back into that 'Me' body down there on the bed! But since this was over three months ago I guess it doesn't count. Also, since then, it can be explained scientifically as a result of so many more studies on the intricacies of the brain. Just sharing!

Hi, a very good and lovely journalist friend of mine would like to interview women in senior positions who have had to deal with sexism to get where they are. PM me and I'll forward his details to contact. Or give me your details and I'll pass them to him. Thanks!

That'll be most evangelical/religious people who go to church then. They should be up fer it. Advertise at the bus stops outside the churches :D

Yes. Three times. I know my BT Customer number off by heart (though checked when they called me first). I'm weird like that. Know my hospital number, passport and NI number. Can't explain how I can recall these things. I Just Do.

Thanks for the explanations folks!

Trust me on this: BT IF you get any emails seemingly from BT, on any email clients whether BT or not, please forward them TO: [email protected] UNLESS YOU KNOW that it is from BT ie. it doesn't ask you for information but that you can check on your own 'My BT' website that, say, you have a message about your bill. EQUALLY email him after you have had a telephone call from an Indian telling you he or she is from BT and they give an anglicised name, ESPECIALLY if they appear to know your account number. They have done this to me twice, cited my account number, but when I ask them what my name is, they hang up. Tell D Reynolds this - time and date of call and exactly what they said. Try and keep pen and paper by your (landline) phones for this purpose. eBay If you get any emails from eBay that aren't the usual ones about forthcoming free insertion weekends, forward them to: [email protected] PayPal If you get any emails from PayPal that ask you for information or a link to your putting your info in, forward these emails to: [email protected] From ebay and Paypal you'll get an auto reply then another saying whether it was spoof or not. You may not hear from D Reynolds at BT but in his heart he'll thank you. Edited to add the phonecall section on the BT bit. Peckham Rose. The one and only genuine.

I did look at this before hand. They have to ask us for comments. They have to 'consult'. They HAVE already made up their minds what they're going to do and indeed have already started.... "Cynic from Peckham"

Lithium ion batteries - cheaply acquired ones usually made in China - should not be allowed on planes as one exploded inside a camera in an overhead apartment setting off a small fire. Just threw that in for info. MEANWHILE on this new thread. How did they know the comms were turned off before the last communication? How did they know it was the last communication if the communications were turned off? As sad and tragic as this case is, it still gives me a tiny bit of - well, not happiness - but I am glad there are still some curiosities out there when USA and others would have you believe there is no escape and everything can be seen.