The Minkey

If it's on the rubber, it could be mould. If it were, it it would have irregular edges where the mould is blooming, a bit like joined up spots. I've yet to find anything that will shift mould from rubber/silicone. If you leave the door slightly ajar in between uses, it should help prevent it getting worse. Then again, it may not be mould at all.. In which case, no idea.

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What a shame you had such a lousy experience :-( I remember it from years ago when it was a lot more pleasant. If it's the same manageress I had spoke to last year, she's not doing the place any favours. I happened to meet a friend there and we got some food which was OK but the glass of Merlot was pure nastiness. I asked the waiter, nicely, whether it had come from an already opened bottle because if so, it had gone off. He said he'd look into it then along comes the manageress who just ignored the situation, insisting that the Merlot was very popular. What a bizarre way to handle a customer complaint - lol. Didn't bother to argue it, just scrubbed it off my list of places to go.

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Lou has the most densely populated pond I've ever seen - it's a froggy paradise. Thanks so much for letting me come see them :-)

Thanks for the advice. I called and spoke to the Practise Manager to explain what had happened. She said she'd investigate and apologised for the 'anxiety and stress' this must have caused, which annoyed me so I told her that my concern is whether the heart and muscle issues are going to be reversible or not compared to which anxiety and stress is neither here nor there. Assuming all will be well with me, someone else might not be so fortunate and they really need to plug the hole in their processes which allowed this situation to occur in the first place. I've asked for the results of the investigation in writing. I'm quite good at analysing processes so I'm very interested to see what they have to say.

Yeh, you 'just' get charged the full whack - which is how I ended up paying over ?7 to go one stop from Peckham Rye to Crofton Park last year. I'm so used to having an annual pass that it's 50/50 whether I'll remember to swipe at stations without ticket barriers.

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Come now, wearing sleepers is a little much to expect of anyone.

Agree with you, Novels.

Cdwilson, if it were me and it were happening that regularly, I'd set up a camera to record it happening. I wonder how the thief realises he's just filled up? Does your bf use the same garage to fill up and is it very local to you? Feel for him, he must be so peed off.

What a rotten thing to happen. Hope he isn't too shaken up :-(

LL Co Op hardly qualifes as 'community run' - lol - where did you get that idea from? If a People's Supermarket type venture were to start up, it would soon close down if it were run ineptly.

Many years ago, I encountered a temple tortoise in Kathmandu.

Sue - where are you based? I get goldfinches but I think that may be because of my proximity to Brenchley Gardens, One Tree Hill, Nunhead Cemetery, various allotments and the Park with a good run of trees in between for them to move about safely. I had a niger feeder which they did feed from but they are equally happy with the mixed finch seed I put out which has a lot of sunflower hearts. I haven't had the niger feeder up for a year now but I still get the goldies.

Lol @ Frog Daddy - love it! Funnily enough, I have jamaican neighbours who are scared of the frogs they find in their fishpond during the annual cleanout so I have the job of 'rehoming' them, which just means freeing them under some leafage in my garden. I hope as and when I get a pond installed, I'll be able to create a froggy heaven and they will choose to relocate ;-) I would have done the same as you faced with all those tads in mortal danger! I'm around at the weekend and on Tuesdays, if any of those days suit you.

Lousmith - thanks so much for the offer. Depends how near we live to each other really as I don't have a car and rely on buses to get around. I'm just between Brenchley Gardens and Cheltenham/Ivydale Roads. That's a nice size pond. Did you put it in yourself?

It was ?2. Let it go. Don't leave anything in the car next time.

Whoops - double-posted.

I watched my first episode of the People's Supermarket last night and love the idea of selling veg that doesn't fit the major supermarkets' ideal size and shape. Also the fact that they were able to get hold of alternative varieties.

If you see an almost comatose bee, as well as putting it in a sunny/warm spot, you can help it on its way with a feed of honey. It's really gratifying when they fly away burping. Lousmith - I'm green with envy. I'm 9 years old when it comes to amphibians and really hanker for a frog pond. How big is your pond to hold so many? I was saddened to find a good size frog drowned in a bucket which I'd left outside over winter. There was just enough water to drown in, not enough water for the frog to be able to get back out over the side :-( Empty those containers out, folks.

Thanks, Mrs B - I do intend to discuss with the Practise Manager as there's evidently a gaping hole in their process which shouldn't be too hard to sort out. However, I'm trying to avoid stressy situations until my feet are back on the ground. Adrenaline, as I found to my cost last week, really seems to escalate the hyper symptoms. As does caffeine - you'd have thought the doctor could have mentioned that one.. But no. Hi PR: Well, I'm sure I will be alright. I've been rather enjoying having normal energy levels to be honest and being able to do things again. If it weren't for a racing heart, migraines, eye problems and wierdly aching muscles, I'd be happy to keep things at this level - lol..! I think it should all be reversible once the thyroid levels come back down. I am seriously considering a change of doctor, I know you rate Nunhead Surgery highly and I considered changing a few times before this happened. However, wherever I go needs to be reasonably easy to get to by public transport as I can't always walk far. Chadwick Road was less than ideal from that perspective. I'll check out Nunhead Grove on the map - I don't want to have to be dependent on the unreliable P12 to get me to appts on time..

Hi Ian - the GP simply asked whether I'd had a letter. When I said no I hadn't, I'm sure she said 'that's bad'. Hell, there was nothing in my notes to alert the GP. I already had a repeat prescription for the medication in my hand which she took back off me once I asked her for the results and she noticed what they said. There was nothing on my mobile either. I just can't believe they can have been so lax.

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