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Sorry how rude of me forgot to say Welcome to Dulwich Barry, hope you enjoy what Dulwich has to offer. This forum is a great way to keep in touch with what's going on too.

ocado.co.uk reliable, easy to use, they send you money off vouchers, wide variety of groceries and it's delivered straight to the door. It's a cheaper option for me than going to supermarkets as I manage to stick to what I need and can clearly see all the offers on products. I tried Tesco and Sainsburys online and they were rubbish for multiple reasons. I do sometimes go to the individual shops on LL such as William Rose and the ED deli but for a big wkly shop it's ocado.

We took our dog for her booster yesterday and have decided to keep up with the annual boosters going forward.

Voyageur Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ratty Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Does this thread make anyone else slightly > > uncomfortable? > > > Mmm..... I am a little surprised the site allows > such an undefended diatribe against a trader - but > then again I guess nobody has named the > individual/company. If it stops other people being taken advantage off by a dodgy builder then I think it's a good thing. I feel sorry for Sue as she has clearly been messed about by this builder and was off work with stress over it, that's awful! If the builder did reply they would probably deny that a poor service was provided as they do on those rogue traders programmes. It said she took weeks to put up floating shelves!!! Our builder had our old kitchen ripped out and wall knocked down in one day!

I was sitting outside the old restaurant that is now called Rocca with a friend having a coffee and saw a couple of the notes blowing in the wind and then noticed the wallet. I saw the old lady and thought maybe it was hers but no she was only interested in money!

Mr Ben: my resume is on it's way...job sounds ideal!

I was on across the road from her so by the time I walked over to pick up the wallet she had legged it...well walked off as she was probably in her early seventies! I was in shock aswell at her nerve, going back now I should have probably shouted after her!

Wow a scrunchie....haven't seen one of those since the 90's!!

Once whilst in Dulwich Village I saw a wallet with cash notes of tens and twenties spilling out of it on the pavement. I walked over to pick it up but not before an eldery lady came out of the post office, looked around to make sure nooone was looking and swiped the money!! I picked up the wallet and took it to Lordship Lane police staion where they managed to track down the owner who was thankful someone had found his wallet and handed it in as it still contained bank cards etc... I didn't expect anything from him for handing it in as it's what any decent person should do not nick the money like the old lady tut tut!

happylarry: do you really own just two pairs of shoes? Well one pair now :( I hope your brown shoes make their way home to you and maybe leaving them in the doorway is not a good idea.

I am glad to hear I am not the only one the Littlewoods advert grates on. Everytime it comes on, which is too often I want to pick up a pin and stick it into my eyeball! I find the advert nauseating, it's so bloody cheesy! Plus the stupid rap bit sticks in my mind all day arh!!

Oh thankgod Marianne that's great news :)

So sorry to hear your mother has gone missing from her care home, I hope she returns safely soon. Did she live local to the care home, could she have tried to find her way back home or maybe gone to visit old friends?! x

'If you start a debate suggesting it's vaccination isn't necessary, then the percentage of vaccinations will go down, and the incidence of viral canine infections will rise dramatically'. Thanks Huguenot that is a really good point. I am going to take my girl for her booster anyway and ask my vet whether every year is neccessary or not. We go to Barrier Animal Care Clinic in Charlton and have always found them to be really helpful.

Thanks for posting this aquarius moon as I am wondering the same thing about my two dogs. My girl is nearly 3 and my boy 2yrs old. Both of them had their two puppy vaccinations and their yearly top ups. She is now due for this years but I wondering if I need to bother! They are advocated monthly as I can't stop them from eating slugs which can carry lungworm. I am very interested to hear others thoughts on vaccinations as I too think it may just be the vets lining their pockets!

jumpinjackflash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All these Italian restaurant chains - Bella Pasta, > Strada, Zizzi etc - are all crap and they give you > miserly portions. You can't beat a proper old > fashioned authentic Italian restaurant..Il > Bordello in Wapping High Street and Donna > Margherita in Lavender Hill are well worth the > journey. I totally agree with you, those high street 'Italian' restaurants are awful! If I wanted a good tradition Italian meal I would head to Il Bordello aswell but if I want a good local meal served in a nice atmosphere with great service I would head to Rocca. fazer71: you say above 'go try Rocca if you know good food' and earlier said we would have been better off with a Strada or Ask Pasta!!! Those restaurants are not known for producing good food, I would compare eating at one of those restaurants to picking up a Italian ready meal at a supermarket. I have been to a branch of Zizzi's and Strada and found the staff to be miserable and the food to be tasteless. Everytime I have been to Rocca it's been full to capacity and on occasion we have had to queue. I'm taking friends there this wknd so they must be doing something right.

I have been to Rocca several times and never had a bad meal. I do not like Pizza Express but I then am not a fan of Pizza so it wouldn't be a good choice of restaurant for me. I tend to have the steak or a pasta dish at Rocca. However it would be nice if they would varied their menu every now and again as I think it has been the same since they opened. Also it would be nice if they offered a Sunday Roast. It's the only suitable place I can bring our dogs along and sit outside and have a meal. I always find the staff friendly and welcoming. Where is a great Italian restaurant locally? I didn't like Lorenzo's but that was a long time ago and haven't been to Si Mangia.

A house on my Mums road was broken into a few weeks ago on a Sunday night whilst they were asleep upstairs. They pulled up outside about 3am and broke in through the front door and grabbed what they could, the wife heard a noise and ran downstairs and saw the flashlight of the burgular who ran back out the front door and drove off! Also my partner was pulled over by the police last night, they wanted to check he owned the car he was driving as apparently there has been an increase of houses being broken into in the area where they are looking for the car keys. So don't leave any car keys laying around. We always hide our keys and have a London bar installed on the front door which makes it impossible to kick in. We also have an alarm and a guard dog. It's horrible being broken into, when I lived at my parents we were broken into and they took everything valuable they could find even sentimental stuff that wouldn't be worth a penny...I was distraught. That experience made me really security conscious, I even alarm the house when the dogs are home alone and we have motion sensor alarms in the garden plus barbed wire along the fence probably a bit over the top but makes me feel safe :)

But I explained what I meant in my further comments and was infact going to edit the first post to say that I meant parents drinking heavily but didn't think I would need to as thought that would be obvious. Then hellosailor commented and went off on one so I thought there was no point in going back and editing my post and there was nothing I could say to explain as she/he was stuck on repeating my first comment over and over even in this thread. I do think some of the things were taken out of context and I do take ownership of my statement. There is nothing left to say now and I think we should all move on to something more interesting....

Just to make a point I have absolutely no problem with children in pubs or anywhere else in Dulwich and was talking about parents who get drunk. The whole thing was taken out of context, I mentionned parents drinking as another poster had commented how THEY thought it was disgusting when she saw a couple with a child drinking in the pub so I commented that both parents may not of been drinking as I have been to the pub with my niece for a coffee or to meet friends for lunch it doesn't always mean because you're in the pub you're getting sloshed! I then said how if both parents were drinking and I mean heavily or if you are one of those who just a glass of wine and that gets you drink then that would apply to you then I thought it was a bit irresponsible if you were meant to be caring for your kids. The whole thing has been turned into an argument with an other poster where I feel they have taken my comments out of context and as being rude and argumentative when I didn't mean to be at all and was just merely stating my opinion and I certainly didn't mean to offend any parents out there.

I am not judgemental at all, people who have actually met me have said that that is my best quality. Yes I am strongminded and have my own opinions but not do not judge people at all. hellosailor in none of my posts was I being rude or argueing with you, I was simply asking questions and for the last time I was talking about people who get drunk whilst looking after their kids and I know that some people can be quite tipsy after just one glass of wine so I wish you'd stop going on about that! Also I don't know why people are making such a fuss about me having this opinion especially when I said about being able to drive...I suppose I was speaking of my own experience as I once waited for an hour for an ambulance in an emergency and I always say we probably would have been better getting in the car and driving there instead! For those of you who are parents and don't drive then this doesn't apply does it and doesn't really matter, thankfully ambulance responses are generally far better. Also I know one drink doesn't make a person an addict you have taken this out of context as you have everything I have said. You are really over analysing everything I am saying and by telling you to calm down was because I felt you were ranting on about this when there really wasn't any need to. So hellosailor can we just end this now as it's getting ridiculous, I really am amazed that you have carried this on today and do feel now that you're personally attacking me because you just keep going on and on and on and on! Also speaking of my own personal experiences, as a child I hated the smell of alcohol on my Dad's breath when he would get home from the pub and also my partner vividly remembers both his parents drinking heavily when he was growing up and hated that(they drank heavily)and that is probably part of the reason why he doesn't drink today. Thankyou Kidkruger for your comments, how you explained my remarks was exactly how I meant them to be.

hellosailor: just calm down, you have gone way off topic as this thread was about babies and prams in pubs which I do not have a problem with. The nice thing about this forum is you can get a range of different opinions from different people and I'm entitled to have my opinion without you repeatedly challenging me. I don't know why you felt the need to repeat our converstation in the family forum where what I said was taken completely out of context. For some to say I can't comment cos I don't drink or have children is rubbish, I do drink and am often in the pubs in Dulwich so can comment on this topic. You should apppreciate the fact that people do have different opinions and not take it personally as if I am criticising your parenting skills which of course I most certainly am not! So just leave it be now as I tried to and lets get back on topic shall we?!

Well then my statement clearly doesn't apply to you seeing as you don't drive. But it is still a valid point as many people could quite easily be in that situation. I didn't say I don't drink I said I rarely drink. I used to drink socially and also used to have the odd glass of wine at home but have realised that that glass of wine isn't worth the added calories!! I don't think one glass renders someone drunk but can make some people quite tipsy and obviously affects a persons reactions and ability to drive. Anyway enough of this, it's getting boring for me and I'm sure anyone else reading this!

No not at all, I meant are you one of those parents who think it's fine to both be drinkning in the pub with your children? What if one of your children had an accident at home, you wouldn't be able to drive them to A&E and abulances can take ages even in an emergency! That is the point I was trying to make as I am pretty sure even one glass of wine would make you over the limit. By the way the couple who drink the bottle of gin are not my friends I just know them through my other half. No I don't have children, I only drink on special occasions and my partner doesn't drink at all. But if I did I would take my kids to the pub to meet with friends for a Sunday Roast for example but only if my they were well behaved and not running around the pub causing annoyance. If they were likely to behave like that then I wouldn't bring them.

Are you one of those parents then?! When I wrote that I did mean parents who get drunk, but then some do get tipsy on just one glass of wine so I do stick by what I said that it's irresponsible to drink whilst caring for your children. Drinking in the evening is habit forming, I know a couple who go through a bottle of Gin as soon as their kids go to bed and yes I do lecture them aswell not that they take any notice!