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if you are elderly or disabled and need a pendant alarm - this will only work from a land line. You can get ones to weok with mobiles but you need to buy a separate SIM card and top up regularlt
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I just put the phone down on the accidents call. The ones selling double glazing I state that I am renting and my landlord is a skinflint. if they use my or my husbands surname I state they were former tenants and I do not know where they live
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School Application - Child Benefit Letter
Pugwash replied to Angelina's topic in The Family Room Discussion
can you not show proof of payment? Your bank statement should indicate this clearly? -
Beware when walking and texting on your mobile
Pugwash replied to missse22's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Today at the Goose Green roundabout - a woman texting on her phone walked right out onto the crossing an 2 lanes of cars had to slam on their brakes, It was fortunate that we were all going slowly. Another reason for not using the phone in the street. -
former East Dulwich councillor - how can I help?
Pugwash replied to James Barber's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
People have to apply for Disabled Parking spaces and the person applying needs to have a car. Originally a disabled person without a car could apply on the grounds that family/friends have a car which the disabled person goes out in -
The old Chinese guy is said to have died.
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In answer to James Barber question = I believe this was the site of Gente Outfitters
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There is a Southwark Mediation Service who may be able to give some advice
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I have had to go to Sorting Office when recorded delivery or registered letter cannot be delivered as I am at work. Sometimes on line supplier will send parcel via Royal mail and cannot deliver. What times are the Peckham SO open? If they are getting rid of the sorting office are they also getting rid of the delivery centre in Pellat Rd?
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The reason for the posting is that with grants being cut to organisations which provide counselling etc throughout the country, many of them are looking at new ways of raising money to pay staff and rental costs, ( in this instance a 50% rent increase of a building which the organisation has had for over 20 years) The Government has asked local councils to take on the responsibility of preventative health measures to save NHS money, and it is mainly local or community based organisations that will be tendering for a small pot of cash. Large firms and local councils already have contracts with companies providing counselling for their employees, but this is not a luxury that smaller firms can offer. Free counselling services are hard to come by and usually have a long waiting lists. GPs can offer short term counselling with a dedicated counsellor, but again not all GPs have this facility. Most counselling organisations i.e. Relate, are based on income (of the couple) although some have a sliding scale fee system.
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Professional dog walkers a menace
Pugwash replied to Ben Reeve-Lewis's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
I think with unemployment or zero hours contracts, many people are turning to dog walking as a source of income (untaxed?) If I recall, many people are paying ?10 a day or more so 5 dogs ?50 and if another 5 are walked later in the day - ?100 per day is a good income especially with no deductions. I have taken out 2 dogs at a time (my own) and at times that can prove challenging. Should dog walkers have insurance so if any of their charges are involved in incidences, claims can be made against them. -
we have a dropped kerb and this was there when we purchased house in 1974. Being on a main road and bus route you can imagine a high volume of traffic. With careful parking you can get 2 cars on the 'drive' which is concrete/tarmac but has earth and bushes either side to absorb water. Until 2/3 years ago, visitors could either park in front of our drive or in the drive (by prior arrangement). Council put double yellow lines in front of the house so none of our visitors can park.
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the idea would be that an employee may not be willing to pay say ?20 for a session but if a small business concern an employer faced with having a member of staff off work for 2/3 weeks may feel it financially viable to contribute in order to get person back to work.
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Just floating this idea to see what other people feel. Most large organisations offer counselling sessions for their employees and pay for a set number of sessions. Small concerns with only a limited number of staff usually do not have the funds to offer this facility. If there was a organisation you could contact if an employee needed counselling i.e. bereavement/divorce/trauma etc which offered counselling at a reasonable price with say employer and employee each paying 50% of costs would this interest you? It could possibly save you some statutory sick pay, time off work etc. There are bereavement services out there but usually a waiting list, a private counsellor could cost anything from ?45 per 45 minutes or more. I am just floating this idea to see if it has any appeal and what employers/employees would consider a reasonable rate. I must stress, such counselling would come from a properly registered and recognised organisation
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Grammar schools for girls accessible from SE15
Pugwash replied to emc's topic in The Family Room Discussion
I think there are more over North London -
Granddaughter also got an A in her GCSEs and is now doing AS level in Physics having also got an A in this subject
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All buses from Croydon terminating at Penge due to closure from THicket Road to Maple Road. being diverted via Anerley Hill. We waited an hour for a bus last night coming home from Sussex. Buses were running upto an hour late
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My grand daughter did Kumon Maths in Orpington whilst she was in primary school - did it for about a year. Benefited a lot from it and her maths at school improved, This improvement continued in secondary school and she was placed in 'exceptionally bright' stream at secondary school for maths, which she put down to the Kumon teaching.
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My grandchildren get given colouring books and pencils -even the 22 month old is happy for a short time to colour /draw,
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St Anthony's School - nursery query
Pugwash replied to SEnewbie's topic in The Family Room Discussion
It used to be when my daughter went there you had to get a letter from your priest - however that may have changed. -
reception staff at The Gardens Surgery
Pugwash replied to Anna D's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
I have been with this surgery years and never experienced any thing but good service, they went over board to fix me an appointment when some lab results came back and my GP asked them to call me with an appointment. Most of them call me by name, the surgery nurses are friendly and helpful and the new doctors I have met are very approachable. -
Is he exceptionally bright? I have had experience in the past with emotionally variable child who was in all appearances, coping well at school (Junior) but all over the place at home. I worked with educational psychologists and got an appointment with the schools psychologist, much to the Head's annoyance. It was discovered that my daughter was very bright with IQ several years above her chronological age. behaviour was put down to frustration at not being given mentally challenging work, she knew there would be trouble if played up in class, so took it out at home
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I checked again in the evening and they were all back!
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My Hotmail account appears to have changed to Outlook and I found this morning that all my e mail contacts lists have disappeared . Since I am secretary of a organisation and also a charity Trustee - I have around 80 people who I contact on a regular basis I have tried going into People but nothing is listed, A friend had a similar experience and retrieved his email list quite by accident but cannot recall how he did it. Can anyone who is more computer savvy than me advise? Thanks I have Windows 7 if that makes any difference, I had Windows 10 which was awful and I paid an expert to get rid of it.
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A friend who knew the people running the Sea Cow was told that the rent had doubled to ?50,000 per year
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