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If in doubt, ask. They won't be offended if you inquire politely.

Back on topic - good diction and effective communication does not have to have anything to do with accent. Some native speakers I know are not a patch on those with English as a second language, who have taken more care in understanding and being understood.

Yes, Go for LG or Samsung - great quality and you can get "smaller" screens with decent sound and 4K. (More and more shows, inlcuding on BBC, are being made in this format, AKA UHD.) I got mine from John Lewis for around ?250 about 18 months ago but I bet some are now cheaper.

Thursday - you can save energy and at least some money by filling in the gaps of your floorboards with https://stopgaps.com/ , and also by lining curtains, blocking draughts around doors and windows with tape, etc.

Bumble bee, honey bees and various hoverflies are about.

There will come a time that cycling will be so normalised that subsidies will no longer be acceptable to most people. I would hope that those who can afford a bike (and who are not spending money therefore on petrol, car maintenance, public transport) woudl be willing to pay a ?5/month fee for their locker. Seems reasonable to me but I am sure others woudl have different ideas.

Sturgeon is good with a script but perilously bad when challenged and she doesn?t like the dir3ctiom of travel.

Sleepy-looking toad clambering over paved ground in a front/side L-shaped garden near Friern/Goodrich. Looked rather skinny.

I?ve seen some taking crumbs from under caf? tables in the the Village - very bold and likeable.

ANd if not paid by DD? Anyone know? Ta

Could someone please "boil" this? (ie. reduce it to the facts in chrono order?)

J Vine will be featuring this between midday and 2pm (perhaps 1pm) today, Wednesday, on BBC Radio2.

i never dreamt taht cycle-path hoggers would let tyres of SUVs down - it never entered my head. "Family types" suggests that as you have a kid or two and are in a wealthy area of London you are therefore allowed to transgress more than non-married, or - shudder - divorced or barren folk with less cash to splash!

That section is definitely a shared cycle-pedestrian/wheeler space. The bit from Gail's down to the park entrance is, I believe, not a shared space and ought only to be for wheelchair users and pedestrians and child cyclists on their own, not with mummy or daddy, but - maybe confused by the shared space a bit further down - is often used by adult cyclists, rather selfishly (and definitely illegally).

Re "you should have done it to big diesel lorries, etc." I would have thought that such vehicles are carrying a lot more than one or two adults and a kid or two on a short, walkable journey, so their ultimate carbon footprint would be lower?

? More likely that letters were fewer but parcels (including the ones that pass as deliverable as standard mail) increased due to home shopping.

Yes, but the variable may well fall foul of October cap increases and/or increased prices because of the Ukraine invasion. Best bet - be prepared to spend more on fuel and cut cloth accordingly, eg. restricted use of heating, hot water.

Mine was to have gone up 50% but then I went online to e-on's site and that offer had gone. The E-on Energy Plan was not fixed and predicted a doubling of my current payments over the year April 22 - 23. The next best option was fixed and was another forty quid or so monthly, but that would mean that an October hike would not affect me (I think). I am using 20 percent less leccy and gas than last year and am determined to reduce more. (Of course, all of these are projected usage so if I am really scrimpy then I could reduce these estimates considerably.)

The council, though, has obligations to a much wider and generally more diverse group of people who would not likely use standard gyms. It also has good rates if you sing up and use DD so it is not that fair a comparison. I agree the booking system is now not needed but I have never found it cumbersome, just irksome because it allows folk to book and then not turn up. (I don't think people are routinely fined, just sent stern-ish letters.)

The framing shop is now fully based at their other location which they always had (I believe) at a small industrial estate in Sydenham or thereabouts. They said they had plans to alter that place to include a customer area last time I was there, about nine months ago. As for the Italian, and for that matter, the chippy if it actually is true, I wish them all the best. All we need now is a 'Spoons at the old Lloyds for cheap ale! ;>

I still prefer the pre-pandemic version of a public swimming pool that did us well for many decades - turn up and swim and not commit (and then possibly renege and spoil it for others who actually want to swim) several days ahead.

My monthly charge has gone down by two quid - using waste water to water the garden, not dishwashing in the sink and only in the dishwasher when full, etc. has brought it right down.

Headlines are just that - a thumbnail sketch that compress details into a necessarily small space. Understanding how media works is worth knowing about, even teaching in schools, though this does not excuse shoddy reporting. (The word AS here is doing a lot of work, even some work that it is not meant to be doing - ie. linking fact A with B when really it is simply saying A is happening alongside B.)

Maybe ask the local councillor - easily findable if you put the address or postcard into WriteToThem - or just do some cheap planting anyway. I also get miffed when I see well-intentioned but poorly maintained tree pits/planters etc. (If there is rubbish in it, consider taking it out even if you don't plant anything. At least that woudl be something.) Good luck

I have donaated via the BRitish Red Cross. I agree that they are best placed to help and can benefit from the 25% via Gift Aid.