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JD - putting this on Twitter as a mild-mannered query may get more attention, more quickly than dealing with a branch manager.

Has anyone had one yet? If so, from which provider - surgery, hospital, vaccination centre? Thanks much

Has anyone had one yet? If so, from which provider - surgery, hospital, vaccination centre? Thanks much

Nothing yet from DMC, weeks after some people at other surgeries have got their jabs. Walk ins at bigger branches of Boots and Sainsbury's, etc. may be an option or the Day Lewis on F H Road, where I saw three other people get theirs as walk ins when I was there.

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Plus bike storage in front of the house requires planning permission. .... Is this still the case? If so, plenty of householders have either gone through this channel or haven't because I see a fair few overly-tall-for-a-bike shelters in front gardens/yards. I can understand why bike owners need to feel their property is safe and secure but also know that those shelters are not thief-proof.

Re road closures for dining: Generally a good idea, but no always good for those with disabilities because pavement area is shrunk and keen-on-profit restaurateurs sometimes cram more seats in where they are not supposed to be.

Reaching out..on a journey...the "X community" (just say "X people", or better still, "some X people")...my truth - all reflexively used by all and sundry and handed down like last year's fashions by America's academic, media and entertainment industries to us over here.

Come see, go eat - missing out the & is affected and imported. It is great in N America but sounds slavish and wannabe here. (Maybe wannabe is annoying also?)

If you inform the police they may be able to nab them somewhere along the line, and you'd be at least helping stop them from actually ripping someone off, which could have happened to you. Please do report it.

Bad experience but thanks for sharing. 👍 Please report to 101 and local Goose Green police. They have a Twitter account.

^Apple^ cider vinegar

Drag is DEFINITELY over. It is total overkill - everything is ICONIC or YAAASS KWEEEN. It has been on the wane for a while. Drag kings, though, are worth a look, but because it is women taking off men, rather then men taking off women, they rarely get a look in - sexism even permeates gender bending! The very fact that Seabag seeks to burnish right-on creds by highlighting my oh-so-offensive world "titillating" when referring to my take on the adoption of what once was a subversive artform by Grayson P shows just how far drag has become mainstream. (Titillating is totally appropriate because Perry would not had the coverage and fame he has without the knowing and semi-ironic Aunt Sally schtick he knew would appeal to the arty set. Likewise Izzard, who thinks he can just see himself and be seen as a woman just by donning an exaggerated garb, was very much feted and applauded for his X-dressing as well as his comedy.) Divine was a good example of good drag, as was RuPaul when he lived in the Meatpacking District of NYC in the early/mid eighties. Danny LaRue, Stanley Baxter and even Les Dawson were comedy gold in a way the new wave couldn't even begin to hope to aspire. And some men do get sexual thrills from dressing up in women's clothes, which is totally fair enough and if you are into that, go for it. So, back on topic, no flag from anyone, including Grayson P.

I heard some children repeating their teacher's Chinese at a school in the area, and it got me thinking about which languages forumites know, and how they acquired them.... (English, French, Italian, others - only English is mother tongue).

They are letting it run down, and have been for a while. The cardio machine monitors don't link to TV or YouTube, as proclaimed on the screen, for example. The staff are good, though and I hope they manage to stay employed.

Clair his alter ego is his expression of himself in part, of course it contrives to shock and create discussion, but it shouldn?t render him or his work redundant, unlike Cath?s ironing board covers etc. And tell me, do you think this ?panto? he?s been engaged in has added to or diminished the cause of gender politics? I?d say it?s given a lot of people the courage to be themselves, and for the world around them to accept them easier, in general. It did but then teh tide turned and more and more women are concerned about the effects on panto-women (eg. drag) on the idea of what is a woman. Times and mores change, so what was once to be feted and what once titillated and was said to "encourage debate" is now not so universally accepted. I know that Grayson's alter-ego is part of his art, but Izzard's donning of lippy and stilettos and woman-facing is, I think, much less admired these days.

Seabag - my point is that they are too "out there" but that they are "out there" in a socially unacceptable way now. The peopel who would have lauded them are now much more likely to decry their pantomimic "woman face" antics. Cath Kidston is not my scene, either and no, London, does not need a flag or motto or sticker or hashtag.

I have not had a contract for many years but may go back to one for the new iPhone 13. Any recommendations for SE22 best coverage. I use Tesco, which piggbacks O2, I believe. I am not interested in perks like free film tickets or Netflix, etc. Money talks, so cheaper the better - with caveats, I know.

Young families on bikes - stop fetishising what ought to be just a normal, everyday thing, a normal, everyday mode of transport. When I hear/see phrases liek that I just think it is a mask, a totem for all manner of other things. Kids can and do use bikes, as they have done for years and years, including the bad seventies when the idea of cyclist's rights were not even thought of and drivers were much more likely to be un buckled-up or drunk. You cannot legislate or bollard-ise danger or hazard out of anything, so please don't think that for more people to cycle we need ever more elaborate infrastructure.

I rang Day Lewis on F Hill Rd.,was asked to come in, and just had it done. Thanks

There was a time when such loveable luvvies as Perry and Izzard with their OTT transvestism were seen as artistically ironic, etc. but maybe not now? Be interesting to see whether Grayson frocks up less in public. (And it is still no to a flag, made by whichever person.)

Enough Grayson Perry, too.

It?s still a reservation only service for swimming! It?s not on. I was told it?d go back to as it used to be in August by staff.

Which one?

I don?t understand - you?re not referring to a GP surgery which usually texts or phones you with an invitation if you?re in a certain category of patient.