Nigello

Vulva

I think the only way of not making plastic waste is not using it in the first place. That is the ultimate and is unworkable for most but reduction rather than reuse or recycling has to be much more efficient in terms of reducing the amount of energy used and therefore CO2 produced. If you - or anyone else - chooses not to cut down on the number of takeaways then the other option is to reduce another aspect of consumption (eg. petrol/clothes/food/gifts/gas/electricity) to try to offset. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/19/heres-what-i-learned-from-my-privileged-western-failure-to-go-plastic-free-for-a-month is a good article that shows even the most ardent plastic-reducer will find it hard (and comments that suggest other ways of avoiding such waste).

The former home for Plough DIY is to be a maths tuition centre, according to a poster in its window.

Tiler

Reigns

There have been jersey tiger moths around these past two weeks, which I would say is very early. Also, spiders - usually linked to autumn in my book (and others') - are plentiful. Could the extra-hot weather have somehow pushed everything forward a bit? (Apples on neighbours' trees look ripe also.)

It may have been foxes? Some street cleaners put the bags on tops of the bins to try to stop this. Some don't.

Ireland

Light

Menace

Even bus/train at F Hill/change at E Croydon from Goodrich School area can take less than 45 mins on a good day and generally just under an hour. Travelling light helps!

I was in St Ives and the rubbish bins there are just like ours (black, square, plastic with four slots) but at least twice the size. Would it be a good idea to at least double up on the bins themselves if not the size? The best we can do is not litter ourselves and then pick up others' (which is what I do but only cans and bottles).

I had normal cholesterol and a normal ratio (good/bad) but extremely high triglycerides (500 (mg/dL). I had them rechecked and they were normal again. I think having had the blood drawn after a large meal skewed it, so if you're having high levels perhaps it is worth checking again before embarking on any drug regime? (Dr said the second test should be fasting but other sources said non-fasting was the right way to get accurate trig. readings, so no idea who is right!)

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Humdinger, it DOES do harm, at least a little. It makes people think that others are actively hostile and nihilistic and that is unpleasant. It also, in other forms, denotes "territories" and is thus threatening to some.

Dunstan's (Dunstans?) is particularly bad from Goodrich up the hill on the right hand side. Some houses have no space but others do and choose not to put them inside their garden. It looks ugly and encourages flytipping but, hey, if it's easier for them who are we to argue the benefits of neighbourliness?

Face

Agreed, but it's not trendy to talk about toilets...

According to The Guardian, Dulwich Village will be one of the 50 new sites earmarked for a water fountain. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/18/locations-of-50-new-london-water-fountains-revealed (Canny folk can bypass this travel and the queues by simply using their own tap to refill their water bottles.)

Or you could decide to reduce or even cut out your coffee consumption from shops and take a flask instead or even stop the habit altogether! You'd be less jittery, save money and be less impactful on the environment....

When I have walked a friend's dog I often picked up poo left by other dogs. I am sure that one dog left a deposit daily because they were all the same size! It is just lazy or asocial people to blame, not the dogs, and seeing as the council cannot be there at all times, the next best thing is to pick up the poo even if it is not from your own pooch!

A text-dense A4 piece of plasticised paper on a lamppost near to the Texaco garage seemed to say that bus lanes around the area could be extended/altered in some way. It was pretty hard to understand so I may have got the wrong end of the stick. Does anyone else know about these plans?

An old lady was denied a seat by a young man today but she found one next to me and then said that the generations have changed and remarked that young people not going up to the top deck was just baffling to her. She had a stick and a heavy overcoat and warm hat and I felt for her and agreed with her in a short conversation. She had dignity, though and she wasn't angry, just resigned and a bit perplexed. (No. 12)

So the bins on the streets are emptied and just sent to landfill? Is there a second source on this, anyone? I'd've thought the rubbish would be somehow separated, at least to take out metal and glass.

Scrunch them up and tie them and you have a scourer!