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Foxy They don't work on your mange only moths and if the right sized ones are used for the room size (I.e. big room = 2 bombs) then repeated a month later they tend to kill larvae, eggs and moths to stop the cycle !

Tongue in cheek but if impersonating someone you aren't is wrong (black / brown face , Apu in the Simpson's being voices by a white person) should we then take this view further and stop drag acts as it degrades women who have spent years struggling against male oppression to get equal rights ? Should Dame Edna be finally put out of her misery ? Should Drag shows be defrocked ? And finally can we all agree that Mrs Browns Boys just isn't funny ? Whilst it is tongue in cheek and there is a serious issue with using humorous costumes / face paint to put someone down , the real question is where should it stop ?

From VIZ today (perfect timing)

Who ?

Moth bombs , light the blue touch paper ,clear out of the room whilst it fills with smoke that kills moths, larvae and eggs then air the room !

For years people have criticised patents for wrapping their kids in cotton wall, not letting them play outside or walk to school (despite the obvious health benefits) Now they have been stuck in for months and parents rather than teachers have has their full attention, we seem to be complaining they are outside playing, being a bit noisy and being normal like we all were as kids. Do we need to wrap adults in cotton wool too now or should we just accept the situation as not ideal but it is what it is ? I would rather see kids expelling their energy and playing creatively in the garden or park than growing up to be oppressed and scared of the world outside their own front doors !

Wait till Saturday the 4th when pubs reopen and the streets will be filled by drunk noisy revellers 😱

Try asking foxy to talk to them His posts are enough to bore anyone to death 😱

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Recommendations please. > > Some plonker practising a clarinet in the garden > from 8.10 am this morning is making me desperate. "Kindness" or "softly with his song" are two good recommendations !

I just read the guidance concerning pubs reopening and there is one point that will give publicans a sigh of relief "Reminding customers who are accompanied by children that they are responsible for supervising them at all times and should follow social distancing guidelines." So no longer can patents allow Little Lord Fauntleroy or Little Miss Mischief to run riot in pubs or restaurants expecting staff to act as unpaid child minders or clear up after them Silent cheer goes up in establishments all over England !

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Any chance the bin men could not wake up the > entire house at 5:30 by shouting their heads off? I should be so lucky, I think they were here before midnight (or was it foxes looking for glacier mints)

However John, and playing devils advocate here, does stating "Welsh lives matter" highlight that they are a different cultural group to everyone else whereas using an all inclusive slogan remove diversity by saying everyone is equal ? The argument for and against both slogans are complex and dangerous and I just hope that we get to a balance point soon where everyone treats each other equally

This morning on the 9am BBC news, Liverpool council are talking about how they will suspend parking bays around restaurants to allow people to sit out side and stay safe whilst eating. This strikes me as what the corona virus emergency funds and powers were given to local authorities for and not to close streets to traffic to suit the authorities own anti car agenda. Can we replace southwark council with the team from Liverpool please ?

Phew At last someone everyone can get behind hating "Katie Hopkins" bet there won't be any complaints if she's never seen on telly again !

Snowy, he has failed to engage with the discussions on the social distancing measures that the council are pushing through. It's not childish, I just want a councillor who works for the people who voted him in. Is that too much to ask ?

Glad to see that our local councillor has his finger on the East Dulwich pulse Would be nice to see him engage with the people who voted him in over concerns with local issues including the shameful pushing through of the healthy streets agenda by the council rather than what's going on over in Brixton where he's a school teacher. James I don't see your response to people's concerns around local road closing measures, are you representing us or are you just a yes man to the council ? (I think it's obvious which it is in my mind 😱)

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Don't forget to use paint that doesn't damage or weaken the outer layer of the helmet as your life depends on its structure integrity 😃

The whole backlash against historical slavery is a bit weird in my mind, yes slavery was wrong, but before we try to rewrite history maybe we should attempt to fix modern slavery first as its happening here and now. The people working off their passage to the UK in places like nail / eyebrow shops and restaurants. The people working in sweat shops abroad to supply us with cheap clothes, trainers and products. The people forces to act as sex workers after being brought to the UK..... There are so many "modern" slave trades that we as a proactive caring nation need to tackle first before trying to deny that our history (good or bad) happened. Or do people think its okay to pay lip service to historic slave trading but turn a blind eye to modern forms because it saves them money (which bizarrely is what the original slave trading promised people all those years ago) Just my rainy day musings but it does open up a question on people's attitude towards slavery.

Sadly, Beijing that had a period of 57 days without new cases is seeing a new spike. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-53074076 Doesn't this tell you why wearing masks in public on transport and possibly the 14 day quarantine period is required to help the UK keep numbers low going forward? If Beijing is seeing new cases after nearly 2 months of being Covid free then it occurs to me that this is a virus that we currently have limited information on how it will reoccur and no control over how it behaves.

I Wouldn't want to be a councillor come the next election if this is the way that they treated the people who voted them in.

I stumbled into this thinking it was a discussion on classic Madonna hits Sadly disappointed now !

snoopy17 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have no health problems, but after 2 minutes I > can't breathe in those masks, wearing those masks > for a long period of time will make more people > sick as they are breathing in their own breathe. > > > if you have no health problems and you can't > Breath in a mask will they still let you on a bus. This is typical of the general attitude in the population "I know we need to wear face coverings but I'm a special case and beside I won't catch it or pass it on" We don't seem to be very good at following the rules do we! Maybe because "the special cases" went out and spread the virus during the 10 weeks of lock down rather than following the advice of staying home then the numbers could have been lower over the whole period, based purely on if people stayed in then the virus couldn't be transmitted. Of course this is am idealistic view of things but based on comments about people not wanting to wear masks then it lends weight to the concept in my opinion. Oh Snoopy, I'm not having a go at you, more the general attitude we as a nation seem to have to bring told what to do yet wanting to blame those that tell us when our failure to follow advice makes everything go wrong.

With the comments on indoor vs outdoor spread of droplets and whilst shops can reopen safely with the 2m rule and limit numbers inside with people queuing outside where it is relatively safer ( ? ) I have to ask the following question. How safe is an enclosed shopping center like Westfield's where the droplets and potential spread of infection won't respond in the same way as they would in an open high street ?

Fahrenheit 451 ?