NewWave

Bread is food. end of.

May I add something to this discussion. Today I went for a solo walk to Peckham Rye park. 90% of walkers in the park were very respectful to the 2m distance-as was I ..we hung back if needs be to create the distance or stripped onto the grass to let the others pass. However on the pavement outside the park (opposite Harris school) which was pretty narrow no less than 3 lots of joggers ran straight towards me on the pavement huffing and puffing and brushing right alongside me (the pavement being too narrow to keep enough of a gap unless I'd flattened myself to the railings). In one case it was 2 joggers both running side by side straight at me causing me to have to step off of the pavement into the road to keep any more than a couple of feet between us. Thankfully the road was pretty empty of traffic so I was able to do this but the same thing happened on another road jogger on pavement huffing and puffing right beside me. once more the road was clear of traffic so they could have stepped off of the pavement safely and gone well past me. I would ask that Joggers remain mindful of social distancing and if needs be upon seeing a walker on a narrow stretch of pavement take a quick glance and if the road is clear of oncoming traffic just go round them.

Blackcurrant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Even the worst masks stop people touching their > mouth and nose, which cuts the chance of > infection. FFP3 masks filter out nearly every > particle (if fitted properly) and allow healthcare > workers to work in relative safety in covid wards. > But they are needed by doctors and nurses, so the > public shouldn't buy them. > > Brits have a cultural aversion to masks that isn't > really rational. It might be partly fear of > embarrassment at being seen in one when nobody > else is wearing them. Its true about the Brit's having a weird attitude towards wearing masks. When I was undergoing Chemotherapy I took to wearing a mask whilst travelling on public transport for the days when I knew my immune system would be at its lowest. I got sniggers, stares, and some schoolkids on a bus started taking the p*** out of me really loudly. In the end I stopped wearing the mask because it made me feel really awkward due to others ignorant reactions

Renata Hamvas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yesterday I spoke to the owner of Krystal > Pharmacy. He has run it for 40 years. He has > suffered verbal abuse from people who have been > his customers for many years. I have seen the > invoices for the hand sanitisers, I have been > emailed copies of the correspondence with his > suppliers if anyone doesn't believe me. He is > making pennies in profit for the hand sanitisers. > The supplier who used to charge around 85p for a > 50ml sanitiser wanted ?6 plus VAT. Muslin tried > various other suppliers and managed to get it for > a bit less than ?5 and is selling it for ?4.99. He > even looked on Ebay to see if he could get it > cheaper! When his old stock ran out and he found > the prices had rocketed, he dithered for a few > days as he knew the prices were so extortionately > high, and he wasn't sure whether to purchase any > stock. Local residents have kept coming in and > asking him for it and that's why he bought it at > such an inflated price. He now wonders if he made > the right decision as the high prices that are > outside his control have caused so much backlash. > > Other products have also shot up in price at the > wholesalers eg pine disinfectant has tripled in > price over the last fortnight and paracetamol is > about 5x the previous price. Please do support our > local businesses. > > Renata Thank you so much! I am not a business owner but it has grieved me greatly seeing the poisonous dangerous finger pointing on the site

Spare a thought for all those in in the retail and hospitality sector-not the highest paid jobs on the market many of the staff relying on tips or commission to boost their income. Suddenly they find themselves in an uncertain position as to when they will be able to return to work or indeed if they'll have jobs to return to. People in these industries are the least likely to have a savings safety net often living from one wage packet to the next. They will be terrified. kids will get their qualifications they live at home and needn't worry about paying rent and putting food in their mouths-Please spare a thought for the bar tender, shop assistant, waiting staff, what about them???

TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Some positive news....from the graun.... > > NHS to get thousands more beds, ventilators and > extra healthcare staff > The NHS has struck a deal with private hospitals > to provide thousands more beds, ventilators and > extra healthcare staff from next week to aid in > the fight against coronavirus. > > The extra resources, which include nearly 20,000 > staff, will also help the NHS deliver other urgent > operations and cancer treatments. > > The deal with independent hospitals is thought to > be the first of its kind and will include the > provision of 8,000 hospital beds across England, > nearly 1,200 more ventilators, more than 10,000 > nurses, over 700 doctors and over 8,000 other > clinical staff. > > Matt Hancock, the health secretary, said: > > This is great news for the hospitals and staff > doing everything they can to combat coronavirus. > > Under the agreement, the independent sector will > reallocate almost its entire national hospital > capacity to the NHS and will be reimbursed at > cost. > > Sir Simon Stevens, the NHS?s chief executive, > hailed the deal with the private sector, saying: > > We?re dealing with an unprecedented global health > threat and are taking immediate and exceptional > action to gear up. > > The NHS is doing everything in its power to expand > treatment capacity and is working with partners > right across the country to do so. > > David Hare, the chief executive of the Independent > Healthcare Providers Network, said: > > We have worked hand-in-hand with the NHS for > decades and will do whatever it takes to support > the NHS in responding to this pandemic. > > This significant additional capacity across the > country will be a major boost to the NHS?s efforts > to treat those patients that need hospital care > over the coming period and the independent sector > stands ready to maintain that support for as long > as needed. This is what I've been saying we should do. without this kind of intervention our beloved NHS staff will suffer even more. As an example of what its like out there a nurse friend of mine who had a mastectomy just after new year has been asked to go back to working on the wards next week -I stress she did not need Chemotherapy so her immune system is not impaired but she certainly is not up to doing long shifts and lifting patients yet

Renata Hamvas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I did speak to Kristal Pharmacy and can verify > that the high prices they have been charging for > hand sanitizer are totally due to the inflated > prices that are being charged by wholesalers. > Others have even viewed their invoices and have > verified this! Another pharmacy has told me that > paracetamol prices at their wholesalers have been > increased 6x. Thank you for for verifying what I suspected. Now is the time to support our small independent businesses (apologies if I'm sounding like a cracked record here!) Not point the finger at them without proof on a public forum.

See my above post

Snowpanda001 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello, I live on Sydenham Hill, just up from the > Horniman museum. > > Happy to help anyone in isolation and wondered if > there's any groups already set up for this area? Go onto the SE23.com forum Or start your own WhatsApp group with your neighbours thats what we've done

Try B&Q or any DIY store Farmers on LL had them as did the other DIY shop near Celestial good luck

I actually dont approve of naming and shaming local businesses and accusing them of profiteering. My reason being that we have to take the posters word on this and although I 100% dont condone profiteering in a health crisis Karma is a bitch and will surely bite the arses of those who do try to take advantage of the current situation. Therefore I would direct my anger at chains like Sainsburys charging more for items in their 'local' branches than they do in their superstores. The independent corner shop is probably scared that if he can't compete with the big boys on getting in stock at this moment in time he won't be able to pay his rent feed his family and so forth-so rightly or wrongly he may be hiking prices to cover his a** in these choppy uncertain waters. Please guys lets Name and shame the big chains with their local pricing policy (superdrug for instance being more expensive on Lordship lane than in other south london branches on certain items) But DONT name and shame small local shops when we only have to take your word for it and you could damage someones reputation and livelihood Thank you

seenbeen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In November/December there was a bad cold with a > cough going around. Relatives in Slough had it and > in Kent- although they all use trains from and to > London on a regular basis. It necessitated time > off work. 2 of the young ones were vulnerable and > developed pneumonia needing hospitalisation? Just > an observation I had that, It was awful..in fact everyone in my department got it and it took 2 weeks at least to go..I was living on Lemsip

I think that as long as Public transport keeps running in London doors on Overground and Southern Rail as well as busses should open automatically at the stops. I'm still commuting to work in W1 and it feels so unsanitary having to push the button to open the doors of the overground. Also because I was fumbling to cover my fingers to press the bell to get off the bus I was a bit late in doing so and the driver didn't open the middle doors of the bus..I'm 60 years old and not the fastest on my feet and therefore he'd shut the front doors and driven off before I could get out then told me off for not pressing the bell in time. I have taken to wearing leather gloves however on this occasion I had forgotten them. I thought I'd add this before anyone suggests I wear gloves on public transport

Our cat needs special dietary dried food only available from the vet. We've been there two days on the trot all gone people have been stockpiling cat food. Vet kindly agreed to save a pack as delivery was expected today and I explained I need to work and would come in later on. I phoned first as it is not directly on my route home. Delivery still hasn't arrived and they had run out of their medical neccesites too. If push comes to shove we could feed our cat normal food (not ideal but he wouldn't starve) But more worrisome is medical supplies not reaching the vet. This country is in meltdown and its only the beginning!

lindylou Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is another scaremonger post. First it was a > man in Dulwich park playground by himself, now a > Diliveroo driver parked up, minding his own > business. Maybe he wanted a break. Maybe he was > tired. How dare anyone put innocent people at risk > by their own insecure judgements. Think before you > post. Totally agree..I'm waiting for the day someone posts an description of me on here saying I appear dodgy because I'm not pushing a buggy, or haven't brushed my hair that morning, or am wearing funny shoes, or haven't cleaned my glasses, or have walked in a shop without buying something. In this current situation its the unseen we should be afraid of not someone who looks scruffy, unshaven, whatever. we live in the inner city it takes all sorts..dont judge books by their covers. ED is not a bucolic Hamlet in Dingly Dell much as some here may wish it was.

shouldn't this be in business and trade section??

ED Bird Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Two King's College Hospital patients test positive > for coronavirus: > > https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus > -kings-college-hospital-london-a4378856.html?fbcli > d=IwAR3vE2Rg43lYqLnc4cISbAslW23xctwQ8myGiomc3JRYTn > NvXdMBnJfMUA8 > > Parent tests positive for the Coronavirus at > Lyndhurst Primary School: > > https://lyndhurstprimaryschool.com/coronavirus-upd > ate/?fbclid=IwAR3sugrdIuGGDo4HqV-2U1oPeDlIv_FiPXle > WTRi_iZJ57mzmxnmSvsKpJc > > I have to admit, I did get a little spooked when I > began to notice a number of people coughing & not > covering their mouths along LL, so I've began > doing my grocery shopping online now more than > ever. I haven't used the tube. I've stopped my > frequent visits to the west end... I'm taking as > many precautions as possible. Please I beg you and others to try and support businesses at this difficult time-If we dont support our shops our high streets become ghost towns. Wear gloves, wash your hands often but remember peoples jobs depend on us actually going into shops not just going online.

Stress is a monster thats for sure. back to the IBS out of interest do you eat much Quinoa? The reason I ask is I had IBS in my 20's and thankfully seemed to 'grow out of it" if thats possible, but also I learnt the food combinations that triggered it and have avoided them ever since. However..a couple of years ago I started to get occurrences of IBS symptoms..bloating (really really bad)cramps and a 'dodgy tum' I was mystified until I started to think back over the occurrences and what I'd eaten..this was around the time Quinoa became fashionable and it popped up in loads of salads (I eat a lot of salads)..I did an experiment and sure enough the Quinoa was triggering the IBS symptoms. Its so bad that a couple of months ago I was eating something that didn't have quinoa as an obvious ingredient and sure enough the symptoms soon started..I went to the place where I'd brought the wrap I'd eaten and asked and sure enough quinoa was mixed in with its filling. Quinoa seems to be shoved into everything these days and since mentioning my allergy to friends I've found someone else who it effects in the same way.

julesheaton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Guys, I'm the owner of Saucy/Saucy Chip. I said > very clearly we are closing due to 'ill health and > relocation overseas' Both very true. I didn't say > we were "seriously ill" nor have we closed because > there are too many burger restaurants on the > street", chicken was actually one of our biggest > sellers! > > Quite simply we are moving out of the Dulwich area > (and part time in France) as operators and I'm > having a very significant bit of surgery. > > Massively appreciate all the fantastic, lovely > well wishes given the money, love, sweat and tears > that went into the site I was so passionate about. > Good news is I'm developing the brand outside of > Dulwich and internationally so for those of you > that came and enjoyed in Dulwich, of which there > are many, we'll keep in touch😊 Thank you > loads Jules xx good luck in the new venture and wishing you well through your surgery

Sending wishes for a hospital free recovery from the IBS

So so sad about Caroline Flack. It breaks my heart to think of a young and beautiful woman reaching such a low point that aged only 40 she presumably takes her own life.

EDmummy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sign out front says closed due to serious illness > and overseas relocation. Shame they couldn?t sell > as a going concern. If it is indeed true about the serious illness then thats very sad. Am I correct in thinking they had some problem with their original chef injuring his hand and unable to work or something which delayed their trading? Or was that somewhere else? I felt it was somewhat jinxed from the start. we actually never went or felt any desire to go because of the food offering being limited to the burger and chip end of the spectrum which just never appealed. Especially with GBK and Meatliquor on the same road had we fancied a burger (a VERY VERY rare occurrence in our household) we would have gone to Meatliquor. It would be great if something to replace the much lamented Brickhouse opened in its place. somewhere with great all day breakfasts, soups and salads.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ? Please have him report it to the police. > If they did this to a man they wouldn't think > twice about doing it to a woman with baby or an > elderly person? > > Have any women with babies / elderly persons been > attacked ? They may well be..this is what we hope to avoid. Also I dont see how the OP's brother could claim back the loss of money out of his account without a crime number

Please have him report it to the police. If they did this to a man they wouldn't think twice about doing it to a woman with baby or an elderly person. This sort of thing MUST be reported. If no one reports it how can we demand safer streets? We need stats to back up our complaints that the we need more patrols, more surveillance and more to the point if one of the robbers has since been spotted by your brother in the local area he owes it to all of us to report and give a full description. He could save someones life by doing so. Lives have been lost via street crime