Mamma Mia

My daughter's teacher at Dulwich Hamlet has asked the Head if they can watch the match in the school hall. He is doing it for the kids' sake, of course. Hope they let them stay until half time if they want to then dash home for the second half.

In my experience the communication was very good about general matters but not so with individual student problems. I have no children there at the moment but will be starting again with year 7 in September. I have reservations about going back to Charter but I have heard from current parents that things have improved.

EDF FC (EDF Footie Clique) You can tell I'm bored this morning, can't you?! Now I must get some work done.

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Might be worth putting a note near to where you found it if possible. I drove off leaving my double buggy on the pavement when mine were small and the estate agents had very kindly taken it in and left a note on the tree to let me know where it was.

Men At Work - Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney (early 80's)

We have had intermittent problems with ours. We had nothing for 24 hours the week before last and on and off for some time before that and now still very slow at times. We had an engineer booked to come and change our box when it went down completely but then it came back to life so it wasn't necessary.

I think intervention classes are targetted at students who are struggling, usually provided in small groups, as far as I am aware. One of my daughters who is mildly dyslexic has had extra help in this way.

Ann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've got A levels to look forward next year. > Daughter's got GCSE Maths today, French and > History later in the week and likewise she's not > nearly as stressed out as I am. I would have > thought the school could spare a calculator! > > Good luck. Schools usually do lend calculators but there is no guarantee as it depends upon how many students forget to bring them. We have just finished A level anxiety at our house (second time around) and same problem here. I am the only one who is getting stressed! Got a few years break before GCSE/A levels with the younger ones. Hey Ho.

Another option would be to organise a babysitting circle to avoid having to pay sitters' fees? I was fortunate enough to have my MIL available to babysit for me most of the time when mine were younger but also did a rota with other mums occasionally. Obviously more tricky for single mums.

I think it depends on the age of the children and what they are expected to do. My teenagers have had babysitting jobs, usually paid ?6/7 per hour and it has varied from playing xbox with an 11 year old all evening and watching movies to supervising quite young children right through from having tea to putting them to bed which is a big responsibility for a 16 year old. I have only ever really felt comfortable about them babysitting younger children if I have been at home for the evening in case they need advice, particularly if the parents are going up to town to the theatre and cannot quickly return home if required. I do agree, however, that earning perhaps ?40 for an evening watching the telly does give them an unrealistic expectation of the value of work. When they get a real job, it comes as quite a shock.

Thanks guys. Hadn't considered going via Forest Hill before. Will try that way next time.

Train to London Bridge then jump on the Jubilee line

It never seems to be open when I take my girls. Is it only open on Saturdays?

Keef - I love the way you are now saying "all my children".

I found that the appointments when they are younger are just to get them familiar with the experience so don't worry too much. Just pop along when you get a chance. We have been very happy with the Half Moon Dental Centre at Herne Hill and they are great with little ones. Children are covered by NHS up to the age of 18. I will be taking my 17 year old twins for a quick check up in the next couple of weeks as they turn 18 in June.

She sprinkles fairy dust on them at our house and turns them into a pound coin

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mamma Mia you may have to go for Linoleum. > Life's FULL of compromises. You could be right. This is our 4th year and have tried everything, pheremone traps, the lot, and my patience is wearing thin. They are reducing in number so I guess we are slowing defeating them. Let battle commence, again!!!

Thanks EDmummy The problem is I don't really like polypropelene carpets. Does anyone know what the difference is between sisal, coir, jute etc or what type of fibres they are? I know they are all natural fibres but presumably not a wool fibre which is what the moths seem to love in our house. Are they soft straw fibres? I have a straw bag sitting on the carpet which the moths don't seem to bother with, even though they have destroyed all the wool fibre from the wool mix carpet surrounding it, leaving just dark patches of the nylon fibre. I am hoping to find something with a sisal-type look but hopefully something that the moths won't also enjoy. Maybe best to get some samples and place them on the moth-eaten carpet and see what happens over a period of time.

We are at the moment living without carpet in our hall/stairs/landing until we can remove our last completely moth-eaten carpet and hopefully be rid of them for good. We have replaced carpets with wooden flooring in all rooms, which has reduced the number of moths we see flying around enormously, but would prefer carpet on the stairs out of consideration to our neighbours. The problem will be finding a suitable carpet without natural fibres. Has anyone had any problems with moths with sisal carpet?

SteveT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I thought my moths had disappeared but only in the > last few days have they started to move around, > because the temperature has risen I suppose. Same here but we do only have one carpet left now (also soon to be replaced) so the majority of our infestation is probably languishing over at my allotment.

Ladymuck Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sainsburys: went to pay for a massive weekly shop > - no purse...humiliating to say the least as huge > queue of people behind me (though Sainsburys were > very good about it). Jesus, I thought this only > happened to senile little old ladies. Obviously not because I have done that too. Twice! You'd think I would learn, wouldn't you? One occasion was on a Sunday afternoon at 5.20 with a bulging trolley (so you can imagine how popular I was). Had to race home and back before the tills closed at 5.30. Did it in 7 minutes flat! Way too much stress!

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One thing which would be useful (if possible?) > would be a total number of votes cast. It's great > to see 'our boys' out in the lead, but if there > have only been 42 votes it's not so impressive. I hope the fact that there have been 1700ish views of the poll and only 200ish have participated isn't an indicator of how many will actually bother to vote on Election day.

Fed my Oyster card into the ticket slot at London Bridge station and had to wait (red-faced) while they opened up the machine to retrieve it. Still worked fortunately.