womanofdulwich

congrats. i quite like phase 8 park hall rd west dulwich.

i think that must be an amazing package. i get some bupa cover for myself at work and i thought it was about ?40 a month- it all goes on your p 60 as a benefit in kind

why would he be prosecuted? the line is to stop others blocking access to his drive.

Whats this all about- blasting out at 8am this morning? First time I have heard it there. Do they usually play this?

Yep I agree- but it is the principle ! He could afford it after all!

For the past 20 years my now (84 year old) Dad has used a wooden ramp to put a slope between the pavement and road outside his house. He refuses to pay the money for a dropped curb.HE religiously pulls out the wooden ramp and uses it to get out the drive, then put it away, and uses it again on his return. My in laws put small concrete ramps in line with their car tyres ( about 8" wide). Aren't people funny!!

?1.50 a week at the newsagents-

are we talking dry goods as opposed to brown wet ones..........???

I phoned Pesh it was really expensive. My friend trained at Lambeth for half a day a week somewhere in Streatham run by local authority- and is now a florist fulltime.

Isn't part of the situation due to the fact that a lot of women have received a better education in the last 40 years and so had better jobs that paid better, that in turn meant they could employ some one to look after their children while they went to work and still had some money left after paying for childcare? Some of those that had a better education and better jobs ( I mean better in that is was more technically/academically skilled this is a personal thing)prefer to still do their money earning jobs to satisfy part of themselves- this is something their mothers were less likely to experience? I speak as one who thought I would have children and stop working - like my mum- but then realized I could do some sort of work and pay childcare and have money left- albeit I had to have 4 years between children to afford the childcare costs; whilst 2 of my old nannies who now have their own families became childminders instead ( especially when they had 2 children 2 years apart). I blame it in educating women..............

Colin I sympathize. I can't imagine the trolley went that far though- surely they would only take it behind a wall - rifle through the leaflets and leave it.

Thanks David- I hope you put pruning tips in your gardening tips in the autumn as I think I will rely on you now!!

i had a good weep at it too. and went to see the blind side the following week. I had not realised the blind side was based on a true story - was precious too? we don't realise how lucky we are sometimes do we.

David can I ask about pruning? we planted new plum and apple tree last year and grapevine. Are we meant to be pruning them back a bit now? ( did nothing in the autumn)- and should we give them some fertiliser about now? Thanks

A good wedding is a celebration and recognition of the 2 people who pledge to spend the rest of their lives together. it is a way of getting family and friends together who you know and love and don't see very often (-sometimes-) I only see most of my family at weddings christenings and funerals. Not many christenings now and I prefer weddings. They give me quite a high with all that LOVE stuff in the air. Keep them coming I say- just don't make them so big and complicated.:)

I should clarify not an equity partner an associate partner- no equity involved. I do not think they owed me a living. I made the decision.I worked full time for 2 years. I have never been an equity partner-but surely your share of equity can be split to reflect the hours you put in- say 80% of what a full time person would have for 4 days a week ? At the time it did not sound wrong Huquenot, it was the way it was and if I wanted to make it up a level ( through that glass ceiling)there was no alternative. I think nowadays it might be easier to work less than full time-and be a partner? a lot is covered by the phrase " works from home one day a week". I think this applies for a lot of men as well as women.

You are probably right, it is a generational thing. When i finally made it to being a partner at the age of 35 I was the only woman under 55- and the other 2 women were 55-60 had no children - and the condition to be made a partner was that i had to work full time. I don't think either of the other women were particularly helpful and the most sympathetic person was a immediate superior whose wife had had a baby about the same time as me. Maybe if you are 30 now there are more supportive women at management level.

Some women are just plain bitches though..............

I am not so sure. I think some woman have had a tough time of being a working mother- or not a mother at all( career choice)I think quite often they have a less sympathetic ear than a man who is a father.

This is one of the hardest things and if you can get someone else- partner or friend it is best as they cannot smell your milk. we used own milk in bottles to start off with - to minimise the change- but really staying calm is a help ( on so easy to say it now).

i think you have to think of the wear and tear on yourself. my friend had 5 children and had hip replacements by 35 yrs old. plus her uterus dropping etc. And you can get 3 in the back of most cars, which is very important.

i think you can but it can "weep" . if you are using fondant type icing i think you can drip it in but hard to get a consistent colour. i think butter icing is the way to go - or glace icing.

maybe they are filming it for someone that cant be there? That is the only excusable reason.

Lorraine Chase in Sainsburys Dog Kennel Hill.

You tend to get charity shops where there are a lot of vacant shops-something do do with the rent (I think). Take it as a sign that ED is thriving.