Elphinstone's Army

Glamorous photos you display on your web page !!!??? Not what you would expect from a company which operates from Flat B in Streatham, fixing taps, new worktops and plumbing in dishwashers! amazing!

cook, unlicensed taxi driver and computer/windows technician

Afr4n Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello, I am a local parent and professional > researcher in need of some help with a project I?m > working on for a local school. > > I?m a looking for people to answer a very quick > survey (max 10 mins) about independent schools in > your area. > this post is utterly disingenuous, what local school, state your case, 'people?' how old are you?? independent or fee paying schools, by merit or by ???, declare your interest, otherwise do not be taking us for mugs 5?? my integrity cannot be bought for such a paltry sum and I doubt very much that anyone else's would either away with your nonsense and who is 'we?' > As a gesture of thanks we can offer you a ?5 > paypal payment for your time once you complete the > whole survey, it?s completely confidential and > we?d really appreciate your feedback!' > > https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4521341/Education-Q > uestionnaire?source=groups > > Thanks everyone :)

DB&B, yes, nightshades - giving up potatoes, was difficult, but necessary, now sweet potatoes rule in our house, yes D3 and Magnesium, forgot this : from HealthMatters, I think it is Natures Plus, also available at Wholefoods in Kensington. Thank you for the link also Siduhe, yes oranges, offered as a treat when I was young, Jaffa Oranges ! my mother said I recoiled, so you see, our bodies know what is right for us. Yes I stoutly believe that hard water, albeit good for our dental health, exacerbates any eczema condition, from personal experience. Another thing I realised is that, during the winter when my boiler failed - and I was boiling kettles of water which had been through my water filter, and 'strip washing' my skin was calm, soft, clean, non itchy. ok this is personal information but relevant I believe. Our skin is the largest organ we have. Years ago when I visited a dermatologist at St Mary's in Paddington, he advised me to drink more water and take a multivitamin. As though this was all that was necessary. This was NHS Water quality, pollution, stress, hormones, Persil, whatever. If I could have three wishes, and through my life I knew this, the first would be clear skin, even after fish and chips, chocolate, Guinness, fried bread, cake, biscuits, buns, cream, ice cream, alcohol, bread, sugar.

Michael Peacock is 'local colour' in Nunhead, this post is his electronic sandwich board his enthusiasm matches his appetite There is nowhere here serving an excellent 'home cooked' Sunday roast - the meat is always wafer thin, precooked/packed probably supplied by Brakes although if I had to choose then the Palmerston it would be. We have experienced a real Sunday lunch a 40 bus ride away (no parking) which was sublime. We could see the chefs at work in the kitchen from the pavement ; real meat and real roasties. It was orgasmic. Not tellin' ------------------------------------------------------- > Are you by any chance connected in some way to > this pub? > > Just wondering .... :)) > > ETA: I have just looked at your other posts. > > They are all pushing various Nunhead businesses in > a similar vein, and some are asking people to > mention your name when you go there. > > I find this a bit strange. Could you explain?

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > sugarkanadee was this near honour oak / catford > borders ? or Norwood Hill, SE25 ? beware !

This heading would benefit from rewording n'est-ce pas ?

ha Maxxi, as in Everdene? or the nefariously won wife of David? - no but a good guess - although this would mean I would be addressed as Bat, as in mad old bat, and not for the first time - but hopefully the last as it isn't true or funny !

hello Minitoots, has anyone suggested oil of evening primrose to you? directly applied? this cured my son's eczema when he was about 7 and no flare ups since. At the same time I had flaky skin and psoriasis. Our gp suggested cutting out milk and cheese, as we also had a daughter who needed an inhaler for asthma. We lived in the Thames Valley near Windsor, relevant because of the quality of the water, I know not fromwhence it came ; and that we were low lying, so limited airflow ; similar to here of course. We duly cut out dairy, milk cheese yoghurt, cream and butter, substituting the latter for olive oil, the pale sort, and also with great difficulty cut out bread (so no use for butter/cheese etc) after a while we simply adjusted our diet, ate brown rice and rice cakes, lost weight and drank copious amounts of water, fresh veg and raw food as much as possible. No sign of any outbreak, scaly skin, spots, rashes, apart from the time my son fell/pushed in the nettles, sigh, We had a Vick candle in the bedrooms during the winter, (can we still buy these) wonderful curative smell, keeping airways clear, and somehow prevented the irritation/scratching associated with eczema or sensitive skin. We are all soap sensitive and use Ecover or the stuff from Boots cannot remember the name, Persil or similar and powerful cleaning fluids upset my daughter's airways even now, and skin of course. We have all learned to live with this and take precautions. it can be an expensive condition as we change pillowcases/towels daily and wash hair/shower twice a day. We all use Aveeno or Childs Farm now. When we are in West Yorkshire or mid France, both places with soft soft water we notice the difference immediately, no need for any moisturiser and happy skin. Have you considered a water softener? We are moving next month and will probably have a whole house unit fitted, the bliss of soft water will be well worth the expense. Sometimes if I have a shower early morning (5/6 am) my skin will itch. Early morning additives perhaps ?Thames Water? post shower we all use E.45,the pump action flask, often on offer in Lloyds, gentle and absorbs. The one food which will inflame irritate and we all instinctively reject, is tomatoes !!! even when my children were babies they refused it, the only thing. house dust free : yes ! we have been 'having a sort out' for weeks now, packing to move, raising dust and moving furniture/taking down curtains etc. I have been spotty as a teenager and itchy. Obviously there is a correlation. My sister who suffers also said, coat your face in Vaseline before you start to clean/vac, and then of course wash/shower it all off at the end of the day. Then moisturise. Who remembers their Mum/Grandma wrappign her hair up in a scarf before setting to and vacuuming/mopping/dusting/ as they knew dust would fly, settling in hair/scalp and irritating faces. We are moving closer to PRP so hopefully not allergic to pollen, grass or dog poo - rolls eyes. good luck Minitoots, keep us posted, blameless babies have eczema, water, hormones, environment, who knows.

oooo I'm on a roll now - one thing which has always made me gnash my teeth, impotently on many occasion, is usually, complete strangers, ie those I am meeting for the first time, take liberties with my name. Anyone else? I have an unusual, historical, biblical name, which can be foreshortened in many ways or combinations. I have now adopted an anglicised form of my name and happy with it. I despaired for a long time of being introduced to people, or introducing myself, being a modern woman, and immediately hearing it repeated in a much shortened form, usually the first three letters. I didn't invite you to call me thus, no one else does, why should you be so familiar/over familiar??? It is a grown up version, of people asking what your new baby is called, you tell them (struggling to think of an example!) and they then quote a name back to you as in a celebrity or royal or whatever. One friend's husband twisted my name then added a match, as in FrendyWendy, I am a grown woman, why are you doing this? It's peurile and annoying. They have moved now so I am spared this wit, despite constant objections. Not a 'little thing' I realise now, nor irrational, but thank you for reading, always happy to vent!

teeth sucking artisans/workman, required to supply a quote, supplying only hubris "I'm not being funny love, but ..."

or ANYVAN - dbboy you may have a better response putting this in the ED business where Man and Van advertise, good luck

Keefe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This will be of no practical help whatsoever but > the Grateful Dead made a lovely album in 1977 > called "Terrapin Station". > > So possibly Malumbu's new friend had tried to get > on the train but found the state of rail services > in ED so pitiful that it decided it was simply > quicker to walk to its destination. I remember this LP, nearly wore it out - Estimated Prophet !!

Any sentence which begins with "Having ... then recounting an experience. " The trouble with you is ...often leading to the deluded "I know you better than you know yourself " - usually delivered triumphantly by a soon to be erstwhile male companion.

We usually dry outside especially towels and bedding. but as we have two large bedroom windows facing south east and absorb the heat at its zenith - despite keeping windows and curtains closed, changing linen curtains for heavy dark winter ones, still unbearable so I bought another tall clothes airer, at night drape wet towels/bedding which we are changing daily, over said airers in front of windows which we leave open. This seems to absorb some of the heat. We have heavy linen French sheets which are just the right weight to sleep under, a fan on my side of the bed and run the dw and washer overnight, as the heat generated is significant. My neighbour has taken to sleeping IN the bath, an old cast iron one, didn?t ask for details.

Would like to point out something which should not be necessary - that Paris does not represent France any more than ?that London? represents England,

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh, come on everyone - Moondancer is usually a > considered and thoughtful poster and I don't think > s/he deserves all the vitriol. witty sarcasm is always funny, but put downs, the traducing of anothers character, speculation and downright nastiness can be quite shocking. Invalidating a resident/customer?s experience thoughts and feelings is unkind, unconsidered and rude, ill mannered, and completely negates the point and value of the post. I am on my phone and its so hot in here my sweaty fingers are sliding off the screen I love your moniker, btw : I just reread the book with the image of Fresdie Jones gleefully brandishing his little twig brush

Zebedee Tring Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > but the design doesn't work > > > This might have something to do with the fact that > Boris got his chum Thomas Heatherwick to design > the bus when Heatherwick's company had no > experience of bus design. This is not entirely > unrelated to one of the other Boris vanity > projects, the Thames Garden Bridge - in April 2017 > a Mayor of London report criticised the > appointments of Heatherwick Studio and engineer > Arup in 2013 which "were not open, fair or > competitive ? and revealed systematic failures and > ineffective control systems". I didn?t know this thanks I will eschew the rigours of the 12 for any other bus going my way, mainly because I prefer to travel on an elevated seat. Those on the 12 which face each other are too small and there is no room for 4 pairs of feet.

If only we could. A friend last Winter brought us wool scarves from Scotland, hand loomed, thrilled, Scottish knitting, Aran and Fair Isle, Welsh Tapestry, is this all we will have left? Even Irish Linen is flax from the continent. As for hard industry, Rolls Royce, aircraft, ship building, foundries, even brickworks, all in decline or gone. This is the evolution of economics. Dyson is beneath contempt imho and now his son trails in his wake

dyslexics rule K.O.

meant to say - interesting post Malumbu - could you please quote the source - see what I did there ?!

In years to come new houses/apartment blocks will be built with this facility - underground storage and pumps or a means of capillary action for flushing toilets. In times of water shortage and the advent of water meters, this is an excellent solve. In France we use water sparingly, as it is metered, expensive and traditional. If I am alone I don?t always flush the toilet which I have en suite. Downstairs shower room I will use the washing up water to flush the toilet - or if rain is due I have two old buckets I leave outside to fill. We have French showers - run the water over skin, switch off, soap, shampoo whatever, lather all over, switch water on. Of course it is essential to set optimum temperature initially. We have also been known to run outside starkers in a sudden summer downpour and cavort about, this is glorious. No one can see, and if they could they would be screaming. Well this post diverged a little. We take it for granted that we turn on the tap/shower/washing machine and water flows - but do we need potable water to flush away waste?

NewWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Elphinstone's Army Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Jo R, > > > > Your grammar, spelling, syntax, slang : non > > specifity of a reply without offering > > full contact details whilst requesting those of > > the responding home owner, give a questionable > > impression. > > > And the use of the word "PAD" ugh!!!! that really > makes me want to heave. > its the sort of word naff estate agents use and > one I haven't seen used in any quality interiors > publication since the 70's. This was the slang : very Austin Powers - reading as though it has been badly translated, from what I know not.

Jo R, Your grammar, spelling, syntax, slang : non specifity of a reply without offering full contact details whilst requesting those of the responding home owner, give a questionable impression.

hello Dee, the address you give is DMC how is this ? What would you charge to paint a bedroom ceiling measuring 16?x12? in good clean condition with 2 coats of FB pale emulsion ? thanks