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Amsterdam, is a lovely city! i go there about once a month to visit my sister who re-located over there for a wonderful design job. Its only The centre in general that is sometimes'over-run' with drunken English at the weekend(who you can spot a mile off by the way), who fall out of pubs and the like.In terms of prostitutes, they cater more for the tourists,and they are not littered all over town, they stand in little windows in the tourist part, tucked behind the back streets. So dont let that put you off. In general, its a nice city, which is very liberal in views and vaules.Dutch lifestyle's always intrigue me, the way they seem to do everything on their dutch bikes, some even move house on their bikes! If you cant hold an umbrella, speak into your mobile, whilst balancing shopping and a person on your bike, all at the same time, then your not an amsterdammer. House boats are nice but bring alot of mosquitoes are you sure you want to rent on a canal?? And make sure you go to the Ann frank house if you haven't already! *Tee*

Purchased in Oct 2006. Battery that was purchased attached to it found to be a bad-un after high run down time. Apple swapped it! then that battery again, found to be bad (The one i just swapped on sunday), and they changed it again! i think in general their batteries are dodgy, what are the chances of 2 bad batteries? never the less, my new one is great so far, i just hope it maintains it's charge. We will see! if in doubt it doesn't hurt to get them to quickly test your battery. Test takes around 1 minute, Book an appointment first on line, through the apple website. *Tee*

Really pleased! the Apple store on Regent St swapped my battery for me after it was found it was a bad-un. They ran some test on it and confirmed, so happy days indeed. The Genius guy said for normal day to day emailing, with only one window open, the charge should last aprox between 3-4 hours, being a new battery, then gradually reduce. He also said if your viewing high HD websites, or sites with flash etc or the like, this will run down the battery further. This is my second faulty battery in 2 years, so if in doubt check it in. *Tee*

Mine is exactly the same model as yours, i'm pretty cheesed off with mine actually as your lucky your getting that much out of it! Fully charged at 100% i get only say 3 quarters of an hr, i've booked mine in at the genius bar at regent street for them to look over, as it's not normal. i have mine on the better energy savings and its still bad. Also one minute the battery will read 50%, then quickly jump to say 30%. Having only 1 window at a time helps, instead of many. *Tee*

This has happened to me with two different flats, the first was in the kitchen, leaky pipes, the second in the corner of the living room, where outside was a leaky down pipe, which was soaking the outside brickwork. As a result slug- gate saga number 2 occurred, i thought i was dreaming, NOT AGAIN!!!! we screamed, so yes i second the theory that water is the blame. In the mean time get your land lord to hire you a de-humidifier to dry out the damp, whilst he is preparing for the work to get done. Its a fan like machine which absorbs damp, which can lead to mould etc. However be careful as with some of them, your not allowed to be in the room when some of the more industrial machines are running. But it worked a treat with the living room. It may help a little to know your not alone with slug- gate!

Totally seasonal. With us they only came in when it got warmer, and only in the night, huge light brown ones they were, one after the other YUk! So you are not alone. I'm freaking out thinking about sluggate at our old flat. Please be assured its not all year round promise. Salt soon becomes your best friend.

Yuk, how disgusting, this used to happen with our old flat, ground floor too. I totally feel your pain strawbs. I decided i had enough and spent the day hunting down where they were coming from, found some holes and blocked them up.Its usually a little gap down behind the sink or similar! saw less and less each day. Also slug pellets and salt like a ring all around the house. Some of the gaps that i could not reach, i got salt and threw it down behind the kitchen units, sounds drastic but Worked a treat! Slugs hate salt, and wont go anywhere near it. This will work promise!

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My heart goes out to the families of the six people who died in this fire. I cycled past today on my way home from work, and couldnt believe how many fire crew were there. I hope southwark council, finally get the book thrown at them. They often cut corners to save money on worth while things ,while throwing away endless money on stupid schemes.

I would lay them flat in a garment bag, like the ones they sell at ikea in a pack of three, then fold the garment bag. Very little creasing this way.

SCSB79,Saw the exact same thing down norwood rd, a fox head cut off clean, with percision, almost like it had been done with a guillotine! it was sickening.I was with a friend in broad daylight and we couldnt believe our eyes. The head was'nt in sight. It looked man made, rather than a road accident, but i could be wrong.

Hi Sanity girl, YES! you can, but make sure you don't park where you see the little yellow dash marks on the pavement next to the single yellow line and in resident bays. All pay and display parking bays are free too! The earlier you get there the better too, as on a sunday it seems everyone who owns a car seems to turn up in the west end, including moi! hope this helps.

So sorry to hear about your break in. The same thing happened to us 3 years ago. During the day when we were out and the upstairs flat un-occupied, they slipped the yale lock on the main front door, and kicked in our front door! our landlord had phoned us to tell us we had a break in, who was contacted by the estate agent who had been doing a viewing of the upstairs flat! when we returned, our flat door was literally in two pieces, i was so upset, as special, non-replaceable items were stolen. After the incident, we took special measures such as mortice locks, london bars, kick proof one piece wooden doors, the lot. The police and victim support were great.i had learnt alot, but cardboard wood for a flat door did NOT help. I still think someone must have been watching our movements for a while, So be on the look out for each other on your street. and yes, whatever goes around, will come back twice as tough!!

I hope she pulls through, and makes it into full recovery. Went pass this morning, was totally horrified by her bike which was literally right under the lorry and almost un-recognizable as a bicycle.People just standing around staring at the scene. I had to tell off a man who decided to take photos of this poor ladys bike on his mobile phone. "you have no shame" i told him, as i turned on my heels and went home. I feel so nervous to venture out on my bike now. I have a shiny new bike just completed my cycle training, and was ready to tackle my morning commute. bioycle accidents where women are mowed down really does make me think long and hard about biking into work on my own. I have everything i need to start my commute, but still keep putting it off.

Hi there very sorry to hear about your loss! however like jctg said, do try and make it down to brick lane tomorrow morning,there are endless threads over bike forums, about beloved stolen bikes often turning up at brick lane market on a sunday, and being sold! *Tee*

The only things i can think of that are similar, are the root veg things like plantains, yams and sweet potato for sure, otherwise everything else is wildly different. *Tee*