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> Was the penguin there? I like the penguin. I like the way he clacks his beak No, none of the others. Peregrine was in fact the only one I had time for. Maybe something about him of a proto-Victor Meldrew, or maybe a hint of Gilbert Harding? The only other one of whom I remember anything is the iirc rather tiresome Katy the Kangaroo. The Annette Mills WikiP article I found interesting. If you branch out from there you may eventually get to the 'official site' https://www.muffinthemule.co . Your browser might provide a small frisson if you take the necessary Advanced entry route to the latter, with warnings of possible danger if you proceed further. In fact apparently nothing more than an expired certificate.

Commiserations, hope you feel a lot better soon. Nasty things going around, it seems, it's an absolute pain when you can't do anything.

Did you phone the actual noise control number? I posted a screenshot of it above on the thread somewhere. If so, they have given you totally wrong information, unless they have recently changed their policy on firework noise. You could complain to the council directly and/or ask your councillor to take it up with them? I was also disturbed by very loud firework noise earlier tonight, and it's over three weeks since 5 November. It is really not acceptable. It was still loud through triple glazing in my bedroom. Poor animals.

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It’s definitely not analysis it’s just weird lashing out - calling CPRDave - a leftie? wont be often I come to his defence, but I can’t see any recent evidence to support Dave being a leftie

I wonder if the tax will cause the £2 million plus market to stall but boost the sub £2 million market as houses sell for just below the threshold. Will a house that then sells for less than its £2 million value, say at £1,95 million then drop out of the tax or will the goverment still tax it as though it was worth over £2 million? As the tax will obly raise 1/2 a billion, will the threshold creep downwards or will more houses go into it as property values increase ? So many questions that may need to be understood better before it is inplemented otherwise there may be potential legal cleans post implementation.

Why are they disgusting? Takes me back to my earlier comment that some of you simply hate everything that Labour does. That is not "dislike" or are "unhappy" with, but "hate".

If I was hearing the same thing it sounded more like a 62 gun salute. A monotonous but extremely loud bang, bang, bang. Whatever type of firework was used it seems to have been chosen for maximum noise. Intrusive and anti social. Maybe take it to your local councillor. We are now at a stage that fireworks have been let off multiple times a week since September, sometimes well after 11pm. It is out of control.

It’s terrible isn’t it. But it’s so hard to know what to do! I have signed petitions, written to our MP, and complained to Southwark - it doesn’t seem to do anything. My cat is hating it and I am so worried for all our local wildlife. Maybe there’s more that can be done if the community joins together on the issue? Maybe so - but they didn’t even want to talk to me about it. Said it was only for the police and hung up. Really shocking and very frustrating considering how much I hand them in service charges and council tax each month!

Slapped Face Syndrome hit via our nursery, and seems to be spreading like wildfire. Worst cold/flu symptoms I’ve had in years, been knocked for 6 for well over a week now.

Where are they coming from? I’m getting sick to the back teeth of having to calm my pup, and subsequently calm my wee one when they get woken up.

We couldn’t be happier with the work that Lukasz has done on our house. We had a long list of assorted tasks after moving in, including hanging some large mirrors and pictures, re-sealing a WC sink and a kitchen sink, fixing the front gate, repairing a broken shutter louvre, and fixing a stuck bathroom door. Lukasz handled each task expertly and everything was executed perfectly. He even did the job over 2 visits upon our request due to one of the mirrors not being delivered on time by the retailer. Lukasz has been a pleasure to deal with throughout. He was super responsive on WhatsApp, polite and respectful of our property, and left the place spotless because he brought his own hoover! He is a star, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him.

If you have what I and several people I know have / have had, it can make you feel quite blue. It’s common to feel depressed when you’re unwell. This thing takes a good couple of weeks at least before you feel back to normal, so go easy on yourself x

Fair enough. Perhaps I’m wrong but the country can either have rising house prices or affordable housing. Which means falling house prices right? or is there a scenario where all of the existing housing stock rises in value while the hundreds of thousands of new, affordable homes are somehow immune to the same market forces? How do we build enough affordable houses for our children yet insist on our own houses going up in value? Both can’t be true. Enough new housing stock has to lower existing housing prices if not , where am I wrong?

I don't really see the linkage between the two factors tbh

This is weird. I don’t think CPR Dave can be called “the left” I don’t know him - but if I had to categorise I would say somewhere in the “reform/upset Tory/maybe Green protest category” and I don’t think anyone on the left is actually crying? The people I do know on both the left and lucky enough to own a home worth this much are in favour so, what exactly are you saying Lindylou? (I have many problems with the current govt. On some issues (immigration) I think I would use the word disgusting as well. Maybe for different reasons to you. But as a government they are a disappointment and poor and not the shambolic 57 prime ministers in 6 months we have been used to in last 10 years)

Too bad. You, the left, voted for this disgusting party. Now you are crying because you have to cough up. I have no sympathy for any of you.

Tom and Stoppard are Dead real shame - and the names won’t stop coming I remember being 8 or 9 in the 70s when my parents went thru this as a lot of their generation were going time. Is waiting in the wings

I'm sorry, but I have enough now. Just at the minute loud fireworks are going off . Why? It would appear that folks have money to burn. It's difficult to know the exact location, but this needs stopping now