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I can't offer to do it, but wisteria has to be pruned twice a year. So you need a gardener who knows what they are doing rather than someone who will just come and hack it back regardless (though it might need that). https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/wisteria/pruning-guide Good luck! PS Has it flowered in previous years? Apparently they don't flower when they are young.

Well, it's always easy to find something to criticise others for. I don't think Earl has ever been banned?

Thank you, I haven't noticed those before.

What post are you replying to?

I think it's absolutely hideous 🤣 "Mystical space" ? How are they defining "mystical" exactly?

Do you have a link? I'm interested to see the wording.

Yes, I did mention the train, which I now get from East Dulwich to Guys instead of the 40. Depends where in East Dulwich you are starting from which route is easiest! I think it is probably lack of staff rather than lack of hospitals which is the problem?

I believe there is a minor injuries department at Guys, though I may have misremembered. Not very convenient for SE22 now the 40 no longer goes near. You have to get 2 buses or a train. Charging people (not sure if you mean financially or legally) would waste a lot more time, I would have thought? And a bad bruise could be serious, depending on the cause and possibly other symptoms.

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I'm sure it wasn't meant with any genuine concern, but that's rather different from questioning someone's mental health. Isn't it? I have never understood this "passive aggressive" thing. I was once accused of being passive aggressive, but when I asked exactly how I was being passive aggressive, I got no response. Why do you think it was passive aggressive, and why do you think it was so bad as to warrant these "more stringent rules" being introduced? Have they been publicised somewhere on here, because I genuinely don't recall seeing them?

Thanks, I didn't know that. People are even more stupid than I thought then, if they are willing to wait hours in A&E for an ingrown toenail. I presume they don't get put at the front of the queue. Why isn't the 111 service more widely advertised? That puts you in touch with a doctor, who will advise on the phone or visit, and if necessary you will be advised to go to A&E or they will arrange an ambulance to take you.

I've used the KwikFit near the station in the past with no problems. Reasonably priced, good service and somewhere to wait while it's being done. There's also another place on the way to the station (starting from Goose Green) which solely deals with tyres and has been there a long time (though it changed hands once) so I presume it must be ok! However I haven't used it.

No I don't remember that. Do you have a link to these "more stringent rules"? I don't think anyone on here has ever seriously questioned another poster's mental health? I used to work in diversity many years ago, and I'm pretty sure I would have noticed if I had read something like that. I realise that what is offensive is up to the person on the receiving end of it to decide (within reason) , but I've only ever seen "are you ok/r u ok" used as a joke online between friends. However I have just googled it and apparently it could indeed be offensive, as apparently it is associated with a suicide prevention campaign. In Australia. Not over here, so far as I know. Is that your problem with its use on here? I realise I am decades out of touch.

If you had something which was serious enough to go to A&E, you should have gone to A&E in the first place! You would be highly unlikely to get a GP appointment on the day you phoned, in any case. I'm assuming that if you phone a surgery during staff training it is still possible to speak to someone. But even if not, the automated message at my surgery says at the outset under what circumstances you should be going to A&E. Hopefully the vast majority of people are sensible enough not to just turn up at A&E unnecessarily, and if not, hopefully they would be turned away at the triage stage in any case. Would you prefer it if your surgery did not train its staff?