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Ah right. He's very good at getting you started off in a language when you know nothing at all. Aside from being a language guru, Michel Thomas was a fascinating guy. He was a member of the French Resistance and spent much of the war in the camps, which is where he honed his language skills.

This guy gets some amazing results http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-french.php You can buy also buy on Amazon and, I would imagine, used on ebay. He's something of a language guru and you could try doing his short course and then going for some one-on-one conversations, either as part of a holiday or on a local course.

I use one of these; they don't know what's hit them. Clean and efficient. http://www.johnlewis.com/dyson-dc34-animal-handheld-vacuum-cleaner-purple/p231253632

Pictures here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385840/Residents-London-suburb-wakes-water-massive-leak.html

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Barry Road is the worst. I don't mind little kids who aren't normally going fast. I don't even mind their parents. Teenagers and adults - they are going fast and I do mind and it is dangerous when they're behind you. "Keep 'em peeled doesn't work for those of us without eyes in the back of our heads".

What's HOP/FH?

What a relief. Thanks so much for caring so deeply first mate. Can't help but be concerned that this adorable little dog is being sent back to the pricks that left her to fend for herself.

series 1 - Little House on the Prairie meets 28 days later - moderately entertaining Subsequently, as life was harder and decisions tougher, the characters became much more interesting.

Would it help for someone else to report it to the RSPCA? Happy to help in any way I can. PM me if it's easier. I live close.

Apologies for going off topic but muffins78 has just made a statement that really can't be allowed to stand. Monthly donations are the life-blood of charities and it would be a very bad thing for people to read that comment and then stop monthly giving. The important thing is not to use a middle-man (i.e. a chugger who stops you on the street to sign up, or a phone call at home). If you want to donate to any particular charity then Google the charity, find its home page, and donate direct so that the charity receives 100% of your donation with no fees going to a middle-man (and your tax back too if you're a tax-payer). The same goes for direct debits; sign up directly from the charity's home page. If you have signed up to a charity via a third party then I would encourage you to cancel that direct debit and start a new direct debit directly with the charity. If you aren't sure how you first signed up then phone the charity to discuss. Apologies again for the hi-jaking.

I've been clicking on this thread all day looking for a positive update. Not that impressed with RSPCA so far. Really hoping for some good news soon.

I don't use the station but I pass by and it's ugly. As a non-user I guess I had been thinking "oh well it's ugly but at least it's serving a purpose". Apparently not even. How sad to make a building ugly without achieving anything for the users.

Bit of a tangent coming. I'm guessing most of you guys are on Netflix for this. Louis Theroux's "The City Addicted to Crystal Meth" makes interesting companion viewing.

To say that they're anti-heros is an understatement of course. But somehow, against all the odds, they've (mostly) managed to keep the audience on side. I can imagine the writers sitting in a room and discussing how far they can push things before the audience demands their demise. I have a respect for people who do what needs to be done and get on with it. To a point. People work at boring jobs to feed their families. They don't like it but they suck it up. We all understand that's what needs to happen. Same thing in Breaking Bad. And then it escalates. Walt starts out just wanting to make things OK for his family and we're all on "Team Walt". We're all on side. Then people start to get hurt. Lots of them. Every time Walt or Jessie do something "bad" then we stop and take the temperature and mostly think "well I can see why you did that and it had to be done". So they're doing things that you don't like, but you grasp their desperation (Jesse shooting Gale, Walter strangling Krazy-8); so you're still on side. My turning point was when Walt let Jane die and he did not need to do that; he could have saved her. But my big, jaw-dropping moment, when I came off "Team Walt" forever, was when that episode finished with the close up of the lilley of the valley plant. That was Walt manipulating Jessie; he did not need to do that and that child did not need to suffer. I don't think Tyler's that pleasant either. I haven't got the measure of her but I don't like her and have never warmed to her. There's something Shakespearean about Walt. He's come a long long way from high school to kingpin: I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er.

I haven't got the patience for ebay; either as a buyer or a seller, but there's a lady on ebay who sells my stuff for me when I have a clear-out. She sells high-end designer and there's not much she doesn't know about her niche or about ebay. Her name is Emma and here is a link to her auctions. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/stylesequellondon/m.html?item=251306171912&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 She lives in Kennington.

Hank's lightbulb moment at the end of the last series was an awesome cliffhanger. It's not going to end well for Walt and Jessie is it.

Good game, and if you get to the end, like what I did, you get to hear the Library Disco song. Everybody shush now. http://toys.usvsth3m.com/write/

Maybe her dog died or her boyfriend left her or someone's sick or it's the time of the month or a million other reasons why someone might not be happy and smiling. Everybody has off-days and it's really unfortunate when your job needs you to interact with the public and you happen to feel pants. However sour she might have been, it was about her, not about you. You have my sympathies insofar as it isn't pleasant to get service sans smile, but you need to be a bit understanding sometimes and starting a thread about a waitress being in a bad mood comes off as a bit high-maintenance.

Dan Maitland who gives singing lessons in East Dulwich - [email protected] If you do a search on the forum his name will come up and I think he has plenty of recommendations on here. Also does guitar and sax.

They're shagging - making more foxes.

Good luck with this. It is soul-destroying to come out of your house and see other people's rubbish dumped. I live in a street that had a serious fly-tipping problem for many years. After several phone calls to the council a sign was erected to say that the site was being recorded on CCTV. Problem disappeared. I know that your problem is more complicated because of the road's ownership, but CCTV is the way to go.

I've used them for years and they've been OK. My chief reason for using them is that they give lots of cash-back if you go through Quidco (typically 10% on hotels, which is worth having). I had a problem a few years ago and was given the run-around by "customer services",so I went into their UK corporate head office, which is at 42 Earlham Street (just opposite the Donmar Theatre), and insisted they sort it out, which they did. They don't publish that address anywhere and there are no logos outside the building. They really really don't like unhappy customers turning up at there. I politely told their receptionist that I was fed up of being on-hold so please get someone with a pulse and a brain to come and speak to me. My problem disappeared instantly. I do still use them because I think generally they're good, but I don't go on package holidays as a rule. They have recently started to automatically leave the insurance box ticked when you book travel with them. I loathe it when people do that - it's such a scam. You can get a refund but it's hassle.

No idea what this is doing in the lounge but since it is here I have to say that the photographs are very uninspiring.

Greetings DM. It's been a long time. Yes it made me sad too. I wonder what her children will make of it when they're grown up.