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I wouldn't be going all the way to Dobbies just to take flowerpots! 😀 It's a very good garden centre with a wide range of well kept plants and helpful staff, at least it was on the only occasion I've visited it, last year!

Thanks, I live round the corner from Forest and I don't recall seeing a box, but I will ask! Bill and Ben were made with proper terracotta pots! I have lots of those too, many really old, but I like looking at them 😀

I thought it was enthusiastic people celebrating Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday early!

Millionaire doesn't mean much these days round here, house prices being what they are!

Where did you get that info about Southwark? Can you give a link? That's not what I found when I just googled! And what's a "soft plastic" pot?

Southwark apparently doesn't recycle them in the blue bin collection, although you can take them to the recycling place off the Old Kent Road. I have no idea what they do with them there. I've tried to give them away in the past. One community garden took a load one year, but I haven't had much luck otherwise. People are probably trying to get rid of their own 🤣 I don't know why nurseries don't use biodegradable pots, but I suppose it's because they would biodegrade before the plant reached the plant centre/retailer and then the gardener at the end of the chain. ETA: I just did some googling, and apparently Dobbies garden centres take them. There's a good one near Wallington, so I might take them there next time I'm down in that direction.

Flower pot sizes. Even ones that look as if they should fit together don't . Same with the saucers that go underneath them. Why aren't they standardised? GRRRRR. I made the mistake of starting to clear out my loft (I still have a pre-gentrification type loft). Now my (pre-gentrification type) kitchen is filled with zillions of flower pots and saucers. I am so irrationally enraged that I need to sit down with a nice cup of tea. I've just put the kettle on.

Many things not good, it seems like.

I'd like somebody to define "normal sized" please! And also "perfectly rational"! Otta? Are you still around?

I'm really confused (it doesn't take much). Why would there be a "stolen report on it" as the OP stated towards the start of this thread, if it hadn't actually been stolen? I'm pleased to hear it hadn't been stolen, obviously, but also sorry to hear it broke down right after a service and MOT.

That's very odd if they won't answer. Do they just say "no, we won't tell you that"? I can understand they wouldn't want you to get the bread direct from their source instead of from them, but why not just say that? If they baked it themselves, I imagine they would be only too happy to let people know.

Possibly one of the other local garage owners may know? Also, it's possible if the owners and staff are still in the area that they might see your post. They didn't post on here themselves (to the best of my knowledge) but they must have known that I did, as a couple of times the lady who worked in reception phoned me to ask me if I could post in the "Lost" section when something dropped in Hansler Road had been handed in to them. Unfortunately I only have their office landline number, which presumably disappeared when they closed. Good luck! Hopefully your service manual may turn up in an unexpected place.

"Isn't a car of interest" but reported stolen? That's bonkers, surely? Has it been stolen or not? Did they say why it wasn't a "car of interest"? Had it been stolen but already recovered by the owner, who has now parked it outside your house? Had it been stolen but the owner got his sixty grand from the insurance so no longer cares, and the police don't care about it as the thieves have abandoned it? Or don't care because they can't catch the thieves unless they find them driving it? Any other theories? Surely if it had been reported stolen the police might at least want to let the owner know where it was? It seems a bit of an odd car to steal anyway, being rather noticeable!

Sorry only just seen this. Thanks so much for the offer, but I was in my loft earlier today and came across a 10m one that I think will be long enough. I thought I only had a 5m one. DUH. Thanks again!

Only if the owner finds out where it is!