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RichH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bird bath etiquette is also fun to observe. When > one bird takes a bath it seems to trigger a frenzy > and suddenly they all want a go. Some species > appear happy bathing together like the Blue Tit, > multiple Long Tailed Tits and Black Cap I saw last > week, whilst others, like Blackbirds, insist on > bathing alone and will chase away other birds that > try and hop in alongside. Well, the blackbirds are rather larger than the others!

DulwichDaddio Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If this is an example of good news, then the OP > must lead a really, really boring life. Ah, a "new" poster, just joined under this name today. How lovely. Wonder how long it will be before this incarnation gets banned?

?9.95?! You should have taken it back and complained. They would have refunded you. I doubt there is much crossover between M&S customers and Co-op customers. Once M&S opened, I rarely used the Co-op. Even though I fully support their ethic, apart from a few things, M&S just seemed better value, and was actually cheaper than I had expected. ETA: However, once I can, I will definitely check the new Co-op out. But they had always seemed to have supply problems, or management problems, or both, particularly in the fruit and veg section. ETA: I think M&S generally have problems, though less so with the food side. They have major problems on the clothing side, for various reasons, and now they are closing their bank. Which is very annoying as I have a current account with them (luckily not my main account) and now I've got to move it elsewhere. Though at least it's much easier to do that these days. Sorry admin, way off topic, stream of consciousness, as you were, back to the Co-op 🙂

I find pigeon behaviour fascinating. A pair of wood pigeons come to feed at the ground feeder in my garden. The male (I presume. Large and bossy 🤣) takes over the feeder, wolfing down seed. Whenever the female (I presume. Smaller and timid). gets anywhere near it, she is chased away. She is left to scavenge for seed in other parts of the garden nearby. No wonder he is so fat and she is so thin! (I have now started putting another pile of seed on the ground a little way from the first one, but it isn't in a feeder). However sometimes another male wood pigeon comes down and then the two males have a fight to see which gets to stay. Also interestingly, all the sparrows seem to come down for their first feed of the day around the same time as the pigeons. Weird. I don't put the seed out at a certain time each day, so it isn't that!

lameduck Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe they could reduce compost price for > subscribers of > garden waste > After all we are paying for them to take it > they may make more money That's a good idea!

Cora Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But they've taken the great self service tills > out....the ones that don't beep every 2 minutes as > you try to balance your shopping.... Are there still self service tills? It always seemed a very strange arrangement of tills after the last refit, which I think was when they introduced them. I'm longing to have a look, but along with many others can't go shopping at the moment 😭 Anybody got any photos?!

The thing is, like the terrible dangerous (for pedestrians) junction where the South Circular meets the continuation of Lordship Lane by the derelict pub, if someone was killed or seriously injured here, they would come up with a solution PDQ. Speaking of which, I thought it had been agreed to install pedestrian crossings at the South Circular junction. Does anybody have an update on that? I can't remember what the timescale was.

BBC News - Sarah Everard: 'Increasing concern' for Brixton woman https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56281473 Hoping for good news soon.

A zebra crossing would maybe work, but cars often just ignore the fact that a pedestrian is on the crossing. Also, on busy days, cars would never get over the crossing!

cactus Wrote: > Really surprised though, to see such a bird in my > fairly urban back garden. I have a very very small back garden near North Cross Road. Some years back I heard a terrible commotion and looked out of the window to see what I think must have been a sparrowhawk sitting in the corner of the garden with its wings spread over a starling. I ran out, but obviously it then flew away with the starling. I used to get loads of starlings in my garden, but I haven't seen one since. Strange coincidence or what?

I've also shared on Facebook. I do hope there is good news soon. Here is a link. Please share if you can: https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/urgent-plea-dear-friend-who-19975053?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

kford Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Traffic will be backed up to Heber Road with > lights there People said there would be problems with the two (then) new pedestrian crossings in Lordship Lane, but to the best of my knowledge there haven't been any issues?

Was anybody hurt?

elloriac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We tried to buy some compost at the recycling > centre and the men talked us out of it! > Yes, when I enquired about the price the guys there said I'd be much better off buying compost elsewhere :)) Which when I heard the price I completely agreed with (grammar).

louisemurray Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Toad - Just a small one, many more to follow ❤️❤️❤️

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My Niger feeds go uneaten. Incidentally, why the Y > in Nygel? I have his permission to tell you that his father made a spelling error when registering his name :)) :)) :)) ETA: My niger seeds in the feeder go uneaten too, however something eats them when I put them on the ground. Not the birds I am trying to attract though .....

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, is your partner named after bird food? How > very peculiar. Nyger/nyjer/niger seeds. No, your typo is named after him! Nygel aka Nyge 🙃

It's weird, because if memory serves they have being saying for years that it was not possible to have a crossing there. I can't remember their reasons.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > gold finches prefer > this to Nyge's Niger seed? I was very confused there for a minute. I thought my partner had somehow provided you with a seed feeder which the goldfinches no longer rated 😶

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is Bad that they charge at all. > > They compost it and SELL bags of the compost. > > Foxy The compost is very expensive. I'm amazed anybody buys it.

Traffic lights and pedestrian crossing at the junction of East Dulwich Grove/Lordship Lane! And more! Including an East Dulwich Square at the station, whatever that is going to be .... https://mailchi.mp/182c9451222c/goose-green-labour-newsletter-january-10055305?e=38102f0cef

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On frog, dunno where the newts have gone, and no > tadpoles. Very sad. Had spawn last year but not > fertilised. Usually the newts eat it. Well > fingers crossed..... And as there is so much > building work going on that may put the birds off > nesting..... Well, that's a cheerful post :))

Femke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There was an article on the Mail on 13 Feb that > 'uncovered' this alledged fraud: > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9257365/A > re-Britains-lost-parcels-really-auctioned-eBay.htm > l?ito=email_share_article-top > > '... 'A Mail on Sunday investigation found > hundreds of items purporting to be ?lost post? > being offered online, with bidders apparently > determined to cash in on a mail system in crisis. > > > Some bundles ? said to be parcels from leading > courier firms as well as Royal Mail ? are going > for more than ?1,000. Using hashtags such as > #mysterypackage, the resellers can be found on > sites including Facebook Marketplace, eBay and > Gumtree.'...' > > > When I subsequently did a search myself on Ebay > for 'missing Royal Mail parcels' I got dozens of > results all showing images of piles of labelled > parcels similar to the pictures in the article. > Can't see much of them now and the link to one > particular one that I sent to a friend on WhatsApp > has now expired. > > Given that a number of my parcels have vanished > (all RM) into thin air (one product was even sent > out twice about a month ago and neither surfaced) > and aside from the Ebay listings scenario I can't > help but wonder what actually happens to post that > is never delivered; > > The article goes on that '...Royal Mail happily > admits that, like its rivals, it sends some > undeliverable items for auction > > One source suggested that, before lockdown, it was > dispatching ten lorries a day to auction houses > such as Biddle & Webb in Birmingham, Wellers in > Guildford, Surrey, and Simon Charles Auctioneers > in Stockport, Greater Manchester. > > And it?s clear there are times when things go > wrong with deliveries. Take the case of St Peter?s > Church in Suffolk, which ordered ?8,000 of > silverware to celebrate the Eucharist at its > family services. Church members were dismayed to > learn that one of three precious packages in the > care of Royal Mail had ?disappeared?...' > > Call it overly suspicious and far fetched but if > after weeks/months of sitting at a depot and with > insufficient staff to clear back logs it does > strike me as an easy option to ship the > 'undelivereable' lot off to auftion. I mean, I was > told by a postie last week that his colleague who > covers my street wasn't working that day and > whenever he's off they struggle to cover for him. > This suggests to me that they must be forever > lagging behind with post. I actually received post > today, who items that were ordered well after the > three parcels that have gone missing. Does this > mean they just haven't got them (anymore?), or > that my postie just grabs stuff of a pile but > never gets down to the bottom of it? The Daily Mail article which Siduhe linked to above seems to say that the vast majority of these parcels come from China, or are otherwise not actually "Missing Post." If Royal Mail (or other couriers) genuinely can't deliver mail because of illegible addresses and no return address given, or whatever, then I think it's fine for them to sell the contents. But it seems to be clear that just because items are sold online as "Missing Post", that does not mean that they are actually "Missing Post" (which by implication has been stolen by posties). Frankly, I think if people spend hundreds of pounds buying these parcels because they expect to find some incredibly expensive items inside, they deserve everything they get :))

JessM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just checked on eBay. Could not find any post > listed! I think Femke should provide a link or links to back up his/her claim, because accusing Royal Mail staff of the kind of level of theft s/he describes is very serious. S/he said "Job lots of 'missing post' are being auctioned off on Ebay which is apparently happening all the time and I am furious to think that this theft is now common practice." All the time? Common practice?? Job lots of "missing post"???

To the best of my knowledge my mail is back to normal now, and there is nothing I should have received which I haven't had. However, Femke, are you saying that eBay auctions are actually labelled as "missing post"? Because if so, surely eBay should not be accepting them for sale?