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JohnL Wrote: > Potatoes on Bread - Squashing the bread, raw meat > with cooked stuff, carton of cream at the top to > fall off and go everywhere. Ice next to warm > chicken so it'll melt. > > and never plan - just flaunt around picking up > what you fancy :) :)) :)) :))

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Go up to the woods. Get a load of ivy. Twine > the > > stems in and out to form a circle. > > > > Shove a load of other leaves and stuff in. > > > > Hang it up with a ribbon or a bit of string. > > > > Free. Ish. > > > > Sorted :) > > I'm afraid you obviously have far more spare time > than I do... Don't you like a nice walk in the woods before Christmas? Making the wreath needn't take much time at all!

singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's 'may have' DulwichFox, not 'may of.' This has been pointed out to him before. More than once :))

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Quite Judging by your post above (12.41), you seem to be one of them :)) :)) :))

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Is it just me who has been wondering for some > time > > why DulwichFox, and more recently Louisa, need > to > > put their names at the end of every post, > despite > > the fact that one just has to glance at the > > "posted by...."immediately above the post to > see > > who has written it? > > You may of missed something more significant.. > > I sign off as DulwichFox.... Foxy ...... D.F. > and always have done.. > > Now there is something for you to think about. :) > > Foxy Eh? What is significant about that? If it is significant, then I certainly have missed it :))

Happy Christmas (or whatever you celebrate) to all forum posters and readers from me too. May 2017 bring you only good things xxx

The plant stall in North Cross Road still had some about half an hour ago.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > why DulwichFox, and more recently Louisa, need to > put their names at the end of every post > > Old fashioned politeness? Didn't think they had online forums in the olden days!

Is it just me who has been wondering for some time why DulwichFox, and more recently Louisa, need to put their names at the end of every post, despite the fact that one just has to glance at the "posted by...."immediately above the post to see who has written it?

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also - any tips on where I can get a wreath? > Criteria are a) less than ?10 b) not heart-shaped. Go up to the woods. Get a load of ivy. Twine the stems in and out to form a circle. Shove a load of other leaves and stuff in. Hang it up with a ribbon or a bit of string. Free. Ish. Sorted :)

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/truth-berlin-christmas-market-terror-9500721

If you are by yourself with a lot of shopping, as you probably would be at this time of year, it is very difficult indeed to "bag up yourself" while you are still taking items out of your trolley and putting them on the belt. And making sure you are ready to pay but haven't put your card or cash or purse somewhere where it could get nicked while you are dealing with the shopping. It is a massive help if there are staff available to help with packing.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That last post is somewhat worrying...... In several respects ......

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So it's has a Time Signature of 6/8 .. 2 Sharps ? > so it's in D Major ?? > > I could play that on my G-D Melodeon. or my D > Harmonica. > > Fox, you could play it on anything you wanted, in any key you wanted, and it would still sound the same ...... Even if you changed the time signature ....... :))

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- .what an absolute shambles and we > are all at risk Whilst that is true, it was very scary being around in the seventies (IRA etc) when there were constant bomb scares, and sometimes actual bombs. And in the fifties/sixties it was the threat of nuclear war. And then in the forties there were air raids. Of course this is bad, and please don't think I'm diminishing the impact on those affected, but we are lucky we've had quite long periods when there hasn't been something to be terrified of. Soon it will all be irrelevant anyway. Climate change gathers apace, and the US president (God help us) wants to undo all the steps that have been/were to have been taken to try to prevent it. Sorry for my pessimism. ETA: Is it just me who thinks it is odd that you carry your ID papers with you when you go on a killing mission?

The framing shop opposite the Plough is also very helpful, if that's more convenient for you.

Burbage Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Penguin68 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > - our local Coop could always be ordering more > if > > their supply is regularly running out before > > customers' needs can be fulfilled. It's their > bad > > on this. > > I think it's a little trickier than that. > > Firstly, we don't know how 'regular' demand is, > how much it varies on a day-by-day basis, or what > factors affect it, or the lag between a co-op > order being put in and stuff arriving in the > store. If it's volatile, then what 'ordering more' > would mean is that the co-op would be taking on, > with no guarantee of any return, one of the risks > that the relevant businesses should be managing > for themselves. > > Secondly, a 75p loaf is likely to be a > loss-leader, and selling more of it may simply > lose the store more money. > > Thirdly, the idea of a loss-leader is to tempt > customers, and their grocery budgets, into the > store. If all, or most, gets bought up by nearby > businesses, the point of the loss-leader is > spoilt. > > Fourthly, if the store, or the lorries, are full > of bread, that means less truck/shelf-space for > profitable or popular things, and ED customers > would be the first to complain if they ran out of > emu milk or chi-chi beans. > > Fifthly, the ultimate aim of the store is to keep > retail customers, who also buy profitable things, > happy. Allowing the actions of business customers, > who are resistant to the up- and cross-selling > messages, to make the co-op's retail customers > less happy is not a recipe for long-term success. > > So, although they could order more of the bread, > and thus satisfy the simplistic dictates of > countless economics and MBA courses, to do so > would be unwise. It would as if a farmer, faced > with a plague of rabbits, decided to buy and farm > more land to make up the losses, rather than > invest in a shotgun. Crikey, Burbage, don't bring such common sense into this thread :)) Some posters won't be able to cope with it :))

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > DulwichFox Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > > > > > > Marcia, you will get very little joy from > > people > > > on EDF. > > > > Some have Shares in Pubs in and around the > > > area. > > > > > Some own local businesses. > > > > > > > > > > > What on earth have either of those things got > to > > do with the Co-op apparently failing to > understand > > supply and demand and hence failing to exercise > > basic control over their stock? > > > > Care to explain? > > > No. Self explanitory . > > Happy Christmas. :) > Er, no it isn't "Self explanitory" (sic) so I guess your response means you can't explain it. Happy Christmas to you too :))

Vote with your feet. I don't use Sainsbury's any more unless I absolutely have to. Had very poor customer service regarding a delivery, and have taken my online custom elsewhere and most of my offline as well.

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Try this? Silent Night for Quakers attached ....... :)) Actually, this would be good for carol singing in the library :)) AND it COULD be Latin :))

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > (Someone was > playing a song loudly on their phone this morning, > very early, on the bus. I asked them to stop or to > use headphones, was asked "why?" to which I > replied "because it's loud, it's early and it's > not your living room" and I got a good result and > an apology.) Good for you. I'm usually too chicken to do that.

This thread seems to have slipped down the list ..... I ordered some stuff from Lakeland at half past six last night. I got free overnight delivery and it arrived about 2pm this afternoon (hence the sudden joy, as they said between 12 and 4). It all cost me under three quid because I had various vouchers. I am admiring my lovely green Joseph Joseph non-slip chopping board with integrated knife sharpener, Joseph Joseph Handi-Zest zester/nutmet grater with integrated blade wiper, and lovely green Lakeland pan protectors as I type. (The Value Twelve Cup Bun Tray not so much - but then, it's not green .....)

leenorris78 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do you let the kids play with the car keys? > > I do, and as such, never leave anything in the car > that I would regret being nicked. > > People been our car 3 times. 2 iPods. One sat nav. > They always leave the cd's. Adys Road. Could you not lock them out of sight in the boot if they have to stay in the car?

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was there the other day going from Grove Vale to > LL and I was positioned over to the right. A car > came up on my left and then cut in front of me to > go into LL...totally unacceptable. I think some people are just crap and selfish drivers in any situation, and there seem to be more of them these days. It beggars belief how many people seem to think it's absolutely fine to hold up queues of traffic in both directions whilst they do a U turn or three point turn on a main road, because they can't be bothered to go the short distance to the next side road and turn round there (or go round the block). And red lights might as well not exist for some drivers.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Sue, > Currently the North Cross Road market officially > operates on Fridays as well as Saturdays. So a > number of people have been fined for parking in > areas reserved for market stalls that are never > placed of come on Fridays. Rosie and I have been > nagging officers for a couple of years now to > remove those parking restrictions and suggested > they expand the market on Saturdays. Thanks James. Is it too late to get the wording of the survey amended to make this clearer? I had to leave it to come back to later, though like JW above I answered that question as best I could while saying I didn't understand it!