Medusa

My son only gave up his high sleeper at (almost) 16. The other one is still using one at 16; it's the only way he'd get a bed and desk in his tiny room. He sits down to get to the desk (obviously) but it's fine.

That's very annoying. But what could be rotting in a green bin? All organic waste should be in a brown one, shouldn't it?

Crap here today on Overhill. What to do?

My download speed is currently 41mb! So fed up with mediocre service.

I've also noticed an increase in this recently.

Kingsdale 'shuffles' their waiting list regularly with the stated aim of keeping it a fair lottery for anyone who joins the waiting list later along the line. I suppose this might work well for some people. My experience of it was that I had 3 kids all high (as high as 4th) on the list for almost a year without any of them being offered a place.

What would be the most useful things to donate? In terms of what you already have, I mean?

I've had largely very good experiences of 306 Medical Centre.

Me. Coverage/reception seems good. Service - no problems so far (2 years).

I can't believe what I'm reading.The nanny is 'an idiot'? Possibly 'not bona fide'? The original post says only that the parents of the child informed the police when they got home. So in fact the nanny told them what had happened when they got in. The incident happened at school pick-up time and for all we know, the parents could have been home within a couple of hours. In fact for all we know, the nanny may have rung the parents to tell them what had happened and they may have left work, come straight back and called the police. Half of the comments about how much time was wasted due to her irresponsible behaviour are based on assumptions, not established facts. So the nanny told the parents rather than ringing the police...yes, not the best course of action but really, deserving of all the criticism? Nothing in the OP even tells us *for certain* that the nanny didn't report it to the parents immediately, to be told that they would deal with it as soon as they got home. Anything beyond the basic facts is nothing more than supposition and some of that is really quite unpleasant in its inferences.

It's back at SE22/23 borders. For now.

Water back on Overhill since mid-afternoon. Since I came home with 10 litres of water, in fact.

Anyone know when they estimate the water will be restored?

I bought sterile soil to go with the mud kitchen I built and I keep it covered to prevent it being used as a stylish cat toilet. I'm sure you know that up-to-date tetanus vaccination is necessary for safe mud exploits.

...and different schools suit different children. I've got Y11s at two different secondaries and they are both very good.

Another recommendation for Paul at HomeCert. He came out the same day I called him, was punctual, friendly and reasonably priced.

I am personally inclined towards 'proper' names for all body parts but here's a thread all about the alternatives: http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/2732893-toddler-friendly-word-for-vagina?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20email%20FRIDAY%20160916&utm_content=Daily%20email%20FRIDAY%20160916+CID_20777cf33cdd0089fe78558aad676d44&utm_source=newsletters&utm_term=Toddler-friendly%20word%20for%20vagina

Whatever the truth of her situation, she's producing milk so obviously has/had a baby and must be bloody desperate to be out on the street begging. A bit of compassion, maybe?

3 teenagers here! Welcome to SE22.

When my kids tried out for it, the assessment seemed geared towards different skills - eg hand-eye coordination, bleep test, etc. I had a gymnast, a talented climber and a generally good athlete and none of them was offered a scholarship. Might have changed since then (five years ago).

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Medusa Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > ...and you'd be spot-on. > > > > Neither do women, by and large. > > There was too many double negatives in the OP. Do > you mean women get more unfair leniency in the > criminal justice system? No. I was befuddled by the wording of the OP, despite decoding what (I assumed) the poster meant. I meant that 'justice' is not meted out so much according to the crime as according to the status/privilege of the person who is charged/convicted. I know of plenty of middle-class, white people who've dodged getting charged/convicted/sentenced to custodial time, along with references to their 'hitherto good character', etc. Meanwhile women are locked up for crimes of poverty, by and large (shoplifting, unpaid parking fines) and minority ethnic people are locked up in such numbers that you'd be forgiven for thinking they have been convicted of the crime of not being white.

I use a Canon MG6350 with no issues whatsoever with my Macbook and (now sadly diseased iPad). All my teenangels use it wirelessly with their PCs, too. It's great - not esp quick, esp scanning - and does everything other than make tea, which would have been a welcome feature.

Yep. Because of my own bias I automatically read the OP as a wry comment about how very well white, educated (read 'privileged/wealthy/middle-class)people fare in the criminal justice system. Hence my response.

...and you'd be spot-on. Neither do women, by and large.

When my children (triplets, now 15.5)were small I pared things down to the essentials. The house was not immaculately clean. Meals often included a jar of sauce and were certainly not all cooked from *organic* scratch. The children didn't have baths every night and nothing was ever ironed. Because money was scarce, we had no access to paid activities beyond the odd session at soft play. Instead my house was set up pretty much along Montessori lines, as was the garden. Summers were spent in parks, having easy picnics and at the Peckham Rye One O'Clock Club. Winters we stayed at home more and did hours of painting, sticking, building train tracks and gradually amassing a vast collection of playmobil that kept them entertained for hours. The things they missed out on were swimming (because of the child:adult ratio rules) and many out and about activities that would've involved tubes and trains. Too much stress with a gaggle of tiny children. They did plenty of that when they were older. I wasn't huge on routine, but bedtime was sacrosanct, even on holiday. Otherwise there would have been murder most foul...