tomdhu

There are so many imponderables here and many questions related to potential risk e.g. Would he be going out to work every day with the potential to become infected? This could be an issue if he is a bit dreamy and forgets to observe guidance. If not going out to work, is he likely to self isolate in his room for 7 -10 days? Difficult to gauge but is he likely to go back to his lady friend? Just a thought but she may have CV19and he is escaping before he gets it too.

I am looking at dropping off my mail sacks ( containing Click & Drop parcels) at the RM Delivery Office at Mandela Rd SE1, rather than my local post office. Has anyone got experience of dropping off at this site?

It now seems to be gaining traction...??? https://www.healthpolicy-watch.org/us-fda-approves-survivors-blood-plasma-for-investigational-use-as-covid-19-treatment/

OK, there are risk factors involved and it is difficult to quantify the risks in ceratin cases however what is the probability of getting it approved for use in the following circumstances:- DONOR Is offspring of the recipient, is young, fit, healthy and willing to provide ample supplies. Recovered from Covid19 earlier this month. Blood group "B" Neg. RECIPIENT Is 79 year old mother of donor. Suffers from bronchia asthma and is group "O" Pos What do you reckon? Other son the matter. https://infectiousdiseases.wustl.edu/possible-covid-19-treatment-transfusion-of-antibodies-from-recovered-patients-blood/ https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-antibodies-covid-survivors-patients.html

Are you able to specify the risks you refer to? I don't understand your reservations given that this type of treatment was regular practice before anti-viral vaccines were developed. Can you elucidate.

National newspapers carried an article today about the preventative benefits of having a transfusion of blood plasma from someone who has recovered from Covid19 and who will have developed antibodies. Seemingly this was the method used before vaccines against viruses were developed. Anyone got any views on this and any idea as to which professional medical facility could offer such a service?

Never had a problem with parcels going missing and I get a lot. I'm a great believer in getting to know your Postie(s) and being on a first name basis with them. They tell me what's happening and are really obliging about deliveries.

Zig-Zag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Until someone can fix it you could take the > battery out. That doesn't work as the sounder box uses a large capacitor to power the sounder if the battery is removed of the wires cut.

Go easy! Foxy is all right. It's just that he gets in a spot of bother at times.

Without hesitation I would recommend a decent Georgian restaurant. Fantastic flavours and herby salads- not to mention khachapuri. Please, please!

I find it fascinating that the whole Brexit referendum thing is almost a mirror image of the situation in 2007 in the run up to the Lisbon treaty and also the run up to the Maastricht treaty - different governments but same problems. Here is an excerpt from a FT article from 2007.... QUOTE Mr Brown's attempt to kill off the Treaty debate was today set back by opinion polls showing that a large majority of Britons and other Europeans want a popular vote on an EU blueprint drawn up to replace the Euro Constitution rejected by French and Dutch referendum votes two years ago. Today's YouGov polling finds that seven out of ten, 69 per cent, of Britons back a referendum as the number of signatories this petition passes the 107,000 mark. Also putting the British Prime minister and other leaders under pressure as they prepare to initial an agreement on the Treaty is a separate a Financial Times/Harris poll of voters in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain referendum finding that 70 per cent demand a vote. The Conservatives are stepping up pressure on Mr Brown to make good on his election manifesto pledge to hold a referendum on the old EU Constitution, a text that is 90 per cent reproduced in the new Treaty. William Hague, Shadow Foreign Secretary, has demanded that the Prime Minister honour his promises. "He has absolutely no democratic mandate to agree to this treaty. It is not just his decision; the final say must belong to the British people," he said. "He is making a major miscalculation if he thinks he can treat the British people as fools." Mr Hague, buoyed by today's polls, has launched a new Tory referendum campaign poster. "Whatever's agreed in Lisbon, Mr Brown, give us the referendum you promised." Mr Brown's decision to sign up to the EU Treaty comes as criticism of his "red line" safeguards to key areas of national sovereignty grows. The Labour-dominated House of Commons European Scrutiny has led the charge with a warning that the guarantees on justice, foreign policy and the Charter of Fundamental Rights will "leak like a sieve". UNQUOTE Draw your own conclusions

Brexiteers, you are safe. All is well. It is reported today that Diane Abbott has warned Labour MPs that Leave would win a second Brexit referendum. Well there we have it and from an authoritative and influential leader too.

JW Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > tomdhu Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > MatthewGBCN Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > > > > However : > > > The purchases can be refunded if under Ebay, > > > AliExpress and Amazon guidelines and their > each > > > own guarantee . > > > > Perhaps you should have clarified this by > advising > > that it is not Ebay or Amazon who bear the cost > of > > the refund but the private seller (ie the > sender) > > who uses these platforms. > > > > > > As a small local business that uses Ebay, I > incur > > a total loss on every package that Royal Mail > > fails to deliver. Plus as a Royal Mail > Business > > Account holder there is no facility to make a > > claim for recompense from Royal Mail. I dont > even > > get the cost of postage refunded. > > > > So the customer gets a refund or replacement > and > > the small business supplier is entirely out of > > pocket. > > Hi tomdhu - I imagine it?s tine consuming and not > always successful, but there is a claim facility > for business account holders, here > https://business.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/de > tail/a_id/648/~/how-to-make-a-claim---royal-mail-b > usiness-account Hi JW Yes,that is the theory but not in practice. It doesnt apply if you have a business account that uses "RM48". RM48 is the most widely used service for businesses. OBA (On-line Business Account) holders who print their own bar-coded labels and who pack their own mail sacks, get a 20p discount off the standard rate (?2.95) for sending a 1kg package. Supposedly, this is because the OBA holder is doing all the work rather than have someone at the Post Office counter sticking on a postage sticker with a bar-code. As part of the deal to get the 20p reduction, there is no claim facility with RM48. Hence a lost package is a gross loss ie it's the total cost of your product plus packaging, sundries, the fees you have paid out to Ebay and PayPal plus the cost of postage paid to Royal Mail. In practical terms it comes down to arithmetic and probabilities. A 20p saving on postage must be balanced against the average product selling price. Hence on a ?18 product ( my average product cost) I just need to loose one package out of 90 package sent, to wipe out the benefit of getting the discount. But it is the time it takes to investigate if a "missing" parcel is really missing or is a false claim for "Item Not Received" that really sticks in one's craw. The difficulty of investigations are compounded when the Royal Mail local depot fails to do an "Acceptance Scan".This is done when they receive akll the mail bags for local post Offices and OBA account holders. If they are in a rush they dont scan all the parcels to pick up the 2D barcode. Hence any tracking record thereafter is non-existent - even though the parcel will in all probability get delivered. A few dishonest recipients (who can see the absence of a tracking trail) will initiate an INR. That plus an INR becomes a negative statistic on ones Ebay matrics. Get more than 2% of these and Ebay hike their fees by 40%. Yes 40%.

MatthewGBCN Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > However : > The purchases can be refunded if under Ebay, > AliExpress and Amazon guidelines and their each > own guarantee . Perhaps you should have clarified this by advising that it is not Ebay or Amazon who bear the cost of the refund but the private seller (ie the sender) who uses these platforms. As a small local business that uses Ebay, I incur a total loss on every package that Royal Mail fails to deliver. Plus as a Royal Mail Business Account holder there is no facility to make a claim for recompense from Royal Mail. I dont even get the cost of postage refunded. So the customer gets a refund or replacement and the small business supplier is entirely out of pocket.

I also have missing mail - 3 packages. Tracking shows items are still within Highshore Road after 6 weeks! Our Postie has enquired about them but they cannot be found. Problem has arisen, I believe, because the Posties are no longer able to use trolleys. The carry only what they can in thir shouder bags. Parcels take up too much space and weigh more than letters so parcels get left behind. And then, who knows what happens to them! I spoke to a Postie doing a round in SE21 ( he operates out of Aleyn Park Rd) and he said everyone was aware that Highshore Road was an unmitigated disaster.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > tomdhu Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Could it be that the OP has an old axe to > grind? > > Perhaps in the interests of disclosure, if you're > accusing others of grinding axes, you should > mention that you're an old Alleynian? Wrong again Rendel.

Postie tells me today that the switch will be effective 17th September.

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > tomdhu Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > Don't think so. The photo doesn't lie. > > I love the idea that you think a photo tells an > exact tale! For all we know that?s just a photo of > the individual concerned after they finished their > work. > > The photo > > shows the guy with the blower is on the > pavement > > and cannot therefor be blowing the leaves and > > debris through the railings out on to the > > pavement. > > In which case there is a discrepancy between the > visual image of the photo and the written words of > the OP. > > ?I have just seen one of the Alleyn's grounds > staff blowing leaves and debris from their garden > in the grounds of the school, through the > railings, onto the pavement and curb of > Hillsborough Road. I asked him what would happen > to the debris, he replied "the council will pick > it up". > > The way I read that, an Alleyns employee is > blowing flora debris out of the school grounds and > onto the street, presumably in order to avoid > having to take and bag the leaves etc. If so, > that?s pretty poor. > > Hopefully the OP can come back on here to clarify > exactly what they saw. Absolutely! The photo indicates there is a severe credibility issue in the OP. If the guy had finished blowing the leaves out through the railings, why would he be outside the railings? There appears to be no trees inside the railings ( I will check tomorrow) so he couldn't be blowing out leaves and debris that originated inside Alleyns. Could it be that the OP has an old axe to grind?

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > The OP *specifically* refers to an Alleyns > employee blowing debris from fauna on Alleyns > property out onto the street and nonchalantly > expecting the council to pick it up. > > Sorry, but I would respectfully suggest you?ve > misunderstood the OP. Don't think so. The photo doesn't lie. The photo shows the guy with the blower is on the pavement and cannot therefor be blowing the leaves and debris through the railings out on to the pavement.

Look at in a more balance manner please. 1. The trees are the Council's responsibility. 2. The Council chose this species of tree (London Plane) 3. This species is deciduous. 4. The leaves from the trees fall on the pavement and into surrounding properties. 5. This species also sheds bark huge numbers of fluffy seed balls which provoke hay fever. 6. This debris clogs up the drains every year in the Autumn. The Council would have saved a massive amount of money if they had chosen to plant a species that didnt come with all this baggage. Why knock Alleyn's when it is a problem the Council chose to create?

I couldn't feel but a bit skeptical about the one outside M&S last week. Chatting away on his mobile phone, he was, stopping only to make a verbal appeal for charity.

SarBear Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have Vodafone, avoid. LImited coverage in ED I have Vodafone and it is great. I tried the others and they all had problems with signal strength. Talkmobile runs on Vodafone network, is cheaper and has all the good coverage that Vodafone has.

Sally Eva Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > https://www.vinehousefarm.co.uk/parakeet-proof-cag > e/ > > parakeet proof bird feeder That's a an amazing price. I think I will look at making something similar at about half the price. Would anybody be interested in one Tom

civilservant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > why are parakeets, which over-winter in this > country, denounced as entitled foreign scum, while > the smaller birds are referred to as 'natives'? > many of whom are actually migrants e.g. > blackbirds, fieldfares etc > shades of birdy Windrush... > Blackbirds do not migrate.