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I posted an item for sale on the 'For Sale & Items Offered' section on 28 Jan. 2022. The item has sold. Clearly, therefore, it would make sense to remove/delete the post. Can this be done? If so, how can it be done? If not, why not? Look forward to your advice. Many thanks.

To: Malumbu: You say ' ... 20mph isn't a joke'. It IS a joke: it should be 10mph in built-up areas. I repeat 10mph. I await the backlash, of which I shall take no notice at all.

To Callie: Not quite correct. At the practice I use (in Clapham), patients without an appointment can still walk into the practice. It would seem that some practices are different from others.

Nigello: What a brilliant post. The pragmatist vs the many na?ve idealists posting on this subject! ?Fabulist revery?: LOVE it!

To: Ken78. No - I've said more than enough on the subject. Two more excellent posts today (by Teddyboy 23 and Woman of Dulwich). By now, the penny must surely have dropped.

To Pugwash: Spot on! You're one of the sensible ones out there. Everyone - particularly women - should heed your advice. Wear an across body bag and never use your phone in the street. It's a no-brainer.

To Lynne: Gosh, that IS harsh. At my GP (in Clapham), patients can walk in to the practice at any time during normal GP hours, & make an appointment, or talk to the receptionists about anything. I did just that this morning, & made an appointment to see the nurse for this Friday, & an appointment to see a GP in 10 days time. We're also told we can ring at 08.00 (& join the telephonic queue!) for a same day appointment (if one's available). As for turning up at the practice at 08.00 for a same-day appointment, that's always been the case with most GPs I understand. (But I never fancied queuing outside the practice at 08.00 in the winter months.) We can book an appointment online (whch I'm sure u can also do) - that is, if we want to wait two or three weeks to see a GP! As for repeat prescriptions, I write a letter to the GP requesting the medication, hand it in to the Receptionist (or post it if I can't be bothered to walk the short distance to the Practice) & the scrip is pinged thru to the pharmacist within a couple of days. What a carry-on .... remember the good old pre-pandemic days!

To: Renarde. You relied on SatNav !! You'd have been better off with an A-Z map. Might be old-fashioned, but at least it would have shown you alternative routes to your destination ... which SatNav couldn't provide.

To Cora: As it's your GP practice to which you're referring, I'm assuming that it's reasonably close to your home. Rather than be kept waiting on the phone for an interminable length of time, wouldn't it be easier for you to walk to the practice, & speak to a receptionist there. The practice cannot refuse you entrance. The receptionist will make an appointment for you, or take a message to pass on to a GP. This is what I ALWAYS do. I never telephone my GP now. It's a complete waste of time. As a patient, I refuse to be humiliated by these practices who think it quite acceptable that they can keep u waiting on the phone for ever before they bother to reply.

You're absolutely right! Correction needed .... what I should hv said was '... I won't be repeating it again' ! and I won't!

I?ve already said (& won?t be repeating) that people, on the streets, should take precautions as to their personal belongings, in particular their phones. Everyone knows that phone snatchers abound. Those who chat on their phones, oblivious to everything around them, are clearly taking no precautions. They?re a moving target for thieves, & when their phone (and/or bag) is snatched, there?s no point in wailing about it afterwards. Part of the blame for that lies with them. The villains will always be there ? hoping for a time when the streets will be devoid of them is fanciful. It ain?t going to happen.

To: Woman of Dulwich (again). Entirely concur with your point abt people using SatNav just to get around the corner. I feel sorry for them. Why not continue to print a map off? I do ... 100 times more accurate than those rubbish Google maps.

To Heartblock: 'Misogynistic language' ?!! Men are also victims of phone snatching. But the OP related to a woman whose phone was snatched. My post pointed out that women, in particular, need to take care when on the street, i.e. they need to hold on to their bag tightly, & to avoid using their phone. It's a no-brainer. If you yourself are a woman, you need to heed that advice. If you don't and, as a consequence, become a victim of phone/bag snatching, then - yes - part of the blame lies with you.

To: Woman of Dulwich. You're absolutely right ... men also chunter on endlessly on their phones in the streets & are just as likely to hv their phone snatched. I should hv said '... I regularly see men and women prattling on their phones.' Mea culpa.

There will always be criminals / bag snatchers on the streets of London. It's pointless moaning about the lack of police on the streets, when evidence has shown that 'bobbies on the beat' will not effectively reduce crime. Women, in particular, need to take appropriate measures to reduce the risk of being robbed on the streets: wearing 'anti-theft' cross-body bags (& holding on to them tightly) is one sensible step. The other, more obvious, rule - in fact a golden rule - is never to gab on one's phone: it's an open invitation to a phone-snatcher. I regularly see women on the pavements, prattling on their phones, oblivious to everyone & everything, who are then outraged that a bloke on a bike has nicked their phone! Surprise, surprise.