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  • KiliKili Posts: 1,104
    edited July 2021
    BenCotto said:
    To be a bit more precise, the clue should be ‘Hex, we hear’ (11)

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    'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.

    George Bernard Shaw'

  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I e-mailed the CEO of Dobbies with the photo of the roses, asking if he thought it showed acceptable plant management.  He said he will get it addressed as a matter or urgency.  Be interesting to see how much improvement there is, and how long it lasts.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Robots are programmed to say that kind of thing. It makes us feel wanted, important, safe, valued, etc. etc.. But basically it means xxxx off you green ink using xxxxxx.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I tried that next door thing. It's really depressing and slightly frightening. I really don't want to know about local petty crime. I can do nothing about it but worry. I thought it was supposed to be a support network but it seems to be a place where people report crimes because the police aren't interested.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Hex (11)

    Exasperated (X aspirated)
    Rutland, England
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    B3 said:
    I tried that next door thing. It's really depressing and slightly frightening. I really don't want to know about local petty crime. I can do nothing about it but worry. I thought it was supposed to be a support network but it seems to be a place where people report crimes because the police aren't interested.

    I don't rate 'Nextdoor' either.  I can't remember the name of the system it replaced but that was far superior.  This is an American product which they have tried to shoehorn into the UK marketplace. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    What is it supposed to do?   Round here we chat to our neighbours and farmer Luc chats to the entire neighbourhood so always knows what's going on.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    In London, you only speak to a stranger if there is at least 3 inches of snow on the ground or the bus is over an hour late. Preferably both.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I have lived in London @B3, just off Baker Street, in Lewisham and Blackheath and then Harrow which is almost London.  People weren't so insular and wary then tho.


    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I use Nextdoor to get recommendations for tradesmen and that sort of thing and it's very useful for that ... but I rarely see or join in chatty stuff.  If you set your notifications carefully you don't get bothered by waffly detritus. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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