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  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    edited July 2023
    Xen,if you were referring to my post, she hated his dog,and he the boyfriend....it was his dog. She then got her own dog,out of spite,he had been chained up his whole life 3 years in  scrap Yard . He was not  socialised and would go for us when we walked down our garden, the other one who died,used to jump the fence and come and poo in my garden.My hubby and I had a couple we were friends with,they all worked together,I became friends with her mum,(we're the same age) they kept horses at the same local stables,she witnessed him kicking the dog in the stomach, she also witnessed her putting the dog poo on my furniture. She cheated on him and he threw her out. She moved quite happily in with the bloke she was cheating with.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    @Hostafan1 if you email the photo to yourself you should get the option to reduce its size. Then save the new version and upload that to this site. 

    Failing that text or email the photo to me and I’ll shrink it for you  and  upload it here. 😊 

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





  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @pansyface - love it! we had a gorgeous black and white cat once, still sadly missed.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Our GP surgery working at the usual standard again yesterday.  My wife was waiting for a telephone consultation but the surgery will never give a time, not even morning or afternoon.  That meant she had to stay home all day waiting for the call as she didn't want to risk being in a shop or on a bus when the call came through as the surgery won't call back.  At about 3:45 she had a text saying they had been unable to contact her on the phone, and she would have to make another appointment!  Neither our house phone nor her mobile had rung, and I called both to confirm that they were working OK and they were.  I finally managed to get through to reception who confirmed that their system did show calls being made.  They have had problems ever since their new system was installed at the end of last year.  The receptionist tried to book a new appointment but said there was absolutely nothing available with the person she needs to speak to.  She did then say she would contact that person and get them to sort it out, so I'm guessing she's a p'd off with the system as the patients are.  Late yesterday evening my wife received a text with a new date - 25th July.  This whole fiasco dates from 11th May when my wife went for a scan, was told the surgery hadn't received the results and that she would have to chase things up herself.  She now won't have the results until 2 1/2 months after the scan.  That also means there will have been a 2 1/2 month delay in progressing her treatment, as the scan was just another in a long series of tests she has been having.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    My neighbour is having a big clearout and left some metal stuff out for the scrappy. In among it was one of those good quality shopping baskets that are all stainless steel, the ones from the posher supermarkets where I always feel like they'd have me arrested for nicking one. They're great for gardening trugs though even if they don't look as fancy as the artisan wooden ones.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    @KT53, that’s unacceptable. I’d ring back today and ask to speak to the practice manager and ask them to escalate this. I’d also be tempted to ring wherever she had the scan done and explain the situation. Maybe someone can help, worth a try anyway.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Not sure whether to be curmudgeonly because the tree was destroyed, or cheerful because it’s been taken reeeeeeally seriously 
    https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/news/east-suffolk-tree-preservation-order-prosecution-fine/ 

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





  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Some people would happily pay £10k to get rid of a tree.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2023
    But he’s got to replace it. 

    “… Mr Abrahams appeared before magistrates on 19 June to admit breaching the preservation order. He was fined £5,500 and ordered to pay £1,302 in prosecution costs and a £2,000 statutory court surcharge.

    A tree replacement notice will also be issued by East Suffolk Council, requiring the planting of a replacement Turkey oak in a position adjacent to the location of the felled tree. …”


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





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Call me cynical, but I bet the replacement tree is dead within 5 years due to neglect , at least.
    Devon.
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