i ordered something from Ebay yesterday and cancelled the order within 2 minutes, just had an email saying the cancellation has been declined as the item has been despatched today. 24 hours after I cancelled it.
Tried to contact the seller direct as advised and although given the name Raxted it comes up as the Ebay website.

86yo grandmother and her hand made needle point chair. 25 years in the making and 14 threads per inch. She used to pick up road kill from the side of the road to compare thread colors and also bought a peacock for color comparison. Only she is allowed to sit in it.

Lots of messages on my local FB pages about deliveries being late, Tesco and Iceland and Iceland not booking any more deliveries until they get fuel
My Hermes delivery is late but at least that have let me know that they will be here by 7.

Imagine a country where the [male] leaders decide families should only have one child.

Imagine the tradition is every family [husband] wants a male heir.


Reality. As a consequence there are many more adult males than females.

Reality. The feminist movement has gained huge popularity since the introduction of social media.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55744860
Your thoughts please...

Can anyone recommend a good paint for shading a greenhouse. Just been reading reviews of some and they don't exactly inspire me.

Ordered a few things from “McKay”. Unfortunately have to return one item due to hideous size/style.
Take to Asda which is miles away. McKay only if I can get a lift or taxi fare £20.00

Comment: We stopped free returns on -- sales -- items. They lost my custom and will check other shops for their return instructions. Once one shop starts others will follow.

With stupidity like this there's no hope for humanity

My kitchen strip light has just given up the ghost but the council say it is not classed as emergency for a 24 hour call out so ring again tomorrow.
No cooking this evening then or even making a cup of tea.

Following on from John's @JohnH6 's post, never put your FULL name on a social media forum. It is very easy to find out many personal details, home address, phone number, your children and many things, even religion.
https://www.scooploop.com/thread/using-your-photo-as-your-avatar-on-scooploop-or-any-other-public-website#comment_295887
Put your name into Google and you will be very surprised. Directory websites such as 192.com not only provide on-line UK telephone directories, but have the entire electoral register with over 25 million adults on their database.
In the case of 192.com, you need to fill out its record removal form. Check you are not on the 'open electoral register', your Council has a form to request your name is removed from the open register.

Four young lives changed over social media comments and suspicions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-58666322

One boy dies and three young people go to prison for manslaughter and murder

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRsJT6tp/

It's been suggested to me that if would be more fun to ask for a simple Home, Away or Draw prediction rather than the score.
What do you all think?
There's no Premier League match tonight and I'm away next week so will be Sunday week before the next Predict The Score.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRpyV1dX/

Need to drive? Fill up -- BP garages are running out of petrol until more supplies arrive ---sometime ---

So true... really wish I could go back to rehoming.
Will need to enlarge print.

For anyone around Bromley...........I put it in my local loop but as I'm the only one in there I thought I'd post it here as well

Copied from GP Alliance Hub twitter.

You can now book a booster jab if it's at least 6 months since the last one.

Tel: 020 8175 0438

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/la-palma-volcano-eruption-threatens-070458012.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADUo3_GWbLZV5IQqWbTL3dUfO4sVMJJxi_qPqkeCrG5FNws9-k7cF-_oDJhUM__mnmi6P8i3ZSLPN_X2hw6AnCQSZUs9Sjtadgvu0zWwsIAmhOhoPZsUbCMDdbe6okRLbpxrlYzi_Z9tGl_pI_FFHgUI7uhUpD8KGKazjv-0IWpX

Volcano on La Palma also Iceland

Another match from the Carabao Cup. Get your predictions in by 7pmThanks and good luck

Must admit I still find that figure amazing for just a few days of police who were originally just standing around and looking after the protesters safety... a retired vicar and dentist to name a couple.. but added to that the cleaning of blue paint and ungluing the idiots....but just imagine what could be done with that money. Increased salaries for nurses, hospital cleaners, care workers, the list is endless, and more importantly what about the expensive drugs needed for children in particular whose families have to crowdfund to get them treatment abroad.
Please will these people just go and demonstrate outside the American, Chinese, Indian, Brazilian Embassies and many more countries polluting the oceans and cutting down the rainforests.

a letter from Nextdoor indicating it is just for my area with 800 posts. Daughter in Surrey mentioned she got the same for her area.
IMO a bit of a dirty campaign to attract users.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16197575/dad-paedo-dig-grave-buried-video-2/?rec_article=true

Tonight it's the Carabao Cup 3rd round. Predictions are for the score at 90 minutes.
Get them in by 7pm.
Good luck

Last Friday I decided to spend the day at Thorpe Park riding the roller coasters.
OK, I admit it, I'm a big kid at heart.
There were many thousands of people there, but apart from myself, I only saw four other people wearing masks.
Is it any wonder that covid is still around!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2021/09/20/september-harvest-full-moon-2021-when-uk-where-visible-time/

I bought a teak unit which is in very nice condition, very clean and suits the vibes of this odd place. Now on wheels courtesy of my neighbour so have seen it up-side down and no damp or anything there. I can only think it has been sitting in a garage for years unused. Problem is I just cannot get rid of the musty smell when I open the drawers. I've sprayed the drawers all over with Pledge, wiped down with Lavender essence and had in the sunshine outside for a day. I'm not a fan of air freshener or plug-ins. Had it a week now and the smell is still overpowering to me (though neighbour says he can't smell it).
Any suggestions, please, as I'm not sure I can live with it!

Today's Super Sunday match is a London derby. It's also the first Premier League match that is "net carbon zero", whatever that means? That's one for another thread.
There is also the sad news that ex-player for both teams, Jimmy Greaves, has died today. The Saint & Greavsie show on HeavenTV will be good.
Get your predictions in by 4pm.
Good luck

In today's world of unrestricted violence and where ALL the significant and sensible countries in the world are armed, our supposedly highly civilised, wealthy and leading nation chooses to have unarmed police !!

So we know best when the rest of the world does not ? All the other countries are out-of-step. 🤣

If our police had been armed over 50 years ago, many policemen/policewomen and civilians would be enjoying life today with their families.

It is absolutely pathetic that the mighty but small UK is included in the piffling list of odds and sods of countries who do not have armed police in this time of widespread total disregard for law and order and sometimes horrific violence, that we have to continually risk in our daily lives.
On this issue, we MUST be wrong, by an overwhelming majority decision.

I have often seen statements saying that the police themselves do not wish to be armed - my answer to that is if the Government sensibly got into step with the rest of the world and armed our police, then individuals who did not like it could find another job. Just like soldiers, who are also volunteers.

All I can say is - get on with it Britannia and good luck to all our police and fellow citizens.

The only way I have ever known on how to win is to have a bigger club than the other guy and to strike first.

Tonights Saturday night football comes from Villa Park. Get your predictions in by 5pm.
Good luck

Tomorrow the 19th September is Talk like a pirate 🏴‍☠️ day

You can practice with this video

https://youtu.be/2cKCkbWDGwE

The owner of a company doubles his employees wages

https://youtu.be/uvHwyrem24M

Quite a long video but worth seeing through to the end

Sir Clive Sinclair has died at the age of 81.

He certainly got me and very many others into the world of computers.

Thank you Sir Clive. RIP

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58587521.amp

It's back to the Premier League for Friday Night football. Get your predictions in by 7pm.Good luck

You, as a doctor, need to treat a patient. The patient is the Head of a tribe called the Liars. You have a problem though. There are two tribes in the area, the Liars and the Truth-tellers.

As you journey towards the patient you come to a fork in the road. One of the roads leads to the village called Liar (where only people who lie live), the other to the village called Truth (where only people who tell the truth live).
There is a local at the junction, but you have no idea who he is, nor the tribe to which he belongs.

What four word question, consisting of fourteen letter, should you ask to make sure that you get to your patient without delay?

(Edited to clarify the honesty status of those living in each village).

The donkey told the tiger, "The grass is blue."

The tiger replied, "No, the grass is green ."

The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, so they approached the lion.

As they approached the lion on his throne, the donkey started screaming: ′′Your Highness, isn't it true that the grass is blue?"

The lion replied: "If you believe it is true, the grass is blue."

The donkey rushed forward and continued: ′′The tiger disagrees with me, contradicts me and annoys me. Please punish him."

The king then declared: ′′The tiger will be punished with 3 days of silence."

The donkey jumped with joy and went on his way, content and repeating ′′The grass is blue, the grass is blue..."

The tiger asked the lion, "Your Majesty, why have you punished me, after all, the grass is green?"

The lion replied, ′′You've known and seen the grass is green."

The tiger asked, ′′So why do you punish me?"

The lion replied, "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green. The punishment is because it is degrading for a brave, intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with an ass, and on top of that, you came and bothered me with that question just to validate something you already knew was true!"

The biggest waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who doesn't care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on discussions that make no sense. There are people who, for all the evidence presented to them, do not have the ability to understand. Others who are blinded by ego, hatred and resentment, and the only thing that they want is to be right even if they aren’t.

When IGNORANCE SCREAMS, intelligence moves on.

I am back online with a new laptop.
Tonight's match if from the Europa League group stage. No extra time but all predictions are for the 90 minutes full time score.
Match kicks of 8pm so get your predictions in by 7.30pm.

Can we have Blodwin invited back onto the Anything group.