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Re: Good colour for exterior of a terraced house?

It depends on the terrace.  I would hate the exterior of my house to be painted.  In my terrace one of the houses was painted pink - all the other houses are the original brick.  Fortunately, new owners have had the paint stripped and the brick work exposed.  The merit of a terrace is its overall un...
Forum: Homes & Garden
Topic: Good colour for exterior of a terraced house?
Replies: 6
by wasateacher
Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:54 am

Re: How Can anyone vote Tory next week?

I have lived in Wandsworth for over 40 years.  I have seen the cuts to services and the social engineering carried out by the Tories in Wandsworth.  They have off loaded problems to other parts of the country, rather than taking responsibility.  They have cut services to young people.  They have cut...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: How Can anyone vote Tory next week?
Replies: 62
by wasateacher
Tue May 03, 2022 12:28 pm

Re: How Can anyone vote Tory next week?

I realise that in some parts of the borough people get a reasonable service from Wandsworth for low council tax.  However, that is not the case in those parts of the borough which are less open to public scrutiny.  My road is badly maintained (for some reason it is not allowing me to post a picture....
Forum: General Chat
Topic: How Can anyone vote Tory next week?
Replies: 62
by wasateacher
Tue May 03, 2022 10:00 am

Re: SW11 car fines from a local cyclist's camera

I wonder if this cyclist is as respectful of pedestrians as he expects motorists to be of him.  A footpath opposite my house has 'no cycling' signs which are regularly ignored by cyclists.  As I have posted before, I was also hit on the head by a cyclist when going through a pedestrian entrance to S...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SW11 car fines from a local cyclist's camera
Replies: 112
by wasateacher
Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:44 am

Re: Missing black and white cat - Earlsfield SW18 - please help!

She looks very much like one of mine and I wouldn't want someone to get your hopes up.  Mine is a neutered tom and he has managed to lose his collar.  I live near the roundabout by Wandsworth Bridge.

I do hope you have found her by now.
Forum: Local News
Topic: Missing black and white cat - Earlsfield SW18 - please help!
Replies: 2
by wasateacher
Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:36 am

Re: SW11 car fines from a local cyclist's camera

This exchange has reminded me that, when I used to cycle from Battersea to Paddington, the nearest I came to an accident was when leaving Hyde Park on a green light and was very nearly hit by a cyclist going along Bayswater Road and going through a red light.  Lycra louts give all cyclists a bad nam...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SW11 car fines from a local cyclist's camera
Replies: 112
by wasateacher
Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:25 pm

Re: SW11 car fines from a local cyclist's camera

As an ex cyclist, I would have more sympathy for cyclists if I had not been hit on the head by a cyclist on a footpath and if, every day, I didn't see cyclists ignoring the 'no cycling' signs on the footpath opposite my house. When I see so many cyclists showing scant regard for pedestrians and the ...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SW11 car fines from a local cyclist's camera
Replies: 112
by wasateacher
Mon Apr 04, 2022 1:17 pm

Re: Foxes every night

You might feel sorry for the female foxes.  It is possible that the screaching is actually the female fox in pain.  Be grateful that humans do not have the same problem.  The male fox has barbs on his penis to hold it into the female.  This means that mating is painful for the female. It might also ...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Foxes every night
Replies: 2
by wasateacher
Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:42 am

Re: Advice on Hypoallergenic cats

How recently has your husband been tested?  I ask because I knew someone who told me she was allergic to cats - her family had got rid of the family cat when she was a child because she reacted badly to it.  However, as an adult, she would come round to my house with no ill effects and then went on ...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Advice on Hypoallergenic cats
Replies: 12
by wasateacher
Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:12 am

Re: The best cats for first time cat owners?

Over the last 50years I have had a series of cats.  One of my current 2 was found as a kitten running around in Fulham High Street - he is still a bit of an outdoor cat (I have a cat flap).  The other one was adopted from a friend as an adult.  I have previously adopted cats from Battersea Dogs and ...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: The best cats for first time cat owners?
Replies: 5
by wasateacher
Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:25 am

Re: Has anyone succeeded in lobbying Wandsworth council to slow down traffic on their road?

"it wasn't registered to anyone " - how is that possible?  Does that mean that it was stolen from a car showroom.  Surely, the police should be investigating why a car, presumably with UK number plates, can be unregistered.
 
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Has anyone succeeded in lobbying Wandsworth council to slow down traffic on their road?
Replies: 16
by wasateacher
Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:21 am

Re: The London Streetspace programme - Balham to Colliers Wood

A plea to cyclists: in many places there are perfectly adequate routes for cyclists which do not come into conflict with pavements and pedestrian routes.  Why is it then that so many cyclists still make life difficult and unpleasant for pedestrians?  If they showed more respect for pedestrians then ...
Forum: Local News
Topic: The London Streetspace programme - Balham to Colliers Wood
Replies: 9
by wasateacher
Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:26 pm

Re: Back to school?

A couple of comments.  I note that few of the comments consider the teachers and other school staff - all of whom may live with families of their own and would, therefore, be putting them at risk.  Many teachers live at quite a distance from their schools and will have to travel, possibly on public ...
Forum: #LockdownLiving
Topic: Back to school?
Replies: 25
by wasateacher
Mon May 18, 2020 10:11 am

Re: Coronavirus Supermarket Etiquette???

While talking in the street to a neighbour and keeping distance, 3 men crossed the road to walk within inches of the woman I was talking to.  The pavement on the other side was completely empty.  Another man pushed past me while I was queuing to pay in a local shop, again I was very obviously keepin...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Coronavirus Supermarket Etiquette???
Replies: 4
by wasateacher
Mon May 04, 2020 11:06 am

Re: Looking for labradoodle breeder recommendation

Why a designer dog? Why not a Battersea dog? If we didn't have so many dog and cat breeders we wouldn't (possibly) need so many animal shelters for discarded animals. I don't have experience of dogs but the cats I have had from Battersea have more than repaid me
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Looking for labradoodle breeder recommendation
Replies: 2
by wasateacher
Mon Nov 07, 2016 9:17 am