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What next - a comet collision?

Massive 200k ton container ship, like a horizontal skyscraper, blown by the desert wind blocks the Suez Canal, and resists being shifted.This year, perhaps we should have stayed in bed?

David Ainsworth ● 2055d21 Comments ● 2052d

Random pic 28 March 2021

Vesuvius.        https://flic.kr/p/2k6s3Gy

Michael Ixer ● 2052d0 Comments ● 2052d

Thee photographs speak volumes!

Hong Kong in 1967 and now

Ivonne Holliday ● 2052d9 Comments ● 2052d

Scam alert

Just had a text saying I'd won £250 or tickets to an Elvis tribute night.Says to press1 for the money or2 for the show

Andy Pike ● 2053d4 Comments ● 2053d

Removals

Can anyone recommend a removals firm that undertakes small removals, ie furniture from just one room plus about 10 boxes? Asking for a friend!

Lucille Grant ● 2054d4 Comments ● 2053d

Random pic 27 March 2021

Physical Energy in the RA courtyard (George Frederick Watts, RA, 1817-1904)             https://flic.kr/p/2k8g99Q

Michael Ixer ● 2053d0 Comments ● 2053d

A thought for the day

Frightening."In fact, modern shipping is so efficient, it’s cheaper to send Scottish fish to be filleted in China and back again than it would be to do the filleting at home."https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/25/suez-canal-cargo-ship-ever-given-stuck

David Ainsworth ● 2054d7 Comments ● 2053d

Rcycling sacks

I know with everything else that's going it's a fairly trivial matter but is anyone else having problems with the recycling sacks delivery? I've filled in the form on the council web-site (3 times) and followed up with several emails without any success. I know you used to be able to pick them up from the Town Hall but I assume it's currently closed to the public.

Caroline Underwood ● 2055d23 Comments ● 2053d

Wandsworth Foodbank

Last night the Putney Society had its AGM and our guest speaker was Sarah Chapman from Wandsworth Foodbank who told us more about their work.  They run five food banks in the borough including one on the Ashburton estate and another planned for Roehampton.  The Society has been supporting their work.They are part of the Trussell Trust network and provide emergency food & support to people facing severe hardship across the Borough, plus they offer expert advice.  They are doing a fantastic job helping people who are suffering financially thanks to Covid and the vagaries of the benefit system - we cannot recommend their work too highly.Key stats: 10,700 emergency food supplies given to people since April 2020, 2300+ households supported during the pandemic and 40% ofemergency food supplies are for children.For more info please go to https://wandsworth.foodbank.org.uk/about/

Jonathan Callaway ● 2057d4 Comments ● 2054d

I really do not understand it!!

Oxford/AstraZeneca produced a vaccine virtually at the same time as Pfizer.  All approved in the UK.AZ is being manufactured in the UK as well as in the Netherlands and Belgium.It appears the UK (??) are not exporting enough doses of AZ to the EU.... Are they not being produced there???Are we getting enough Pfizer vaccines??  Are they being manufactured in the UK too?AZ is not safe for over 65s, then it is safe for under 55s.... ????The NHS is incredibly successful in roll out the vaccines in the UK while the EU is falling behind.EU is complaining it does not receive enough vaccines from the UK... though they are producing them in the EU!!!There is a tit-for-tat about vaccines....  HmmmmNow, an amazing amount of 29m vaccines have been discovered in Italy - whether they are up-to-date or not I do not know. How can you "lose" that amount of vaccines!!!The EU complains but the UK is silent....  what is really going on!!So, are we having an "Al Capone" moment with vaccines?

Ivonne Holliday ● 2054d5 Comments ● 2054d

Suez crisis captain of ship named

The captain of the stranded ship the Ever Given currently blocking the Suez Canal has been named as Albert Trotter ( uncle to his friends )

Andy Pike ● 2054d3 Comments ● 2054d

Vaccine clinics/walk ins

Can someone answer me if any centres you know are offering weekly clincs or walk ins towards the end of the day?Reason being apparently I shouldnt be annoyed a friends friend is trying to use their contacts to get their 25 yr old kids ahead of the queue as you can now just 'walk in' or just pop up at the weekly clinic.This seems completely contradictory to what the NHS are saying.

Gabrielle OMahony ● 2054d0 Comments ● 2054d

Santander closing

Just heard Santander will be closing soon. That's a sad loss to the High St. Wonder why?

Victoria Diamond ● 2054d7 Comments ● 2054d

Random pic 26 March 2021

Glasgow: hotdogs in a hot Tardis?          https://flic.kr/p/2jCNZ21

Michael Ixer ● 2054d0 Comments ● 2054d

More Trouble In Paradise

Oh dear what a shame ...😆EU descends into civil war over vaccines at summit: Austria slams other states for hoarding supplies after Brussels backs away from 'stupid' export ban following Macron's humiliating mea culpahttps://mol.im/a/9401147

Sue Hammond ● 2054d1 Comments ● 2054d

Joe Biden

Is about to give his first Presidential press conference. You can listen to it live on LBC. I do hope he remembers where he is ...

Sue Hammond ● 2054d3 Comments ● 2054d

Another government u turn

Oh sorry thats in Germany .... must be ok then

Andy Pike ● 2055d14 Comments ● 2055d

Potential car theft gang in Putney?

We witnessed a group of teenagers selectively placing flyers on cars on Mascotte Road. They appeared to be targeted German brand cars (Audi, Mercedes, BMW).The flyers were for some scrap metal company. We called the company and they claimed not to know of any flyers or marketing campaign for their business.We suspect it may be a case of pre-scanning potential cars for theft. Does anyone know more about this? Please keep an eye out in case they are targeting your own car.

Sjoerd de Koning ● 2057d1 Comments ● 2055d

Random pic 25 March 2021

Green lights in Wandsworth            https://flic.kr/p/Feu9zN

Michael Ixer ● 2055d0 Comments ● 2055d

Amazon scam

Have just had a call on my landline claiming to be from Amazon, suggesting someone in California had used my account and made a substantial purchase (£1000+). They asked me to press one if this was OK, two if not . I had made no such purchases and when a different voice came up offering "suggestions" I hung up. Apparently this is becoming fairly common, and the advice is to ignore the call and supply no information. Has anyone on the Forum had similar calls?

Alexander MacLeod ● 2106d28 Comments ● 2055d