Her first proper hiss

"dgk" wrote in message
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On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 14:03:12 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Lesley" wrote in message
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On Aug 8, 10:49 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

You seem so nonchalant about the fact that someone was trying to break
into
your home at 6.15 in the morning. Did you call the police immediately?
What happened about it?

It was 6.15 in the evening sorry if that wasn't clear, Dave is not up
at 6.15 in the morning unless he has to be. Our local police said
there was nothing they could do as no crime had actually been
committed (remember these are the same police who went our neighbour
reported two men were repeatedly seen in our hallway and could we have
a crime number to give to our landlord who would then replace the
front door lock as these people had keys they shouldn't have said no
crime was committed so we couldn't have a crime number (my cousin is
an ex-copper and told me that if they issue a crime number just for
insurance purposes then it ends up sitting on the system as an
unsolved crime and reflects badly on their figures- this obsession
with targets etc being one of the reasons he left the force) and if
they were injured in our hallway then in theory we'd be liable or they
could sue the landlord for damages). I've left my digital camera on
the kitchen bench so if he comes again Dave can get photograpahic
evidence and we've notified the landlord and asked that the
scaffolding either be netted at night or ladders taken away but
whether they'll do anythng i don't know

-------
Blimey, what a bunch! Attempting to break into someone's house sounds
like
a crime to me..

Tweed


It is a crime in the US but proving it can be tough.

Lesley lives in a high crime area and it looks like her local police can't
be bothered to investigate someone trying to break into the window.
If it happened here they would be all over the place. The neighbours would
be looked at and interviewed. "Did you see anything?"
I am lucky that the crime rate is very low where I live. The worst thing
that has happened recently is that my neighbour parks her car on the grass
verge, which is not allowed and means it cannot be mown. Not scary, is it?
I met a nice cockapoo girl tonight, cross between a cocker spaniel and
poodle, belonging to someone I met at the Jubilee party. He said she might
woof at me if I approached her. I did approach her in a friendly way. she
didn't woof, she was too afraid. He told me that the breed is good with
children and in many ways. I said "what breed, the cocker spaniel or the
poodle?" Cockapoos are *not* a breed. They are a crossbred.
Same as Labradoodles, although I hear these are doing well as guide dogs.

On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 22:59:55 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"dgk" wrote in message
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On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 14:03:12 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Lesley" wrote in message
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On Aug 8, 10:49 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

You seem so nonchalant about the fact that someone was trying to break
into
your home at 6.15 in the morning. Did you call the police immediately?
What happened about it?

It was 6.15 in the evening sorry if that wasn't clear, Dave is not up
at 6.15 in the morning unless he has to be. Our local police said
there was nothing they could do as no crime had actually been
committed (remember these are the same police who went our neighbour
reported two men were repeatedly seen in our hallway and could we have
a crime number to give to our landlord who would then replace the
front door lock as these people had keys they shouldn't have said no
crime was committed so we couldn't have a crime number (my cousin is
an ex-copper and told me that if they issue a crime number just for
insurance purposes then it ends up sitting on the system as an
unsolved crime and reflects badly on their figures- this obsession
with targets etc being one of the reasons he left the force) and if
they were injured in our hallway then in theory we'd be liable or they
could sue the landlord for damages). I've left my digital camera on
the kitchen bench so if he comes again Dave can get photograpahic
evidence and we've notified the landlord and asked that the
scaffolding either be netted at night or ladders taken away but
whether they'll do anythng i don't know

-------
Blimey, what a bunch! Attempting to break into someone's house sounds
like
a crime to me..

Tweed


It is a crime in the US but proving it can be tough.

Lesley lives in a high crime area and it looks like her local police can't
be bothered to investigate someone trying to break into the window.
If it happened here they would be all over the place. The neighbours would
be looked at and interviewed. "Did you see anything?"
I am lucky that the crime rate is very low where I live. The worst thing
that has happened recently is that my neighbour parks her car on the grass
verge, which is not allowed and means it cannot be mown. Not scary, is it?
I met a nice cockapoo girl tonight, cross between a cocker spaniel and
poodle, belonging to someone I met at the Jubilee party. He said she might
woof at me if I approached her. I did approach her in a friendly way. she
didn't woof, she was too afraid. He told me that the breed is good with
children and in many ways. I said "what breed, the cocker spaniel or the
poodle?" Cockapoos are *not* a breed. They are a crossbred.
Same as Labradoodles, although I hear these are doing well as guide dogs.




I guess that means that they won't breed true. Just as well. Sort of
like my cherry tomatos. A plant grew from tomatos that fell the prior
year, but the tomatos were odd, bigger than cherries but not regular
size either. Weird.

This year I'm growing about 10 different heirloom types that I started
from seeds. Argentina are growing great, Black Early did a bunch of
early tomatos, very nice and dark but the plant is dying now. Bongo
Celano turned out to be small plum tomatos. Henderson's Pink Ponderosa
is doing absolutely great, big pinkish tomatos and tons of them. Aunt
Ginnie's Purple has a few small fruits and I'm hopeful that some will
turn out ok. What else since I'm going by memory? Hazel Mae - a few
medium size fruits still green. Candystripe, redish with yellow bands
- nice and sweet but pretty small fruits.

The cats really like lying under the tomato plants for some reason.
Maybe the smell? But tomato plants do seem to attract mosquitos
although I have a fairly small sample size to be making such a broad
statement.

On 08/10/2012 07:04 AM, dgk wrote:
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 22:59:55 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"dgk" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 14:03:12 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Lesley" wrote in message
...
On Aug 8, 10:49 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

You seem so nonchalant about the fact that someone was trying to break
into
your home at 6.15 in the morning. Did you call the police immediately?
What happened about it?

It was 6.15 in the evening sorry if that wasn't clear, Dave is not up
at 6.15 in the morning unless he has to be. Our local police said
there was nothing they could do as no crime had actually been
committed (remember these are the same police who went our neighbour
reported two men were repeatedly seen in our hallway and could we have
a crime number to give to our landlord who would then replace the
front door lock as these people had keys they shouldn't have said no
crime was committed so we couldn't have a crime number (my cousin is
an ex-copper and told me that if they issue a crime number just for
insurance purposes then it ends up sitting on the system as an
unsolved crime and reflects badly on their figures- this obsession
with targets etc being one of the reasons he left the force) and if
they were injured in our hallway then in theory we'd be liable or they
could sue the landlord for damages). I've left my digital camera on
the kitchen bench so if he comes again Dave can get photograpahic
evidence and we've notified the landlord and asked that the
scaffolding either be netted at night or ladders taken away but
whether they'll do anythng i don't know

-------
Blimey, what a bunch! Attempting to break into someone's house sounds
like
a crime to me..

Tweed


It is a crime in the US but proving it can be tough.

Lesley lives in a high crime area and it looks like her local police can't
be bothered to investigate someone trying to break into the window.
If it happened here they would be all over the place. The neighbours would
be looked at and interviewed. "Did you see anything?"
I am lucky that the crime rate is very low where I live. The worst thing
that has happened recently is that my neighbour parks her car on the grass
verge, which is not allowed and means it cannot be mown. Not scary, is it?
I met a nice cockapoo girl tonight, cross between a cocker spaniel and
poodle, belonging to someone I met at the Jubilee party. He said she might
woof at me if I approached her. I did approach her in a friendly way. she
didn't woof, she was too afraid. He told me that the breed is good with
children and in many ways. I said "what breed, the cocker spaniel or the
poodle?" Cockapoos are *not* a breed. They are a crossbred.
Same as Labradoodles, although I hear these are doing well as guide dogs.




I guess that means that they won't breed true. Just as well. Sort of
like my cherry tomatos. A plant grew from tomatos that fell the prior
year, but the tomatos were odd, bigger than cherries but not regular
size either. Weird.

This year I'm growing about 10 different heirloom types that I started
from seeds. Argentina are growing great, Black Early did a bunch of
early tomatos, very nice and dark but the plant is dying now. Bongo
Celano turned out to be small plum tomatos. Henderson's Pink Ponderosa
is doing absolutely great, big pinkish tomatos and tons of them. Aunt
Ginnie's Purple has a few small fruits and I'm hopeful that some will
turn out ok. What else since I'm going by memory? Hazel Mae - a few
medium size fruits still green. Candystripe, redish with yellow bands
- nice and sweet but pretty small fruits.

The cats really like lying under the tomato plants for some reason.
Maybe the smell? But tomato plants do seem to attract mosquitos
although I have a fairly small sample size to be making such a broad
statement.



I long for the taste of a "real" tomato. Those from the supermarket are
IMHO a washout. MLB

"mlbriggs" wrote in message
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On 08/10/2012 07:04 AM, dgk wrote:
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 22:59:55 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"dgk" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 14:03:12 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Lesley" wrote in message
...
On Aug 8, 10:49 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

You seem so nonchalant about the fact that someone was trying to
break
into
your home at 6.15 in the morning. Did you call the police
immediately?
What happened about it?

It was 6.15 in the evening sorry if that wasn't clear, Dave is not up
at 6.15 in the morning unless he has to be. Our local police said
there was nothing they could do as no crime had actually been
committed (remember these are the same police who went our neighbour
reported two men were repeatedly seen in our hallway and could we have
a crime number to give to our landlord who would then replace the
front door lock as these people had keys they shouldn't have said no
crime was committed so we couldn't have a crime number (my cousin is
an ex-copper and told me that if they issue a crime number just for
insurance purposes then it ends up sitting on the system as an
unsolved crime and reflects badly on their figures- this obsession
with targets etc being one of the reasons he left the force) and if
they were injured in our hallway then in theory we'd be liable or they
could sue the landlord for damages). I've left my digital camera on
the kitchen bench so if he comes again Dave can get photograpahic
evidence and we've notified the landlord and asked that the
scaffolding either be netted at night or ladders taken away but
whether they'll do anythng i don't know

-------
Blimey, what a bunch! Attempting to break into someone's house
sounds
like
a crime to me..

Tweed


It is a crime in the US but proving it can be tough.

Lesley lives in a high crime area and it looks like her local police
can't
be bothered to investigate someone trying to break into the window.
If it happened here they would be all over the place. The neighbours
would
be looked at and interviewed. "Did you see anything?"
I am lucky that the crime rate is very low where I live. The worst
thing
that has happened recently is that my neighbour parks her car on the
grass
verge, which is not allowed and means it cannot be mown. Not scary, is
it?
I met a nice cockapoo girl tonight, cross between a cocker spaniel and
poodle, belonging to someone I met at the Jubilee party. He said she
might
woof at me if I approached her. I did approach her in a friendly way.
she
didn't woof, she was too afraid. He told me that the breed is good with
children and in many ways. I said "what breed, the cocker spaniel or
the
poodle?" Cockapoos are *not* a breed. They are a crossbred.
Same as Labradoodles, although I hear these are doing well as guide
dogs.




I guess that means that they won't breed true. Just as well. Sort of
like my cherry tomatos. A plant grew from tomatos that fell the prior
year, but the tomatos were odd, bigger than cherries but not regular
size either. Weird.

This year I'm growing about 10 different heirloom types that I started
from seeds. Argentina are growing great, Black Early did a bunch of
early tomatos, very nice and dark but the plant is dying now. Bongo
Celano turned out to be small plum tomatos. Henderson's Pink Ponderosa
is doing absolutely great, big pinkish tomatos and tons of them. Aunt
Ginnie's Purple has a few small fruits and I'm hopeful that some will
turn out ok. What else since I'm going by memory? Hazel Mae - a few
medium size fruits still green. Candystripe, redish with yellow bands
- nice and sweet but pretty small fruits.

The cats really like lying under the tomato plants for some reason.
Maybe the smell? But tomato plants do seem to attract mosquitos
although I have a fairly small sample size to be making such a broad
statement.



I long for the taste of a "real" tomato. Those from the supermarket are
IMHO a washout. MLB

That's how I feel about corn on the cob. Farmer's markets are the best
place to get fresh veggies that really are fresh.

Joy

dgk wrote:

I guess that means that they won't breed true. Just as well. Sort of
like my cherry tomatos. A plant grew from tomatos that fell the prior
year, but the tomatos were odd, bigger than cherries but not regular
size either. Weird.

This year I'm growing about 10 different heirloom types that I started
from seeds. Argentina are growing great, Black Early did a bunch of
early tomatos, very nice and dark but the plant is dying now. Bongo
Celano turned out to be small plum tomatos. Henderson's Pink Ponderosa
is doing absolutely great, big pinkish tomatos and tons of them. Aunt
Ginnie's Purple has a few small fruits and I'm hopeful that some will
turn out ok. What else since I'm going by memory? Hazel Mae - a few
medium size fruits still green. Candystripe, redish with yellow bands
- nice and sweet but pretty small fruits.

It's good that you can grow them at all! While most of the nation is
staggering under intense heat waves, the Bay Area has been having coolness
waves. Not a great climate for growing tomatoes. I have a big, beautiful
plant with flowers all over the place, but no fruit. Maybe I'm just being
impatient. I did plant late this year.

The cats really like lying under the tomato plants for some reason.
Maybe the smell? But tomato plants do seem to attract mosquitos
although I have a fairly small sample size to be making such a broad
statement.

Back on topic!

--
Joyce

I've gone running from the devil
At times I've beaten down his path

"dgk" wrote in message
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On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 22:59:55 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"dgk" wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 14:03:12 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Lesley" wrote in message
...
On Aug 8, 10:49 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

You seem so nonchalant about the fact that someone was trying to break
into
your home at 6.15 in the morning. Did you call the police immediately?
What happened about it?

It was 6.15 in the evening sorry if that wasn't clear, Dave is not up
at 6.15 in the morning unless he has to be. Our local police said
there was nothing they could do as no crime had actually been
committed (remember these are the same police who went our neighbour
reported two men were repeatedly seen in our hallway and could we have
a crime number to give to our landlord who would then replace the
front door lock as these people had keys they shouldn't have said no
crime was committed so we couldn't have a crime number (my cousin is
an ex-copper and told me that if they issue a crime number just for
insurance purposes then it ends up sitting on the system as an
unsolved crime and reflects badly on their figures- this obsession
with targets etc being one of the reasons he left the force) and if
they were injured in our hallway then in theory we'd be liable or they
could sue the landlord for damages). I've left my digital camera on
the kitchen bench so if he comes again Dave can get photograpahic
evidence and we've notified the landlord and asked that the
scaffolding either be netted at night or ladders taken away but
whether they'll do anythng i don't know

-------
Blimey, what a bunch! Attempting to break into someone's house sounds
like
a crime to me..

Tweed


It is a crime in the US but proving it can be tough.

Lesley lives in a high crime area and it looks like her local police can't
be bothered to investigate someone trying to break into the window.
If it happened here they would be all over the place. The neighbours
would
be looked at and interviewed. "Did you see anything?"
I am lucky that the crime rate is very low where I live. The worst thing
that has happened recently is that my neighbour parks her car on the grass
verge, which is not allowed and means it cannot be mown. Not scary, is
it?
I met a nice cockapoo girl tonight, cross between a cocker spaniel and
poodle, belonging to someone I met at the Jubilee party. He said she
might
woof at me if I approached her. I did approach her in a friendly way. she
didn't woof, she was too afraid. He told me that the breed is good with
children and in many ways. I said "what breed, the cocker spaniel or the
poodle?" Cockapoos are *not* a breed. They are a crossbred.
Same as Labradoodles, although I hear these are doing well as guide dogs.




I guess that means that they won't breed true. Just as well. Sort of
like my cherry tomatos. A plant grew from tomatos that fell the prior
year, but the tomatos were odd, bigger than cherries but not regular
size either. Weird.

This year I'm growing about 10 different heirloom types that I started
from seeds. Argentina are growing great, Black Early did a bunch of
early tomatos, very nice and dark but the plant is dying now. Bongo
Celano turned out to be small plum tomatos. Henderson's Pink Ponderosa
is doing absolutely great, big pinkish tomatos and tons of them. Aunt
Ginnie's Purple has a few small fruits and I'm hopeful that some will
turn out ok. What else since I'm going by memory? Hazel Mae - a few
medium size fruits still green. Candystripe, redish with yellow bands
- nice and sweet but pretty small fruits.

The cats really like lying under the tomato plants for some reason.
Maybe the smell? But tomato plants do seem to attract mosquitos
although I have a fairly small sample size to be making such a broad
statement.

My German friend also grows heritage tomatoes.
However the fact that the police took no action about someone trying to
break into Lesley's house shocks me.
It's not that you have to *prove* it, fgs. If you tell them it happened, it
did and here in a low crime area the police would certainly take it further,
however they probably have more serious crimes to think about in Hackney,
although it's not an excuse, is it?

"Lesley" wrote in message

On Aug 8, 10:49 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

You seem so nonchalant about the fact that someone was trying
to
break into your home at 6.15 in the morning. Did you call the
police immediately? What happened about it?

It was 6.15 in the evening sorry if that wasn't clear, ...
...we've notified the landlord and asked that the
scaffolding either be netted at night or ladders taken away but
whether they'll do anythng i don't know

Coming to this late, because I've been away at a Scout's Summer
Camp. The contractor *and* the landlord are in breach of the
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, and the Working at Height
Regulations 2005, if it has been possible for unauthorised
persons to gain access to the scaffolding. They may also be in
breach of the Occupiers Liability Act 1957...

--
MatSav