If your interested in making bunting for this weeks VE Day celebrations, here is a link to YouTube that will show you how...

https://youtu.be/sLnwMziYIwA

Love it or hate it, May 4th be with you

I’ll start you all off, mine will be - Crying over Money ft Lady Gaga

Following my last challenge a week or two ago here is another one for you all

In case you didn’t know, Havering’s garden waste collections will be restarting from Monday 27th April

https://www.havering.gov.uk/news/article/781/council_garden_waste_collection_to_resume

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Afternoon everyone,
Hope you are all keeping safe and well.

Good morning everyone,
Hope you are all keeping safe, Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter.
From
Dave (Nato) and the clan

can you guess???

Have you seen the moon tonight? I just been and took a couple of pictures on my new phone 0, 16 & 100 times zoom and now a few more I just taken a couple hours after my original post

I have attached a few templates for you all to select and print out for the kids or yourselves to colour in and display in your windows if you want...

Thinking i need some booze and social isolation for everyone's conspiracy theories, fake news, snowflakes etc.etc. are all the male bullies still on here that bully the ladies for their opinions and have cock fights with each other about how is right....

I posting on here to thank the nice lady that paid for my shopping in Tescos today when I forgot to take my money and cards, if she does read this by any chance please get in touch so I can pay her back.

Where in Romford can I get a great steak dinner, I have been in hospital a total of 3 months in the last 5 and promised myself a lovely steak, chips, onions, mushrooms and tomatoes so any suggestions where to go, as I don’t think there is a steak house as such in Romford

I came home from hospital with them but now not needed so may be useful to someone? And no the hospital don’t want them back.

Has anybody else heard fireworks going off this weekend? Any idea why?

Been away from this site for quite a while have been in hospital for 8 weeks, was told 10 days to fortnight but ended up major op and one set back after another still not out of the woods, but god it feels good to be home, so hopefully contribute to scooploop again. I missed the very hot weather being stuck in there, but thankfully it’s still been nice enough to sit in the garden.

Did anyone else have a power cut this afternoon?

It's that time of year again, free apples to anyone interested, come and scrump

Just heard some sirens in Chase Cross

To put a rail in going up the side of the stairs for extra support top of the stairs and round one bend please, any recommendations most welcome, thanks

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So many planes coming over today, especially between 4-30-6.00 seemed every 5 mins one was coming over, when the airport opened there were only whisper jets coming out of there, but not anymore, I don’t suppose they give a toss, I’m not usually at home late afternoon so didn’t realise how noisy it was, sitting out in the garden reading my book proved impossible , perhaps a reduction in council tax is in order!!!

Well, like I said before, I think tax paying pensioners should have winter fuel allowance, tv license added to income to pay tax on. Then we got onto education, with some very interesting threads about how diverse our experience was.....from the same era... my husband was a no-hoper at school, he was made to say ,”thick things think thin thoughts” , in front of his class at school....he said ‘ fick fings fink fin forts”, this ‘loser’ went on to run a very successful business

I go past the stadium on the train and have noticed the main stand and restaurant have been demolished, has that just happened or have I just not been looking? I worked there for a couple of years way back, operating the photo finish up in the roof, my stint ended when I fell through the roof and into the bar!!!. Anyway I suppose they will build a new updated and more modern viewing area???

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HOLLYWOOD DOGS
https://www.facebook.com/Hollywood-dogs-333354814098268/
City&guilds level 3 qualified dog groomer
🐶
First aid trained
All breeds and temperaments welcome!
Prices from £30 for full grooms
Bath and drys from £20

My services!
Hand striping
Puppy grooms
Mini/full grooms!

All grooms can include-facial, nails cut, ears cleaned , a bow! and a spray of our doggy perfume or aftershave!
Like us on Facebook!

Any questions feel free to message us or call us on 01708 733923
Reasonable prices!

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I'm sure plenty of people on here remember when Sundays was a day of rest, and just about every shop was shut, so how refreshing it is to see the toy shop known as "The Entertainer" which is owned by a Christian man still respects Sunday as gods day and refuses to open up.

i need help please i have a romote curtain track that is giving me problems is any one out there who can help

Sounds great text ***** to give £5 to the donkey sanctuary, or water aid etc etc I don’t do this anymore, seemed great at the time but pretty soon they are on the phone trying to get you to commit to a certain amount per month, and they don’t give up easily, I would give more by this method if I knew I wouldn’t be pestered a few day later.

Started watching it on BBC1 but switched off after the first hour, it's just not funny, ok they raise a lot of money, half of which goes abroad apparently, I prefer to be in bed with my radio, LBC. Or radio 5Live.

Around 3-30 this afternoon part of the road was shut 2 ambulances and I think 3 police cars attending, helicopter hovering overhead pretty serious I'd say, anyone have info?

Anyone know what happened there tonight? 4 police cars one dog unit 2 fire engines

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Apparently 85% of people asked would vote for it, a man flew out to Switzerland with his wife yesterday and was assisted to die, now the wife is worried the police are now involved simply because anybody who assists someone to die is breaking the law and can be sent to prison for a number of years. I doubt any more action will be taken against the wife, imagine the uproar!! The chap himself had motor neurone, a terrible disease and I know if I was struck down with that, or some other horrible thing, I would want to be able to make the decision to end my own life, simple as that, but until the law changes it will be a trip to Switzerland. What say you scooploopers??

When will the authities acknowledge that the use of medicinal cannabis relieves the side ffects of chemo, and might prevent it from spreading. I am on the web site for cannabis success stories, I hope you can read my ‘photo’ it shows how stage 4 (there is not stage 5) is turned round by this. Xx

Seems to be more and more in Romford, however who knows if they are genuine or not? Has anyone seen the bloke in the wheelchair who keeps shouting “will someone please help me” apparently he wants something to eat, but no good saying I’ll get you a sandwich, because he just wants the money. I used to give a couple of quid to a fella in the north street subway, until I was told he had a nice house in Dagenham!! Would be interested to know if people give money, or rightly or wrongly like me look at them with some suspicion.

Seriously, this was last night.. do I really look like I am about to pop my clogs!!

Home carer still needed for bed bound lady, mainly lunchtime Monday-Friday visits, but occasional weekend morning/afternoon, in Collier Row. Please message me.

Looks like it's going into administration, I do hope not, love going in there and browsing through the albums, when and if that goes it's going to ave to be ordering cds on line. Does anyone remember the 2nd hand store at the top of north street? I used to spend hours in there, and found some rare albums, I miss that place even though it went years back.

Does anyone else suffer from IBS, irritable bowel syndrome? Would be interested to know how it affects your life, I have bouts of it from time to time, but am suffering from it at this time, I don't take anything for it although there are things on the market that are supposed to help, would be interested to hear from anyone about their symptoms and treatments. Thanks

I have done my best bubble ever, I cooked extra potatoes to go with all the left over veg, and cooked with a knob of butter mixed with olive oil. Boxing Day is cold meat, pickle, salad and bubble. The carcass has been boiled up and discarded, and meat and juices all ready to go for the turkey stew.

I was a child in the 50’s and I don’t remember mum wrapping turkey in foil. She used to put streaky bacon on the breast to keep it moist. I have also put streaky bacon on breast (well, the turkey) for the whole of my adult life, in spite of using foil for as long as I can remember. So how much streaky bacon have I wasted in 50 yrs?

Well ladies, what do we think ?

This weather is appalling, who is outside on a night like this, surely we can shelter and feed people all year round, not only at Xmas. That 82 billion trillion or whatever for foreign aid should be spent here first .

I alluded before about domestic violence, I sincerely hope ladies that you have no experience of this. In the early days I wrote this to second husband.:-

It’s ten o’clock and all’s not well,
He’s just walked out on me,
Gone to find himself a bird?
I’ll show him , wait and see!
Who dies he think he is...the King,
To treat me like he does,
He’s mean and cruel and nasty,
Then says it’s me he loves.

It’s eleven o’clock, and I am wild,
Two can play this game,
I’m going out to have some fun,
I’ll treat him just the same,
But where to go, I just don’t know,
I don’t want another man
Anyway he’ll surely kill me
It’s so unfair, I can’t, he can.

It’s twelve o’clock and I do t care,
Who wants him anyway,
I’d be better off without him,
No more nasties like today.
He can have his other bird,
And then she will find out,
Just how nasty he can be,
And what loves all about.

It’s one o’clock I am so scared,
He’s crashed the car for sure,
He’s lying injured in the road,
He won’t come home anymore.
The police will come and tell me,
Then what will I do,
Please God do t let it happen,
Don’t let it all be true.

It’s two o’clock, what will I do,
Oh please come home to me,
I was right and you were wrong
I’m sure you now must see.
Whatever have I done to you
To deserve this treatment now,
I’ve never lied, I’ve never moaned,
I’ve taken it all and how!

It’s thee o’clock, he must come home,
Is that the car I hear,
The key in the lock, and in he comes,
“Do you want some coffee dear?”

I wrote this more than 40 yrs ago, when with a previous husband

I really missed my cup of tea,
You must be really mad at me,
And all because I won’t agree,
That what I think is wrong.

Thinking thoughts that are profound
Lifting ones mind up off the ground,
Discussion on such , I have always found,
Is not a reason to quarrel.

It doesn’t matter if I’m wrong or right
If it’s you or I that sees the light,
We can argue and argue, and argue all night,
About something that doesn’t matter.

It’s actions not thoughts that count in life,
My minds my own ,thought I may be your wife,
Will you carry on making such trouble and strife,
For an idea that ever mattered

To give me a quote for some internal work , any recommendations please??

I love their new autumn styles, I can go years and never buy a thing from them then they ‘get it right’ , and I could spend fortunes in there! The colours are soooo me, soft and bright, and the materials are me too...soft and luxurious....and I don’t have shares in them either !