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My old, terminally ill Mum sometimes wets the bed at night? and Dad has to wash her in the mornings. He has been using Dettol diluted in warm water but the whole house is starting to smell very...

Just another random pondering from me tonight ?. Have you ever heard of anyone such as a vicar/priest/nun ever being made redundant. I was just thinking about this when reading the local paper and the...

There's a Facebook Group here -https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14981700711 with over 20k members, suggesting he died of colon cancer on the 21st March, aged just 46. However, Wikipedia and...

Mr H has indigestion apparently, he's sitting here huffing and puffing and making such a fuss! For gawds sake [V] If he huffs and puffs any more he's going to blow all the houses down ?

Has anyone had one of these done? If so, how painful or uncomfortable was it? Also, did they give you any kind of anaesthetic? Thanks.

My union (National Union of Teachers or NUT) has voted in favour of a one day walk out on 24th April. I voted against the strike, dont want to participate as I think it is fruitless - what can the...

Could anybody recommend a T&T (tomato based) curry recipe. I have one I normally but would like to try something different tonight. Thanks

And he has looked at 2 baby names websites ? We don't have baby. Should I be worried? ?

If you have a repayment mortgage of £45000, you were allowed to pay up to £500 extra a month without penalty, how would this affect the mortgage? Does the £500 extra a month go towards decreasing the...

Well, having found out how much more we're going to have to pay when we remortgage thanks to higher rates, it looks like we're going to have to pay interest only on a mortgage for a while....

We're going to Machu Picchu next Easter. As the flights will be available soon, we're starting to plan our trip. Apart from a trip into the Amazon, MP, Lima and Cusco which we want to do, we have no...

Am I right in thinking that it is ok to drive an un-MOTd car to a pre-booked MOT? We have lost our last MOT, so don't know the exact date it ran out. A call to the place we bought the car last year...

"Who brings the cheese on April 3rd? The Cheese Weasel He's not a silly bunny or a raindeer or a bird, He's the Cheese Weasel He's got a cute black tail And tiny buck teeth He doesn't bring fish, and...

I regularly drive up and down the M4 going to meetings as well as driving through London and it never fails to amaze me just how many people don't wear a seat belt. What really worries me is when I...

Has anyone used these recently and had a reaction to them? I've never had any problems with them, until I bought a new pack within about 20 minutes of putting them my skin under and around them became...

My left ear is really blocked and when I touch my ear it actually feels numb. Typical for this to happen after the doctors and chemists close. Anyone have any top tips to unblock your ear... using...

I have jsut been talking to my mother and she told me about this programme and said its hilarious. She is going to try and record it for me and bring it over because we miss english comedies. Before...

Fcuking Virgin Holidays customer service is shit. Tonight I had to ring for the fourth time to ask for confirmation of the £1,344.50 I paid on 10th March. Four fcuking times. And each time no one...

I have only ever used forums before, but was wondering if there is a live chatroom that hitchers use? If so, which one?

It has been on for about 20 seconds and already I want to throw something at the tv. Terri Dyer pronouncing triplets as tripperlets.

Tonight for the first time in my life I experienced this. Back story: for a while I've had an annoying pigeon couple nesting right outside my kitchen window and I've had to chase them out of the...

? I started using this about a month ago, having read the instructions I expected it to sting and for the first few nights it was bearable then the next few nights I was waking up in the night and...

Sorry bit of a long shot but has anyone who uses these found an alternative to the 'perfect finish wipes' which is what you get the excess wax off with? I have loads of wax strips but always end up...

My H went shopping at the weekend and bought us some sirloin steaks for tea tonight. I wouldn't normally buy steak myself and have never actually cooked them before. I've found what looks like a...

OK so I promised H a guinea fowl done in the crockpot for this evening's meal to make up for the 1001 casseroles he's been served when I cook lately... So, I have recipes online that I've found......

I opened it late evening and it went to a page saying it was hacked by something Turkish I think. I closed it down after that. Was it just me or my imagination? I thought there might be a thread on it...

I am looking to book a holiday for myself, MrS and our LO. Now I am terrified of flying, I usually go on holiday to Spain by coach [:I] but I dont think it is good idea dragging a 1 year old on a 36...

I've had what I assumed was dandruff for a few weeks now, if not more. Went to hairdresser today and she said I have Psoriasis. I don't know much about it apart from heard it can be...

I bought a 2kg happy chicken today and am going to spatchcock it - which ive never done before. it will obviously cook quicker but how much quicker? usually 2kg takes about 2 hours, so would you say...

You can guess what's coming. ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsIuT-Pdi70

We've moved to an Ocado area, oopsie. Browsing the poultry & game section now. Does guinea fowl taste a fat lot different to chicken? I remember having poussin and being distinctly underwhelmed....