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Bit of a boring one - Little Mr T is starting secondary in 2 weeks and has to have packed lunches (really short lunch break combined with expensive school lunches = packed lunch). Anyway I'm a bit of...

Any of our HR knowledgeable bods out there? ? Looking for a bit of advice about where you would stand legally/contractually if you were taken on for a permanant job with a 6 month probation period....

Would you wear nude shoes with black tights? Is this a real fashion no, no?

A random post, yes....but i went for lunch with a friend and had this, now me, being normal, puts the beans on the potato then sprinkles the cheese over. The women at the counter literally stuffed the...

So I am whiter than white, with red hair and freckles and the sun is my enemy, I mean I love the sun but the closest I get to a tan is having my freckles multiplied in the thousands and I'll burn if...

How much would you like to win? How much would you want to win before you quit your job? If you won £150 million, what would be the first thing you bought? GO!

Haven't had one of these in a while! Okay, so the Euromillions tonight is £148million. There are eight of us in our syndicate, meaning £18.5mil each. Now, help me decide between:...

Mr F has just notified me that last night he took out the whole pack of minced beef from the freezer and rather then half it and put one half back IN,he lefts it out so its defrosted, needs to be...

Seems like Syed and Christian have custody of Yasmin but where did Amira disapear to?

I have been on Microgynon30 since I was 14 years old. I have always had problems with oily skin, mood swings (verging on depression sometimes), and just generally being quite a hormonal person. I have...

Just curious...

I have bought a wax tart burner and love it! The smell is lovely and strong and it's so easy. But (and this is kind of a good thing) the tart lasts ages and I would kind of like to swap scents now and...

I've managed to skive off work early to watch the diving. Is it wrong that I find Tom Daley strangely attractive?! ?

My work friend just told me her boyfriend woke her up in the night by madly sleep w*nking! She told him about this morning but he refused to believe it. Just thought I would share ?

It's our 8 year anniversary today (of getting together) and bless my OH, he got me a card and pizza express voucher (this sounds lame but is true romance as he HATES that restaurant but it's my fave)...

Do they make you look like a d!ck??? Considering getting one.....

Hi all! OH and i currently live in a flat in Cliftonville (i can practically hear all you Thanet people groaning! ?) and we're looking to move into a house in a (hopefully) nicer area... we've lived...

Ok, I'm back on the SW bandwagon. Haven't been to the classes for ages so need some hints! What lunch items can I buy that I can keep in my desk drawer? (Apart from Pasta n Sauce, Mug Shots and Low...

We dont have one. And we want one.

Who comes to mind instantly? I need to book some kind of reject for an upcoming event, needs to be cheap enough that my client can afford but not so cheap that no one has a clue who they are!!

Anyone watch this on Sundays? its Thelma of BFGW dress fame setting up a kinda academy for gyspy girls to come and learn how to sew and stuff.... I have to say, some of these girls have NO respect for...

There's a Second Wives Club on the net but you have to pay a joining fee - if there are any other second wives on heree, can we form our own? I swear I could have rammed a shovel through H's ex's head...

This probably makes me sound really stupid so apologies! Some people might have noticed from my previous post that we are (hopefully) moving house soon - yay! I'm just trying to put together a list of...

I'm in a very bad mood. We are lucky enough to have a beach hut (inherited through the family) which we had to pop down to this afternoon to pick up a few things we'd left there last time. We decided...

Does anybody have a smoking OH but doesn't smoke themselves? My OH smoked when we first got together, i have in the past been a social smoker but never smoked properly. When we first got together i...

Has anyone got/owned a pair? Are they as comfortable as they look?

One of the directors here has just travelled back from our northern depot and has come in wearing jeans..theres uproar!! When i worked at RBS, we had a dress down day every Friday, we could come in...

It's my last day at work tomorrow and we are a 'bring cake in for any occasion' type of group, birthdays, last days, Fridays, back-from-holidays etc. So what's your favourite?

Inspired by Nuttys reply on the desk snacks post ? What is your favourite ever Friends episode?! I have far too many, one being The One Where Ross Is Fine..he gets drunk, makes 'faheeetas!' and burns...

Ok, well when it comes to makeing yorkies I don't seem to have much luck. Even though I get the fat really hot before I pour in the mix, my yorkies never seem to rise and just end up being a sort of...