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I am seeing a recruitment person next week to talk about returning to work. Have just got my old suits out of the loft to find they are all moth-eaten ? I always planned to buy a new interview suit...

Now, I'm not normally one to grumble and can totally appreciate parental needs, but can I run this you? I go to a fairly 'nice' gym with good wet and dry facilities which attract family membership. I...

Hi all, Just wondering if I can pick your brains- it might just be a short NO so just tell me to bugger off if that's the case ? Basically situation is: H started his new job mid-November, full-time...

I tried this dress on today and it looked amazing but my H thinks it is too 'much' (not price) for a wedding. What do you think?...

Will anyone be watching tonight? I may be subjecting my OH to it as payback for him polishing his car ALL day!

This is on Channel Five right now. I remember going to see this six times at the cinema when I was a teenager. It's a terrible film (check out the american accents on Robin and Will Scarlet) but I...

They sell it in Tesco- in the bit with food from other countries (not too sure that's the name of the ailse but i hope you know what I mean) HTH xxx

I was wondering if anyone here did the GCSE Keyboarding Applications course/exam around 1997/1998, and if so, do you know who the awarding body was? Thanks xx Just thought I'd do an update for those...

Hi! Just wanted some advise as to what is the best thing to do. Bit of background first, firm I have worked at for 6 1/2 years is not making any money and about a month ago I took a 5% pay cut. Im 7...

[quote] Clip-on ties are replacing knotted school ties, as schools worry about health and safety worries, says a survey of school uniform suppliers. The Schoolwear Association says 10 schools a week...

Well, we get back from our honeymoon to news that my sister has been admitted to hospital as she has a real high temperature 105 ( the last time I heard) and a sore neck which she can't move, headache...

Anyone had a dress from Bravissimo? I've had huge problems (two in fact on my chest) trying to find dresses for two weddings I'm going to in the next few months. I've been getting really upset about...

I'm organising a birthday party in a few weeks for my mum and uncle and as it's a garden party, struck on the idea of Pimms. However, whilst I'd lap up the alcoholic version, ? most people with either...

I am thinking of goin to centreparcs but don't know where to start. Had a nosey on the website and was a little shocked by some of the prices, so: Is it worth it? Any ways to make it cheaper? Offer...

Afternoon all, this is a bit gross, but need help! i bought some cordosyl for gum problems on monday just gone, as a bit of gum felt a bit tender and this it supposed to help, as the label says! used...

Hello I'm quite worried about my dog. I realise everyone may just say take him to the vet but I just want to explain what is going on. On Friday I noticed that my dogs eyes were quite bloodshot. You...

I really fancy scrambled eggs on toast. Only scrambled eggs on toast will do. But the shop is shut, I'm already in my PJ's, and I don't have any milk ? Is there anything that would work instead of...

Hia, FIL is getting quotes to returf our knackered garden its roughly 20ft by 10ft and he is paying for it, but he has had one cowboy in already how quoted a ridulous price and the fella who came...

I spy you! Two very unimportant things . . 1, do you watch 'The City'? and if so, do you agree that Allie looks like Blythe? and 2. On come dine with me the other day, someone was wearing a T-shirt...

What has g6ne wr6ng can any6ne he3- 5f th5s 0a2es sense... arrgh.

Has anyone else fallen out of love with their house? Our house needed a lot of work doing to it when we bought it and for that reason we got it for a good price, otherwise we could never have afforded...

Would you believe they could be nice? I made them on Sunday and we've just had some reheated with icecream -- they are utterly delicious! We were a little short of dark chocolate so replaced about...

I have a Cath Kidston baby change bag that my mom bought me. It was purchased in December, I had my son in March and have been using it since he was born. Where there is stitching the colours have run...

I am just working out how to join this thing that is Twitter. I'm planning on building a portfolio of the famous and influential. So far I have found Stephen Fry and I've dried up. Which famous people...

I think our DG is faulty - the seal seems to have gone on a few panes and we are getting misty patches. It was installed by a local company a few months before we bought the house in 2002 - we have...

I've never had toothache in my life but now I do ? It hurts - it's shooting pains going up through my entire head, focussed on one spot but moving around quite a bit. Started this afternoon. Eating...

This is really dull... In my kitchen is an integrated fridge which I inherited, and my own freestanding Smeg. There's only two of us, so we don't need all this refrigeratory capacity! But losing one...

? My husband turns 40 in July and I am organising a surprise party for him, in 3 weeks' time. (I will be 8 and a half months pregnant on his actual birthday so had to do it earlier). I am so nervous!...

Hey all, Well the training was all going tickety boo and then bang - illness took a damned good grip which has meant no training now for a good couple of months. I reckon the most I can run now is...

Which are the best for sucking up your tummy? Bum and thighs ok (comparatively), just the waist & hips area that's the problem. Would something like this just roll up at the top and bottom?...

I just don't like it. It looks too big and out of place, and it isn't comfy. It is very padded, how long before it flattens out a bit and becomes as comfy as the one in the shop? ?

Bit of a long story but I'll try and keep it brief. 2 years ago our factor (glasgow housing association) overruled us and reclad and reroofed our block of flats, we voted against the work as we...