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Reading the retro thread, am I the only person in 2006 to have had a cake with royal icing? I can't stand fondant soft icing so it wasn't an option and my mum makes wedding cakes so I could hardly...

Your three year old needs to go to the toilet while you're out shopping. You are surrounded by bars/restaurants/coffee shops, but you go the nearest drain and he wees there. Is that normal? L xx

We have a sunken walled garden and roughly every 3-4 weeks we receive a new "pet" hedgehog who presumably falls down the bank into our garden and then can't get out. Our garden is average sized so we...

I don't want to bother my GP at the moment as it's nothing serious. I was put on this 4 week ago as the Asthma nurse said it was a combination of the two inhalers I was on before. It's great and I...

Is this true? Can't find confirmation but someone has just told me.

Can i join ? Am a clumsy oaf. I just came out of the shower and managed to drop my towel down the loo. ? In order to get another one I had to run naked past our sitting room windows. Our sitting room...

Basically, I have a holiday booked with my ex partner/partner to Mexico, complicated situation at the minute! Holiday is first week in October but the problem is, last weekend he went to a festival...

My boyfriend and I are looking at a house in Shackleford, a small village near Godalming in Surrey. I'm not that familiar with the area, but does anyone know what kind of place it is to live? It looks...

Morning all, I have a contract with vodafone and have the friends and family. I am trying to ADD another number but the website is undergoing some work and i cant get through on the phone. Does anyon...

I am looking at geting curtains in the Next sale tonight and have just measured my bedroom window but I have no idea how o work our what size of curtains to get, can anyone help please? My window is...

I thought I'd cured the problem. On Saturday night I went into our conservatory and it was like a horror scene - the place was alive with flying ants. We were on our way out so I shut up the house and...

Looking at U2 tickets on level 5, East stand as only ones available from ticketmaster but not having been there, am wondering are these even worth having? I'm thinking it's a no-brainer, perhaps? I...

I've always had a little darkness under my eyes - I think it's hereditary - but it seems to have got worse in the three years since turning 30. I keep seeing pics of me with my eyes looking all small...

OK, so I've got a MovieMail voucher that's about to expire, and they're doing a Studio Ghibli sale that means I can probably snap two DVDs up for virtually no actual cash... ...so which of their films...

Seriously? WTF? Go to work nude "to improve communication and productivity"?

We started a little early on the Mojitos this evening. We then watched last nights Psychoville. On Psychoville some of the characters were dancing to Black Lace's 'Superman'. I joined in and only...

We've not had this for a while have we? Can I share these two from today: X - it must be so hard for those people who are perfect and who never make mistakes or put a foot wrong!!!!!!!!!!! Y - I wish...

So on the Beeb this morning, they were discussing Brits abroad. And as usual a mixed bag of perceptions, but according to the piece, the further afield we go, the better behaved we seem to be...

Most people are going at Margot and Jerry, so MrG and I want to go as Tom and Barbara ? I have left it really last minute, (the party is tomorrow!) and have no idea what to wear. I have...

Hello everyone, I don't often post on OT but I would really appreciate your help if you have a few moments. I work for a small company of less than 10 employees and basically the owner has decided...

Instead of going out this weekend (and spending a firtune!!)some friends are coming over and we're having a cocktail party. So first question, what's your favourite cocktail? Second, what food could I...

They have something online which they don't do instore. If they do, how long does it take to be delivered? It's a samsonite bubble pop up travel cot. I was only going to pay with points cus I've got...

I really struggle with this- shirts tend to gape and sadly I haven't found one that is small enough on the waist while encompassing my boobs adequately. High necks look matronly and give me mono-boob,...

My dad has had the blood test for it as he's 60 and his levels have come back 7 (anything between 5 - 10 needs investigating) Today he's been to the hospital and they've had a feel and say they can...

Is this ok to do!? We are having 20 people around on Sat night and are doing burgers and hotdogs for midnight snacks. Rather than H getting the bbq out drunk at that time would it be ok if I cooked...

Do they not do them in leather any more? Or corduroy? Or did they never do them in corduroy and I'm thinking of another type of Ikea sofa? I have the leather Ektorp one and would like another one, but...

H's office has a regular cook off for office workers / other halves. I sent in a fruit cake today that went down really well and the next challenge is lemon meringue pie. I've never made this before...

And it was amazing ? Didn't have high hopes tbh as I would have never classed myself as a fan. I got the tickets for H as his main birthday gift for his 40th. But I was totally blown away, singing...

.... retro I know but I love them.... any ideas for funky fillings?

Are there any nice but cheaper areas within easy walk/bus reach of the stations? Stations seem to be :Leeds,Saltaire, Bingley, Crossflats, Keighley, Steeton and Silsden, Cononley

/ Oh dear ?