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Not actually grumbles as such, such observations. A grumble would infer that it had affected me in some way, when it hasn't ? Is it just peculiar to my local group, or are the amount of ridiculous...

Hiya, am attempting to make it over onto OT, having been on WP but now married have no longer a need to plan! Used to be on BT many years ago (yes I did it all the wrong way round!) anyway I...

I bought a mascara from Superdrug in a rush this week and didn't notice until I got home that the seal had been broken. I took it back where they refused to exchange it as they have a non-refund...

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If you have workmen in doing something and you want to go out would you leave them in your house alone? The plasterer that was booked for Monday didn't show so H booked another one for today. He's...

As the title says really! For the last 3 weeks now we have had extra rubbish outside our house each week. We are careful, recycle and generally only have one bag of rubbish a week (sometimes 2 but...

Hi all im looking for a mint aero easter egg but cant find one, Anyone have any ideas ? TIA

Hi all Sorry to post about this again but i need advice or info. Background....... My mum is 57 and has been taking 500mg of Thyroxine PER DAY for almost a year. Her health has deteriorated and her...

I've just found a big jar of M&S cherries in kirsch that my MIL gave me last Christmas. They say "best before July 09" on them. Would you use them? I figure that since they're in alcohol and the...

THere's only two of us in a three bed house! It IS for six months, but thats crazy isn't it? They want to put my DD up from £60 to £200pcm! On top of everything else I just can't do this! The meter...

Google doesn't appear to be my friend today although I could be searching wrong. I'm making shepherds pie on Sunday (with minced lamb)- but how do I make a gravy for it? I really, really don't want to...

I have a bad neck so there fore i do admittedly smell a bit of deep heat. However i have never given this a second thought before that it might actually cause someone to have to go home because it...

I hate wasting food, and somehow managed to think the use-by date on the fish in the fridge was today, not two days ago ? Should I just eat it anyway or bin it? It's basa fillets in breadcrumbs if...

Hi all, and firstly apologies because I've asked a few questions on hitched recently but not been on much to give back due to lerching from one crisis to another <grim laugh> Does anyone know if...

When we moved we bought one of those starter packs but I hate the cutlery. Its the type that when you try and scoop out some ice cream the spoon bends before you get any ice cream. Was thinking of...

Just wondering if anyone has been to this resort and stayed at this accomodation? Last time we stayed at Los Zocos which was great and had a good kids disco/entertainment in the evening. Has anyone...

I haven't been on for a while due to being back at work and when not at work up to my eyeballs with two littl'uns, so apologies for jumping back in with a request! Anyway, for my first request: my...

Hi all, further to my email yesterday, I spent a good few hours on the phone to Sky and HSBC inbetween last night; I'd managed to sort it out so that I would only pay £49 for the Sky+HD Box, it would...

Yuk. The cat has ringworm and now looks like she has half a head where the vet shaved the infected area. Poor thing, I've just shampooed her and she looks a fright! The other cat is also on the...

Yesterday I was listening to edith and she was asking what the song was by playing the first and last part, i felt very smug that i knew what it was, so decided to text in. However, I sent my answer...

We had a gammon joint on sunday and I thought we could have the leftovers tonight with some veg How should I reheat it? Will the microwave be good enough or should I put it in the oven and for how...

Morning again lol Has anyone been to Alykanas Village in Zante ? We have booked to stay in the Alykanas village accommodation which looks fab but i am wondering what there is to do / visit in the area...

Hi-de-hay all ? So, hubby has dropped a bombshell tonight saying he has been approached about a job in Exeter. So - what's it like as a place to live (is it expensive, what are the primary and high...

I received a message on Facebook yesterday from someone insulting my husband and unborn baby. I do not recognise the name, neither does my husband or friends and family. I presume it is a made-up name...

I had a fairly hefty bout of runny bum this morning and now I keep doing these hideous rank-smelling eggy burps. I have come into work anyway, as it's INSET and I'm in on my own. My bum just exploded...

Looking at getting an A4 - probably the 2.0 TDi. Anyone with any experience of the new model? Looks nice enough, bigger than the BMW and better specced although not quite as nice a drive (not that it...

Just pondering this. I saw a woman (in her 80s if she was a day) picking daffodils along a country lane this morning as I was walking my dog. I thought it was illegal to do this. She was doing quite a...

On cash in the Attic at the moment on BBC1. She's got a wine coloured fitted jacket on but the skirt totally doesn't work with it. Can no-one at the BBC point her in the right direction? she was...

The shoes, not the artistes. I've been placed on a heel ban by my osteopath. Plan is to go to Primarche and buy a few pairs of their bargainous ballet flats, as all my shoes are either heels or devoid...

Do you run your packs together regularly and if you do, whats the maximum number of packs you run together before you have a break?

Hiya, thought I would post this on here as well as WP to get more opinions. We're looking to book Inglewood for our wedding but before I call and confirm tomorrow I wondered if anyone had been to a...

Long story but the key for our set has gone AWOL. Our local dealership are taking the pee with the price they want just to go through the 20 keys they have to see which one I need. The box they come...