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Any recommendations? Am woefully out of touch, the last time I minced about round here (rather than being stuck in the traffic on it on the way into work) was > 5 years ago. Starbucks is a no-go,...

I was looking at this is WHSmiths today but thought I might be able to get it cheaper online. Whilst browsing I noticed it's being made into a film. Now I'm wondering whether I should read the book or...

Hi all My daughter is 16 in Aug and as its the school holidays i am trying to think of something special for us to do. Anyone have any ideas ? She is a typical 15 year old but i would like some...

I don't want to put you off with TMI, but I've got a slow digestive system and it's really clogging things up at the moment, IYKWIM. Can anyone suggest anything I can take that might speed things up...

We have been to see a house we really like and we are think of offering 15k below the asking price. The house does need updating and it has been on the market for a long time. However the house was...

Am interested in seeing if other people jazz it up or keep it simple. I fankoo.

Is this ok? Sorry for the dull question!

Our cat is not well at the mo so we took her to the vet yesterday and they have given her pro kolin. We had another surprise this morning all over the lounge and kitchen and she had a teeny acccident...

My son has just informed me (don't you just love the notice teenagers give you) that tomorrow after school, for his DoE, he has to cook a nutritious meal using only a camping stove, the dry contents...

I have just received a water bill for £284, for April 2009 to March 2010, and they want me to pay the whole lot upfront. Ridiculous, no? Plus there is NO WAY as a person living on my own, not there a...

About 18 months ago I posted on here that the woman in a shop near work had told me I look like "that girl of Big Brother....[brief pause whilst I thought maybe she meant one of the cute ones...] oh...

Those of you that abstain (regularly) - what non alcoholic drinks do you have instead? Day 1 of abstainance in the Big Clairy House and I had apple juice and decaff tea ?. Both were as nice as alcohol...

We're in the process of buying a house and we asked the vendor to give us an idea of how much they would be looking for to leave behind cutains, curtain poles, window blinds, stairgates and a...

I know we've done this several times before, but up until then I've been in denial and not willing to confront the amount I actually do drink. I don't think I have a *problem* but I know I drink way...

We've had parents evening tonight - our second of the year (we have one each term). Each parent gets a 5 minute appointment and they're given a slot in which to attend. We also give reports out each...

If someone's darling wife bought her husband some London Pride beer, would said darling wife be correct to put it in the fridge or the cupboard?

H has kindly volunteered me to make a wedding cake for his colleague who is getting married in 2 months time and has a very limited budget. In his defence I have made some pretty impressive cakes for...

I need a bit of advice, this is stressing me out so much. Last week Jordan my 12 year old hit a car whilst he was on a bike (not his). He said the car swerved round him (to get past him) then stopped...

I'm making a dinner today. My H's grandfather is coming. Pressure ?. I always make a dinner anyway, he's just never had one of mine. I want to make gorgeous roasts. I normally just use oil and the...

I have tried Zoopla and houseprices, and Google. Any ideas?

Do voltarol make you constipated? Sorry - bit of a random question!

This isn't good is it? He came home from work last thursday ill - really sore throat - and hasn't eaten anything at all since last thursday morning which would have been 3 weetabix. He doesn't work...

Hi can you tell me...ive had 3 courses of antibiotics in the last 2 month or so (chest infection then teeth abcess)...finished last lot about 2weeks ago...do you think they may ahve affected my pill...

[quote] Without doubt the most mental cookery programme you'll ever see, unless you're in the habit of necking six LSD tabs on a weekend morning and staring at Saturday Kitchen until James Martin's...

My parents are celebrating their's in a couple of weeks, and I'd like to get a gift. The only thing I can think of remotely related this is getting them a bottle of wine from 1979, is this really twee...

As the title says ?

Morning All I'll give you the whole story so you know what is going on, but I just wanted some opinions on the best way to deal with this. We are currently building an extension on our house which...

Afternoon ladies, I have applied to do Pharmaceutical Sciences at my local college (I will be a mature student at the age of 36!) - and I have been invited to attend an informal interview tomorrow...

I'm buying a Fiat Multipla at the weekend - ugly, quirky but practical (a bit like me...). Will anyone else dare to own up that they have one/ like them? and if so, what experiences have you had of...

I am a bit over ambitious at the best of times so true to form I have decided to make my son a 3D tractor cake for his 3rd birthday. (EEEEK). I am going to have some test runs at making a madeira cake...

Can anyone give advice - she is coming slowly round from the anesthetic but hates the collar and is trying to leap around to scratch it off. Will she adjust or should i take it off, and then she won't...

I want to replace the windows in my flat with uPVC double glazed. As it's leasehold, I phoned to leasholders to get permission. I need to send them £170 for a license giving me permission. One hundred...