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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...

Does anyone know the law regarding the above? Long story short, I keep receiving mail for someone who used to live at this address. I was advised by bailiffs not to return to sender as this is never...

[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...

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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...

H's credit card expired in December and the new card never arrived. When he queried it with the bank, he was told that due to a history of late payments, the bank would not be issuing him with a new...

Does anyone remember a choc bar with runny caramel in and nuts, covered in a dark brown see-through cellophane wrapper? It's driving me nuts ?

My skin is crap,and I'm fed up with it the stuff my gp has been giving me for my ezcema doesn't seem to do any good anymore, and I don't want to use anything stronger as he was a bit reluctant to give...

Just a quickie question, I have what I would call winter feet (abit dry) and slightly yellowy tonenails (the big ones) and my little toenails don;t grow normally but are thick and grow up (I paint an...

Seriously, does anyone do this? I was hanging out the washing yesterday & caught sight of the washing label in a pair of my knickers which said to iron them on a low heat. As if I don't have...

Was just looking on you tube at the maid marian clips and came across the 80 days around the world with Willy Fog theme tune and this clip. I remember sending off my sae for a copy of the words to...

I graduated 10 years ago this year (to my horror!) and I STILL haven't had to start paying my student loan off yet as I haven't reached the threshold just yet in terms of gross monthly pay! (begs the...

Hi driving today and I noticed on the dashboard the light was on, looked it up in the book and it is the exhaust emissions warning light. Book does the scare bit phone vauxhall dealer immediatly etc....