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Are you supposed to get time off for hospital appointments and is it paid or unpaid? Is it different for part time or full time people? Am off to look on ACAS now but would be grateful if anyone could...

Eleven-year-old Rhys Jones's killer's mum has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice, and is almost certainly facing a custodial sentence. Which is fair enough - it's a completely...

We're going to Shropshire on tues. Just been on AA to plan the route and said to avoid toll roads. The step by step instructions don't mention the M6, but on the highlighted route on the map, it...

Even if they can't be seen? I do, and it's not the ambulance test, it just feels wrong to be wearing, say, predominantly blue socks if I am wearing a red top.

Hi, I have a lump on my breast which has been there for over a year and has now got bigger. I attended my local breast clinic last last year and the doc had a wee feel and told me that i just had...

H and I are planning to watch Kitchen Nightmares on C4 +1, and we're going to play "Gordon Ramsey Bingo" ? We each have to pick one of his fav phrases and get £1 from the other everytime we get a...

Just trying to sort out our expenditure / income to see where we are financially and filled in the budget spreadsheet on MSE. How flippin fab is it?! Great way to break everything down to see just...

Seeing as we've done a few religion based posts today, let's have a bit of a light hearted one. This is not Christian bashing, I just found it amusing....

I am looking to get some new clothes for work and don't really want to get too much as I am overweight at the moment and hoping to shift some of it soon. My plan was to get a capsule wardrobe so I can...

Http://www.paulsadowski.com/birthday.asp As of 2/12/2009 5:38:23 PM EST You are 29 years old. You are 355 months old. You are 1,541 weeks old. You are 10,791 days old. You are 259,001 hours old. You...

Hi Im organizing a surprise 65th birthday for my dad and im struggling with the buffet, i will be catering for around 150 people and doing the food on my own? Can anyone give me some ideas Thanks Beth...

My medication has been seriously reduced by my new asthma nurse. She has taken me off serevent and wants to reduce my beclazone from 4 puffs twice a day to 1 puff twice a day. Anyway, I've been told...

Does anyone else remember that classic Victoria Wood episode? It's my work Christmas do tomorrow, we're going for a spa day but I can't shake the image of the Victoria Wood program ??

As I've mentioned, I have two interviews on Tuesday, one of which is a second interview at which I will be tested on my copy-writing, Excel and PowerPoint skills. The copy exercise isn't a problem,...

Https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/exclusive-amazon-selling-rape-simulation-game-14183546.html What do you think? While its a really grim idea for a game, I can sort of see why...

Had a blackout yesterday and fell badly on my arm which has now been hurting for the last 24 hours. MrKT persuaded me to take 2 Paramol tablets this morning as I hardly slept last night because of the...

Anyone answer this - I know it's on Sky again tonight, but I'm not staying up. The scene when Ben Stiller gets a jelly fish on his back & his wife goes to wee on him, when she pull her trouser...

Just curious about people's views really, I don't have a proper hump about this! We just had a baby and are lucky to have received lots of cards, all put up around the room. PIL (anyone else, you just...

Its gorgeous ? I'm addicted.

I'm having a total brain storm over this. How do I make a 'tick' symbol in Excel? ?

Scuse the spelling. Hubby is applying for a job which asks for GCSC A-C maths and english - what is the equivalent in old money - o level/CSE? He's 41 and GCSCs came in in 1988 so after he left...

I really need to get my crappy, rotten wooden windows replaced in my flat but how do I know if a double glazing company is any good? Are any of the nationwide ones like Anglian or Everest any good?...

Hi all! Sorry don't want to gross everyone out but i've got two moles on my shoulder that keep catching on my clothes, they don't hurt, it's just a bit irritating! What i want to know is has anybody...

Can anyone recommend some good erotic novels/authors? I don’t think I would be interested in anything too extreme, but racy ones aimed at women would be great! Thank you in advance! ?

Ok I am struggling, I am really sneezy today for no apparent reason and am hung over from excess rugbying at the weekend. I need to be bright and make it through to the end of the day, plus I have an...

I was talking about this with an ex-colleague. We both left the same company within a few months (her voluntarily, me through redundancy) and had been there quite a few years (her 11 years and me for...

Did you watch? As an England fan I fear some kind of valentine's day massacre in Cardiff on saturday. And I think henson will struggle to get his place back. Shanklin was, as usual, very good but...

It's not often I am on the side of the unions over London transport issues, but what the hell is the mayor/TFL playing at here? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7878470.stm

Noel Edmunds, well, I'm not really sure how to describe him anymore. What with all his cosmic ordering, the TV licence boycott and his odd HQ programme. Has anyone actually sat down and watched it? Is...

My husband is searching high and low and frankly, driving me crazy ? He's not looking for a whole suit - just suit style trousers. They need to be smart for work, but the nature of his job [in a...

I have had a sore breast/hardness to it for about 5 months. I was aobut to go for testing but then got pregnant. Its not got better so I am booked in for an ultrasound tomorrow ( i only called today,...

A little idiotic? I'd rather John Lewis or M&S but the wallet says DFS . I have the feeling that they are not renowned for quality. However, there is a leather one that we have both sat on and...