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When you are in a semi /terrace/flat etc and you can hear the hoover through the walls?

Hi All, Will be passing through Meadowhall next week and was wondering if anyone knows by any chance where Icould pick up a pair of Crocs? Tks M

I used to work with a women who plotted her husbands murder. Tommorow night there is a documentary on tv about the whole thing. It feels weird knowing someone who has done this and now they are making...

At the Town Hall in Cheltenham today, I noticed that they are holding a Boden clearance event in November (21/22) I was just wondering if anyone had been to one of these events before, and if so, what...

I've just submitted my application - can't wait!!! Anyone else got through yet??

Morning all, On Friday I am cooking for 10 people and the general concensus is that my guests would like to eat Thai. Each of the people coming will be bringing a dish and so far on the menu we...

I found out today that a member of my family (who I haven't seen for a while) has been really seriously ill with this and has ended up having most of his large intestine removed & a colostomy! I...

Help settle an argument! How much is reasonable to pay in a car share to work for an 11 mile journey. (110 miles total per week). Assuming petrol is about £1.05 a litre and you decide to pay half...

Is anyone about that takes amitriptyline? I started taking it nearly two weeks ago, tonight I really really fancy a glass of wine- will I be ok? I have yet to take tonights pills as I take them at...

I'm going to be making Delia Smith's Parmesan Coated Fish with Walnut Romesco Sauce and I've only gone and forgotten the bloody walnuts! ? As luck would have it, for dessert, I'm making Delia's Four...

E&E was filmed in 2007 but hasn't been shown yet. It's in the autumn 2008 BBC schedules. This advanced screening has just been announced. Just £5 a ticket. 28/10/08 @ 6pm....

Do you give the things to the first reply or wait and see who is the most worthy/who you like best?

I'm going to a Rocky Horror themed fancy dress party soon and need inspiration of what to wear. I've never seen the film, so I guess I need to do that first. So what would you wear? UPDATE: Went the...

I am looking to book a theatre break for my Mum and Step-dad for christmas. Now I have never been to the centre of London so don't have a clue where to stay ? Any reccomendadtions if this one is...

Bit of a long shot maybe but do any of you have any experience of these - good or bad? Where did you go/when/what ship/who did you book through? This could be an option for you Nickj ?

I need some serious fashion help! I am well and truly in frumpy mummy mode and have no idea what to wear these days. I have a few nights out coming up soon and I need a new outfit. I spent a lot of...

I was so excited when I found these this morning. But the yellow ones aren't right, they don't taste the same, they taste of baked beans. ? I am so upset.

We've been invited to a Murder Mystery party at a friends house and on the back of the pre printed invite it mentions (in a tongue in cheek way) that you should bring a gift for your host. Now...

I'm on the sofa with my pillows and a quilt, but too awake now to sleep. Since MrSC got back from Yeovil last Thursday night I don't think I've had a fully uninterrupted night's sleep. He has always...

I always wear pumps when not at work, and I don't wear pumps with socks or anything, just bare feet no matter what time of year. My new pumps I've found make my feet incredibly whiffy, I don't...

I've just applied to work for M&S and got an interview with them for a through the night position. This is a dumb q but I have searched their website to no avail before posting here. Does anyone...

We are utterly skint. I am considering making my sister peppermint creams with dark choc for christmas instead of buying her something. I will, of course, be getting stuff for her 3 kids. tell me the...

..as I've mentioned before, we live with my folks as we save for a place of our own. Whilst I shop and cook at least twice a week for everyone, I do almost all of the shopping at the...

As title really, google is not specific enough... Want to make JO's fish pie (have done it before) only this time would like to use full fat plain yogurt instead of cream for the sauce. Would this...

I just came close to losing my temper in the post office*, which is completely unlike me. I suspect PMT. My periods haven't yet returned after having a baby so I don't know when I'm due, but am...

For H's mum's 60th we're thinking of making up a box or hamper type thing with bits inside. So far all we've thought of is: Photo frame, Book: Things to do now you're 60, bottle stop Photo album C.D...

Sometimes I am just sitting, or wandering about doing something and out of the corner of my eye I'll think I see a big black thing crawling about, and that it's a spider - but when I turn my head and...

Why oh why do they have to spoil a perfectly decent TV programme by putting feckin Mick Hucknall in the middle of it? Thank god I can fast forward through him.

Since I had laser eye surgery I no longer need my lenses. They are Biomedics 55 Evolution soft contact lenses - I used to only wear them when I went out so each lense used to last me a few months...

Blow me, there are some crap ones out there. I have a "friend" (I know, I know!!) who keeps updating her FB status which it appears is some kind of "sumblimal message to someone or other. Probably...

I've looked on Google and I just can't find it. It's not on the car in the usual places and number plate search is no help as my car doesn't have the standard wheels on it. Argh! Does anyone know...

I was going to get this for my friend for his birthday as he's a huge Terry Pratchett fan (I don't think he has this one yet though) But I'm a bit confused as it reads like a children's book. I've...