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We're still renting after our house flooded, ?and move back shortly. We ordered a LOT of furniture from Ikea to be delivered today to the old house - wardrobes, beds, shelves etc. It was confirmed,...

I'm planning my new kitchen and as I posted yesterday, was planning to get a range style cooker, albeit exact model not decided. Having done more research, I'm wondering whether I'd be as well going...

Roughly how many sandwiches/items per person should you allow?

In a quandry ...not sure where is most appropriate to put this, but I was just wondering what peoples thoughts were on being invited to a wedding 2 days before the event... not for the couple, just...

? he was strolling across my driveway! gawd knows how he got there, no food pants for him anywhere. I was so excited, i used to keep them when i was little! my H was a bit scared, they are very big...

Just got a letter addressed to someone else, at this address. It's also got the wrong postcode on it, so not sure what's happened there. Do I just put it back in the letterbox with 'not known at this...

ABOUT THE WRITER Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist for the Miami Herald. This is from newshound Dave Barry's colonoscopy journal: I called my friend Andy Sable, a...

I heart fish and chips, I'm hungry and fancying fish and chips, and also a bit bored. ? What's your favourite thing to order when you're succumbing to the loveliness that it your local chippy? I love...

Title explains it all really. I hate doing PDRs, its my second one, nothing has changed at all since my last one, I haven't changed, the team haven't changed under my (assistant) management and I...

I love her <wistful sigh>. If only I weren't married, she was straight, she found me interesting, I had an opportunity to meet her...and so on ?

I looooove Marc Warren and I absolutely forbid him to have a relationship with Abi Titmuss. STOP IT THIS INTSTANT!!! ? x

Hi guys, I'm on a whim here.. I'm looking for a Radley bag, which was last season, looks like this: http://www.bagsofchoice.net/images/bags/58571_Brown.jpg I can't find it on fleabay, Radley don't...

You here? There's 15 minutes of highlights from Carlisle on QPR world that you neeeeeed to see. There's some amazing football going on. You have to pay (obviously) to watch them but I'm happy to lend...

Bruce is apparently stopping after this season, so who should replace him? I suspect I am slightly obsessed, but I'd like to see Mark Ramprakash ? every week. hmmmm. Who would your dream lineup be? I...

I've mentioned this on the other thread but I need to know! I remember it was a really funny story but I can't remember the Hitcher or the details. Someone help me out please as it's really bugging...

I know, a tragedy, how will I ever get over it? ? I'm a bit confused about Carl, Anna and Lexi. What happened when Lexi came back from Canada? Carl was getting it on with Anna and now he's all loved...

My friend is a keen gardener and grows her own veg as well as flowers. I thought about getting a bird box but she has those in abudance plus the insect houses, and various decorations hung in the...

My mum is going abroad tomorrow to Greece, and she's convinced she has to do something special, like put a 44 in front of the mobile number when texting me from Greece, but this is just for dialling a...

Interesting article on food snobbery, irritating mockney gits and being "trash" here

I'm giving Body Attack a go tomorrow morning at my gym. I've been doing Body Pump for the past three months and wanted to add another string to my bow. I just wondering if anybody here did it and...

Has anyone here done Jury Service before? Mr R has been called to do jury service. He's gone into work today and told his boss. His boss said he isn't going to pay him for the two weeks he is doing...

Ahh this is driving me mad...what was the name of the woman who walked Africa (or possibly the world) and there was some doubt about whether she actually hitched a lift with her support car? Was it...

Has anyone had this? I'm pretty sure I have it. What startedas a few red spots has now spread to patches of crusty flaky skin, yuk! I dont think its serious enough to warrant a trip to the out of...

My 14 year old dog has very smelly flatulence. She's always been a bit of a farter but lately it's often not nice being in the room with her. We've recently changed her diet to a complete dry food...

Hi, Ben our 8 year old has to have one next fri, we only went for to see the consultant on thurs, so it has come as a bit of a shock. I wonder if anyone has any experience of one? the consultant was...

Hen do in February. Going to a saturday matinee of Dirty Dancing (so excited about that). Then drinks and dinner. No-one else really knows London (I live and work here) so it's kind of falling on me...

I was told my periods would be heavy now that I have the non hormonal coil. I was fine with that. My first two days I was uber heavy with my mooncup full every 4 hours- bit of a shock to the system...

Me. Home alone. Flatmate on hols, and I am skintier than a skint thing. Mr FW was going to come over for the evening, but his landlord is coming round to fix the shower so he can't. Boooo. So I'm...

Do people actually do this? [clueless icon] Background: our place has been on the market for 2 weeks and has only had 2 viewings. We have found a house that we love and are keen not to lose it to...

Is it dinner jacket? What kind of shirt and tie? Have been invited to a "Venetian Masked Ball" with dress code of formal evening wear and H doesn't know what he should wear. Any help much appreciated?...

<pukes with rage> Really, really gone.

I finished it yesterday... And am missing it already. I can't wait till she write her next book (probably al least 1 year...) Has anyone else read it? What did you think?