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From Hugh F-W's Meat. has anyone made this? I was thinking of doing it at the weekend - having a barbecue/party and thought it might work as a sort of central thing, with burgers and hot dogs etc. If...

After searching all day yesterday, have now got it down to two hotels. Thanks for all the recs yesterday, very helpful. It's between Alcudia Pins (Alcudia, Majorca) or Aquasol Aparthotel (Palma Nova,...

As you know im planning my trip to Maldives. Its a life long ambition to go there and witness the beauty of the ocean, atols and tropical beaches. Dont laugh! im slowly getting over a life long...

If you are dumb enough to lose it, if so, how?

I can't believe what a silly, judgemental, narrow minded woman – who probably reads the Daily Mail - Linda Bellingham (the oxo lady) is. After saying that women just use abortion as a contraceptive...

I thought this was a very interesting piece on how unrealistic our expectations of our own bodies should be. The basic premise, for anyone who didn't see, was that models in magazines & adverts...

I don't get paid til next week, and am running out of cash! I've decided I'm going to try and not spend more than £10 on dinner for the next four nights... Tonight I made Spanish omlette which I spent...

And if so, can I pick your brains for a few moments? ?

I'd like a particular Crown colour that only comes as a waterbased eggshell mixed as an oil based satin gloss to be more hard wearing. Recently all our Crown mixers have stopped doing this, and now...

Not my bag although Mrs P likes mushy peas. Recently whilst away, she came across a fish and chip shop that does mushy pea fritters....something we Herts people don't get. Is this readily available in...

I'm Googling how to get my diamond jewellery sparkling and most sites are American. They're advising me to use 'household ammonia'. Is that equivilent to bleach over here? ?

Where can I get one? When I search, I can only seem to find car mats or whole floors and I only want a 2 metre square Smint invokes the power of hitched

Does anyone know of a good substitute for this? ?

From Nigella Express. Has anyone made them and if so are they any good? Also can they be made in advance and then warmed through? TIA

They've only gone and discontinued the damn things!!!!! ? I've been using them for a couple of years now and they're wonderful - my hair's never felt so clean. I only have to wash my hair twice a week...

Ive read recently on many posts that aveda is a great shampoo. At the moment I wash my hair every other day and id rather wash it less! it just goes greasy. So, where do you buy it (best price) and...

Please?

I have seen it in another thread and realised I have no idea what it means. Please can some one tell me. Thank you

I received a text today from my boiler service man back in the UK requesting payment of 2 invoices. One was for work he carried out in the middle of June (so just over 2 weeks ago), and the other for...

Mr MF is in awful pain, he has a tooth ache, he went to the emergancy dentist last night who told him he had an infection and prescribed antiobiotics. He has been taking these as well as nurofen and...

Oooh, oooh. https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a105869/matt-goss-pondering-bros-reunion/ There was a thread about this rumour ages ago (a year? more?) but nothing came of it. Maybe this time round my...

Been for a gastroscopy this afternoon and after numerous BP checks, the highest reading I had was 77/44 which according to the doctor and nurse is extremely low. (I am a 24 year old woman if that...

I've noticed a huge anti-Imodium feeling on here. Whenever anyone says they have a D&V bug (known around here as dieting and vommerhea) the advice is generally "don't take Imodium. your body is...

I got him on his own today and broached the topic. He seemed to find it very funny. grrr. I said "if you feel I am dressed inappropriately, can you raise it properly and not with rude tit remarks in...

I've been invited to a Temple Spa party at a friends house. Is anyone familiar with their products, if so do you have any recommendations?

???? Their prices seem too good to be true, just wondered if anyone had any experience of them?

I just started singing the dingle dangle scarecrow rhyme after seeing Zoay's sig and my H looked at me like I was stupid! He has never heard of it! Please tell me he's been living under a rock!

We are going to a Hoseasons Holiday Park there next week (oh the shame...!) and wondered if anyone has been there or near there? I have only ever been to Cornwall so have no experience of Devon...

Want to order a top online but not sure what size to go for as lately I can be one of two sizes, depending on the shop. I'm thinking with the style of it, I could maybe afford to go to the lower...

How is it that every time I lend somebody a laptop/PC it comes back riddled with allsorts of crap? Latest incident has numerous cruddy mal/adware things, including a vundo variant... You have to...

Please can some one point me in the direction of Lemon Cheesecake recipe. Im after the non-baked version that sets in the fridge. Google is not my friend today all I can find is silly baked ones!!...

Just looking at these and quite like them (thinking the girlie either holdall or smaller wheely bags).... just wondered if anyone had seen or used them and what they thought? Thanks