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We would like to have a television upstairs. There's an aerial socket but the picture is dreadful and I'm trying to work out how to improve it. 1. Would a freeview set top box give us a better...

Does anyone have a gas fire in their bedroom? We're replacing the horrid 70s fireplace in our bedroom with one in keeping with the house, and I'm thinking of also getting a coal-effect gas fire...

A friend from France is coming to stay and we're having a dinner so she can see lots of old friends. There will be 12 people in all. She's a. vegetarian and b. pregnant, and I'd like to do something...

Background- I have a PAYG phone, my husband has a contract with Virgin which he only entered into a couple of months ago. His employer has just changed their policy on business mobile use, meaning...

Let's have 'em. I love eating salads but am stuck in a bit of a rut and would be wildly grateful for more ideas. Alternatively any cookbook recs also v welcome. ?

6pm tonight. I'm betting there'll be some pretty ropey moonwalking going on.

Stupid stupid *** blacksmith has just told me that the things I ordered for my husband's anniversary present won;t be ready until next week (ie not in time for our anniversary). I'm so disappointed....

How do I do this? I often find too much background is in focus in my pics- what setting do I need to have everything blurred except my subject? I have a Canon DSLR 450D. (NB I am a complete dimwit so...

We're going to a lunch party at my husband's boss's house soon and I want to take something nice for her. Am not generally keen on taking flowers and bought chocs etc are a bit boring, so was...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnAxf6ZA6Es Is anyone watching this series? It's brilliant ?

I'm trying to work out whom Arsenal are playing today- didn't even know there was any football on. Can anyone tell me?

My husband has just emailed me to say that he's in the same Eurostar carriage as David Milliband. Apparently DM and his entourage are being v schemey and Thick-of-It-ish, which is making my husband...

Does one need to present one's house beautifully for a mortgage survey (as one would to a potential buyer) or can they see through all that? House is fine generally- bit cluttered perhaps.

Can anyone suggest somewhere nice for a quickish dinner? H and I are going to some engagement drinks round there but want to eat first- we'll have about 1.5 hours so time for a proper meal but not...

Do other people find their weight can vary by quite a few pounds day to day? This morning I weighed myself and was 3lb heavier than yesterday. I certainly didn't eat 12000 calories yesterday (more...

I have a couple of questions...

Just got our first quarterly bill- £180 electricity and £250 gas for the quarter, 4 of us in a 4 bed house. This seems a lot to me. How much do you pay?

Damn, I have forgotten to send my father a father's day card and he's going to Cincinnati on Sunday. I can send something to him to arrive tomorrow but guaranteed next day delivery on a Saturday is a...

? Dear Friend, My name is Major Henry Sanders. I am an American soldier serving in the military with the Army Third Infantry division with a very desperate need for assistance. I found your contact in...

Does such a thing exist? I have a strappy dress with quite a low back- a few inches below where a normal bra sits. I may be able to wing it with lots of tit tape (holding my bra down, not my tits up,...

I want my hair to be this colour http://www.webdrain.com/afbeeldingen/doutzen-kroes-01.jpg It's actually not miles from my natural colour, but my hair is just a bit duller and less interesing than...

I'm sure I saw shirts online somewhere that were cut for big boobs. I've looked at Bravissimo but couldn;t see a classic shirt on the site. Does anyone know a company that makes them?

Or just for me?

Sleb spot- John Torrode in a playground in Tooting. Nothing to say about him except that he has the most dreadful man-boobs. He was with another man who was dressed as a total; chump- hunter wellies,...

My mum's just called to say that the results of a test she's had for an odd bit of skin (which she thought was a wart and therefore did nothing about for a while) have come back saying it's cancerous....

I'd really like to change the layout of our bathroom, moving the loo into the opposite corner. Is this likely to be a problem re the soil pipe? The walls are all solid so pipes can't go inside. Seems...

Rumours of resignation...might not be true.

Current best idea- set of fire tools (which we do actually need) commissioned from blacksmith, to include a heart on the handle (hopefully heavy hand-craftedness of tools and simplicity of design will...

Spotted crossing the road next to Clissold Park, shouting but in a happy way into his phone, nearly being run over by me.... ...oh, I'll just say it as you will never guess. Nick Robinson (BBC...

I really recommend this place to any London food-lovers. We went on Saturday and had one of the best meals I've eaten in London, ever. Amazing menu where you just want to eat everything (I had oysters...

I want to record a series onto DVD for my brother in California. I have a DVD recorder which is also a multi-region player, DVD-R. Will he be able to play it?

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