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Hi all. not been on here for a while. my father has cancer of the gullet and after three 4 day courses of chemo is now finally ready for the operation. he is being operated on tomorrow first thing (8...

We are off to Singapore & Bali next week, just wondered if anyone had any recs for things to do & see, or not to bother with. We have trips booked to the Night Safari in Singapore & to the...

I have just got back from the supermarket, and had a horrid experience whilst there. I was walking down to the fruit aisle, and noticed an elderly lady doubled-over in the aisle, i went over to see if...

Anyone else watching the shower of shite?

How will i cope without H&A for a month. And does anyone know what happens to everyone on the bus, does anyone die?

R-A's earlier comment "I see the parks and my Lido and the fab diversity and sense of community where other people see the gun crime and used syringes" got me thinking about how certain areas develop...

My grandad was admitted to our local hospital yesterday. He has terminal cancer and doesn't have long left. He had a big bleed (his primary cancer is in the bladder) and was really very poorly and was...

Sorry I've been so cloak and dagger in the last few months and hinted that things might be changing in my life but I couldn't talk about it on here until it became official. And today, finally, we...

I have been sent some documents I need to review for a meeting next week but 2 of them are excel spreadsheets, and I don't have microsoft office, and the other is a file with the suffix ".odt" and I...

I currently live with H and toddler in London [zone 2/3] and we have one on the way [early days yet, haven't gone public]. We are seriously considering moving to a northern city in 2 years time [when...

I don't want to dictate peoples responses here at all, but mean it more in a sense of things that you could actually have done, not in an unrealistic wish lish sense iyswim?! anyhoo, mine is that i...

Now, I'm not normally one to grumble and can totally appreciate parental needs, but can I run this you? I go to a fairly 'nice' gym with good wet and dry facilities which attract family membership. I...

Is the following dodgy? Never seen this before: You've received a payment, detailed below. We've placed a temporary hold on the funds for this transaction. eBay and PayPal are working together to make...

Anyone done it? Just been reading our ticket info. and if you have an early flight (ours is 7am) then you can check in, in person, the day before. At the moment we're looking at getting up and out by...

We’re having a few issues with our previous landlord. A little bit of background: Jan2008 – myself and OH moved into a property quite quickly. It was a mess but we cleaned it up and tried to settle...

A friend in America has pointed me in the direction of a cake I'd like to make for H's birthday next month, but you need gel food colouring for it. I've never seen or heard of gel food colouring...

https://my.yougov.com/go.aspx?id=3777476b-059a-4518-8ccd-7e4fe711f8cc We could all do with some extra income, click on the link above to sign up for online surveys, they pay out when they get to fifty...

How long would you give a buyer before sending a reminder for payment? TIA Sarah

I agreed to sell my MILs washer dryer on Fleabay, because she doesn't know how to work t'interweb. We went through all the options and she decided to put in on at 99p to stimulate bidding (6 year old...

Is her hair an April Fool? I'm 'working from home' today because of this city protest and I've just switched the tv on and MY GOD. What is that on her head?

This has been bothering me ever since I drove home from work last night. Yes, I don't have much else to think about ? My regular drive to and from work uses a fairly fast road through farmland in the...

I've been tasked with finding somewhere that my 2 collegues can meet park up one car and then drive to a meeting in 1 car. We're thinking somewhere along the M4 (maidenhead/reading) - one is coming...

I'm hoping I haven't shot myself in the foot over this one. I bought a 2nd hand nintendo DS from e-bay about 10 days ago as a present for my mum for mothers day. It arrived boxed and with all...

Four times now I have spoken to someone at a letting agents, four times I have told them we are after a 3 bed with garage... So why do they keep sending / phoning me with details of 2 beds without a...

Was watching this earlier - is she the smuggest person ever? I hate how she says everything is faaaabulous. She just cooked dinner for some builders and made a "paintbrush bouquet" for the table! ?...

I'm reading a book with a character in it called this, and it's bothering me. ?

Whoo hoo! TV series starts on Sunday at 9pm, BBC1. Is it just me who is rather excited? I just LOVE the books, have them all ?

She is on my friend list and has just joined this group: http://www.facebook.com/wall.php?id=5344629038&page=5&hash=1085c27a8b580af42aee8ccb176d286a#/group.php?gid=5344629038&ref=nf The...

My mum and I have been to a meeting today with my dad's oncologist where she advised us that they won't offer him any more treatment, but will obviously manage his pain. She's loathe to give a...

OH is away on a course at the minute but he called last night after getting a call from his mum. His step-dad has got liver cancer. They found out yesterday. I don't know any more details than that...

Any tips for memorising the Kreb's cycle? I'm sure I used to know all this stuff for undergrad but my brain is seriously overloaded and it doesn't seem to be going in ☹️ Currently drawing large...