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I am looking for a few little gardening things to get H for his birthday. Not expensive necessarily but something that is useful. Any suggestions? What is your 'must have'? I got him some secateurs...

A little bit cheeky of me, so I will remove if it offends anyone. I do those surveys for You Gov. You basically build up the cash and when it gets to £50 you can request the money- but not until you...

Hi guys, I'm not really a regular poster on here anymore although I lurk but I need some advice. We've got a looper in H's family who is keying our cars on a regular basis. We *know* it's this person...

Its my dad's birthday next week and I've got him and my mum coming over for dinner... only thing is I haven't a clue what to cook! Could I have some inspiration please? I need something quick to cook...

Hi Everyone, I'm not much of a poster,mainly because of my work situation, but I'm a frequent lurker! (Hope that's ok) I'm really sorry I've a feeling this is going to be a bit of a long one but I...

I'm getting strange numbness/tingliness in the tips of my third and fourth finger on my left hand (my mouse hand). It's not sore but really unpleasant - am I going to die?

Been thinking about this quite a bit recently. I think of my family to be my immediate blood family - parents, siblings etc, and I consider my H's family to be his family, not mine. My H on the other...

Do you do a leaving collection when colleagues go on maternity leave? If so, do you do another one when they have the baby? When I organised them in my last job, we did the collection when the baby...

I haven't worn mine since the big day all those years ago. Now I fancy wearing them but maybe dye them black? Has anyone done that and how? It seems a waste because no one else is going to fit them...

How do you stop getting oose (sp) on your clothes. I've noticed with the dark washing that most of the clothes end up like this. I have a black top/t-shirt that I used to wear to work but its covered...

We've been invaded by the slimy bastards and they're eating everything. You can almost hear the feckers chomping. What can we do, apart from pick them off and chuck them over the fence? Do nematodes...

Gah.. I'm in charge of staff tips this year, there are 24 people employed in the hotel and we all work varying hours from 3 a week to 40+ a week. The one that dealt with staff tips last year gave me...

Could anybody suggest somewhere nice to go for a family day out in the Midlands? We're looking for somewhere to go on Tuesday when it'll be my mum's birthday, so we're after something to do during the...

Absolutely nothing. And don't let immature sniggering types try to tell you different.

H and I are having a debate. We've been invited to a wedding that we've always assumed we're just evening. Invitation came yesterday and H told me we'd been invited all day. The invitation says "Mr...

How the heck does that work then? It's on our local Chinese takeaway menu?

I have a couple of portions of chilli which has mostly been sitting on the hob since Wednesday and has been heated up once. Now, my standards of food hygiene are on the lax side (unless anyone else is...

I've been and chosen my plot this morning, it's beautiful! It's got a pear tree in it already, and someone is going to rotivate it for me this weekend or next weekend, then | can get cracking! And I...

I'm so excited, I'm making enquiries into renting an allotment. I've wanted one for so long, but never got round to doing anything about it. Anybody else have an allotment? I've been told that the...

Trawling through e*bay I have just come across a seller selling their 80's collection of rubbers... and it brought back all of the memories of the collections I had as a child Namely: 80's rubbers -...

Well now you can. Just £300 .... http://cgi.EBAY.co.uk/versace-cocktail-bar_W0QQitemZ320240963926QQihZ011QQcategoryZ98842QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Just gawjus. If only we had the space. ...

I've got two events coming up this summer and I want to find an outfit to suit both. One is a church wedding and one is a Buckingham Palace garden party id="beige">[:I] I have no idea what to wear...

Anyone else find these annoying? It's the implication that "you might ignore this email of mine, and I will be able to prove that you opened it!" I always click 'no' when prompted to send a receipt....

I went to see a psychic a few years ago and then just before I got wed. I was quite sceptical and didnt know what to expect. It was all very weird. The first time was all about my mother - she passed...

I have been looking into the NVQ level 2 hairdressing course and rang up two colleges today (Milton Keynes where i live and Northampton) Milton Keynes do their full time course for 15hrs per week,...

In an afternoon adventure involving being lost, death defying feats, death, trespass, the police, escape and alcohol I managed to get a thorn in my thumb alongside my thumbnail. It really, really...

So, who's being good at turning the lights off from 8-9pm? Do you think it would be OK if I did it in the middle of the night instead? ?

I dont want to go into too specific details, but what would you do if you got a letter 2 years after splitting up with someone, saying sorry they treated you badly and you were the best thing that...

I'm at a bit of a loss. I originally put his injuries down to something other than fighting .. but consistently over the last 9.5 years I've been grateful for insurance and it's really paid for itself...

I've got £30 in HMV vouchers to spend - what would you get? Please inspire me...

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