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I normally work stooopid hours so don't get time to cook anything other than something really quick (for this read: H usually cooks ?) but as I'm on gardening leave I'm trying to address my...

I really need to clean my once cream now beige carpets ? (and then keep them clean with 2 small dirt magnets in the house) so was looking to buy a carpet cleaner. Am totally bemused by what is on the...

Your three year old needs to go to the toilet while you're out shopping. You are surrounded by bars/restaurants/coffee shops, but you go the nearest drain and he wees there. Is that normal? L xx

I got my exam results today but I don't understand them ? I was due to receive them by post this morning but nothing came. My "record of agreed results" has now been posted on the university website....

Probably a bit of a long shot, this one, but has anyone got any suggestions for veggie or veggie-friendly (ie good veggie options) restaurants anywhere around Central London? Could be West...

Not sure how things are done as H and I have only applied for a few jobs between us and always through an agency. Last week he applied for a job almost identical to the one he was made redundant from...

Just been having this conversation with some friends and most of us either had a paper round or worked in a shoe or music shop. What did you do?

I'm absolutely petrified and feel sick at the thought. I know I'm being stupid, but I really really don't want it done. I know I'm being selfish, I'm just so scared. ?

Well that's 2 mins of my life I'll never get back again. At least it wasn't as doom filled and scary as the AIDS ones they sent out in the 80s. Remember those with the bloody tombstone and the bunch...

I have done something in my neck and it is painful if I move it too much. It isn't something I would see an osteo or anyone for but it is uncomfortable. I am thinking the gym may be a bad idea today...

I noticed the other day that there were some very obvious spots where ants had been digging under our kitchen window. Now the little blighters have found a way into our hall way...it's only a matter...

My mum has just ruined my plans ? I was going to get her tickets to next year's F1 British Grand Prix for her 60th but we were talking about F1 last night and she said she's going off it and made...

I'm coming towards the end of my OU course and only have the exam to go, which isn't marked by my tutor. I haven't needed her lots, but she's always been very nice at the tutorials and on the phone....

I've had an awful hacking cough for just over a week now. I've tried all sorts of medicines and throat sweets but it's still there. It's so dry and 4 times now I have been sick following a coughing...

Ok ...opinions needed please We have had our hall plastered and it is yet to be painted. Due to the previous owners being clueless with filling wood and painting our door frames and skirting boards...

I was prescribed this yesterday after years of trying to explain that I really don't eat enough to have put on three stone ...... And did you lose any weight once you went on it ?(clutching at...

Got my mam staying at the moment, which is doing my head in, she's told me I don't do the washing properly 4 times now!, my hair is too dark, get a plate with your sandwich etc got our bridesmaid...

I normally make this based on what's in the veg box, but tonight I'm cooking chez loml so have a blank slate, so to speak. I generally make chicken and leek, mushroom, BNS and pancetta etc, and would...

And being knackered and miserable and achey, I have now been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid. I have mixed emotions about this, on one hand I feel grateful that finally my general malaise and...

We're in the process of buying a house and we asked the vendor to give us an idea of how much they would be looking for to leave behind cutains, curtain poles, window blinds, stairgates and a...

Hi Can you recommend any books/study guides that can help towards imrpoving the way I write reports/assignments/essays? I have had a look in Waterstones today and there seem to be loads. Does anyone...

Just wondering what its like from a real persons perspective rather than a travel guide. Its a great price but wondering if thats for a reason. Any recommendations? Thanks. ETA - Croatia too.

I am doing an assignment on my course, and I'm struggling a bit with it. One of my friends is really hot on the subject. Do you think it's wrong if I get him to look over what I've done? Not actually...

We have an offer on our house which is fab news all round as we thought we were going to have to rent it out when we move to our delapidated wreck in the country and try and do it up on no money!...

And I can't face it. I've been back in Glasgow since Saturday and the job hunt is going really well. I even have a (very) part time job lined up to start Monday which will keep me going, but that is...

I have two pages for a personal statement about why I want the job and why I'd be so damned good at it ? I think I can say what I need to say clearly and elegantly in less but my PhD supervisor...

Ok, so it's probably an oxymoron, and I'm almost scared to ask this here............ We've never done ready meals but with 2 toddlers, a newborn and a husband working long hours I think I'm going to...

My little girl has an inhaler - specifically Beclazone - which she has to take morning and night. Rather than it being taken when she has a bout, it is preventative and hoply building up a resistance...

Hi all! Sorry don't want to gross everyone out but i've got two moles on my shoulder that keep catching on my clothes, they don't hurt, it's just a bit irritating! What i want to know is has anybody...

I've been meaning to post this for ages, but keep forgetting. Can you get pro-biotic tampons in the UK? You can here. I'm not sure why, or what benefit they bring. Seems most odd to me. Not sure how...

I have my first one booked on wednesday with the doctor. I'm waaaaaaaaay overdue but I've had a couple of false starts with nurses so I thought I'd go with a doctor this time but will she think I'm a...

Thought this might be fun....I'll start... I'm a mature student I play for a living I cant remember a time when I wasn't a mummy I dont like real coffee, but I'll devour the pretendy powder...