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Pretty much what it says in the title but not a new one - Im looking at **** really, has anyone had experience, good or bad? To do daily short journeys mainly. Many thanks. I can't find a car I like...

So... I'm probably behind the times but I've just started watching this and am hooked! I'm up to Episode 6 (Season 1) and really don't want to wait each week to view the next one on FX. Anywhere...

I am so out of the loop with telly-watching these days. Soaps take up too much time, but apart from that I don't know what good series there are at the moment? I'm not a 24 or Lost kind of person, I...

We bought a house! We bought a house! We bought a house! We bought a house! We bought a house! We bought a house! We bought a house! We bought a house! We bought a house! We bought a house! We bought...

*Does the "moving out of the Out Laws house and buying our own" dance* Im currently on 2 years, 8 months and about 20 days...I have neither killed her, myself or anyone in the way. I have dealt with...

Hi We are about to move into a property which has a septic tank. We've been told by the current owner, if we take good care, we could go several years without having to clean it out. Does anyone have...

? Just a quick question (or 2 ?) if you don't mind. What company did you use to ship all your stuff over to Washington? Would you recommend them, and how long did it take for your stuff to arrive?

Have you read it? It's brilliant! Well, brilliant in a bad way. It's shocking. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/jul/13/teenage-media-habits-morgan-stanley I can't believe how much of a stir...

Today we close on our house here in Houston. Very exciting to be in the fortunate position of getting our Green Cards and being able to make permanent plans to live here. Really looking forward to...

Mr Hole and I are oohing and aahing all over the place here. What an exciting game of tennis!

We are going to France soon to see the ILs and some friends. They have both requested tea bags (normal and Earl Grey) along with other requests for baked beans, shredded wheat, sausages and sandpaper...

My poor H! He's been saving up the last 2 episodes of Fringe Series 1 on Sky +, he just watched the first one, and he was about to view the second one, and DELETED it!!! He was like this for a few...

I just read an article in the paper about Sporcle and have just spent rather too long on there, realising that my geography skills aren't as good as I thought! It's a US site, so a little biased...

We're now 'legal permanent residents'!! Letter arrived yesterday, cards to follow in the next 3 weeks. My, that was fast! H is nervous about telling one of his colleagues from India who is still...

I am literally ballooning, now a 36G, I swear there is no way I can swim underwater any more because my breasts would keep me afloat. Anyway, stuff swimming, I am running again and the wire popped out...

Go on, it was one of you lot trying to get rid of her, wasn't it?! She is now a presenter on the US version of I'm A Celebrity. Granted, there are hundreds of other channels, so I didn't need to watch...

I'm making cookies for a friend's birthday trip tomorrow. I can buy anything but can't get Smarties as i'm in the US. Give me your fabulous recipes!

I know! You are probably all laughing and wondering why its taken me this long to come to this conclusion. I was watching Sex and the City the other night at 23:30 and they cut the word dick out (in...

We had a meeting with the designer of the new house last night to discuss which tiles to go on the floor, colours of paint, carpet etc. Then we had an email late last night from the builder giving us...

Wooot! After an exhausting week house-hunting, we've bought the house we saw first last Sunday on our drive-about. It's wonderful, although it's the one I posted about that wasn't perfect, but in the...

Why condoms don't work against AIDS [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaZBSZ0xbfk:550:0]

What to do? Pick the not-so-perfect house with the perfect location or perfect house in location with no view and overlooked? Gah. Nice problem to have, I know, but ..... !!!

(or watch BBC1) A pre pubescent Eoghan Quigg singing the Cranberry's "Dreams". (You're not missing much).

Got some news .... ?

I went for the Nigella ones in the end. I actually reduced the sugar a little and they are great. Totally sticky and decadent. Just one more quesiton. Do I need to keep them in the fridge and how long...

Do I leave them to cool in the tin, or just for a few mins and turn them out onto a baking sheet? Answers appreciated in the next 15 mins please as they are in the oven!

Hi everyone!? Well looks like our house purchase is going ahead and we are hoping to move to Saffron Walden in the next 2 weeks ish. We're moving from Norwich (after a brief stay in Cambridge in...

My son's old childminder has just added me as a friend on Facebook, my first name together with my maiden name is quite unusual, one of her other friends has just commented on her status and she has...

We have had a smattering of snow here but not enough to lay so it's cold and a touch icy but that's about it! So no days off work here. What about the rest of you?

There seems to be a fair few sad posts around tonight. So which songs make you feel uplifted and happy? The Mr Big post has me thinking about this. For me it would have to be something cheesy,...