Discussions I've Participated In

I have finally given in and got a facebook account and am intending to just limit it to people I actually know/want to keep in touch with rather than random people I knew at school/uni etc that I have...

I've culled the friend. We announced that we were having a baby on Sunday and I've had loads of congrats messages on facebook, but nothing off him. So that's it I deleted him, I know I don't need...

Boring I know but despite having 2 filing cabinets ans a couple of divided boxes, I'm still drowning in paperwork. I need something simple and quick. Oh, and how far back do you keep utility bills...

This is on Channel Five right now. I remember going to see this six times at the cinema when I was a teenager. It's a terrible film (check out the american accents on Robin and Will Scarlet) but I...

I moaned about him the other week but can't find it now. I've been there nearly 3 months and he started a couple of weeks after I did. He sits behind me, back to back, and not directly behind, and he...

Are you going in? I do hope it's not a repeat of the 1999 riot, which was awful, our building got stormed & it did get nasty. I was due to meet a friend for lunch, but decided to give it a miss. ...

... is this weird? I was recently made redundant and on my last day, my boss gave me a voucher to spend the day at a very lovely looking health spa with treatments and lunch included. Now, I've never...

Evening all. Just wondering if there are some spare vibes going for my mum. Bit of background, she has basically been receiving treatment for cancer since I was 15 (im now 27). She has had a really...

I have left over sauages and mash from a sausage casserole last night ...can I zapped the sausages in the microwave? or am I going to kill myself!!???

I have just finished listening to my first book on my ipod (The Time Traveler's Wife) and am looking for inspiration for more - does anyone have any? I am looking for modern fiction I suppose - I...

My dad is terminally ill and is slowly getting worse and worse. My parents will be celebrating their 36th anniversary in August. They are already planning on going to Cornwall in September when they...

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...

After years as a nailbiter I have now got longish nails I wnat to paint but am struggling to find a nailpolish type/brand that doesn't need touched up every day - is that just the way it is with...

Just looking for inspiration really - I am 30 in a few weeks and am being asked from all corners what I want but I am a bit stuck for inspiration. Just wondering if anyone would care to share what was...

Hello, can anyone help a numpty who knows nothing about Wiis?! My H has bought one, loves it so I'd like to get him another game for it. He has the Tiger Woods one and a boxing one(!) but that's about...

My lovely friend is 30 in a few weeks, and I would like to buy her something wonderful, but I have £50 ish budget. She is beautiful, stylish, a wonderful wife and mother, she hates clutter, is getting...

We are doing the £10 gift thing again this year. I know my mum loves gin, especially sloe gin. Except I can't find any sloes, is it not sloe season? Can anyone think of any non-sickly alternatives?...

Pure nosiness really but there is a shop unit close to where I live that has no sign outside it but is definitely some sort of business. It has a sign in the window that shows when it is open but you...

I am posting this here because although its about our baby I want rounded opinions. When our son was born he had severe reflux for 3 months and screamed 7 hours a day every day. Our neighbour was...

Ive been trying to think of something for my mum for christmas / birthday (its her birthday on thursday, but she knows Im going to get her something joint this year) She has had a bit of a weird year...

What was you post about last week, the one with the great wind up? I came back and you'd buggered off ?

Our Sky+ has failed to record Top Gear (or my H failed to series link it) but does anyone know how quickly iplayer is updated so he can watch it online? Have looked in the FAQ's on the BBC website but...

I share an office with our IT Helpdesk. It is fast becoming a constant source of amusement - and I now have a new favourite overheard call. IT Person: "Right, I'm going to need to to shut your...

I hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhate Spencer. I want to look like Audrina. I also can't wait to find out what happens in Cabo.

I am trying to forcast a budget for us?!? And I have not idea what our monthly utility bills are as we have only just moved into our new house and in our last place the bills were included. We have...

We are utterly skint. I am considering making my sister peppermint creams with dark choc for christmas instead of buying her something. I will, of course, be getting stuff for her 3 kids. tell me the...

My nan died today, she was in the advanced stages of Altzheimers but was admitted into hospital on Sunday with breathing difficulties that turned out to be double phneumonia and today died. My...

Does anyone use them? What do you use and would you recommend them? What's so great about them?!

Title, really. I handle it very badly, especially at work, and my boss most likely thinks I am mental at this point. Anyone? How do you stay calm when everything at work is going mental ie, you have...