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Fruit Gum.
Fruit Gum.

United Kingdom · From February 2005

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Fruit Gum.
Buying a house before you've sold yours
Fruit Gum., 24 June, 2009 at 11:40

Lets just imagine we could afford to run two mortgages at the same time so we could go for a house before this one had sold, what other implications might there be? I imagine we'd have to have a...

Fruit Gum., wednesday 24-Jun-09 8
Ostrich
What were you like at school?
Ostrich, 3 June, 2009 at 10:02

?An old school friend has just tracked me down on facebook as she's trying to organise a big reunion of our year group next summer. Because of her contact, I've now made contact with my two best...

Gryfon, wednesday 3-Jun-09 26
Flowery the Grouch
painting costs and colours
Flowery the Grouch, 1 June, 2009 at 16:42

We've just had a quote for some decorating work for our house in the UK. It's a smallish 3 (2.5) bedroom ex-council house. What would you expect it to cost to paint a) all the woodwork (built-in...

KJB, monday 1-Jun-09 13
spacecadet_99
Fruit Gum
spacecadet_99, 15 May, 2009 at 11:50

Look at your 'conversations' in the top right, there's a love ?

Fruit Gum., friday 15-May-09 1
Ostrich
Recommend your mobile phone, particularly Nokias
Ostrich, 11 May, 2009 at 10:42

I'm due for a mobile phone upgrade and haven't a clue what's out there anymore. I have a Sony Ericcson at the moment but think I'll go for a Nokia one. What phone do you have and what's good about it?...

Day Dreamer, monday 11-May-09 10
Fruit Gum.
Oh FFS I could cry!! (eating out related)
Fruit Gum., 9 May, 2009 at 18:09

I was out in Solihull today, with sister and we needed to eat. So we decided to go to Druckers cafe as I figured they'd have jacket potatoes and the like, keep my points low. Other options were Pizza...

clairol, wednesday 27-May-09 4
Fruit Gum.
How do you point cakes in cafes? (WW)
Fruit Gum., 7 May, 2009 at 14:28

Went to the local park cafe today and had some carrot cake, but now I haven't a clue how to point it. On the WW website it has carrot cake in all manner of shapes and sizes and points. As low as 1...

slimzoe1, thursday 7-May-09 2
Mrs Magic
How long were you engaged?
Mrs Magic, 7 May, 2009 at 09:31

Although we agreed we would get married at some point earlier on, we officially got engaged in December 2003 and married May 2004 so five months. I didn't find it hard to plan a wedding in that time...

Vista Verde, friday 8-May-09 83
Jords
*** - Just booked holiday in wrong name
Jords, 4 May, 2009 at 15:18

Gah ? So my passport is still in my maiden name but I've just booked my holiday in my married name. As I've done it online and it being bank holiday I can't get through to the company. I've sent them...

Jords, monday 4-May-09 17
Cheesecake Factory
'Lean to' conservatories - anyone have one?
Cheesecake Factory, 2 May, 2009 at 19:51

We're looking into getting a conservatory at the back of the house next to the kitchen. The lean to ones seem to be the most affordable and we're looking at about 4mx4m. If you have one, do you like...

Fruit Gum., saturday 2-May-09 5
janeyh
morbid question - have you thought about/specified where you want to be buried etc
janeyh, 28 April, 2009 at 22:27

Mr j just asked me i really dont care - but suppose i should specify something so it isnt an onerous decision for whoever has to make it my view is that it is all just compost and they can do whatever...

Nun, wednesday 29-Apr-09 31
Fruit Gum.
Condensation between double glazed windows?
Fruit Gum., 27 April, 2009 at 14:16

I've googled, but getting a lot of conflicting opinions. Has anyone had condensation appear between the two panes of glass (units I believe they're called) in their double glazed windows? Ours is...

Flaming Nora, monday 27-Apr-09 7
Fruit Gum.
Weetabix WW values?
Fruit Gum., 19 April, 2009 at 22:50

Too late to text my leader ? is anyone around who can tell me the WW point value 2 bits of weetabix? The WW website is listing it as a "filling food" so gives the green diamond instead of the point...

catwoman, friday 24-Apr-09 3
D
Can men and women ever be just friends?
Dopper2, 13 April, 2009 at 17:03

I've been friends with a guy for about 3 years. We have a sport in common and have spent quite a bit of time together as a result. I valued the relationship, as I thought it was great to have a...

Wuzzle, monday 13-Apr-09 20
Michpuss
Indian Call Centres Rant
Michpuss, 7 April, 2009 at 09:38

OK - I don't care where I speak to in the world when I have a problem but I do expect any customer service person to understand my problem. I placed an order on Amazon yesterday for a next day...

Pint&APie, wednesday 8-Apr-09 71 1
Peaches
Wedding Q for those who have step-Mums-UPDATED
Peaches, 6 April, 2009 at 14:08

Or if indeed, you're a step-Mum yourself! How did things work out at the wedding when your own Mum was there? Where did your SM sit in the church and at the reception? What about before the ceremony...

Peaches, tuesday 7-Apr-09 16
Boxof BaldKittens
Doctor Who trailer
Boxof BaldKittens, 3 April, 2009 at 08:22

Was about to tuck me self into bed last night when this came on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMuDD9sYGeU&feature=related Not too sure about Michelle Ryan though? But still silly excited?

Lady Falafel, friday 3-Apr-09 6
Mal
Has anyone bought from DFS?
Mal, 2 April, 2009 at 21:58

I googled for a photo of the sofa I have ordered from them as it's no longer on their site, and have found a load of nightmare stories about them, mainly about poor quality. Have I made a massive...

donnaj36, friday 3-Apr-09 15
Fruit Gum.
Following the Sex Ed vs Porn on C4 - parental controls on the computer
Fruit Gum., 3 April, 2009 at 00:14

I've just seen my H's latest blog post (he's an IT bod) and I thought it may be of interest to some of you with children that perhaps have been a bit worried about the stats they were showing of...

Fruit Gum., friday 3-Apr-09 197
NumbNuts
I thought it must be time for another student loans company rant
NumbNuts, 13 March, 2009 at 18:57

I thought I'd had it too easy for a couple of years. Just had a letter informing me I was due to start paying my loan in 2004 (er I have been) and that they've tried to contact me before and I haven't...

bettyb, sunday 15-Mar-09 18
Lumpy Golightly
Claudia Winkleman
Lumpy Golightly, 13 March, 2009 at 21:04

She looks awful! Put some lippy on love! (And a cardi.)

Sunset21, saturday 14-Mar-09 20
Fruit Gum.
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Fruit Gum., 11 March, 2009 at 11:31

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 ?

Peter, wednesday 11-Mar-09 6 562
Sparkling
selling houses vent your frustrations here
Sparkling, 10 March, 2009 at 11:37

Other house sellers are you really getting any viewings? We've had 1 in 9 weeks hardly any details have been requested. It's a bad time to even think about moving isn't it. THe only suggestions the...

Doughnut, tuesday 10-Mar-09 10
Doughnut
House buying/ selling clique
Doughnut, 3 March, 2009 at 16:59

How are you all getting on? Ours went on Rightmove at lunchtime and I must say I'm rather disappointed that the estate agent doesn't have any news for me yet ? I'm going to have to get realistic...

raspberryjam, wednesday 4-Mar-09 23
Lady Falafel
Hotmail not showing messages - wanting to sign in again
Lady Falafel, 3 March, 2009 at 09:49

But still not getting anywhere. Anyone know how to fix this? It shows me what's in my inbox but it keeps saying I've got to sign in again, but still doesn't play after. I've tried signing in and out...

Fruit Gum., tuesday 3-Mar-09
Fruit Gum.
Anyone on the 3 network?
Fruit Gum., 2 March, 2009 at 16:57

For a week now about 5pm each day I've been having trouble sending random texts and making calls at that time. It always seems to be about 5pm and my parents are both with Three and have the same...

RuthG, monday 2-Mar-09 3

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