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It's my turn to make supper tonight and to my shame I realise I've never given my children mince and tatties. We used to have it every week with doughballs (dumplings) made by my gran. So..... fry off...

We are looking to go to Dubai for a week in February but I have some questions :- 1) Is February OK for weather ? 2) Any hotel recommendations ? 3) What should we see and do while we are there? 4)...

How do you watch what you download? I've been downloading to my laptop and then transfering the programmes to a hard drive media player which I can plug into our tv to watch, but my media player has...

If I download stuff will it know that i'm out of the UK when watching it or am I ok because it doesn't connect?

Does anyone else suffer fro really large pores? im so sick of mine and ive tried various pore shrinking toners to no avail, they dont have any effect at all, anyone found anything miraculous? Apart...

Where can I find out the inflation rate for France for 2008? I have googled, but all I can come up with is some sites which estimated that the inflation rate would be 1.5%, but the information is...

We're coming to the UK over Christmas and the place we're staying doesn't have internet access, other than going to an internet cafe do we have any other options? I've googled and found out about USB...

Mr Button's daughter loves horseriding and all things horsey and we want to buy her some extra things for Christmas. Can you recommend any books or accessories which would be useful for her to have...

Any help? my laptop is infected with a trojan? i am running symtanec and aav but its not helping, im getting pop ups and my laptop is slower than a slow thing. also it wont charge. i will be lost if...

There are a lot of particularly grim ones just now - the seatbelt one and the level crossing one. I know they need to be hard hitting but they do rather upset me.

Good morning ? Feels like the old days huh?! Both up early and online! Hope you're awake early just because, and not because you're unwell. How is G? Growing by the second no doubt! Good luck with the...

Does anyone have one and are they any good? We're about to move into an apartment which doesn't have a gas supply, can you use a wok on an electric hob or do you really need to buy an electric wok?

Things have come to a head with my brother and I'm flying back to the UK tonight. I've called the crisis team at his surgery and the Doctor has been out to see him. I fear for his life - he just wants...

All, As the subject says really. I've been sent details of a fantastic role within a fantastic company based in Abu Dhabi. Salary is VERY attractive, especially being tax free, plus accommodation and...

H has been told today that he has two options, either take redundancy or take a new role at a much lower grade (and obviously on a much lower salary) We've often been tempted to move to Dubai and are...

Hi We are going to Dubai for 4 nights on the 11th of October. I was wondering if there are any Dubai experts on here, or any people that have been there, and could recommend the best things to do...

Is anyone listening on live streaming at the moment? mine hasn't all morning, the iplayer window pops up but says "audio streaming is unavailable at this time". Anyone having the same problems? ? ...

I really really want an i-phone, but they aren't out over here yet and the only way to get one is to pay way over the odds, then get it unlocked which voids the warrenty and you can't then do updates...

I'm one of the people who suffer from excessive underarm sweating, I have been using Triple dry, which works well most of the time, but I've had to stop for a while as it's started to irritate my...

If so, can I pick your brains? I'm struggling a bit and could do with some pointers. ?

Http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/26/foodanddrink.consumeraffairs Ha! I think I love her.

I have managed to remove elements of my diet that were causing some of my IBS, but now I think the episodes I have are stress related. I get very tired (for example, I slept most of Friday evening and...

Do they work. I bought a new pair of sandals at the weekend, wore them on Saturday night and the balls of my feet were aching by the end. Thanks

Hi I go through stages of really wanting to pack everything up and move abroad. There are a lot of reasons why this would not be possible (leaving family) but on my selfish days I like to dream! If...

Grim grim grim. My car, parked in the shade, told me the outside temp was 36C. Inside the car it was considerably hotter than the outside. ? Probably my second most unpleasant car journey ever