Discussions I've Participated In

We're having friends round for dinner on Saturday and one of them is intolerant to gluten and dairy. We've got the rest of the menu together (smoked haddock and cauliflower soup followed by duck...

I wish everyone would come back now it's faster on here (hopefully if they did it wouldn't slow down again)...I really miss the banter and the threads on this first page have been lingering for days....

We're thinking of moving, well, we NEED to move to a bigger house but a 4 bed house in a decent area in Gloucester is too far out of our budget. We were thinking of moving to Evesham where we can get...

How the hell did he do that??

Not sure if there's anyone left to read this, but... has anyone used the White Company scent diffusers? Are they any good? My experiences with pot pourri have not been successful and I don't want to...

We're thinking of having a week away somewhere in the UK in October and think the Norfolk coast might be the best bet for semi-reasonable weather! Does anyone have any recommendations - either of...

The time has come again for us to totally misread the financial situation and choose the wrong mortgage. Two years ago I was about to go on ML so we fixed to be safe - the rates have dropped to an all...

I need someone to advise on a new mortgage and and the best thing to do with a smallish lump sum, plus life insurance etc. I also need someone to set up a trust for if we die and someone else has to...

My veg box selection is boring me this week - all suggestions for tasty meals appreciated. Preferably using the veg in things mostly rather than as side dishes as the child won't eat veg by itself...

This has given me the rage... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/

HGMD!! (Hitched get me domesticated) How do you deal with dust and stuff that always ends up in the bathroom? I find when I'm trying to clean I end up with little bits in the cloth / sponge that then...

Does anyone have a current White Company discount code, preferably with free P&P? I've obviously not bought anything recently enough - they seem to have given up sending me catalogues!

OK. You have reason to think your company will make redundancies. Person A has recently joined at your level but is paid 15% more than you. They are doing about 20% of the workload you are, and your...

I was wondering if anyone has got any tried and tested beetroot recipes. I've got 4 of them and i really haven't got a clue what to do with them as i've never cooked a beetroot before. Apart from...

As in with no adult/parental supervision? A friend has just put up pictures of the holiday we went on when we finished high school. We were all 17, apart from one girl who was 18 and bought all the...

I am 'ing fuming. A parking permit system is coming into place on 1st August. I have to pay £28 to park outside my own house (well in theory, but I will be lucky to get a space anyway, but thats...

Mr W and I reckon we can squeeze in one more break this year, and we're thinking of doing 3 nights in Istanbul at the beginning of October. Has anyone been? If so, recommendations and tips would be...

Can anyone please tell me why previously healthy people are dying from this? I know that we dont have specific details of the individual cases, but what is it that would be killing people? What would...

My friend is pregnant and she's due early Nov. Her and her H go to a music festival every December, they love it and its like a mini honeymoon for them, they leave their other child (3yo) with her...

The BBC has just reported that there could be 100,000 new cases per day at it's peak throughout August. It is expected to affect millions of us by the end of the year. It doesn't surprise me though. I...

Does anyone have a gas fire in their bedroom? We're replacing the horrid 70s fireplace in our bedroom with one in keeping with the house, and I'm thinking of also getting a coal-effect gas fire...

Want to pick your brain if we do lol

We'd like to have a bbq in a few weeks time with a whole bunch of friends. We just did the other week for my birthday which was great fun, but we're a bit strapped for cash (trying to save up for our...

If you use them and get what appears to be an intermittent fault turning your switch on and off, change bulb for another free one, and another one and continue getting a fault - make sure you BUY some...

Has anyone seen Looking for Eric? Is it too footbally for two football-detesting women who generally like Ken Loach? And is there anything else people would recommend - I generally like fairly small...

My book group wants to read an amusing book for a change but we're struggling to think of anything. Does anyone have any ideas? We're thinking maybe something which isn't 'comedy', but is amusing...

OK, so I think it's quite obvious from media reports that many of our elected representatives have been taking the piss but also I think that the unique nature of the role they do means that stuff...