Discussions I've Participated In

As per title really, I'm just curious if anyones divorced and kept their married name. If so did you still keep the 'Mrs' too? Found out yesterday that as I did keep my OH's name when we divorced, I...

I'm so pi$$ed off and I haven't got anyone to moan to. Can I rant here please? We moved out of our rented property on 27th July. We waited ages for the landlord to send us through...

What's the general consensus these days about dates of birth on CVs in the UK? Also, when do you stop listing your A levels and just say how many you got? Thanks in advance!

I haven't got a passport, but need one as I have some international conferences scheduled over the next 24 months, which I need to attend for work. I don't have any personal travel plans whatsoever...

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 was thinking about this at the weekend and have come to the conclusion that we dont really have that much in common but our relationship works regardless of this. We are most certainly a case of...

How many of you actually liked eating meat before you gave it up? Or have you never eaten it? The reason I am asking is because the vast majority of my friends that are vegetarian have never really...

As some of you may know (FBers) I got my passport a little... wet and am due to go on holidays at the weekend. I've had to apply for a replacement and the quickest they can do it is one week so it...

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...

Can someone please explain to me what the decision has been taken to release the 'Lockerbie Bomber'. I know it is on 'compassionate grounds' as he has terminal cancer but I've not heard of the...

I dont get it... are they saying that the South Africans know she is a man and were hiding it, or that there is some medical reason why she has been brought up as a woman, but actually is male??

I'm just reading on their site and it states that each person is allowed one standard piece of hand baggage to maximum dimensions of 55x40x20cm, and up to 8 pieces of checked in luggage. Are handbags...

Hope no-one minds me asking this here and not on the fluffy side. My H is going to a wedding next month, I'm staying here with our one year old as it wasn't a very child friendly wedding. He normally...

How many of you read the reviews on Tripadvisor before booking a holiday and, if so, how much do the reviews affect your decision? I tend to have a shortlist of hotels I like and then look them up on...

Just wondering what sort of cost is involved in putting our home into storage - any ballpark figures would be appreciated.

Okay, so it's taken me 38 years to discover this ?. I've had it at a local cafe for lunch a couple of times and I think it's just fab. So, I've bought some from Tesco, and as far as I can tell I just...

I work(ed) with someone who, at the very least I considered to be a friend. He's been direly ill over the past year or so, but wherever possible, I've tried to help him by covering his evening classes...

I've got a job interview tomorrow and they have just sent me an application form to complete and to take with me. It says to attach a copy of the photo page of my passport but I am uncomfortable doing...

We're moving out of our rented flat on 27th July. The letting agents have requested five viewings this week, four of which we've agreed to. The one we refused the agent called at 6.30pm for a viewing...

Not a religion-bashing thread, promise! We have a 3 hour session on a Sunday evening at our local (council) pool that is designated for Muslim men only. I just wondered if anyone knows the religious...

I notice on here quite a bit how someone mentions that their OH does some sort of job relevant to the topic and then gives an opinion/recounts a story based on their OH's job. Now my OH has a very...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8143744.stm I have no sympathy. Maybe we need a few more deaths to stop this barbaric event.

So on the Beeb this morning, they were discussing Brits abroad. And as usual a mixed bag of perceptions, but according to the piece, the further afield we go, the better behaved we seem to be...

Http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23712060-details/Top+London+Jewish+school+%27+unlawfully+racist%27+in+landmark+ruling/article.do What I don't get about this story is, surely the basis...

Does anyone have a tried and tested recipe for some kind of flatbread? Not fussed what type and how thin they turn out really, just anything that can be used for scooping up hummus and the like. I...

Apropo nothing one of my children asked me the other day how you refer to people with 'brown skin' - i told him black was the term that was accepted and asked him why he then said that one child...

Hi all, as above, really... The options I've got in mind are: 1. Try and kit out our house as much as we can for that money, such as bathroom cabinets, the double bed we've been wanting for the guest...

If you had a big mark on your face which concealer sort of hides but not completely and you had agreed to go to a function before said mark appeared would you still go? Not going to function wouldn't...

I need a bit of perspective on a situation. A colleague at work was sent home yesterday and then in the afternoon a Health & Safety memo went around advising that the colleague’s doctor had...

Having just been in a training thing about business ethics, one example situation they suggested was getting the bill at the end of a meal but they had forgotten to add on the drinks - would you say...