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Hi all. not been on here for a while. my father has cancer of the gullet and after three 4 day courses of chemo is now finally ready for the operation. he is being operated on tomorrow first thing (8...

Can anyone please recommend some truly good restaurants, or I guess most of them are good, so can you please recommend your favourite restaurant in Paris? There are so many to chose from that I am...

Since Chicken seems to be AWOL... LOML is in Newcastle so I have a solitary weekend planned. I'm off to the private view of a friend's exhibition on Oxford tonight (much less glam than it sounds!) -...

We started a little early on the Mojitos this evening. We then watched last nights Psychoville. On Psychoville some of the characters were dancing to Black Lace's 'Superman'. I joined in and only...

WTF? They can't kill him, they can't.

? Oh yeah.

My wardrobe is so tired - inspire me with your fabulous summery ensembles! I'm wearing a veeeery old Ted Baker pale denim skirt with some floral patchwork stitched on top (sounds lush hey ?), a peachy...

His back catalogue is vast, and every time I pick one I think "oh no, what about this song..and this one...and this one..". But having listened to a couple of his albums today I'm going to choose Man...

I'm just about to make pastry for the second time in my life. The first time being just five minutes ago and I need some help from those in the know. Do I need to roll my dough out before I put it...

Got on the 6am train which had its own problems with signal failure on the line. Got into Euston and walked from there to Bishopsgate. At my desk by 7.40.

What do htchers think? Should children have to prove they have had all their MMRs (initial injection and boosters) before being allowed to go to school. I think i am torn between community...

The final talent! Who is going to win? Who do you want to win? I really would like either Flawless or Diversity to win. I know Susan Boyle has had the most publicity and is the favourite but I'm...

The last semi-final tonight!

I fancied popping into our local branch after hearing good reports and just found this on MSE if anyone is interested in eating out. It's nearly payday so someone might lol!...

So, who are we looking forward to seeing tonight? For me it's Flawless, I'm hoping they are as good as Diversity were yesterday. A load of rubbish in tonight's group though, which is a shame.

Master I is 5 years old and in reception. He is only 5, emotionally he;s 5 but he's far too bright for his own good. Verbally he;s like a 7 or 8 year old, reading & maths wise he's a good year...

I am just not feeling it tonight... nothing hilarious so far tonight. I liked Denise and the Rugger bloke but the rest I found arse clenchingly bad.

Just in case anyone wants to watch.

I'm buying new kitchen stuff and would like to know what type to go for. I've come accross cast iron, hard anodised, or non stick? Budget £100 ish for a set of 4

Have fought a cold and sore throat all week and it has developed into being fully blown today :-( I can't face leaving the house - its too cold so H has gone to get food for a fry up and medicine for...

I'm thinking of getting some of this for my birthday this month and was wondering if its worth the price tag? I'll be 33 so have a few lines appearing (sadly), my skins prone to a little bit of...

We are skint and really can't afford to do anything. If you stay in - what do you do ??

I want Lisa to win. They are all good though.

Go on, we haven't had one of these for a while have we? my pet hates atm "pound" instead of 'pounds'. 'It cost me thirty pound!' Grrrr. my husband does this. I think it sounds so awful. 'hubby'. Just...

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...

We have wooden window sills and live in a fairly cold house resulting in wet windows (condensation) and stains on the window sills. If that isn't bad enough we've started noticing mould right in the...

Has anyone been to Loch Ness, I'm trying to book a weekend away for my husband in February of next year, but I can't chose a hotel. Budget isn't really an issue, I'll pay what needs to be to get a...

Hugh Laurie - so fab in House, so funny with Stephan Fry (I would) Hugh Dennis - brill on Mock the Week and the Now Show, and the MWH (Wouldn't, despite him being very, very funny) Hugh F-W - I don't...

I've received a friendship request that appears to come from hitched or facebook. Is this a new service or something else. I haven't clicked on the link because I can't see really what it is. Is it...

Do any of you knowledgeable hitchers have suggestions? We are looking to spend some time there over the summer as Bishops Stortford and surrounding area is on our potential 'places to live' hit list....