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I was in my local butchers this afternoon when the lady infront of me asked for 2 skinless free-range chicken breasts, the butcher took 2 breasts off the tray and skinned them and trimmed them, she...

Hi, skipped across from BT so hope you don't mind me posting ? We have bamboo in the garden and want to get rid of it which I understand is REALLY difficult. Does anyone have any experience /...

Me, that is! I'm running out of time and starting to panic a bit. I'm going to a friends wedding on Wednesday and my Sister's at the end of the month. Finances probably mean I'm going to have to wear...

These are bright blue plates which I used to put candles on at my wedding. They are slightly shiny (lustrous) and it looks like the colour is painted on to the plates. Sorry not a great description!...

I have 8 clear glass bowls for sale. They have only been used once at my wedding to hold some floating candles and some flower heads. They are about 5.5 cm in height and diameter of about 33 cm so...

Hi there, normally over on BT but feeling brave today! Our neighbours home educate all their children and I have never come across people who home educate at secondary level, only at primary. So I was...

Erm I should've thought about this before but I have no idea how to handle this to best advantage... After 35 (yep!) viewings and 8 weeks on the market we've finally had an offer... trouble is it's v...

Hi I am normally over on BT but I thought the knowldegeable people of OT might be able to help me out on this one as well so x posted. Fingers crossed our planning permission should be granted next...

? Hello, I am normally on BT but have at least one and a half stone to lose and need some motivation / help / will power / advice / someone to watch over me / a really large miracle (this is my...

To houses I mean, not hair Is there a way to get a ballpark figure for the cost of an extension or is it one of those piece of string things where you really need to get someone in?

We're moving in to a new house and buying ourselves a new bed and mattress. Our current one will go in the spare room but to be honest the mattress isn't the most comfortable (it's almost 9 years old,...

How many times a week have you seen them? I can only afford once a week, but he will give me extra stuff to do, plus I am hopefully going to go to a bootcamp thing once a week. If you saw your PT once...

I know i don't post here very often, I read most of the threads but i still have a fear of saying the wrong thing or not being intelligent enough to join in with discussions. However today i feel the...

Or a small chair that folds up. Needs to have a back on it. Seen them in a shop a while back but didnt get one for some reason and now I want them and the store has shut down! Any ideas? Ta

Does anyone have experience of anal gland problems? Over the last few months we've occassionally noticed an awful smell in the house. Kind of similar to dog pee but worse. Never noticed any wet...

I'm a regular lurker who wants to go anon for obvious reasons. I work in a Jobcentre. My brother is signing on in my Jobcentre while getting quite highly paid cash in hand. He lives with parents so no...

Hi there, Im looking for reccomendations on "Posh Soap" please ? Mum has asked me to get some for my grans christmas, all I can think of is Arran Aromatics and Molton Brown (Who dont do bars of soap)....

Hi all, I would like to send some friends so nice cakes to cheer them up, I have never done this before, I have this link http://thefabulousbakers.com/muffinthemail saved in my favourites, I have...

We are in the process of buying a house. We made an offer about 3 weeks ago for a house and that offer was accepted. Things are moving forward, albeit slowly. From the sounds of it the vendors need to...

Master K came home from school today in a bit of a state he told me that his maths teacher had wagged her finger in his face and asked him if he was retarded and did he need the special needs class....

How come other people have nice smelling washing but mine doesn't really smell of anything? I use Bold washing powder and the washing smells when it comes out of the machine but by the time it's been...

Boring qn I'm afraid. Our iron seems to have brown sticky something on it that is ruining all my clothes. Clearly it must be something from H as I couldn't possibly have been so stoopid. What can I do...

Can anyone recommend tea rooms in Surrey/SW London please? I'm trying to find one to take my nana to in the near future, and I'm not getting many results. TIA

Morning all. Next door neighbours are having their baby christened today. They invited us to the Christening yesterday, it's today btw. We get on well with them but it's the chat over the garden fence...

Mr Smith got a text from his ex just now.. "Jr Smith has just had his ear pierced!" He's SIX! Personally, I think this is WAY too young. Mr Smith asked how come, and she said "well they (Jr Smith and...

I'm going walking in the lake district for a week next week, we plan to do a big walk every other day and a small walk days in between. This is what I'm taking - do I need more stuff or will it do? 1...