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Before I get lost in the powers of google can anyone help recommend any informative websites regarding Aspergers please? And particularly in adults. Or is there anyone here who has any experience of...

My sister and her husband are contemplating a complete lifestyle change and running a pub in a small village on the North coast of Cornwall. Neither of them have done this before although my BIL is a...

OK, I am probably going to get into trouble for this because I haven't been on hitched for about 3 years now but this is an emergency! Hubby has been shortlisted on photobox in the dishiest dad...

My 3 year old son had a developmental assesement yesterday and the DR said that she thought he has young aspergers syndrome. She is waiting for a report from his playschool to confirm the diagnosis...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7889302.stm What do we think of this? "Mark and Nicky Webster have lost a bid to overturn adoption orders on three of their children. The children were...

So whats everyone up to? I'm hitching whilst OH is cooking dinner, plan to drinks lots of wine and watch Gordon Ramsay and Jonathon Ross. Not very exciting but I'm loving it as this week has been...

I was thinking of doing something as I'm not babysitting now, trouble is I can't decide what and thought I'd see what other people were doing to get ideas ?

After much searching and help from lovely hitchers I found a dress I love but unfortunately fear I need some suck shorts or pants things for my thighs/tummy (I'm going to try and buy a size up in the...

Saw someone on the cat thread mention there was an ad for cat repellents at the bottom. Then was just posting on the DS thread, and noticed there were adverts for DS consoles at the bottom of that...

Idea blatently stolen from MSE but brought back loads of memories! I remember The Gadget Shop (loved nosing in there!) Hamells clothes store Salisburys for bags Freeman Hardy and Willis for shoes...

We live right next to town and there's a doctor's surgery at the bottom of our street so she used to sit outside it and got plenty of attention. She went missing in march and I enquired at the...

Watch out, newbie starting a thread! OH and I are off to the lakes for a few days in March. I preferably want to stay somewhere where I have a view of a lake or will be able to talk a walk along it of...

I don't think I've ever seen it this inactive. there are still all the same posts on the front page, not added to yet, that were there when I went to bed. I really think this place is on the way out -...

And from the same company. Company went into administration in August 2008, the directors reformed the company in September & called some of us back. "Key staff" - ha ha ha. Now 4 months down the...

I need to talk to someone. I'm in bits. It's not been good for a while but it didn't feel real that it could end like this. We have 2 boys who are going to be destroyed. He refuses to try to make it...

Probably done to death but I need help! My sloe gin idea has been kiboshed by lack of sloes, ditto the plan B of damson gin. So I'm now thinking food. Problem is that recipients are foodies, do a lot...

Bit of background first. Daughterh ad a victoria day at school last Friday so I hired a costume at a cost of £12 for the day from the local hire shop. Yesterday she bought home a letter saying she was...

I feel quite sad about this, I grew up buying my first 99p chart singles on vinyl in woolworths. I also bought my nephews their christmas gift cards in woolies the other day. Stoopid me.

I have a kids birthday party to do in the next couple of weeks and I'm struggling to find all the stuff I need - party bags etc. Woolworths online is cheaper than the other websites I have looked...

MIL has askd for a traditional mixing bowl for Christmas - you know, one of the beige on the outside, cream on the inside ones? We bought one in Debenhams, and I'd like to fill it with some nice foody...

I've bought OK religiously for years - I know it's silly celebrity fluff, but each to their own eh?! However, is anyone else fed up with them basically lying on their front cover? This week, some Big...

Inspired by the other post - just wonderedd what you thought of this. My mum received a letter from the police (an intent to prosecute letter?) saying that her car was a the local leisure centre car...

Someone put a fab idea on the present ideas thread where everyone in the family put money into a collection so that their nanna could have a luxury 'item' for a year. I know it's different around the...

Not that exciting for most - but there has been some lovely support so thought i would share a positive update we are starting to work our way through the various agencies to work out quite what is...

I'm looking for a tried and tested recipe - I've googled and they're a bit vague on quantities produced. I'm looking for a recipe that I can make up in a relatively large batch to put in nice jars and...

I bought myself a pumpkin to cut out for Halloween and would like to use up the insides for something. I don't want to make a soup because I've got soup to last me ages thanks to the Covent Garden...

I haven't seen my adult cat now for about 2 or 3 days (can't remember which morning I actually last saw her). A neighbour thinks he saw her 2 days ago, but can't be sure of the day either. I am kind...

Hi Does anyone have a recipe for a chocolate cake that does not contain milk. My daughter can't have cows milk and the only one I have that I know rises properly contains milk and she wants chocolate...

? I need ideas for dinner tomorrow. Just two of us, can get to butcher/farmers' market and want something totally delicious and possibly a bit lardy. Inspire me! ?

I never thought I would ask this sort of question as I must be honest, I usually see all that kind of stuff as total mumbo-jumbo and the few times I have in past had a so called reading, they may as...

It's the annual Methodist Church Cake Sale on Sunday, and I'd like to make something. Don't want anything too hard, just something that LOOKS impressive and is dead easy, and will hopefully sell. Any...