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We've just had our electricity bill (actual reading) and we seem to be averaging about £90 a quarter. We are on quite a low price plan as we took our the prce protection 2010 that british gas launched...
Have never claimed this as have never been unemployed for any stretch before. I am currently on mat leave - in the 'unpaid' last month at the mo. I am due to go back to work on July 21 but looks like...
I'm going shopping tonight to buy birthday presents for very close female friends. 1. 31 years old with a 3 year old - love cooking, make up, houset things and wine! 2. 26 years old, married, no...
Can anyone recommend a restaurant in Birmingham for dinner on a Saturday night? We are staying in a hotel near the NEC but we do have cars so can travel further afield. There will be 11 adults and 4...
Not sure why I've been thinking over these things this evening, but thought it'd be a good thread. Stupid things I did as a child include... 1) 'Broadcasting' my own radio show about 'umbrella fun'...
Does anyone use this? How have you found it? I ordered something with them years ago and the guy never showed up (he called me an hour late- at about 10pm- to say he wasn't going to make it and gave...
I have purchased a new dress for a christening at the end of May. It's brown with white polka dots and comes to my knee. I can't work out what shoes to wear with it and my mum suggested white round...
I'm trying to get my head around what happened at the end and what that means for the future. Doesn't it completely change everything that had happened before they went back? So the whole story...
Does anyone have one of these? i m getting royally bored with cleaning the coffee machine all the time, and all the faff. have also gone off being bothered with buying beans and grinding, despite the...
Do you have someone in your past (other than you current H/OH) that can still give you butterflies/feeling like you were 17 again? Background - very good family friends moved abroad 18 years ago, we...
It's MrW's birthday next week. Last year his birthday was a bit of a wipeout as I gave birth the day before and we didn't get home until 3pm on the day of his birthday (plus BabyW's party is on MrW's...
I need to get 26 people from Euston to Temple. I would normally do it on the tube or get a black cab, but I'm wondering if there might be a cheaper way than getting 26 travelcards. Is there such a...
5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE 4 tablespoons flour 4 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons cocoa 1 egg 3 tablespoons milk 3 tablespoons oil 3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) a small splash of vanilla...
I've posted on BT about toilet training boys and whether to teach them to dab/wipe their 'willy' or not. In your experiences do you know men who have dabbed or wiped or jangled and shaked?
A Cake in a Cup. Who says romance is dead? MrW finished off our Valentine's meal with a Chocolate Cake in a Cup! I was very dubious when he came home excited from work about this 5 minute cake in a...
Hi guys, I have to get the opinions of the general public on this question for a Uni presentation, so who better to ask than you ? The trigger material we've been given is on two people (one 14yo and...
I thought i'd start another thread for the beginners to running, wondered if anyone was doing the 5k training and how it was going?
I'm assuming not the 2nd February which is when we received a "letter" from H's two nephews. If you can call one sentence printed out on a computer and stuck into a card with a few splodges on it, an...
Thought this might be fun....I'll start... I'm a mature student I play for a living I cant remember a time when I wasn't a mummy I dont like real coffee, but I'll devour the pretendy powder...
MrW has been offered 0% on his cc. We want to transfer my cc balance to this card. He's just called to do it and they've said that they can't do it as the cards need to be in the same name (which...
Bit of background: moved to my position in July 07. It is a great job, I'd go so far as to say that I love it. It's a stop gap at the moment as I have just qualfied and am looking for/applying for the...
Not sure how I feel about this one. I know we have the murder or accident debate going on and wondered what the views on hitched would be of this. I can understand where the mother is coming from but...
Are there any "default" comments that you get when you can predict exactly what people are going to say to you when they find something out about you? My examples: I cycle to work and it's almost...
Can you? <wibble>
