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Have just started sorting tonights dinner fresh fish (out the freezer), pots, cauliflower, broccoli and carrots etc Attempting to prepare what I thought (and was told by the fishman in Tescos) to be...

Do any of you do this, frequently or infrequently? The other week, I'd been shopping and really enjoyed getting a glass of wine, sitting down in a bar and flicking through a book I'd just bought....

Looks like these might go under as well according to the news. I heard something this morning (I think it was a comment by Willie Walsh) saying 30 airlines are predicted to go under this year.

Can anyone help me with this query? My H and I have a joint mortgage on our house. The mortgage company have now started addressing all correspondence to him only (in the address part, I am on the...

Are you?! If not, wanna know what's going on? UPDATE - Saturday 18:40 Jeeeez-ous. Never, EVER want to go through that again. We got off very, very lightly compared to some of our friends, and by the...

Just got back from the gym. As I walked back to the changing rooms there was a terrible BO stench in the corridor, the owner of which had just entered the changing room before me. As I sat down to...

Is it minging to wash them together? I have it in my head that it is, but I'm not sure. Although I don't know why it's bugging me seeing as I've just cleaned the sink and the loo with the same sponge...

I'm going cruisin' around California / Utah in a few weeks and want to add new songs to my Ipod. Any suggestions? Need to be upbeat and good for driving to!! Thanks, Daisy

For not going out for dinner with someone? I'd agreed to hit the town with an old friend, but my vision of a few swalls follwed by taxis has been transmogrified into going for a meal at a (realtively)...

I saw the video before the story and wondered why it had not run away until i read it. Some people are just truly vile ?...

Does anyone know if you need insurance as a learner on a provisional license if you are being taken out by a relative rather than a qualified driving instructor? I've had a look on the dvla website,...

I can get on the site, but it tells me that 'game play is currently closed'. It's been like that since yesterday evening. Is anyone else having problems? ?

I don't think it has here [sigh] Trying to economise but can't dry anything unless I use tumble drier [sigh]

We found out this morning that H has got the job he was interviewed for last week, working at Heathrow airport. We're currently living in Scotland and will be heading down to househunt the week after...

I want to give a reading/short eulogy at my Granddad's funeral next Monday. We're having a full Requiem Mass followed by a short service at the crematorium and I'll be speaking at the crematorium....

Has anyone got any tips for stopping it if immodium and the likes aren't working and it's pretty severe?

I'm looking for a shredder for domestic use, but that will need to cope with quite high levels of shredding - at least initially. Can anyone recommend one? I'm willing to pay up to £30 or so - I've...

Right, I'm going to learn Spanish!! I'm half Spanish and I can't converse with anyone in my family (well, I can but only becuase they all speak English!). I'm rubbish at languages - I tried learning...

Since my haemorrhage my short term memory is shocking. I even forget words! At first I couldn't write things down coz I couldn't write. Now I can write I bought a notebook - but I lose it or forget to...

I alluded to this on Chicken's thread yesterday, but I've been stewing over it again this morning on the way to work and I'm starting to get a little worried about myself. I suspect it's a reaction to...

Hey all im a complete techno phobe... could any one give me a stupid persons run down on how to upload an albumn to facebook....thanks xxxx

I'll try to be brief. Looked into Personal contract hire for a car. filled in proposal form (credit check) was accepted. paid £99 'admin' fee 5 wks later recieved contract (Hire purchase agreement) On...

I'm not usually one for posting warnings about potential scams but I had a close call yesterday. I went into B&Q at lunchtime with my H and as we ventured into the timber section, some old guy...

Non league football fans at their finest…….the goalie had just let in a soft goal - Welling Utd v Maidstone, last Saturday

Have never seen lightening like it! ?

I wonder if anyone is able to help me translate the tasting menu(Menu Degustacion) for this restaurant? Im going to Santander is Spain and would like to book a great restaurant, and this one has a...

I was in wales today. deepest darkest north wales. we all had breakfast in some dodgy cafe, and on the plate was a round thing, looked exactly like a diaphragm. made of egg i thin - sort of...

I wonder how often people do this ? I had a call yesterday from somebody at one of the (scientific) regulatory authorities. The person didn't really explain who she was, so I googled to find out her...

One of my team is doing one to one training in our office with a new staff member. The trainee was late. She turned up with no note book, pen, paper She is loud She is making loud, childish and...

My Mum & Nana are due to fly out to BKK Friday. FCO say all is OK Friends who have just got to BKK, after being stuck in Phuket for 2 days say cancel. They are now going to Hong Kong