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I bought two lovely silicone sponge 'tins' this week, do I just pour my sponge mixture straight in them or should I line the with baking paper too? Im eager to go and make bakewell tart sponge!

I mentioned this on legless' dinner thread but it's still making me chuckle so thought I would ask for any weird and wonderful things/combinations you have eaten recently. Mum and I were at my...

I have really crappy laminate in my hallway and bedrooms. I really hate it, but wouldn't have carpet and can't afford proper nice wooden flooring. Anyway, I find it a nightmare to clean. I must admit...

Just thinking as I pause in hanging up the washing. I hate hate hate hanging up socks on the line. they're so much sodding effort. a peg a sock. fiddly little gits. I also hhhhhhate unrolling my...

How often do you have takeaways? On the cost of food thread lots of people were talking about one or two takeaways a week. The last time i had a takeaway was April 28th 2007 ? Living in a small, rural...

Mr Hole and I are oohing and aahing all over the place here. What an exciting game of tennis!

Ok I'm watching it whilst an arseholder but it's utter tripe! I like abba as much as the next person but it's badly acted, badly directed and has no real plot, I don't care who her dad is or that her...

This is going to be all woe is me, and totally blatant sympathy seeking, but the summer has claimed it's first BBQ victim - me The food was all delicious, and lovingly prepared by someone who really...

Just been having this conversation with some friends and most of us either had a paper round or worked in a shoe or music shop. What did you do?

Afternoon all Long story short, H has a brother and family in Oz - emmigrated there 2.5 yrs ago (Perth area). I have a cousin and uncle out there (Sydney) - cousin is getting married 6th March 2010....

If not, what are they for? On outer doors, that is.

I managed to drop and break my camera so im looking for a cheap (ish) new one. Asda have these in at 70 pounds at the minute. has anyone got one or had one of these? are they any good?...

Any recipes? I need them for a Tanzanian friend - only has a kerosene burner really!

Do you use normal rice or do you need a special rice? Where do you get the seaweed type stuff that wraps round the rice? Any tips?? I love the stuff but its so dam expensive so i was wanting to make...

I want to clear a load of stuff out of my tip of a house. I'm planning on blitzing each room and filling up bin liners with it all and putting them in the skip. I've already done several. Will the...

We're looking into getting a conservatory at the back of the house next to the kitchen. The lean to ones seem to be the most affordable and we're looking at about 4mx4m. If you have one, do you like...

Probably been done a million times before but here goes: Help Please! I'm after a new digital camera, preferably small (so will fit in pocket/handbag type thing), quick and easy to use but takes...

I don't get it? Its for Aviva insurance which shows celebs saying stuff......Maccualy Culkin says "Remember Me", Elle Mcpherson says "don't treat me like an idiot" and then Ringo Starr says "don't...

Is it a waste of money or worth its weight in gold? Thanks

I have just realised that I have put more stuff in the planner this last couple of weeks than we have had for about a year. And we're only not watching Heroes because we missed most of season 3. At...

My best mate is going to work in NZ for a year and we'd like to take the opportunity to visit her. My problem is that I am absolutely, pant-wettingly terrified of big spiders and the like. We went to...

It's my 40th birthday next month and the only thing I really want in the whole world is a bracelet which H is buying for me. Fabulous. Thing is, the rest of his family are now hassling him for ideas -...

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We are hoping to recarpet the upstairs of our house and the staircase. The entrance hall will be stripped back to the floorbaords and stained in a walnut colour to match the rest of the downstairs....

I've offered to buddy my brother with a cheap food regime (I have thought how to word this several times: I don't mean cheap food, but making the most of nice ingredients that don't cost a fortune)....

Evening... Now that we have finally got a decent sized garden I am really keen to teach my kids where fruit and veg comes from... I'm not particularly green-fingered [yet] but would like to grow...

I'm about to start making a victoria sponge and have noticed the recipe calls for 2 8 inch tins when i only have 7 inch. Now, I presume this isn't a major disaster, and was thinking possibly lower the...

Since we've had the girls living with us I have really noticed the increase in cost of our food shop. I've been shopping online so that I stick to my list and don't get tempted by offers, but I'm...

We're looking around for something new for H and looking at something we can reasonably afford to buy outright. A conversation with colleagues has now lead me to believe that very few people do this...

I know we've done this several times before, but up until then I've been in denial and not willing to confront the amount I actually do drink. I don't think I have a *problem* but I know I drink way...

Just wondering if you can recommend any websites for information, or books I can see if the library has? Want to try and get the garden sorted this year and even if I don't get chickens this year I...

Anyone who can help me think this through? Maybe I just need to offload ? We want to move. We want to move into a house owned by FIL and AN Other. In order to do this, we need to build a granny flat...