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Am being dim, what does this mean? ? Steph

Hello, H gets made redundant on Friday (eek) so we are losing his company broadband at home. I've been investigating and Plusnet is coming out quite cheap (need standalone broadband as tied in to BT...

Can anyone help me. My friend kindly posted me a cheque for my birthday and I have very carelessly lost it ? I didn't think this would be a problem as I am with Abbey and would never be charged to...

This year I have potatoes, strawberries and tomatoes growing in our garden. What have you planted this year?

Is there something wrong with my eyesight? I've checked the first two pages but can't see any mention of it - Pikasue used to do a thread on it and it was good. I'm waiting to hear about this possible...

I'm confused. I'm going to buy a new digital camera and the info says there are many types of memory cards that are compatible with it - what on earth is the difference between them all? They are: SD,...

For those that get annual performance-related bonuses, what kind of percentage of your salary do you get? I work in IT within the financial sector and have just received notification of mine. This...

I've been looking at holidays to the Maldives and just noticed that the cost with Qatar is £600 less than with Emirates. Just wondering if Qatar are rubbish compared to Emirates hence the price...

In the Maldives? Found quite a good price for a holiday. £600 cheaper than another website but does not include the seaplane transfer so know I'm wondering if the difference is the transfer. Anyone...

Will try to keep this brief! I have had my current o2 contract for about 6/7 years. (O2 customer for 10+ years) I bought it as a sim only deal with Genie. I pay £10 line rental, get unlimited free...

I'm really struggling with retaining anything I read and was wondering if anyone could give me some tips. Basically I read a paper, hightlight the interesting parts, nod my head, write remarks in the...

A little idiotic? I'd rather John Lewis or M&S but the wallet says DFS . I have the feeling that they are not renowned for quality. However, there is a leather one that we have both sat on and...

We're thinking about going to canada this summer. Just wondering if anyone has been and could give us ideas of places worth visiting. Also, what are the costs of things in canada. For example, how...

My MIL constantly criticises us for not answering our phones when she calls. It has caused a number of (v minor) rows and has irritated my husband to the extent that he dreads speaking to her. I think...

I always thought you could only get them from salons but i see on the web they have supposed authorised ghd selling sites are these legit?

From a thread I saw on a different forum... What would your reaction be if you were ill and a Christian health professional said "I'll pray for you"?

Every British person I've spoken to about this wants Obama to win, including my very 'tory' grandparents. There's a huge political range of views when it comes to British politics so why does everyone...

..as I've mentioned before, we live with my folks as we save for a place of our own. Whilst I shop and cook at least twice a week for everyone, I do almost all of the shopping at the...

If a colleague joked that you've been eating like a horse? A friend was in the kitchen at work one of the other woman came in and started saying stuff like she shouldn't be in there as she always felt...

Didnt know if I was duplicating (couldnt find it on search) I know the meeja keeps going on about how easy exams are now and it may or may not be true but I was gobsmacked when I heard this morning...

Whats it like? where is it? I mean, I know generally but I had assumed it would be close to Watford- Postcode area seems to indicate its close to slough? is it a boring suburban teenagers hanging...

I keep finding that I don't see emails people have sent me, especially if they send two without my replying in between. The way Gmail saves messages as strings of conversation rather than individual...

This is going to be our first trip to maldives in early next year. We havent got a clue where to start when it comes to booking. Which resort/atol? I think would be the first best question to ask. I...

What information would you blank off? I'm not sure what they actually need as proof of purchase, do they need my details on the statement or just the date, shop and amount? Should I use a black...

Hi, does anyone have any experience with either of these? I have lost a tooth and my dentist is telling me I can have either a bridge or implant. He says implant is the best option but I'm petrified...

My H is in a horrible work situation, basically, he came up with an idea and invented something work related. He discussed this with his boss and together they appliced for a patent. This patent is...

I'm due to go back to work in a few weeks and I also have 3 'nice' parties to go to next month (wedding & anniversary celebrations which are all dressy and will have lots of photos to endure...

According to Sky Showbiz, Andy and Michelle Scott-Lee have split up after 18 months of marriage. I don't know why (as I don't know, or even like ?, either of them), but this has made me really sad. As...

I'm interested in couples/families who have two cars and how they are used. Is one car pretty much only used to get one of you to work and the other car used to get the other one of you to work and...

Is this true or not? Anyone know? I noticed this morning that my 20 month old daughter has white spots on her fingernails and one small white spot on her front tooth. I am sure I read somewhere it...