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I am considering getting a slow cooker, but H says why don't you just use the oven on a low temperature? So, I wanted to ask those of you who have a slow cooker, Which one do you have? Do you use it a...

Ladies bear with me this is a bit of a self indulgent post! So I get married a year tomorrow (which is good) but after a couple of weeks of trying to ignore I I was feeling i have realised I am just...

Fellow thread killers, hello & welcome to thread where your posts will be responded to ? (work permitting) I am at work, very bored and in need of some inspiration to get back in to the routine of...

So many people have gone to the other place that we seem a bit thin on the ground. Know any would be OT'ers? Invite them to an open day. Go on any other forums? Place an advert, "wanted,...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1210530/Mother-18-children-J-names-pregnant--expecting-grandchild--christened-letter-M.html A couple with 18 children all with names beginning with...

We have a large front garden, it's not separated from the neighbours but both gardens have a picket fence around the entire boundary. Our latch on the gate broke a while back and the neighbour fixed...

We moved out of a rented flat on July 27th. We've been chasing the landlord for confirmation of the amount of our bond he's going to refund to us for just over a week. We had arranged for his...

I got one of these yesterday. I have just noticed on the back where it lists what you could win - one of the options is the chance to buy a 4 finger 48kg kit kat for only 35p!!!! That's a lot of kit...

I've got a job interview tomorrow and they have just sent me an application form to complete and to take with me. It says to attach a copy of the photo page of my passport but I am uncomfortable doing...

This made me laugh. A lot. (Taken from b3ta - where else??) [quote]My first girlfriend and I were together for about two and a half years. A few weeks before we split up we went on a short break to...

Anybody got any recs for made-to-measure roman blinds? Ideally not mega-expensive. Can't buy ready made as one of the windows we want them for is really narrow. Have looked at some online but would...

Not sure if anyone's interested, but thought I'd update anyway. I'm on day 26 and still not had a fag. Not even one drag! My carbon monoxide result is still 2, has been every week since the first...

I've got strapping on my foot after damaging the ligament on Monday. I'm supposed to leave it on till tomorrow evening but it's coming off tonight as it's causing me alot of discomfort (when I was...

I want a formula to say @if(cellA1 = 1-3 then the answer is one, if cell A1 is 4-6, then the answer is 2, etc etc......any ideas???

I don't know if anyone remembers, but a while ago on here someone posted a link to a knitting site with a pattern for a DNA helix. Well, my MIL was staying over Easter and I was introducing her to...

I notice on here quite a bit how someone mentions that their OH does some sort of job relevant to the topic and then gives an opinion/recounts a story based on their OH's job. Now my OH has a very...

I am soo confused. We have decided to buy another car, in addition to the one I already have. it will be in my name. I've got 5 years no claims (going up to 6 in Sept). I gather you can only use no...

I'm writing to Boris Johnson to ask him to intervene about a penalty charge notice of the congestion charge, I know he won't open the email himself but I don't want the email to be forwarded to TfL...

How do you work out your insurance. We have 2 cars in our house, we both drive both cars. At the moment we have two separate policies but i'm wondering if you can just have a multicar policy with one...

Having just been in a training thing about business ethics, one example situation they suggested was getting the bill at the end of a meal but they had forgotten to add on the drinks - would you say...

If you had a big mark on your face which concealer sort of hides but not completely and you had agreed to go to a function before said mark appeared would you still go? Not going to function wouldn't...

Anyone watch this? What did you think? (Aside from the fact that Jamie Blandford came across as an absolute plonker, obviously)

The gardener was trimming the bush out the front of our house yesterday, and discovered an active wasp's nest. He nearly lopped it out but spotted it just in time - ouch...! ? So now I have to somehow...

Howdy, So I've had an underactive thyroid now for years and years but because I'm an idiot, have been putting off my blood test for 18 months (although to be fair, I was in the surgery 4 months ago...

I've just been sent a "gift book" to review at work. It's a collection of quotes from famous people about getting through hard times. I fucking hate gift books - they give the rage. So for some reason...

I have posted before about the couple who owned this house before us. They were property developers and owned a couple of limited companies and we were still getting all their mail, which I was pissed...

After 27 years of having the same favourite joke I realised today it's just not doing it for me anymore and I need a new one. Would you share yours before I run the risk of becoming an utter joy...

I'm after 11. Does anyone have some they're willing to get rid of? I'd be really grateful. Best wishes, Laura

I was just clearing out my phone texts and came across this one from my brother. "Girlfriend has excelled herself. Apparently she was dreaming that she was being made to eat worcester sauce, onion and...