Discussions I've Participated In

Hi Peter, I was wondering if you would be able to contact me regarding a fellow Essex photographer I have referred to in the past (before forum name change)? Probably around this time last year to be...

What can I say?! It's times like this when I realise I'm really not that great with words. Let's start with the obvious bits! I am wishing you the most wonderful wedding day. You are a talented,...

I must confess to being a bit of a lurker on the BT forum recently. We're not thinking of trying yet but I find the posts interesting and reading them occasionally definitely makes me feel more...

My friend can't come to my hen night because she's having a baby the day before. She's so selfish...* *Only joking! ? But come on baby Houds and make an appearance. It's time to leave the mothership....

Is anyone else seriously embarrassed by the British Public at the moment? Why is everyone panic buying petrol when a strike has not even been announced? No petrol at all in my town, tis madness. OH...

Following on from the mnemonics used to remember how to spell "necessary"... My best mnemonic is Can I Kill Shakin' Stevens For Making Oxo. Unlimited credit to anyone who can guess what it's a...

Hi Ladies (and Gents!) I'm not sure if anybody can help but I will try and explain as best as I can and if anybody has any advice or experience of this then please let me know because me and OH aren't...

Suppose this means I have frequented the place too often over the last 22 months! Do I get one of those green thingamys now (like Tricks)?!

How long does a bank transfer take HSBC to Natwest (Natwest are rubbish)

Really looking for some career advice but don't know anyone so thought I would try here x

I own my apartment in a small block and have to pay a maintenance/service charge to a property managment company. Just wondering if anyone else is in the same situation as me and how you find the...

I have to do some w*rk for a couple of hours - and something big has gone down???? Why on earth have all these valued forum members been banned?

(Ok I realise that this is hours old now and most of you already know, but I'm posting anyway as it's taken me all morning to write thanks to a silly thing called work getting in the way ?)...

With one stipulation, they have to be fairly comfy. I am a New Look girl when it comes to heels. Higher and sexier the better. But after a couple of hours on a night out theyre always off. I cannot...

I have taken it upon myself to have the honour of starting your good luck thread. It has been a delight to get to know you, and I may even give you the privelege of calling you a friend ? In all...

Hello ladies, I dont know if someone could help? Maybe Nursey? OH is convinced that he has a problem with his heart. He gets these random palpitations (seemingly at random times) which scare him and...

How many attempts did it take you to pass a) you theory and b) your driving test. I have just failed my 1st driving test today ? 4 minors but 1 bigger one

CNumber's thread got me thinking. Those who are saving at the moment, what are you saving for? We're saving for our forever home (current priority), holidays and kids generally and I'm saving up for a...

Seems like a few of us have started this/are old hands/are keen to try. Thought it would be good to share some tips. What's changed our spending habits completely is as follows: 1 - dull but necessary...

Do you actually spend that much money each month? Once we've paid our bills and accounted for our savings we don't spend that much anymore. We used to spend an embarrassing amount on food, wine and...

I get married in 31 days, it's my first hen do this weekend and this day in four weeks will be my last day at work for a month! Eeeeekkkkk!!!!!!

I will be having this at some point in the next few months. Having never had it before I just wondered how it made you feel? what the side effects are? did you remember much before you fell asleep?...

After reading CGs thread about her daughter I had a google for Wonga - this is what their website says: Representative APR 4214% ? Is anybody else simply stunned that companies like this are allowed...

One of the new perks of my job is that I get a free car valet. I have to share a car with my H (I say share but what I actually mean is that I get to have it whenever he doesn't need it which is 2...

We bought our first house Sept 2010 with a 5 year fixed interest rate. It was a reposession so we got it really cheap and it should be worth a bit more now that we've done it up. It's a small 2 bed...

Its really p!ssing me off to see my apparently thick FB friends 'sharing' a link to a page which has a picture of a mother and her poorly child saying 'if this page gets 1000 shares, this girl will...

Hi Ladies, some of you may remember me from a few yrs ago and some may not but I'm kinda back again ? ,just got engaged again last month to a wonderful guy who surprised me to say the least by...

Mars are planning to stop selling Chocolate bars that are over 250 calories per bar. Good for them.......

Has anyone ever bought or received a hot air balloon ride as a gift? I am thinking of using Virgin Balloons (only because I think Richard Branson won't go bust any time soon), to buy my Dad and...

How are you coping with the train prices hike? We've just found out that the cost of H's train ticket is going to almost double once his current annual season ticket expires in a couple of weeks....

Of SNOW, you filthy mares. What else could I be talking about? We had maybe just over an inch in MK and the trains were running perfectly this morning, much to H's annoyance.

Right, well the thing is I am a total coward when it comes to dentists. The last time I went I needed a filling and started hyper-ventilating. The thing is I am getting an awful throbbing pain in both...