I'm about to remarry, and my fiancee has 2 kids from her previous marriage. The children are 8 and 12, and we all get on well together. When we find a house, I imagine there will be various tensions...
I bought a pot of basil from the supermarket, and used most of it in a pasta dish. I continued to water the plant, and leaves grew back, somewhat small, pale and translucent. It now has flowered, with...
It was once explained to me and fellow diners and drinkers by a chemistry graduate the difference between per cent proof and per cent alcohol. Needless to say I didn't understand, nor can I remember...
At what point did 1) school pupils become students? 2) children/kids/teenagers become young people/young persons What is wrong with calling children pupils?
I'm trying to remember the name of a film that was released a couple of years ago. It was a spoof on the folk music community, by the same people who made Spinal Tap. Never saw it at the time, and...
I am going to fasten a sheet of plywood over my bathroom floor before having a vinyl surface laid. How do I accurately cut out the shape of the wc and wash basin pedestal? Do I try and make a paper...
My partner's daughter has a 2 year old rat (a pet, not vermin!) It recently developed a lump on its tum, which can be moved around, and the rat seems untroubled by it. Any thoughts?