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How to drill into Lath & Plaster walls?

I have a very old house with lath and plaster walls and I'm having a nightmare with trying to put things into the wall. I am trying to fix up a curtain rail. I purchased some self drive screws which...

southportram

Tile coverings

I have been looking at changing the bathroom and would like to spruce up the tiles a little as they are all just plane white, I looked into tile paints, but there was too much in a tin, (I only want 2...

kate1976

Butter for people with stomach problems

My dad has stomach problems, IBS, ulcer etc, he's also diabetic and has angina! He has asked me to try and find a suitable butter he can put on his toast, anyone know of anything suitable for him?...

larkie1066

frozen food

i have an alotment and want to freeze the extra food i get from it but dont know which i can or can't freeze can anyone help

oceanauk

Can you use gloss paint on a radiator?

My Dad wants to use gloss on my radiator and I want to make sure you can use that paint - I know that there are special paints out there specifically for radiators - is this to do with being heat...

shivvy

feeding tadpoles!

i had frogspawn in a small pond and they turned into taddies just before easter. However, they are still tadpoles! Is this not too long for them to be tadpoles? - should they not be sprouting a few...

qapmoc

Human brain

Can somebody tell me why humans can totally ignore important things but will waste time over rubbish. Someone a couple of days ago asked a question about the world running out of oil, now this is...

Liz65

Carbon Monoxide

Can an oil-fired boiler leak CM or is it just gas boilers ?

james_m246

Oak logs?

Where can I get some oak logs, i don't want to go and cut a tree down but i don't know where to go to get some. Yew or willow would be good aswell.

daleroy

perpetual motion

other then hydrogen types has any one ever put a perpetual motion device up for any scientific testing and if so have any passed.the reason I ask is that ther is a guy ofering cash to any one who has...

Scanning

Culling Session

I work in an open plan office. I'm currently the operations manager. I am 31. 95% of my staff are the age of 55+. I must admit there is certainly a lot of dead wood here, and im a little perturbed at...

hobsonbear

sad (morbid) subject

i have to make the decision soon to have my 15 year old cat put down. i would like to bury her in my garden but i am afraid my young terrier would dig her up (he is very good at smelling and digging)....

shlomo

whos wrote this story and what is the stories name?? Please

who is the author and what is the name of the story - it's about a brid that sings, and the more it sings it keeps losing a drop of blood from its heart until it dies - it sings so that two people in...

TyroneBigums

Marcel Marceau

If a tree falls in a forest and lands on a mime; does he make a sound?

plopalog

whos yours

blue peter has had a few presenters in its time but whos your favorite mine has to be the great simon groom

juju74

panic attacks in children

recently my eleven year old son began wanting to sleep with his bedroom door open,then his light on and recently he has stopped being able to sleep at friends houses saying he feels panicky.then last...

southportram

tile paints

We are about to decorate in the bathroom and I would like to paint the tiles a different colour, the only problem is, we can't afford to redo them all, so we were going to paint them as i know that...

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Books that changed your life

Has a book ever changed your perspective on life or your view of the world? If so what book and why?

sammymole

Mallowy biscuits

Got into a daft conversation about biscuits, remember rectangular biscuits with blobs of mallow on top, net says they're mikados, but no what i remember them as! Any ideas? Remember round ones too,...

kelfoan

How do I explain to my 5 year old why blood is red

My son asked me why blood is red (after bashing his nose and spurting blood everywhere!). I dont want a technical answer, just a way to explain it to a 5 year old. Any suggestions

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