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Why Did The Victorians Need So Many Poison Bottles?

On the Antiques Roadshow tonight there was a valuable collection of poison bottles on display. It was stated that they were shaped as they were because in a dimly lit house someone rummaging for their...

kloofnek

Car Insurance After Being Banned

My daughter is banned from driving at the moment...3 years for drink driving.. We had her on our insurance so she could use our car...when she finishes her ban,can anyone give us some idea how much...

anotheoldgit

Could This Be Coming To A Bank Near You?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294388/ATMs-emptied-Cyprus-savers-learn-10billion-euro-bailout-agreement-includes-levy-bank-accounts.html Could other EU countries follow this idea ?...

Pringle67

Clause In A Will?

Hi I have a strange situation that I'm hoping someone can help me with. My step sister's biological father died recently, she contested the will as in the will it stated that he bequeathed his asserts...

Anto7

Stretch Marks On A Growing Boy

My friends son is 15 and 6f 2", he has stretch marks on his back and has being told this is a sign of growing. Has anyone else had this with their children? Also is he likely to grow much taller?...

sandyRoe

The Lady Vanishes

On BBC1 tonight at 8.30. I wonder will it be anywhere near as good as the 1939 film?

sherrardk

I've Got Chicken Pox :(

Managed to catch chicken pox from thing 2! Got hardly any spots (but the ones I have got itch like mental, especially the ones in my hair) and feel like I have got flu coming. No wonder kids feel so...

Barmaid

This Is A Tricky One....... A Challenge For You

I'm helping a friend with her family tree, but we have hit a brick wall before we even get to her grannie. Her grannie was born on 19/5/1919 in Peterhead. Her name was Helen Webster. We know grannie...

souldriver

Struggling On Ancestry.co.uk

Ok so i decided to try and research my family tree. I joined Ancestry.co.uk, filled in what i know, which wasn't much. Then I tried asking my father about his grandparents, aunties & uncles etc. but...

mayennaise

Daft Cat!

Why does my cat sit on my feet in the evening?? She spends the rest of the day either asleep on the sofa or in her bed but every evening when I'm watching TV she comes and sits on my feet!?!

giveup

Just Beat Our Local Mp In A Quiz

Had too much to drink but rght now dont care....

DJHawkes

Hi, I'm Doing A ~Cv For My Daughters Bf.

He's given me plenty of info but not his school attendance dates, can i be lazy and ask someone to work it out for me please? He was born in march 1976 and left high school at 16 after his GCSEs. ta!

mrs_overall

I Love Jumble Sales

I went to a brilliant one this afternoon. I bought trousers from Laura Ashley & Per Una, a Per Una jacket, a brand new leather bag (with the price £49.99 still on it) and two tops, for the total sum...

struthMate

Adoption Or Real Children

In todays age what is the best option? I cant see a benefit of bringing a new human into this already overcrowded and struggling world. But adoption does not provide you with the same bond. I would...

phleb

Domestic Violence - What Shall I Do?

I have been helping my hubby all month with his property business, cleaning the most dirtiest houses for him. I cook and clean, take the kids to school, and then go to work every morning. I struggle...

abstibus

Norm Larsen

I've never met him, but couldn't do without him. No question!...

Jokes

I Just Saw A Section About Windfarms On The News And There Seems To Be An Uproar That They're An Eyesore

Isn't it obvious that we need them and to keep both pro and against happy we should simply build hydraulic wind turbines that can be retracted into their shells when there isn't any wind so that the...

I_Hate_Infinity

Help!! I'm Addicted To Ab Tetris!?!?!

I have a perfectly functional life to live here people. My free time is increasingly being consumed by my efforts to beat my high score :( It's even interfearing with my efforts to include myself in...