I am looking to buy a smoke machine for a Halloween party for my kids and their friends but wondered, will it set off my smoke detectors? I wouldn't have thought so but have been given conflicting...
We are having a disco/karaoke for our daughter's upcoming birthday but my husband and I are at a bit of a loss as to what to hand out in terms of loot bags for the kids. Obviously they are too old for...
I am throwing a party for my ten year old daughter and am not sure how effective disco lights will be for an afternoon party at home. I will of course be closing the blinds and drawing the curtains...
I want to make Italian style stuffed chicken breasts with sundried tomatoes, lemon thyme and pancetta but i'm not a fan of 'stinky cheese' so I was wondering if someone could please provide me with a...
Can you ever really do the things you enjoyed before, after suffering a fractured hip? I have just recently discovered that the pain which I have endured for the last two and a half years (following a...
I've been invited to an Eighties themed party and I have a bit of an idea of what to wear but I am not sure what to do with my hair or what to suggest for my hubby to wear. We were only kids in the...
Do you download films or legally pay to see them in the cinema? Personally I have been loaned a few copies by friends who have bought pirates but the picture quality and sound was so awful that I...
I Stumbled across this story after clicking on a link on AB and was gobsmacked by what I read. Is it fair that this woman's child should possibly be taken from her immediately after birth, given the...
I have been trawling the net to find information on how to get rid of toadstools which are growing on my lawn but I can only find the cause of the problem, not a remedy. Having read previous posts, I...
I have been humming a song I used to like but I can't remember the name of it. I thought it was just called 'Miss America' but googled it and the lyrics which I found were different. A line from the...
I want to buy my dad a sat nav for his birthday but didn't realise that there were so many choices and now my head hurts! From what I have seen, Tom Tom seems to be the best choice but is there a...
I wasn't sure where to put this but could someone please help me with a little problem I am having in composing an email? I am not sure whether 'whoever' or 'whomever' would be the appropriate choice....
Can anyone with a bit of sense please help me? I posted a question in Law to try and get some advice to a problem which I am having as I have been victimised by a neighbour in the past which unfairly...
I recently applied for a civillian position in my local police force and despite making it through to the final stage interview, I received a call to say that I had been rejected for the position....
Where I am - in Scotland - the kids are having five and a half weeks for summer holidays as opposed to last year's seven weeks. I'm not quite sure why the holidays have been cut this year but I was...
I was just wondering what provisions are available for secondary school aged children of parents who don't want their children to become 'latch key kids'. My eldest daughter is almost ten and I am...
I was just looking over my driving record and reflecting on how I thought that my driving lessons were going when a thought suddenly occurred to me ....... I think that I scare the crap out of my...
Could anyone please give me a recipe for Salmon nuggets which doesn't involve frying them ? I have salmon to use up and wanted to make some for my kids but I am not sure about quantities needed etc....
My mum always tells me to gargle saltwater to kill germs when I have a very sore throat but I never use salt and hate the taste of it. I tried to gargle saltwater today though and immediately started...
Why do some people struggle to grasp the meaning of 'family event' ? I'm gutted today after having taken my kids to the annual Big in Falkirk festival yesterday. On route to the park , with my three...