I am checking a document that has been proofread and have come across a couple of queries from the proofreader. Currently a sentence reads: "General anaesthesia is used in nearly all cases with full...
I am taking my dad on a tour of Lord's cricket ground and would like to have lunch nearby beforehand. Problem is that my dad must be the world's most conservative eater and only eats British food (not...
I am having my bathroom refurbished at the moment and want to keep it looking spick and span for as long as possible. I have to admit I'm a bit slack when it comes to cleaning, but really want to...
Hello Can anyone recommend a modern novel with a really good page-turning plot? Most modern novels I've read recently are very good in terms of atmosphere and description, but don't seem to have much...
I've got some potatoes (not sure what variety) left over from my organic veg box. They've gone a bit soft and have started to sprout. I was considering having a go at growing my own spuds this year in...
What are the rules surrounding taxation on monetary gifts from parents to children/children-in-law? Is there a limit of ?3000 per person per year before any monetary gifts are taxable? I'd heard...
My husband and I are considering moving to another part of the country to (hopefully) lead a better quality of life (we are currently in the south-east). We have a list of criteria we'd like our new...
Has anyone suffered from depression/anxiety and has made a full, long-term recovery from it (ie is no longer taking any form of medication/counselling and has been well for a prolonged period of...
I was in Yo Sushi last night and one of the chefs started preparing a vegetable that I've never seen before. It looked like a root vegetable, but it was huge - a couple of feet long. It was very pale...
My mum is a hoarder - mainly newspapers and magazines that are half-read but "might have an interesting article I want to read/keep", but also piles of clothes and other useless junk that has...
Hello Has anyone here relocated to another part of the country? I am considering a move from the London suburbs to a Somerset market town within the next couple of years and wondered what sort of...
I've got some friends coming over for dinner soon and there'll be 6 of us in total. Can you help me come up with some menu ideas with the following caveats: One of my friends is vegetarian, so a menu...
I'm very proud that I've grown tomatoes for the first time ever (in fact the first veg/fruit I've ever grown!) but some of them seem to have tomato blight. Is it still OK to eat these? Should I cut...
I have bought a smoothie maker - a gadget that I just had to have. Now I realise that I have no idea how to make a smoothie. The little booklet with the machine is not really very helpful. I know that...
One of my friends rarely pays his way at the pub. One memorable ocassion is where I bought a pitcher of something or other for about ?10 for both of us to share. Later in the evening we both wanted...
My tuna salad lunch managed to leak inside my bag (even though I'd put the box inside a carrier bag first) and now the inside of my bag smells of tuna. I've managed to sponge most of it off, but the...
