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Ants

We are suddenly being deluged with ants in the kitchen especially on the worktops. Is there a reason for this sudden influx and also a way to treat them at source?

kwicky

Water Supply

We have noticed over the past few days the cold drinking water from the mains is very cloudy and colourless. When left a couple of minutes the water clears. If this is now stirred it still remains...

Rixy

I have recently started preparing a room for painting. All four walls had a 2 inch dado rail along them which I removed. However, now that the dado rails have been moved I have found that the lining...

bluegeranium

How do I remove foam from a carpet?

I have just spilt some bathroom cleaner onto my carpet and I cannot get rid of the foam residue. I've sponged it continuosly but it's still there! any ideas anyone please? thanks

bigbanana

Free Range Eggs

I like fried eggs and I've been eating eggs from caged hens for many years now (Yes, I know it should be outlawed but old habits die hard). This week I bought a box of 18 free-range eggs at Asda as...

clydeserani

Identical twins

Do identical twins have identical fingerprints.? Just wondering....

Fillz

french cheese

the white crusty skin that is found around some french cheeses, is this edible ????? i have always carefully cut this off but i am told it's such a waste as it is edible..... can anyone assure me it...

brooky28

kids and their footballs!!

i live at the end of a cul de sac and during the summer i have to endure between ten and fifteen kids of varying ages playing directly outside my house. i dont mean to sound like a grumpy old man but...

lafrancaise

Crossword

Can anyone help with this: Having a propensity for tilting at windmills. There are 8 letters and I've got 'Q?I?R?I? The only word I can come up with is Quit-rent which would mean the last I is wrong...

Platespinner

French for "because"?

What's the French word for "because"?

magron4

Suede Jacket - Ruined

Can anyone tell me how to clean ingrained in baby milk from a suede jacket.

pixie_woo

My First 100 Words...

Can anyone remember the "My First 100 Words in..." series. I think it was published by Osbourne. Each page was dedicated to a different room in the house and the border was filled with objects from...

ellydjones

midges & gnats

My garden (in North West England) is full of midges, gnats and fruit or hover flies at the moment making it almost impossible to sit out during the day or evening without being bombarded. Does anyone...

xlabhaoisexx

Daniel O'connell

Hey!! I am doing an essay for school on the County Clare election, and how important that was in the passing of the Catholic emancipation act in 1829...I am not asking you to do the essay for me so...

barbara emma

inheritence tax

way to avoid it

CHANONE

Smoking ban

From July 1st will smoking be ban from the streets, the bus stop, the park etc. I read a newspaper clipping and it said, 'pubs, bars, restaurants and public places'. What is a public place?

Face Ache

paris

How many tourists visit paris each year

lafrancaise

Printer problem

My HP PSC 1510 printer prints from back to front ie if there are two pages to print it prints no 2 first. If I'm printing from the internet I don't usually need both pages. Is there a way of it...

suelapooh

seaside plants

i have a garden very close to the sea, has anyone any ideas what to grow? the soil is so dry i planted palms but they died .it gets a lot of wind.please help.and advise where to purchase them.

mojomaz

vegan

My friend is doing a cold buffet and found out there is going to be a vegan. I no they dont eat meat ,dairy ,cheese and so on. So as anyone any idears? Thanks a lot

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