Phoned to ask details of account to pay offspring's fees. Spoke with growling harridan who appeared to confuse somebody offering payments with her previous existence as a leg-breaker for a loan shark....
Today on Hootsuite, the letter 'H' refused to work - I had to work in notepad and cut/paste. Now in AB, the line I'm writing jumps mid-sentence into the middle of the previous line. What's occurring?
DD is laid low with morning sickness (first sproglet). Any suggestions for easing the symptoms? I'm hopeless as in same fix all I did was throw up and lie down.
Sad, I know, but this is a job I love. 48-hour carpet cleaner hire, done the old folks place and our big (grubby) living room. Could grow spuds in the muck that's shifted. It makes me feel as if I...
I'm toying with changing to a single provider for these, but I'm having a moment that's oddly similar to buying fresh tomatoes in Tesco and Asda ie they all seem to quote for different things, some...
Anyone else find this disappointing? No real solutions or help seemed to be proferred to people who IMO were made yet more vulnerable by 'bearing all'.
Just when you think it's all quiet and routine....normal evening phonecall to the elderly outlaws reveals that a policeman came round to check on them this afto. Why? Because the occupant of the next...
hello all, I'm hatching plans for the kitchen makeover. I've seen some interesting-looking corner solutions for built-in ovens (not hobs) but these have all been from US companies. Does anyone know of...
Dear old sqad, I'm taking 800mg aciclovir x5 daily plus topical cream for shingles. How much paracetamol and / or ibuprofen can I take to dull the pain without exploding my innards? TIA
I've got shingles, they'll last me all my life...... Starting as what I thought was my old war wound, ie a slipped disc on right side of L5 Then progressing into a blindingly agonising deep muscle and...
I've managed a really annoying start to the weekend by installing the prealpina roofbars on my Mazda 3. Strangely translated but reasonable instructions, bars fit OK. Come to the last bit, which is a...
Now here's an oddness. I've noticed when I run the hot tap in the kitchen, I can detect a very low, almost subsonic bumping noise. Seems low down ie below counter level. Doesn't seem to happen with...
I have a small brick lean-to which has asbestos insulating board fixed on battens under the roof tiles. Is it feasible, and indeed advisable, to enclose these with a second suspended ceiling to make...
This is a dilemma that I'd appreciate your views on. We live in a quiet residential cul-de-sac, the sort where many properties have been acquired by self-employed builders. These chaps work from home...
Last batch of split peas took 7 hours to cook. So assuming the batch was a bit antique I soaked the next lot in water and bicarb overnight. Boiled them up - and the whole lot has dissolved away to...
I'm exploring ways to reduce sound transmission around the home and in browsing online have come across an American product called quietrock. Can't seem to find it available in the UK. I wonder if any...
Or is it actually really a very well made pile of nonsense? Endured the full three hours last night and it seemed, as they say. loosely based on an idea by JRR Tolkien. I'm quite prepared to accept...
