I would like to paint the inside of a shed to tidy it up a bit. I just need to do a quick, cheap and cheerful job. What is the best way to do it? I have seen those paint sprayers advertised and...
I seem to have made a mistake and have lost a lot of photos that I had just loaded onto my laptop. I usually load pics on to an external memory but I have started using Picasa and this has happened...
Any time I get bitten by a cleg I get quite a lot of swelling around the bite (approx 4 inch diameter) which goes very hard, very hot and itchy. I know that there are lots of answers online about what...
I can still receive emails but I cannot reply or send new emails. When I click on the unsent email in my outbox it says The user name or password for "(null)" is incorrect. I have changed my...
I am cooking pork pieces in a frying pan and will be adding wet ingredients (stock etc). My question is about how long to cook it for on the stove top - not the oven - to have the most tender pork. Is...
I have an umbrella plant which has grown to ceiling height, is beginning to bend quite seriously, and doesn't look too happy! Someone told me that these plants only get to be so tall when they aren't...
I saw this stand in Lakeland and fancy it but don't fancy paying 20 quid for it - it's plastic!! http://www.lakeland.c...5014/Large-Cake-Stand I think it would be useful on a table to stack food...
We are now in possession of a wee waif that we got from the pound to be a pal to our other rescue mutt. We have a female terrier cross approx 3.5 years and wanted to get her a pal. So we researched a...
I was walking in country/farmland today and noticed a bird which I initially thought was a chaffinach. However when I saw it fly off it looked a bit different. It was obviously chaffinch sized, but it...
hi, car needs set of tyres, and i was hoping the right choice of tyres might help soften the ride some. This will cost £1000 at least to do, so tyres with a reasonable lifespan would be a bonus....
My friend has a degenerative problem with his vision and has to have the type set to a large size on his computer. However he gets very frustrated (particularly with emails) at always having to scroll...
My daffodils are starting to come to an end and I know that I shouldn't cut them back. So does anyone have any good ideas about how I can make them tidy until they absorb all the goodness from the...
I have a rip on a shirt that I would like to mend. It is a small L-shaped rip. I have heard about a product that can be used to repair it but don't know what it is called to look it up on ebay. I...
I plan to make chowder tonight and I know it might sound silly but I don't like the liquid in the chowder to taste too fishy! Could I use some fresh chicken stock instead of fish stock? Or should I...
I don't have any question to ask but I came across the below story which is horrific and incredible. I thought that some of the people who post in this section might be interested in following the...
I have a pair of jeans that I like to wear for walking the dog. However the zip constantly works its way down to the bottom no matter what I do. I know that there are things that you can do to make a...
I want to cook mussels in their shells and am looking for a few recipes. I don't eat garlic so the traditional moules mariniere is a no go! I have done some research on line so don't need other folks...
I fancy making this recipe: http://www.bbc.co.uk/...rpulaolayeredmi_74823 . . . however I don't really understand the last bit ie the layering bit. It says to layer the different elements in a rice...