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Cambelt broken damaging pistons

My 02 Daewoo Lanos yesterday lost all power on the motorway. To cut a long story short the garage says the cambelt has broken damaging the pistons and has charged £1200 to get fixed. As a lowly...

China Doll

Garlic on Spots?

Evening, I appear to be growing a second chin... I swear I once read some advice on here from Sine Pietate stating that rubbing garlic on spots gets rid of them (although I could be grossly mistaken)....

cushty_fred

ants and semen

When ants start to swarm your semen, is it a sign that your blood glucose level is high and you are diabetic?

cushty_fred

How turn computer monitor into mirror?

Hi. Does anyone know if it's possible to use a background that would essentially turn my computer monitor into a mirror? Scanning a mirror doesn't work.

cushty_fred

dump

Why do they call it taking a dump? Shouldn't it be leaving a dump?

lidlicker

Christmas Tree Lights

We need new lights this year. we have a 7 ft. artificial tree. I have seen in B&Q, 400 led lights but my husband thinks that this is too many. Does anyone else think that 400 lights is too much...

joannewatson

How do I get over this marriage split?

I was with my husband for 15 years and we had a great relationship for 12 of those, I considered him my soul mate (and still do). However, from the day I told him I was pregnant it went downhill. My...

afr48

Open Uni spoof comedy sketch

Does anyone remember a spoof comedy sketch from about 15/20 years ago where two guys were dressed as 70s scientists with fake american accents, long hair and beards? I think it was an open uni spoof....

poodicat

Does Anyone Rate Tom Hanks??

Just asking!!

Old Salt

Sony RDR-HXD560, 80GB DVD recorder

It has been working fine since I bought it, 17 May 2007. However, over the past few weeks I have isolated a problem with the loss of the timed-recording list, which is as follows: I setup a list of...

coccinelle

Designer clothes

What exactly are designer clothes? Would clothes by Nike, Adidas be considered designer clothes? When we talk out high street shops, what does this mean? Yes, I know; shops on the high street but is...

buffymad

Boxing Day - Holiday Entitlement

My husband works at a place which is basically open all year round. A few of them have to work on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day for a few hours. As Boxing Day falls on a Saturday this...

Steve.5

Who will be getting your vote

The government, the Tories & the Lb Dems have all been caught with their hands in the cookie jar. Scandals a plenty,blatant lies, under the belt point scoring & shallow coments without any...

need_help

i need advice

i have lost interest in everything. no interest in studies. i feel it doesn't help my self growth anyway. i have become stubborn. i dont like society. i dont like to go out. nothing fascinates me. i...

sifellis

Film box set.

Hi guys. My housemate loves old movies, we're talking 30's, 40's & 50's here. Films like rear window, harvey, vertigo, charade, to catch a thief....she could watch 'em all day. Does anyone know of...

Hazel104

Camera recommendation

Hi All Could anyone recommend a decent digital camera with a budget of around £50-£70? I've seen this but wanted another opinion? http://fujifilm.co.uk...and-easy/finepix-a170 Thank you....

CAJ1

I want your opinions please!

My boyfriend and I went away for the weekend as it was my birthday yesterday. I booked the flights and hotel but he paid for it. Now whilst I appreciate that he took me away, he never got me a...