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Electronic Safe

The battery has gone on my electronic safe and we can't find the back-up physical key. We need the things that are in there. Is there a way to get round this, please?...

NoMercy

I quite often cook Sunday Dinner for the in-laws and I like to vary the vegetables. I will often do things like peas and pancetta, creamed spinach, cauliflower purée ... etc. I've managed to convert...

weecalf

Today

I followed up today on a referral from my doctor on a very sore could be frozen shoulder and probable cuff tear .The hospital told me yes I would be seen in 160 weeks . What could I say to disguise my...

EcclesCake

Baby Gift

Any suggestions as to what to buy for a new mum and baby. I don’t know either of the Mums and my husband is utterly clueless, as am I! No particular budget but it’s more of a token gift....

Patsy33

Would You?..

Would any of you use Finest Scottish mince meat that has yesterday's date on?? I want to make cottage pie. It looks and smells ok..

ethandron

Any Foodies Around?

What's the most interesting or complicated or scrumptious thing you've made recently? I confess, much as I do love cooking (and eating) good food, I've not been very adventurous lately for one reason...

chokkie

Yorkshire Puds

Hi foodie ABers out there. Can someone please put me out of my misery and solve my problem - I just can't make light and fluffy yorkies - no matter how many different recipes I use, no matter how...

Voltage

Snow Here In Kent (Near Bluewater)

woke up to snow 3 hours ago and still coming down quite a bit ...any near you?

mushroom25

Coronation Street Gay Rape Storyline

http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/news/a852496/coronation-street-david-platt-male-rape-storyline-begins-viewers-reactions/ suitable pre-watershed material? accepting the issues being...

Tashi

The Weekend Is Upon Us

It is Friday, I am home early, how good is that? Second gorgeous day on the trot here, brilliant sunshine, hardly any wind, blue sky, just a bit cool, the Sea looked beautiful driving along the Front,...

Kromovaracun

Free School Meals Cut

http://www.theweek.co.uk/92272/children-to-go-hungry-after-free-school-meals-cuts English families on Universal Credit have had their income threshold for free school meals cut. Families in Northern...

anthro-nerd

Shout Out To All The Awesome Grandparents Out There

I'm 27, my Nan is her 80's, my Mum passed nearly a decade ago and my Nan was worried we'd lose touch (she's in Wales, I'm in the Midlands). Mum used to call her once a week. I now call her 3 times a...

murraymints

Weird..it Threw Me

a strange and very weird thing happened just a few mins ago. I was looking through photos on lappie and the e mail icon on my bottom task bar flashed..I opened it to see what had arrived and it was...

Guilbert53

Authors Using "ghost Writers"

I know that some "famous" people (reality stars or sports people for example) often use ghost writers to write their life stories. But do some famous authors use ghost writers (unnamed) to write books...

EcclesCake

What’S For Supper This Evening?

Just to irritate those who find find these threads banal. What will you be eat8ng this evening? I’m having a spicy Thai noodle soup followed by fresh pineapple.. FYI dissenters a good number of...

CuriousMike

What Kind Of Jobs Afford Live In Caregiver?

I need live in caregiver because i was alone. I have high school diploma, i have no experience. I never went to college....

Bathsheba

Pampers Nappy Pants

Am not going to post a video for the obvious reasons, but I can't be the only person to think the TV advert for this is inappropriate towards the end when a finger is shown running around the inside...