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cataract surgery

My Dad is on a waiting list for cataract surgery, he has them in both eyes, one a lot worse than the other. We gather that they will only operate on one eye then leave a period of time before doing...
01:07 Mon 21st Mar 20119 answers, last by slinkycat 00:27 Wed 23rd Mar 2011
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11 month old JRT still not "asking" to go out

As above. Not a huge problem as he is house trained and has been for ages, but I feel that its only because we take him out, he never "asks" He goes out first thing, and does loads of wees...
02:09 Tue 08th Mar 20113 answers, last by slinkycat 01:22 Wed 09th Mar 2011
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your dream house

Was browsing the property pages and spotted a gorgeous period property, what caught my eye was that it has a cheese room. Never heard of that, but I love cheese, imagine having a whole room just for...
02:29 Mon 21st Feb 201132 answers, last by Starbuckone 10:04 Mon 21st Feb 2011
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Thought Morocco was ok, now not so sure...

http://www.afrol.com/articles/37361 Going in a few weeks,hopefully will be ok, was not too worried about protests in Egypt etc regarding holiday as Morocco is a democracy, but this is a bit worrying...
02:58 Sun 20th Feb 201113 answers, last by EDDIE51 06:58 Mon 21st Feb 2011
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Thought I would try one of those foam hair dyes....

Good job I'm not too fussy about hair colour ( I've been everything from blonde to almost black over the years) or I would be quietly sobbing into my glass of red right now. The packet said medium...
01:41 Sun 13th Feb 201113 answers, last by Mosaic 13:46 Sat 19th Feb 2011
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Tennis ball obsessed JRT!

My 10 month old JRT is completely obsessed with tennis balls, if we let him he would keep fetching and mouthing it until he dropped! Even if we hide it when he's not looking, he knows where it is and...
01:55 Sat 05th Feb 201119 answers, last by B00 10:16 Mon 14th Feb 2011
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Green peppercorns

I did Nigel Slater's green thai curry tonight. It called for bottled green peppercorns, but none of the supermarkets had them, so I just missed them out. The curry was delicious anyway but I was...
01:18 Thu 13th Jan 20113 answers, last by slinkycat 23:10 Thu 13th Jan 2011
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Flight to Marrakech

Way past my bedtime, but trying to get cheap flight to Marrakech at end of march. Cheapest I've found (apart from Gatwick, never again!) is easyjet from Manchester £220 for two people, return,...
04:01 Thu 06th Jan 20114 answers, last by ukbod2015 14:55 Sun 02nd Aug 2015
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Very Christmassy day today

Went to German market with daughter, then came home and put the tree up, a real one that I bought against my better judgement, as the kitten and puppy will probably destroy it! Looks lovely though:-)
01:40 Thu 16th Dec 20106 answers, last by slinkycat 01:56 Thu 16th Dec 2010
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Doggy tip of the day....

If your puppy gets hold of a highlighter pen, Aldi wet wipes are effective for removing the resulting flourescent green stains from white fur:-)
00:37 Fri 10th Dec 20104 answers, last by squarebear 23:53 Sat 11th Dec 2010
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Humane mouse trap

I have a mouse, or more likely several mice getting into my chicken coop. Obviously I don't want to use any chemicals and I wouldn't want to risk injury to one of the hens should they stand on, or...
02:10 Wed 08th Dec 201010 answers, last by RATTER15 14:20 Thu 09th Dec 2010
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How cold does it have to be for air to freeze?

Beautiful sunny day here today, no snow but the hoar frost has been increasing since yesterday and is now about an inch long. The air looked like it was full of glitter and I realised it was freezing,...
00:23 Wed 08th Dec 20109 answers, last by snowyball 23:57 Thu 16th Dec 2010
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Dog and eggs

My 8 month old JRT has "helped" me on 3-4 occasions now when I've been seeing to the hens. While I've been topping their feed up he's sneaked into the hen house, gently picked up an egg out...
02:24 Sun 05th Dec 201010 answers, last by charmer73 18:48 Thu 09th Dec 2010
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Yet another snow related question

Anyone on here from the Leicester area? Planning on visiting the space centre on sunday, heard Leicester has had a lot of snow, any idea what the roads are like at the mo?
03:04 Sat 04th Dec 20102 answers, last by slinkycat 03:19 Sat 04th Dec 2010
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Listen to this

been trying to post a youtube clip for ages, I am so crap at it, but lovely son has just talked me through it, enjoy:-)
02:43 Sun 14th Nov 20109 answers, last by birdie1971 04:02 Sun 14th Nov 2010
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Birds flying with gulls

A couple of times in the last week when I've been walking the dog down the local field at dusk a huge flock of seagulls has passed overhead,maybe making their way to the local reservoir. I'm talking...
02:15 Sun 14th Nov 201023 answers, last by askyourgran 20:15 Sun 14th Nov 2010
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Times jumbo times2 clues

54 across thousandth anniversary, got g_l_e_a_y
03:07 Sun 07th Nov 20109 answers, last by slinkycat 03:22 Sun 07th Nov 2010
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Using a clicker for puppy training

I've been using small treats to train my 6 month old pup, with good results on the whole. However he can sometimes get a bit excited and "grabby", trying to get the treat in the middle of an...
23:18 Thu 04th Nov 20106 answers, last by woofgang 13:33 Thu 18th Nov 2010
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ooh time warp

the q I just posted came up as 61 minutes ago!
02:02 Sun 31st Oct 20101 answer, last by slinky.kate 02:08 Sun 31st Oct 2010
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"Defra says hens not allowed leftovers" according to Times

In the Times weekend supplement theres an article about self sufficiency including hen keeping. It says "recent guidelines from Defra state that plate scrapings should no longer be given to...
01:55 Sun 31st Oct 20109 answers, last by woofgang 09:48 Mon 01st Nov 2010

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