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Do accents, twangs or little things said by people from different areas grind your gears like they do mine?

I love people from all walks of life as diversity and difference is the spice of life, but i can't for the life of me ever get to grips with the way country folk talk, the way they say...

slinkycat

Any wisteria experts on here?

A friend has ( or should I say had) a beautiful old wisteria, probably at least 20-30 years old. This year it has failed to bloom or come into leaf, despite always looking wonderful in previous years....

Ann

Brilliant cartoon re Jubilee

http://www.dailymail....eak/cartoons/mac.html...

sherrardk

Not usually my cup of tea ...

Just been watching 'All in the best possible taste with Grayson Perry' - really interesting. (Although I am not into his style of drawing and he can only just about colour-in inside the lines.).

candylover

What role does fate play in Romeo and Juliet?

examples from the book please or quotes.

ELVIS68

Annual leave during Olympics.....

We've been told that annual leave will not be granted during the Olympics unless we prove we have tickets for an event Is this allowed?...

what..the?

burying my dead pet

hello there my pet died and I want to buy him but the whole garden is being dug up in the next year to two, it wont look anything like it does now I will also create a burial area in the new garden...

Deputy_sherriff

Carry On Camping...

I have decided to take the kids camping this year. We've never been before and I'd like to know what I need to take with me. I have a tent, 3 sleeping bags, 2 double airbeds and a stove (with pots and...

RATTER15

Hen Heaven is complete!!

Ive just got a few finishing touches but it is basically completed. It has cost approximately £20 to build using all recycled timber. Now I have to build a run, that will be the most expensive...

Jemisa

Ants ...

Todaay I've noticed some ants in the kitchen, on the work tops and window sills. I just can't see where they're coming from. Is there amything I can use to kill them or deter them now? I'll be up the...

Lillymoon

Are there any craft get togethers in Northampton?

Like knitting or sewing groups, baking or gardening or anything really. Somewhere where folk can learn /teach each other something really useful? If there isnt, would anyone like to think about...

Mooria

Cat v mouse

Our cat keeps bringing home mice, wouldn't be so bothered but they are never dead, so we then have to catch them! And advice on anything we can do to try and stop her! She has a bell, and this used to...

slinkycat

Pet meds online

It's just cost us a whopping £56 for flea and worm stuff for our small dog and even smaller cat! Ok I choose to have Advocate for the dog because that works well for us, that was £22 for...

answerbanker

ryanair cabin luggage size

Ive just bought one of the 'lightest hand luggage' bags which states it is accepted by MOST airlines - the dimensios are 56.5 x 36 x 21cm Ive just checked with RYANAIR - who Im travelling with and...

FredPuli43

Speed Awareness Course

Anybody been on the speed awareness course offered instead of taking three points on your licence? What it's like? No idea what the criteria for being offered it is.Isn't it meant for persistent...

rozia

washing a childs face

sometimes only water doesn't make thier face look clean an fresh, so what would you use on your child's face? is there any kind of reasonably priced kids face wash? i think soap would not benefit...

Papa_Paul

Seeing the sites of......

Life ticks by too damn quickly at times, and before we know it, we are left wondering where it all went, what did we do etc. So, I have decided before I am too old or incapable, or without the funds...

Jenarry

I'm a worrier with no worries. Yeay!

I'm afraid I'm a born worrier and i find social things a bit difficult which i worry about until they are done and I ALWAYS seem to have something around the corner that I am whittling about. most...

trt

This wannabe infamous pair.....

...... does my head in. And he is going to record a music video, OMG, get a life Reid!!!! http://www.dailymail....ex-Reid-priority.html...

Caran

Council Tax

Our Council are boasting that they have frozen council tax. They have conveniently ignored the fact they have stopped the free garden waste collection. We have to sign up to £26 per year for...

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