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Whats Your Favorite Soup...

Shop bought or otherwise. I like chicken and sweet corn but can't seem to find any lately....

Pumpkin/squash Soup

Of course I can simply go online and find hundreds of recipes but I was wondering if anyone had any tried, tested and easy recipes...

waltekar

Ants In The Lawn

How can you get rid of ants in the lawn permanently?

Gizmonster

Tales Of A Window Cleaner ........

I went collecting yesterday evening and knocked on the side door of a house, 'cos they told me they don't use the front door. Got to the door to find it wide open and the lady strolling round the...

beatlestarr

Vodafone New Ad

Does anyone know who the artist or song coat is in the new tv ad with the woman in red...

Biccylova

My Apple Tree Has Some Leaf Curl

and the leaves are covered with a dusty grey white deposit, whats wrong with it and is there any treatment please?

retrocop

A Northern Phrase. Any Ideas Please.

Many years ago I was on a joint excercise with a team from ooop North. After a successful conclusion to the operation we,as hosts,invited the team back to our unit HQ for a debrief and fuel and...

Chipchopper

Many supermarkets have recycling facilities outside, for shoppers to deposit unwanted items. I find it so sad to see the metal containers forced open and ransacked by people, who invariably leave the...

237SJ

Where Can I Go On Holiday?

I want to go somewhere on my own for a change. I`m tired of the beach holidays with copious amounts of cocktails. I`m thinking India for a spa/holistic holiday. End of Feb into March. Not Europe or...

Aeolus

13A Cable Termination

Does anyone know where I can purchase the little copper crimps that are used by manufacturers to terminate the wires in a 13A plug? I have searched for crimps, ferrells, oversleeves etc. but come up...

megfitz

Hard Tomato Skin

Why are the skins of my greenhouse grown Sungold tomatoes hard and have to be spat out, they are watered and fed regularly but for some reason the skins are tough, what causes this and what can I do...

smurfchops

Best Dummy Cctv

Further to my previous question .... Can someone please recommend a realistic dummy cctv for outside the house please?

Old_Geezer

Need Advice Of Central Heating

Not really a DIY question maybe but... How easy is it to change the actions of a heating system without replacing the whole thing ? I, apparently, live in an area where the electricity supply company...

slid_away

Outside Tap

Hi All I moved into a new home just over 2 years ago and had an outside tap fitted. I used the tap for the first 2 years with no problems. I tried to use the tap last weekend and nothing came out ,...

Sellergarth

How Can I Prevent Plastic Guttering Separating In Warm Weather?

I recently replaced one of the rubber seals at the joint of two sections of plastic guttering after the original one perished. I could not get one exactly the same but it did seem to make a secure,...

CW1

How Much, Roughly, To Sort Some Squeaky Floorboards ?

Hi, Anyone have a rough idea of what it would cost to sort out some squeaky floorboards on a carpeted landing ? Presumably would need to include taking carpet up, nailing or screwing 3 or 4...

Mags22

Tomatoes

Why have some of my tomatoes split or started to? I have watered religiously so they've never dried out, and fed as well. Thankyou for any ideas and how to avoid it next year.

needawin

Doro Easy Phone 612 Deleting Contacts.

DORO 612. Want to delete all contacts before selling. Even with the manual I am getting nowhere! It tells you you to scroll to delete contact but I can not see that anywhere...

waylen

Plumbing

Wehave a leaking washer on our bath tap. It`s impossible to buy a new one so have to replace the tap. Does anyone know the approximate price a plummer would charge? We are both 81 and wary about being...

zabado

San Marzano Tomatoes.

Is there a " use by date " on tomato seeds and will the the ones I bought last year still grow ?. Thanks....

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