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Somebody Gives You £5,000 You Can Do

ANYTHING you want with it, EXCEPT save it. What would you spend it on?

tgm1974

Do We Pay Off The Mortgage With Our £85K

Hi folks We are due to receive £85k lump sum for the sale of my husbands old house. Currently we have a mortgage on this property for £108k (outstanding). Which way would you go with this - put the...

cybil2403

How Do You Develop Hypertension?

If you have a healthy diet, Fit and generally healthy and exercise about 4/5 times a week, don't smoke, drink low to moderately and don't have too much salt....

Stargazer

Does Anyone Know What A Normal Blood Pressure Reading Should Be?

I know it varies but what is the optimum reading?

arwyn

Two Men Same Job Different Pay.

Is it ilegal? all I can find is U.S.A law and Womans rights. My Husband has just found out that half his work mates are on £2 more an hour. He is one of the longest serving members, thay all do the...

Eve

What Have You Overcome?

I was thinking the other day that so many people on here have overcome all kinds of things so thought it would be interesting to have a thread seeing some of the things people have had to face and got...

yelenots

High Blood Pressure.....

I had a pre op at the end of November and my BP was slightly high and then a medical precedure done just before Xmas and my BP was very high and I was told to get it checked after the holidays. I went...

AMBERMAE

Suicide - Sorry I Know It's Grim But Need To Ask

Have you ever seriously thought about it and if so, what made you realise it would be a bad choice , did things get better for you and your situation and you are pleased you never saw it through ?

pdq1

If you needed the NHS would you continue to vote Tory?

http://www.dailymail....oning-operations.html In the same week the government is to spend £bns on upgrading our nuclear weapons comes the story that people will die because of the lack of NHS...

TWR

The worst.

What has been the most troublesome car you have ever owned, & in what way?

Kiki-frog

Advice about TENS machine, please

I've been using a TENS machine for lower back problems for a couple of years now and find it helps a lot with short-term relief. I generally keep the pads in place for most of the day and then switch...

jd_here

great ormond street

Mrs jd and I both had to get the tissues out, how brave of Sol's parents to let the programme go ahead, but what a wonderful job they do at GOS.

Gink

Declaring noisy neighbours

Hi, I'm new here but have been peeking in quite regularly for a while now and decided it was time to join. I'd really appreciate some advice. New neighbours moved in earlier this year and my life has...

mayennaise

Towels Too Fluffy!!

Recently bought some dark blue bath sheets. They are gorgeous but they keep shedding blue fluff everywhere! Been washed several times but whenever we use them the bathroom disappears under a film of...

starone

Fraud

Can anyone tell me what would happen in this case:- My friend inherited half of her mother's house which amounted to around £60,000. She lives in a council house and is on benefits. She thought...

Traci66

When you met your OH, how long was it before you knew....

He / she was the one. My husband said he knew as soon as he saw me, for me it took a couple of social meetings with friends and then a couple of dates.

Eve

Changes for the Better

Had a great physio appointment yesterday, such a difference from the previous time which had put me off a bit. She was brilliant and had a really good chat with her and quite positive despite more of...

Greedyfly

Shampoo/conditioner issues

I have really fine, fly-away hair which I have to wash and condition every day. I rough blow dry it and use no other product. Recently my hair has become quite lank and fly away at times which is...

Smowball

Missing cat has been found dead - and 'finder'has buried it in her own garden!

My daughters 6 month old cat went missing on friday. She put up posters everywhere (she lives in a quiet one way street in a village). This evening she gets a knock on her door from a middle aged...