I'm making a chicken basque this weekend and want to do it in the slow cooker. How should I do it as I don't want to end up with uncooked chicken and overcooked rice?
Yesterday, I noticed for the first time some water on a step of the stairs which leads into a dormer bedroom, I saw the drips were dropping from a beam. Not much but enough to need wiping up. it...
Whose funerals to you go to? Apart from relations, friends and close neighbours. Would you go to a friend's father's funeral even if you didn't really know him and take off time from work?
I've noticed over the past couple of weeks that my phone doesn't charge up further than the first bar and bleeps after a couple of minutes of a call. I suppose this means the battery needs changing....
Did anybody get any unusual nice presents for Christmas which can give me an idea for presents next year? I'm rather a practical person giver so presents would have to be practical not just ornaments.
I have a combi boiler with an eco button. The manual advises me to open a tap and shut it then open it and let run for more economy. I have noticed that if I open the tap and let it run (like I did...
I'm wanting to change my foundation and would like to know if someone can advise me. At the moment I'm using Estee Lauder Double Wear which is good as it lasts all day but it doesn't really brighten...
I'm finding living on my own and being owner to the house and savings is getting to me. I have to decide on my own etc will this sort itself out or should I be looking into changing things? I don't...
Anybody have an idea why after an electric cut it takes ages and loads of pressing the button of the automatic gates for the gate to eventually open. Normally I press once and that's it but after a...
I'm going to replant the entrance to my house. Not a front garden but between the drive and backdoor. I'd like as many ideas that you can come up with so this area always smells nice. This means...
My friend's father has Alzheimer's. A couple of weeks ago he started dragging his feet and now he can't walk and has been hospitalised. Is this due to his illness or something else?
Setting up a lesson for my French puplis and need some help. If say I was at Victoria station and I wanted to get to Earl's Court and I asked my way what would I be told? Take the District line...
This is the second time this has happened in a week. An e-mail has been sent to everybody in my address book, with a short message (in English) and then a link. I haven't a clue why this is happening....
Anybody else had this? Went to bed fine last night and woke up with this horrible pain in my ribs on left side. So much so, that I haven't been able to do much all day due to it, physically I mean....
My microwave isn't heating anything. Does this mean it's ready to be thrown out? I've noticed that the disk inside of it (looks a bit like cardboard) is torn, could that have something to do with it?
I have gas central heating (propane) with no central thermostat, (however there are some radiators with thermostat taps on them). My bathroom radiator can either run off the central heating or the...
Just read the thread about headaches linked (maybe) to new light bulbs. So what's the solution? I've still got the old type so would like to know how not to have a dismal house once I have to change.