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Well, I've been doing a new butt exercise. You lie on your back on a bench, with your head towards the cable machine. You set the cables about half way up. You put your legs in the air, in like a...

mungbeanz

What's the worst car you've ever owned in regards to reliability and annoyance? I've owned some bangers in my time (i've never seen the point in spending more than a couple of grand on a car, mostly a...

j0nb0y

22mm copper tube to supply radiators

I have just been to look at a house that is on the market. The house looks like proper "bodger" has lived there, although the work required looks mainly cosmetic. It looks like it has had...

tezmand

burgular killed in robbery

i dont know bout anyone else but i think he got what was coming to him he turns up at a house with a knife to rob the place im sure he wud have used the knife if he needed to otherwise why carry it ,...

kloofnek

Taking food abroad.

I am going to stay with my family in Cape Town this Xmas and have a recipe for a lovely "light Xmas cake",not a dark heavy one which stays in the cake tin forever. I would like to make and...

nannybooby

On the subject of Tomatoes

I always say that I dont like raw tomatoes ans cooked carrots(unless the latter are in a casserole). However I have come to realise that the reason I dont like raw toms is that now adays you only get...

EEZABLADE32

Copper gas pipe.

I'm having a gas copper pipe fitted from a new meter to my first floor flat. My only concern is if someone steals the pipe and the gas escapes. Is there anything that can be done to lessen this risk....

mungbeanz

Reading on the throne

I have a problem in that every time nature calls I have to read something, anything at all. It is impossible to go without frantically searching for something to read. An old passport or a bottle of...

DONNA1458

Low Carb Dinner ideas

I get half an hour for lunch at work and want to try a low carb diet any ideas what I could make. Thanks...

Iggle Piggle

Is it true our councils get money form the Government to find land for houses

if that's true then they must be barking mad. It should be the other way round, councils should be fined for building on any land unless it has previously been built on. We will soon be a country of...

scrummyyummy

Can I still use out of date butter?

I have a block of unopened butter in the fridge but I should have used it by the 25th August. Is it still ok for me to use in baking?

dave50

Paralympics, are they patronising?

I know this is going to be controversial but what do people think of paralympics and other such sporting events for disabled people? How can events be fair when there is such a wide range of...

Noraq

what is your oldest item of clothing you own...and why do you still have it?

I have a three quarter Sheepskin jacket..15 years old, but the first whiff of snow and on it goes.....bu&&er fashion.

tweenyb

is it too early to make xmas cake?

Got the cooking bug so wondered is it too early to make Christmas cake? Cheers

sherrardk

Emails from 1970?

Anyone got any ideas why I have received 4 emails dated 01/01/1970, No Sender, No Subject, No Content? Thanks

Maydup

Cutting down a pear tree

We have an extremley large pear tree some 10 - 12m high very close to the house and we need to either cut it down or reduce its height by over half. The fruit is sharp and useless so there's no love...

echokilo

Venison

I want to try a hunch or possibly saddle of venison recipe shortly but I am struggling to find a butcher who can supply the joint I need ..... can anyone help with recommending a decent butcher in...

seshat

aqua fit classes

Hi I am currently going to hydrotherapy after having a spinal fracture and only have 2 sessions left. It does appear to be helping me and I was wondering if anybody knew if attending aqua fit classes...

johnbjohn1961

Cannot gain weight

I am a 49 year old male and everyone keeps saying i am to thin, i am 11 stones and 9 pounds in weight ,i would like to look more weighty but no matter what i do i still cannot look or gain weight. I...

scotman

Dispensing lottery win to relatives

Just a speculative question. Say someone wins a large amount (£Ms) on the lottery or similar and wants to remain anonymous. If this person then wants to give some to relatives, friends etc how...

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