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Metz

Secret Santa

Does anyone worry (maybe not the right word?? been a long day at work haha) if their receiver doesn't like it ?Someone said at work it's a bit of a laugh ,but i take time out to buy a pressie,even if...

rockyracoon

Tom Yum Soup

Not festive fayre I know. Has anyone made this soup using preserved kaffir lime leave (from a jar). I desperately want to make this soup but can't find fresh kaffir lime leaves anywhere.

Hgrove

oven temperatures

my (gas) oven has temperature numbers 1 to 9. I need to put something in the oven at 100 degrees centigrades. Does anyone know what number that would be please?

karenj2000

Eating disorder?

My daughter stopped eating at 9 months and now, over 2 years later, is kept alive by a tube in her stomache which feeds her prescription milk through the night. We are under GOSH and she has...

sbalas

Why do we call spouse 'better half'

Why do we name our spouse the 'better half'

5029

x factor

has steve brookstein released his single this week (in time for christmas)?

Scarlett

napster

I was told yesterday that apparently when Napster was free, it actually did the music industry good, because people were able to download whole songs, and then they went out and bought them. It acted...

hockeybird

song name & artist

there is a song that i have heard "here's another chance for you to dance with me" - does anyone know who its by and if they know if its on a compliation cd or something>

Flanker8

Avocados

What's the point - I think they're damn horrible, and in fact don't know anybody who likes them (I've been to a number of formal dinners over the xmas period, and avocado, in some form or another, has...

karenj2000

Sky Remote volume control

My sky remote has stopped working to operate the volume either up or down. I know this is in the manual somewhere but have put this in storage so can't refer to it. Can anyone help?

karenj2000

The Doomsday Book?

Does anyone know of a poem that I had to recite years ago - it went "Oh, the trouble they took with the Doomsday book" .. I am sure it was by someone like GK Chesterton but can't find it anywhere.

ianess

Meadowsweet as a stomach ache cure

Has anyone tried the herbal remedy Meadowsweet [brand name Potter`s Acidosis] to cure horrendous IBS-like symptoms? I ask because although I`ve only been taking it for a week the change in...

thepheebster

Xmas Gift...

I need to buy a christmas present for a girl who's very special to me (not girlfriend, so no sexy underwear). Can anybody make any suggestions what I should get her? Any help whatsoever, I'm really...

Soldier Girl

Perfume Best Before...

Does perfume go off?

FP

Dieting

Reading all the Weight Watchers questions on here, would anybody agree that the best way to lose weight is to eat everything in moderation, ie. cut the size of your meals, avoid snack foods, drink...

andrewlee

Hair

Why is it that as we get older, we get more nose and ear hair?

allen

Burgular Bill.

Living in a normal flat in London, how do you deter robbers? Elsewhere in How it Works, stoo_pid (his name, not my insult!) says that lights on timer-switches could help. But as most robberies (I...