WendyS Member Profile in The AnswerBank

Scatter cushions on beds - why?

Every redecoration programme seems to feature scatter cushions at the head of the bed, sometimes loads of them. Why? Where on earth do you put them when you just want to put your head on a pillow and...

paulineward

Hyacinth Bulbs

My favourite winter bulb and smell is the Hyacinth..and each year friends buy them for me - usually in a pot. When they have finished flowering, how best do I keep the bulbs for re-planting and when?

WendyS

Want a cheap stocking filler for young kids?

Was just about to throw out some marmalade glass jars with metal lids when I realised they could be turned into some cheap stocking fillers for kids. I've just been to the garden centre where Thompson...

Pete1956

Freshening up books

I have bought some old books (50+ years old) which have that musty old-book smell. Any ideas about how I can treat them?

Spartacus84

�13000

What would be the best way to invest for a fairly short period? Just a standard savings account??

kriskwery

Nationwide ISAs/Interest Rates

Nationwide Building Society is offering total or partial transfer of my existing ISA monies, currently on a variable rate, to a Fixed Rate ISA Bond ... 1, 2 or 3 years at 5.30%. Whilst this is indeed...

spainlads

PIN number backwards - HELP

I've recently heard that if you put your PIN number in a cash machine backwards ( i.e if PIN is 1234 you enter 4321) then this will automatically trigger a message to the police saying you are in...

vicky_p

Windy conundrum

My boyfriend and I have been together a few months and have now started living together. Things are pretty fine but there's one small irritation. I'm getting fed up having to leave the room every time...

picklepants

Excess facial hair after stopping HRT

My Mum came off her HRT (Prempak-C) abou 6 months ago and since then she has noticed an increase in facial hair - both quantity and length. She is feeling really selfconcious about it and is currently...

fayelc123

Cross Trainers

Hi guys, i need some advice on cross trainers please, I've asked my mum & dad to buy me one for xmas as i really want to get fit & lose weight, especially from my stomach. Would this help me to lose...

Amber1571

Frozen Shoulder....

Hi, I think I am suffering with the beginning of a Frozen Shoulder. I went to the physio who said it could turn into that, and suggested some exercise and to return in a week. Well, at ?30 a 30 min...

Vics128

Cannabis

Please help. My boyfriend is addicted to cannabis. he has smoked it for 12 years now, and smokes it everyday. He works in a physical job, and lives like any normal person, but every cigerate he smokes...

Bellringer

Acupuncture

Has anybody tried acupuncture for back pain? Did it work? I hurt my back years ago and it keeps 'going out'. It is not a slipped disc.

lizzydrippin

Hiccoughs (Hiccups) hic.............hic......

Anybody have any good cures for hiccups? Ive tried all the usual ones like drinking water backwards, breathing into a paper bag, going BOO to myself, fingers in the ears and reciting alphabet...

drussila

Ban Christmas

Any mention of Christmas should be banned until December the first, and it should be illegal to put up Christmas decorations in November,and shops should not start selling Christmas related products...

equora

Bank Accidently Giving Me Money

I recently opened a bank account with IceSave. I setup a direct debit with them to transfer ?4500 from my other bank to IceSave. This went through fine. The money left my account and arrived at...

what..the?

Christmas flowers for grave

My brother died in Sept aged 28. I want to get something nice for his grave for christmas, I do not live locally and have not been to his grave due to a family argument. However I would like to get...

Addy Boy 88

How can i get my team to remeber quality on calls

How can i get my team to remeber quality on calls in a contact centre enviroment many forget to offer future help or thank the customer for holding and even forget to use the cusomers name. Any...

hoosierladyu

I need advice

I am living with a man who has 2 children ages 6 (boy)and 8(girl). The 6 yo is ADHD and his therapist told his father not to let him play the Xbox more than an hour a day. His father lets him play it...

eyeshade

Do we really need more benefits paid out to pregnant mums?

I understand that the chancellor wants to pay even more money in the last weeks of pregancy! Why??? Surely the benefit system is giving and has been giving more than it should over the last decade....

Questions

Answers

Best Answers