The old WM gave up the ghost last week but had 11 hard years (two babies/kids/dogs, etc) out of it so now have a shiny Samsung one, it is very quiet.
During my research for the new WM I was also looking at Tumble Dryers with a Heatpump, apparently they are very energy efficient and given...
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Garage Kit
As our little Honda CRX with electric roof had to go a year ago due to a terminal rust problem we'll be investing in a new electric top MX5 for summer 2022 driving and my better half has said it has to be garaged. We've a large double garage but I've so many tools, lawnmowers and assorted junk its rammed...
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Just had an accident, need advice
Just had an accident, need advice. Had prunes for breakfast and curry for lunch. I thought I was going to fart but it wasn't a fart....
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AtW started a topic DOOM: Great Furniture Delay: ‘We’ll be eating Christmas dinner on our camping tables’in GeneralDOOM: Great Furniture Delay: ‘We’ll be eating Christmas dinner on our camping tables’
"The £800 Townhouse dining table is an “elegant, sturdy classic” built for gathering round. Marsha Moore’s £20 melamine camping table, with a surface area of less than a square metre, is not, and certainly not where she imagined eating Christmas dinner.
But Moore, a writer who recently...
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DealorNoDeal started a topic Lazy arse method of making bread (if you don't have a breadmaking machine)in GeneralLazy arse method of making bread (if you don't have a breadmaking machine)
I've been making bread this way for several weeks and the results are pretty consistent. The loaf produced is a bit of an odd shape (round and squat) but, if you can live with that, it's fairly decent bread.
Benefits
No kneading or fannying about. No flour or mess everywhere. Only...
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CoronaVirus:Covid: Mumsnet crisis
Mumsnet Premium membership - please support us if you can | Mumsnet
Please do provide all the support you can so that this wonderful site can survive.
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Alright, which one of you is this?
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baby sitting worth minimum wage?
Cost of baby sitting | Mumsnet Discussion
We don't pay babysitters all the other mums will look after our kids for free, just as we do for them, but its interesting how much is your kid worth?...
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My girlfriend has put a lot of weight on this festive season
Would it be better to replace her for a younger, thinner model in Bangkok or Manila?
*NLUK, I have asked my accountant if this is tax deductible but he is unable to advise. Can you help?
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Don't want to marry but have kid on the way
Would you marry your partner just because you had a kid on the way ?
My misses has our child on the way, I don't want to marry though might be something to do with the fact both my parents married and divorced 3 x each ! Plus my dad got bent over £ wise by two of his ex-wifes.
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What is your worst parenting mistake?
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Bloody neighbour
Long story short, woman who lives next door moved out. House was empty for a year, then moved her heavily mentally disabled brother in.
He now lives their alone with his stupid yappy dog.
He is an utter pain in the arse. They have a metal spiral staircase and he bangs up and...
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Whinging dear wife
Does my chunk in sometimes. Constantly giving me a hard time if I'm stuck in the office....
Told her time and time again, doesn't bother me. I'll can the contracting and get an easy permie job close to home. Silence then when the thought of not spending so much money.
Yeh...
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Parents beware, seriously
Just found SY04 on his tablet in a game chatroom with some things as a parent you just don't want to see in a chatroom. We caught it just in the nick of time.
Very freaked out.
This is in spite of
a) Explaining to the kids about the do's and don'ts.
b) The school...
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Dry Skin?
I've always suffered with chapped lips in the winter, for as long as I can remember, but these last few days my face has gone really dry and sore. Do moisturisers actually work or are they just a con?
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Weird working again after months on the bench
While I was on the bench, I couldn't wait to get back to work. Now I'm back its weird and difficult to get back into.
No more sitting around in my PJs, taking kids to school, looking after baby etc.
Now its up at the crack, train in the dark, sitting in a scruffy portakabin...
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Head in the sand <rant>
Just had the bailiffs round.
Child #1 got 'on the spot' fine in 2011 for having a number plate on his bike that was too small.
Ignored the fine, ignored the court letters, result being we get a dawn knock from the bailiffs wanting to 'seize goods'. Boy in question has...
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Keylogger Software
Is there any safe keylogger software? I want to keep track of a teenagers activities, they've eventually sussed that they need to clear browser history, not tick the remember me on this machine box, that firefox will display all saved passwords, that their skype chat history is browsable.
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Mumsnet linky - ok own up DH is a Winker
Bored of Wail links, mumsnet it is:
My H is a ****** .... in more ways than one! | Mumsnet Discussion
So who is it?
Are the women being fair? (he was put on short rations and tried his best not to upset her).
Is the man being fair?
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AIBU to find this v funny?
I know it's probably not great form to link to mumsnet [again] but this thread had me in stitches. Have any of you lot dumped someone in a cowardly fashion?
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Penis Beaker
I was alerted to this by a few friends on Facebook, has to be one of the strangest post-sex rituals i have ever heard.
Penis Beaker
Does anyone else have a similar system in place?Last edited by RedSauce; 9 October 2013, 11:08.
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Proud dad moment (please move along if not your thing)
Mrs MUN and I were in the living room and we playfully punched each other on the arm. My 2 year old was eating breakfast in his high chair and shouted:
Hey, don't hit my mummy, okay daddy!
Mrs MUN and I laughed and agreed it was adorable until I noticed he was still staring...
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Family illness etc - chances might have to can gig
Must admit this gig is turning into an issue at the moment. Wife at home at the moment with 7 week old baby and is ill at the moment (she was very ill during pregnancy and still having problems unfortunately). Being an hour plus drive away, working 12 hour shifts is already difficult enough.
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Un-Boomed
Been on the cards for a while. NLUK will be happy at least.
Not the best client but it was close to home and its been over 2 years so can't complain. It is still a little annoying when you know that there is still lots to do but the client can't see past saving money and getting the bobs...
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WT-actual-F!
This is my son's primary school class, can someone please explain as its beats the hell out of me!
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Man Flu!
Ok, I'm all for Junior attending nursery but does he really have to come home with a different lurgy every bloody week?
FFS
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Daily Wail wants EU to save children from window blind cords...
Yep, it's real; now they want the EU to legislate on window blind cord safety regulations!
Erm, but I thought the Daily Wail hated the EU!??!?!?!?!?!?
How my four-year-old was nearly strangled by a window blind cord | Mail Online...
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Another Plan B missed
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Child Friendly Tablets
With Christmas around the corner and seeing as the kids (7 and 5) won't leave my shiney iPad alone I was looking at some of the child friendly tablets on the market, has anyone else looked into them, anyone already bought one for their little monster and "road tested" it as dads (and geek...
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child maintenance
I know there are a few folk on here paying it - does anyone pay more than CSA rate, if so how much and why?
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Double trouble!
Just found out this afternoon that Mrs Swamp is expecting twins...
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CUK official A-level results thread
It's that time of year again. And the Mail leads:
A-level A grades fall for the first time in 21 years as tougher marking rules are imposed | Mail Online
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*Not* allowed to interview for permanent position (AWR Regulations)
Hi, wondering if anyone could shed light on my situation...
Have been working with a client company for 1 year as a Ltd company contractor. The client company uses an in-house resourcing agency for all contractors.
A while ago the resourcing agency sent out documentation...
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School dinners
Feck me, school dinners ain't what I remember.
Son's school (11-18) has got shiny new refectory (or canteen as we used to call it).
Just been sent the menus - one for grub, one for beverages.
Top of the list:
Double expresso - 80p
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The house stinks of poo!
Baby BP has got the hang of doing wees in the potty/toilet - but is very stubborn about poos. He has cacked him 3 times today - and as he is the size of a 7 year old and they are big poos it reeks.
Mrs BP has a very sensitive sense of smell so has got candles out.
So far...
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Bloody women!
So today, we're off to the Lakes to spend a week with all the wife's family, all 17 of them. oh the joy! Luckily, I'm working and billing most of it.
The cottage is about a 2hr drive from here, but as wife is driving (I'm still unable to after surgery) and she's never done long distance...
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Mumsnet. Grrrrrrrrrr.
"Hello there,
We're just dropping you a line because your username, 'CUKAmbassador', has been reported to us for promoting CUK - and we can see the reporter's point! I'm afraid we don't allow users to promote goods and services via their nicknames. We do understand that you're probably...
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The joys of autistic children
Mrs BP walking our autistic son to school with a girl of same age that my wife childminds for. The both run off. My wife calls them back and tells them to stay with her. The girl runs off again. My wife screams at her "Why don't you listen? You are worse than my son and he is stupid". Right...
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Should smacking laws be eased after riots?
David Lammy: ease smacking rules after riots - Telegraph
I believe he has a point. In fact I belive the cane should be bought back in secondary schools.
And of course David Cameron's assault on fathers ("feckless") does not help either.
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Female G-spot 'may not exist'
Female G-spot 'may not exist' - Telegraph
Researchers said there is no conclusive evidence for the centre of female sexual pleasure after reviewing 100 studies conducted over the past 60 years.
Dr Amichai Kilchevsky admitted that the principle was worth further investigation....
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Mumsnet trolling. Which one of you was it this time?
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Youngest ever MS certified professional is no more
Arfa Karim Randhawa: Microsoft's youngest professional dies aged 16 | Mail Online
She passed the exams when she was 9 in Pakistan but then this could easily be arranged. But giving her the benefit of doubt this looks like a sad loss of a prodigy.
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Married bird, what would you do?
Apart from MarillionFan and TestMangler, they say they've done it before, what would you do?
The facts:
- not a colleague
- slightly older
- looks allright
- says she's in an open marriage
- location would be hers when hubby's away
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Post Christmas blues
Why the feck do I feel so fecking miserable?
(I've tried both wine and chocolate -any lift in spirits is short lived)
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Labour tips
Where else would I turn for advice on this topic but good old CUK
SY02 was due to give birth yesterday, and is still sat here with not a hint of things getting into action
Normally (the previous 3 pregnancies as examples) she runs to term + 12 which is the maximum allowed by...
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Just to let you all know
CM(Mrs Churchill) and I became proud parents on 1st December.
Mother and baby(boy) are both doing very well.
As for me, I'm knackered.Last edited by Churchill; 13 December 2011, 10:49.
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