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  1. quackhandle

    Heat Pump Tumble dryer

    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 the...
  2. tazdevil

    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...
  3. Paddy

    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.
  4. AtW

    DOOM: 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 moved...
  5. DealorNoDeal

    Lazy 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 cleaning up...
  6. fullyautomatix

    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. :rolleyes:
  7. fullyautomatix

    Alright, which one of you is this?

    Own up please. To be sick of DP's poo crumbs? | Mumsnet Discussion Has to be FLC or markyMark..
  8. Mordac

    Thinking of buying a Bosch appliance?

    For the Love Of God, don't...
  9. vetran

    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?
  10. clearedforlanding

    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?
  11. E

    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. I'm getting...
  12. B

    What is your worst parenting mistake?

    Inspired by What are your worst parenting mistakes? | The panel | Comment is free | The Guardian
  13. T

    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 down it the noise...
  14. mankyspanky

    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 right I love getting...
  15. suityou01

    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 explaining to the pupils about...
  16. V

    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?
  17. P

    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 doing a crap...
  18. mudskipper

    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 already gone to work...
  19. B

    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. In...
  20. vetran

    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? Should they just get dirty and go for it? Should she dump...

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