Family, Home and Garden

A New Message!!

Oooooh! LOOK! A new message!!! Just an enquiry to ask if there's anyone still around on here who wants to join in the SSS this year? That is, the Spectacular Secret Santa!! Spectacular because there might only be you and Santa! A cosy little tete-a-t...

i hope to watch strictly tonight.

I has had a hurty.....

so been out of action since Tuesday...we have had a bug going around the dept. I am now feeling a bit better, but daren't eat much!!! the only good thing that came out of it was my trousers are now a bit bigger!!!!! OH was a darling bless him, got in...

update on oh and paramedics

he was doing very well after his op but last night about 9.30 he asked me to look at his leg as it felt funny and when i looked it was huge swollen right from his toes to above his knee.follows is a call to NHS 111 and after many questions she dispat...

How is Autumn treating you?

Everyone looking forward to winter, have you got your winter woolies out yet, wellies and a row boat here today, 30mm of rain apparantly.

crafting

helped my mate to make some no sew snowmen today. She really enjoyed herself i think, she never crafts, so it was new to her.She went off with 4 snowmen on the front seat of her car!!!!

Today is the day they charge for plastic bags, please read

Remember to keep your 'Bags for Life' in the boot of your car This very quickly became a Non-story in Scotland, exactly the same complaints and warnings, were all over our Newspapers & TV shows, as are filling your media today. Pay NO attention to th...

fireworks

we heard the first of the fireworks last night so suppose we have them on and off now until after new year...

Come ON everybody......SS!!!

Please look at CG's thread "a new message"it's for this years Christmas SS...... we need more peeps, please join it's great fun.

Embarrassing parents

What's the worst thing your mum or dad ever said to a boyfriend/girlfriend. I had been after this lad for ages, and finally, he was mine. Love blossomed for a couple of weeks, and then my mum asked me to invite him to tea. All went well till my dad s...

Fame

Thought I'd try to start up a thread. Anyone got a claim to fame ? My family has a street named after us due to having the same family living in one house for over 100 years. The house has been demolished now but the entrance to a new street was buil...

Have tou tried Windows 10 yet, and if so what do you think to it?

I have tried it and I quite like it. I have a new poot ( a birthday pressie), very posh windows surface tablet. I am getting to quite like it. I am a coward though, I chose Windows 8.1 as I didn't want to have to get used to a new poot and a new oper...

Anyone had dealings with British Gas?

Here's a short saga. The other afternoon I found ***SHOCK***HORROR*** water dripping from my boiler! It was just a slow drip so I phoned the people that installed it. "He'll be with you tomorrow, it'll be after ten." It seems to get a little worse so...

Did anyone watch strictly saturday night and last night?

I thought aliona and jay's jive was amazing.

Let's be brutally honest !

Is it really worth the effort to try and keep FHG up and running ?In my opinion no !My reasoning being no matter how many threads I would open to try and generate interest hardly anyone comments on them and it all honesty I have no idea what would re...

Resolved! Shopping in Colchester?

Hello, Considering a short visit to this area. Does anyone know the Shopping Town of Colchester? What is the surrounding area like as well? Hopeful, Thank You.

Bake Off Final

Is anyone watching the Bake Off Final tonight? If so, who do you want to win? I'd like Nadiya to win.

A Happy Ending Just For A Change

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p034hlcd Best Of Luck To Them

Escaped Gerbils

My 2 gerbils have escaped from their cage, and are now happily running around the living room They are so fast, I cant catch them. I have made a humane mouse trap from a lemonade bottle, but they are totally ignoring it. Any ideas please

Email supposedly from paypal

Be careful of emails that look like they are from paypal I had one today, a receipt for a payment I had not authorised or made. A couple of allerting flagsThe from field only said paypal and did not include the service bitThe email included a link to...

september MDCC

are we doing this or not......i think we should at least go to christmas as this is when the charities do best what do others think.

Did anyone watch strictly saturday night and last night?

I thought strictly was good on saturday night, i thought rod stewart was very good on the stricty last night,

The man that lived beside the A9 .......................

has been moved on after living there for three years.He was up in Perth Sheriff Court on Thursday for bashing a court official with a mug when they went to evict him from his position near a layby near Blair Atholl and he said it is not finished as h...

Have I missed the date for ...........

putting the sprouts on for Christmas dinner ?

Imagine waking in the morning ...........

to find part of your road had disappeared into a large sinkhole ! The people on that street in St. Albans must be worried now about their houses as that sinkhole seems to have appeared overnight although the fire service were already aware of a small...

How many people on Ebay would take a refugee family into there own home?

How many people on Ebay would take a refugee family into there own home?..... I wouldnt.....

What has happened?

What on earth has happened to this board? Has no-one anything to say? I've never been a dedicated FHG poster but I've always read the board and enjoyed many of the topics. Sooooooooooo, how about posting some reasons why those who used to be regulars...

A dog quiz

While we are enjoying quizzes, here's one for the dog lovers. I picked this quiz up in Stranraer last year, it was being sold in aid of a local animal charity, and there was a prize to be won. I am not offering a prize but will make a donation to the...

more puzzles film titles

Cryptic film titles… 1 Australia's top magician?2 Spot the German guy.3 The highest revolver.4 David and Mike are not in debt.5 24 carat piece of anatomy.6 Very cold time long ago7 Weekend illness.8 West 119 Whilst steering avoid flower.10 Saturday.1...