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Devastated: Hot water cylinder flooding house any day now and no money for replacement
Our hot water cylinder has started to fail (very rusted and leaking from the bottom). A plumber has had us turn off hot water etc. because it is likely to completely fail any day. We don't have any money to pay for a new one because I'm unable to work due to a neurological disability. I am on full PIP, my wife is my…
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Anyone Had A Toenail Removed?
Ok its a bit random I know, plus I couldn't find a category for it. Due to have the big toe removed but honestly its freaking me out. Now I have had several major operations over the years including having my kidney out but this, this is just getting to me. So I am not bothered about the actual procedure, its afterwards.…
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Is fighting fire with fire an effective strategy?
I hope this is OK to post as injustice, especially hypocrisy, is something that has upset me for a long time and I wonder what others think about it? I like reading about whisky and I just read an article about a lady who got into whisky tasting. It went on to give some interesting facts, like how even though most people…
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Accidentally offending someone
I was just thinking about my Dad meeting somebody with the same surname as him and saying to her that he was glad he wasn't the only person with such a stupid name, and the young lady got quite upset! :confused: Does anyone have any, ideally amusing, stories of times you accidentally caused offence? Or maybe times where…
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Poem my facing adversity
Poem my facing adversity Every day is a new day, and that's what I tell myself to believe in my ability. Two keep shining like a beautiful bright style I am and say that I can do anything, want to it? Nothing is going to stop me from being amazing, raising my profile, and showing the endless possibilities as I use my…
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Velociraptor Awareness Day!
IT'S BEHIND YOU! [image shows a small, feathered dinosaur on a white background] I was going to leave the post there for fun, but yes, it is indeed Velociraptor awareness day today, so I thought I'd do a quick lesson all about our second favourite* Jurassic Park dinosaurs! Did you know that the velociraptors of old didn't…
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Happy Sunday
Good afternoon all Hope you are having a good Sunday. I decided to go to church service this morning It was a pleasant occasion Will do it again, it made a change to the day, it was nice spending my time with others.
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Thyme To Garden!
I've seen a few members have been in their gardens! I've always said, I didn't get the green thumb. But I have family members with beautiful gardens. There are many books and podcasts out there for those who, like me, don't have the green thumb but want to learn. Books: * The Gardener's Almanac 2024 (National Trust). I…
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Mystery of the missing collar
If you were a dog collar and disappeared, where would you be?! We put it on Jelly on Friday morning but by Friday night she was no longer wearing it and we can't seem to find it anywhere! Do things ever seem to vanish in your house?
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Do you think we should have another delivery company for post other than the Royal Mail?
So just had some post as not had any for a while and had an important letter for an appointment that I have now missed because royal mail didn't deliver in time. The letter was dated the 8th March so took them 20days to deliver. I wish there was another postal service in the UK, as Royal Mail are getting worse and worse…
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Beautiful curious cat
This is my neighbour's cat. Sometimes she comes to visit me for a short time. She only peeks in the door, very shy...
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Tabs you have open
Am I the only one who always starts new tabs in my internet browser instead of using the current one, just in case I want to go back to what I was doing? I'm not as bad as I used to be...I used to keep doing it till I had 100+ tabs open and would open more until my computer crashed and I had to force restart it :D I…
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National Pet Month. Week three - Bird week!
We've had dogs, we've had cats, now it's time for birds! While we'd love to introduce you to the pet birds from our team, we're sadly lacking in actual pets. But what we do have is some cracking garden bird friends. Here's one of @Albus_Scope's pigeon friends lovingly named Scarface This below is the beautiful Bronson And…
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Hi, my name is sandradavid! why is my fish tank getting dirty more often?
As a beginner, I did a lot of research, and I want to have a tank. But I still hesitate about whether I should have a FOWLR or a reef tank. ns as to why my fish tank is getting dirty more often?
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My bird song poem
My bird song poem The birds sang melodiously as they tweeted their bird song, which was soothing to my eyes and my soul. Each morning I waited patiently to hear my favourite bird song every morning, which would put me in a happy mood at the start of each day and someday many sweet birds throughout the day. I pray that the…
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Researching weird stuff
Has anyone else done this? I went to Wikipedia recently to look up something about the driving license, within 5 mins I clicked on a link within the article and was reading about the driving license system in each country (quite interesting), then went on to reading about the rules of the road in every country. Then went…
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hello. I want to make swimming pool water into SEAWATER. what should I do?
I want to make swimming pool water into SEAWATER. what should I do?
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starting my own
support required how to make awareness
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Reconnecting
Hello, veryone,Like a lemon, I had forgotten my password until recentlySince I was last here, I have solved an ongoing health issue with a new diagnosis of CVID and started my own business.What's everyone been up to?
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25th Anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act, but what still needs to be improved?
On the 8th
November 2020, it’s the
25th Anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). The DDA was a landmark piece of legislation that was a result of years of
protests and campaigning by disabled people. The act made it unlawful to
discriminate against disabled people in relation to employment, the provision
of…
