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Does your wife ever get into a cleaning frenzy? She said she'd been dreaming of spiders in the cupboards so as soon as we'd done with breakfast my wife went through the whole house washing, scrubbing and polishing. I did offer to help but only got in the way!

According to this article, even women like Marilyn Monroe and Liz Taylor used to shave their faces. If you catch your wife borrowing your razor you'll know why!:D

I've seen everything now. My 13 year old niece and her 16 year old brother have both been allowed to dye their hair pink!:eek: I'm just old fashioned I suppose!

My wife just told me that she's cleaned a patch of black stuff from the inside of one of our cupboards. I figure that this was mould and I'm a little concerned that she may have breathed some spores. How would she know if there is a detrimental effect?

I'm expecting the family tomorrow and I've bought a piece of brisket that I have offered to cook in our slow cooker. I know pastrami is brisket with paprika so I'm guessing that paprika would be a good spice to add. Can anyone confirm before I make a huge mistake?

Do you celebrate it? We've been married for 23 years and we don't always celebrate it but this year I have booked a special dinner at our local pub. They have a wonderful special menu and I know my wife will love it!

Would you let your kids watch TV after the 9 o'clock "watershed"? Last night I watched a medical programme at 9 pm and was surprised to see people exposing their most intimate bodily parts! If I'd been watching with my grandchildren I'd have had to answer some awkward and embarrassing questions...

Quite apart from the amount of compensation paid which is the main subject of this article, wouldn't you want to know if your child had been tied up and whipped at school? This woman has been dismissed for telling the parents!

I've been reading this worrying article which suggests that all children under five should have a vitamin D supplement because they don't play outside any more. Does this concern you?

A very strange thing happened! I moved some photos from my LG phone to my computer using a USB cable and then my phone battery died. I recharged it yesterday and this morning it is dead again. Do you think the battery needs replacing?

People are being encouraged to move to another area to find work but what about how this will affect children? They'd have to move schools and make new friends. Would you do this?

My grandson spends a few days each week with each parent. His mother is untidy and messy and, while with her, so is he. His father is tidy and minimalist and while he is there, so is he, without having to be told. What does this tell you?

How do you cope when your job takes you away from your family for months at a time? My daughter is married to a soldier and he is frequently posted away from her and their young children.

My wife wants us to take our three youngest grandchildren away for a holiday to give their parents a break but I'm not sure that I can cope with three lively youngsters. How can I get out of it?

How would you handle it if your child told you they were gay? I saw this article today about Jonathan Ross's daughter and I wonder if I could have been so supportive in my day.

My wife loves Johnny Depp so we recorded this film last night. I'm not so sure because I'm not all that keen on films where the characters sing some of their lines, especially when they aren't singers. Has anyone seen it?

I may be unique in this but I wonder? Does anyone else just pretend to eat the cakes that the kiddies bring home from school? Who knows where little fingers have been?

I know you aren't supposed to but, of my four daughters, the first was my favourite probably because she was born with a slight deformity of her spine that had to be corrected so she spent some time in hospital as a tiny tot. Do you manage to hide it? Hopefully I did.:D

Has anyone ever tried their hand at bread making? I'm not talking about machines that bake bread but good old fashioned elbow grease kneading and proving dough. I used to be really interested in making lots of different types and I'm thinking of doing it again.

We've just bought a new washing machine, our old one being 8 years old and I thought my wife had made a blunder when it arrived as it only had a cold water inlet pipe, whereas the old machine had cold and hot, but it seems that they are making them this way nowadays. I wonder why?