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I'm looking for someone to advise on financial/pension planning - any recommendations or offers?

Thanks

I've got 2 disposable cameras which I want to get developed - anyone have any idea where to get this done locally, and ideally quickly!!!!

Thanks

I am looking for (most likely two separate jobs):

Someone to screed a kitchen floor ahead of underfloor heating going down

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Sash window replacement (3 window bay)

Recommendations or offers please!

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Saw this just now opposite the football field at the south end of pond area. Put it on a sign, photo too big to upload - sorry

Love Tippler - always fun and the service is excellent

I've got a few jobs I need doing over the next month (earlier start, the better!) - please PM me if you are interested in one or more of them.

1. 2 bedrooms - walls making good and decorating

2. Front garden take down old broken wooden fence and build a low wall in it's place

3. Bike shed assembled in front garden - May need to adapt or bespoke build as limited space (could be integrated into design of wall)

Cheers

Andy

Heading into Central London on Sunday - does anyone have a recommendation for a good place for lunch in Chinatown (Chinese food, obviously...) which our 8 yr old and 5 yr old would be welcome at?

Thanks! It figures that lots of the costs are fixed regardless of the size of the build...

Purely hypothetically, of course.... if you had a house with only the 'front' loft extension done, how much would it cost to add the second, 'back bedroom'?

I know the whole thing is around 40k, I'm just interested in a ballpark figure of the cost of adding a second room. 10k maybe?

I urgently need to get rid of some bulky rubbish from my front garden - an old armchair, a broken coffee table, lots of empty cardboard boxes. Could someone please collect and take to recycling centre for me, ideally in the next few days? Any interest, please let me know a price!

Had a few beers at the bar - great fun, will definitely be back! Deserves to do well, keep up the good work!

Going tonight, probably

There's a free version for iPad which will give a good intro - I downloaded that first in case it was all a flash-in-the-pan. The ?4.99 version has more features.

My 7 year old girl has loved it for about a year and its open-ended, creative nature makes it more interesting than other games. It has a 'survival' mode but she prefers the 'creative'. Think of it as a massive Lego set on a tablet. There are lots of videos on YouTube which show what the game can do.

My girls are both pretty obsessive about getting on the iPads but I've found if there's an interesting real life alternative on offer - swimming, bike ride, park, meeting up with real people - they can be prised away from the tablets. And as for flights, long car journeys, early mornings - thank you Steve Jobs.

I agree Minecraft can be very compelling, but I have noted she has lost interest in the last month or so. As with everything (particular TV shows, that revolting film about the rat that cooks, Ratatouille) she has got bored of it, I suspect. Now if anyone knows how to stop her obsessing about owning a horse, and her sister from watching Frozen again and again and again, please let me know!

Bawdale rd earlier. They keep talking until you close the door...

Are you a member of the National Trust? If so, Surrey offers Polesden Lacey and Claremont for free - they were favourites of my kids when we lived in SW London, but still within striking distance from here. Morden Hall Park is nearer to home. All offer walks,cafe, wildlife, woods... Also Wimbledon Park is an alternative option to Peckham Rye, Dulwich Park etc when the weather is better, as is Cannizzaro Park off Wimbledon Common - a wonderful, relatively undiscovered gem of a park/woodland walk/pond (it's behind a posh hotel so looks private but is actually a park run by the council).

Into Kent, how about the north Kent coast? Broadstairs/Margate/Ramsgate are a bit if a trek but could be fun (avoid tidal surges though)! Broadstairs is the furthest and is 1 hr 30 from here but a nice day by the seaside - lots of ice cream, beach etc. Botany Bay is a quieter place to stop off on the way for a small beach perfect for toddlers.

In London, Tate Modern is free and fun for little ones - lots of crazy exhibits and also a lovely younger kids' play area on level 5 (?). 176 bus takes you close (and an adventure in its own right!). My daughters loved it there as toddlers and there is a pizza express nearby or the Tate cafe is child friendly.

Hope that helps! Enjoy dreaming of picnics and adventure!

What did you think of the play? My girls thought it was fun. They thought the water was much more fun though!

We are going to that too! We're all going on a bear hunt is also great (Lyric Theatre, I got tickets through kids go free week). Take swimming stuff and a towel today - there's a great water play on the south bank at the moment and also a lovely garden on top of the Hayward Gallery.

Have fun!

Andrew Brock on Shawbury Road is great

Roberts and Denny's Removals 02076355332

Thanks everyone! Love the ideas so far. Probably looking to spend less than ?100, I can feel a plan forming now. Thanks so much - I love the forum!

Not quite us if this is in the right place, but it's aimed at the Mums out there...

It's my wife's birthday later this week (not a major one, that was last year) and I need to think of some original ideas for present(s). I've done the earring, necklace, bracelet, nice notebook/pen etc options from local shops over the last few years and need some new inspiration. I've also gone down the vouchers for massages etc route and she never really has time to use them. Also any well-meaning "offer to take the kids for a day" ideas are lovely but not appropriate as I do most of the childcare already...

So... If you were going to turn 41ish over the next week or so what would you love to be given? I would prefer to get something locally to support ED business and am pretty desperate as so far I have:

DVD of Skyfall

A voucher of "Joey Love" (a la Friends)

Obviously the first one is really for me and the second one is a joke, so please help!

All ideas hugely appreciated...

They did say it was unusually hot - http://www.sardinianplaces.co.uk/Docs/Sardinia-Guide/What-To-Expect/Weather.aspx this seems to be more usual. Being a ginge I am more cautious than most...

We were just outside Alghero, it was lovely (despite the heat wave!)

Great if you like the heat. We went (Pre-kids) about ten years ago and it was 40 degrees...