Lisa33

Well I can say that woman was a cheeky cow. I would tell her that it was my garden and to keep her nose out. To be fair like you said you were gonna clean up the glass anyway, but if youw wanted to leave it then you can because its your property. Honest the gall of some people. We have 4 cats and they do go outside to do their bits and bobs but they do most of it in our garden lol. I agree its bad when cats do come into your garden and do it in your bedding plants and then all the hard work has gone to waste. Lots of people spend a lot of money on their gardens and its their pride and joy, but people just want a nice garden without smelling of cat poo, which is horrid at the best of times. Unfortunately, cats are just a fact of life and roam wherever they want to go and come back home when the want to. I have had decappiated pigeons on my living room rug with all their innards hanging out and most recently a vole. I hate it when my cats do this because I things its horrid. You may be able to tell Im a animal lover. My parents live out in the country and they live on one of the big stately homes in their houses. My dad was telling me yesterday that the estate kills cats which are feral as they cause problems. Back to the point, sorry for going on so much. You can buy stuff from the shops which deter cats from doing their bits and bobs on your garden. The only way that this problem will be solved by people is if they start to take their cats out on a lead like we do dogs. I love my cats and would never want them harmed or coming back home with a cut paw, as the vet bills would be big. I can understand where you are coming from and I totally agree with your senitments about your neighbour too. She didnt go about it the right way at all. Until someone comes up with a fantastic idea to stop cats ruining peoples gardens with their poo and wee, then Im afraid its a case of having to put up with it. Why not try the internet to see if there are any organic treatments you can put down on your garden to stop them doing their business on your garden. I have a friend who had her cat poisioned by her horrid neighbour for the same reasons and it broke her heart.

I dont have a lot of sugar in the day and try to keep it to a minimum if I can. I get up about 2am or 3am and whatever I can get my hands on to eat I will eat it, dont matter what it is. I have heard of lots of people with this problem. People laugh when I tell them about it and yes its true it is funny in some respect, but it gets me down and when it actually comes to resisitng the food, its like someone waving food in front of my face. I have had this problem for about 8 years now, but before it wasnt bad at all it was just now and then. Its now every night sometimes 2 and 3 times a night. I have a idea that rather than going "cold turkey" to just cut up some fruit like a nectarine and put it in the fridge and when I get up to eat just eat that and just allow myself that. Im gonna give it a go and i know I can do it, its just really hard and I dont like hard work lol. I will do this tonight and give you all a update.

Honestly - If I were you I would take them to Weston Park, the museum there and like the other person said the millennim galleries. I would defo take them to the Cathedral, apart from that unless they like shopping not much in city centre. I think a good idea is Kelham Island. Good luck with this endevour.

HELP - My problem is that I cant stop eating in the middle of the night. I eat healthy in the day and walk wherever I can, but when I go to bed at night I wake up everynight and end up scoffing whatever I can. I even dip my finger in the brown sugar for something sweet to have. Im clapping on the weight and extermely depressed about how I feel about myself, I have not got much confidence at the moment and always wear the same clothes to hide myself in. I keep getting up each day and promising myself that I will not pig out on that night when I go to bed. It obviously dosent work. We dont buy choccie in or biscutis in as I eat them all in the middle of the night. I know that this is a habit which I can break as i have done it before, but it was very hard, but when I got over the first 3 days it got easier. I find it really hard to find the will power to do this, but I know that if I dont do something about it pretty soon Im gonna feel much much worse about myself and end up feeling more depressed than I already do. I know that I have to do the hardwork myself and no matter how many times I promise myself that I can do it, it never seems to transpire. Please help any advice would be appreciated. Lisa xx

Thank you for all your comments, I can see that there are a lot of people who are in the same situation. I feel very angry and very frustrated, so much so that my partner has told me to stop going on about it all the time. He says its a situation we are in and we need to deal with it and I to get whatever work I can and move on. I hate this government, how are we supposed to pay for my medication for asthma, when we will have not much disposable income left to pay for it, Mr Cameron I bet you will never ever have to worry about how to pay for your medication if you need it. I cant get over the fact that genuine people are been targeted very unfairly, and the ones who cant be arsed to get of their fat arses and keep spitting kids out get everything. I feel like swearing but I know I cant on here lol. Its worrying how this country is going. We are going to end up like America and Greece. Anyway I put out 5 cvs yesterday for a job at Peaks shopping centre and am going to ring up agencies tomorrow to see if I can get any work with them. I wish you all a happy and peaceful week. Lets hope in the next general election that the British people come to their senses and lets not vote in these cretins in again.

Hi all. I recently have been made unemployed and have only just found out on Friday that I am not entitled to any JSA contribution based as I have not made enough NI contributions in the last few years. Im also not entitled to income based JSA either. The man at the Job Centre who was very helpful and polite advised me to see if my partner could claim Working Tax Credits, we are not entitled to this either as he earns £500 too much per year. Fact is if he worked part-time we would be better off, how does this work? I know that there are a lot of people out there who are and have been in the same position as we are now and its just so unfair so so unfair to people who are genuine and genuinely need the money. We have both always worked, my partner full time and me most of the time full time but due to the economy I have worked part time about two years ago for about 18 months as I had to take what work I could to just pay the bills and afford to eat. Anyway Im not saying that we are any special case or entitled to any special treatment but how bad is it when genuine people genuinely need the money to get by. Im asthmatic and I have to pay for my prescriptions which amount to about £25.00 every other month and then dental treatment. How the hell does this idiot of a government expect people to manange. Im going balls out to find a job no matter what it is and its just so depressing to know that we wont have hardly any money left at the end of the end of the month when my partner gets paid. It really gets us mad. Im not going to comment on the people on our estate who have lots of kids and have never worked in their life and have the biggest tv and run a car and can afford to smoke and drink, and get all the benefits. I know I will find a job no matter what it is, but Its the feelings of frustration and the feeling really down and am finding it so hard to stay positive. People are saying stay positive but its really hard at this moment in time for both me and my partner. Has anybody else out there felt like this when they have been in this situation and what did you do to make yourself feel more positive and upbeat. Thanks for reading, from a very frustrated person

I have to agree with Weazel2006.

I was slapped as a child and it never hurt me. To be honest I think that children should be took to one side and explained to why what they did is not to be done and why he/she was shouted at. I think it should be a last resort but am not going to say it should not be done. Ive seen people hit their children not just a slap but a proper smack and I hate to see it. I was slapped on the bum or behind the back of the legs and it made me not do it again. Lots of children of today's generation have no respect. I work with the public and the number of kids that don't say thank you or swear at me is abouslotley appalling. I'm in favour of the occasional slap now and then but not all the time.

I watch JK when I have the time, but most of his guests are scum who are on the show anyway and are usually young chavvy type people who have no respect for themselves or other people? I think when JK speaks to them he is doing right, I think hes brill. I have to admit though, some of the people are not scum and have some respect for human beings and themselves. I think this guy who was on the JK show who snapped his girlfriends spine would be in prison by now and most likely she would be dead or in a wheelchair. I think they also get the worst kind of people on there for the viewing numbers too.

We live in a small place with 4 cats (YES 4 lol ). We hoover up at least the living room at least 4 or 5 times a week cause of the cat hairs and little muddy paw prints. The Blessing is we have wooden flooring, so its easy to hoover or sweep it up. The sofa and chair is constantly covered with throws for fear of getting hairs all over the sofa, the throws get shook most days and changed ans washed most weeks. I cant stand the kitchen been a mess so that gets a quick tidy up everyday and sides wiped down. The bathroom I cannot stand a mess, its drives me CRAZY. I hate having a dirty bathroom. The one thing that I thinks makes me tell a person if they are dirty or clean is the toilet. My toilet is always always clean and checked about 2/3 times a day I have been told Im obsessed with cleaning, but with four cats and a partner who also helps out with the cleaning quite a bit:love: bless him, I have to keep on top, otherwise, it drives me CRAZY. The bedroom only gets hoovered once a week by my fab boyfriend.

Was just interested if anyone with Asthma is worse in Winter, and what affects it? I have had asthma since I was 19 (I'm now 36). I have noticed that the central heating seems to make it worse in winter? I have had asthma for a number of years but have only begun to notice more now what makes it worse. I'm on a steroid inhaler called Clenill at the mo, (beclometasone dipropionate, previously spelt beclomethasone in the UK. This is a type of medicine known as a corticosteroid). In the bedroom we have the central heating off and the window open a bit, and I have noticed that my asthma if really good in there, but if the heating is on in the rest of the flat at night or in the day, it makes me asthma quite bad. Also strong scented burning oils and air fresheners make me feel like they take my breath away as well, but yet some don't? Im just interested to see what other Asthma sufferers are like and what they do to remedy the situation? I would also like to ask if anyone is on a inhaler called Seretide, as my asthma nurse has put me on it and I have read that it puts weight on, and the last thing I need and want is extra weight on me. Because of the weight issue I have stopped taking the Seretide and gone back onto the Clenill. Any reply's would be very helpful. I hope you all have a merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2012. Lisa33

Update - I have been feeding her still and I am changing her bedding everyday so that if its damp it will dry and she wont be sitting on damp bedding. I have now put a water bottle in for her as well. She seems fairly happy and content. I have just been speaking to a neighbour who say she has been feeding the cat as well, she also told me that she had a shed at the bottom of her garden which the cats or the area seem to congregate in, I found this so funny lol. I'm determined to re-home her.

I hope you find Custard soon as well, I know how heartbreaking it is when a cat goes AWOL. A few years ago one of my old cats Gizzy, bless him, went missing for two weeks. At the time I was having a lie down on the bed, when our neighbor shouted, Lisa, your Gizzy is here. Dont give up hope she should come back, just taking her time about it.

HI Rain Rescue. I will get him/her over to the vets to get the cat scanned. I will also upload a photo and put a little note on it. I'm so determined to get this gorgeous little cat a home that its my main goal. She will NOT BE OUTSIDE FOR THE WINTER, IM DETERMINED (sorry for caps). thank you for your kind offer of help. I will be in touch soon. lisa33

Thank you for that, it has put my mind at rest a bit. If it gets really cold and snow and Ice then I will take her in for a few days just until the bad weather went. I wish we could have her, but we have four cats already. We live in a flat and don't have much space as it is.