Longirl

I have a Burberry trench coat that could do with a freshen up, it needs to go to a specialised dry cleaners. I'm based near Liverpool Street, any recommendations?

Hi everyone! Is my app playing up or have RH not released today’s episode yet? Was looking forward to watering the flowers while listening.

A neighbourhood cat has been entering my house via my cats cat flap so I changed it out for a microchip flap last week.

My cat can’t seem to get the hang of pushing it open though. She was fine with her old one but this is a little bit stiffer. She just sits there pawing gently at the flap and meowing. How do I get her to actually push on it? She’ll happily run through if I’m holding it open but won’t do it for herself.

I’ve got 2 weeks to fix this problem before I go on holiday. Any suggestions?

I have a Samsung Ecobubble washing machine.  Yesterday I opened the machine and there were grey crumbling bits in the drum.  I ran an empty wash but it hasn’t improved it.  The bits are kind of squidgy, not rock-like, I thought at first it was the rubber in the machine wearing down but it’s in perfect condition.  I’ve only had the machine 5 years, and live alone so I only do about 4 loads per week (2 washes at 60’ and 2 washes at 40’).  I do live in a hard water area but this doesn’t feel hard like limescale. 

When I get home I’m going to run a cycle with white vinegar and I hope that helps!  Any ideas of how I fix this?  I really can’t afford a new washing machine. 

I have a huge colony of ants in my garden. They’re swarming over one of my potted bushes in particular and I think they’re killing it. There’s also a huge trail running from one side of garden to the plant pot.

I have nippon ant bates and diatomaceous earth to hand but I can’t shake the guilty feeling of killing them when they’re not actually in my house (I’ve killed 4 ant colonies in the past month inside my house and I feel pretty bad about it).

Is there any natural solutions that ants ‘just don’t like’ and will move on or do I have to give them a painful death? I really need to rescue this bush.

Hi, I had masseter botox for my TMJ just 4 weeks ago and I've developed these hollows under my cheekbones. I've always had high cheekbones but this is creating some angular definition I didn't know was possible. Will it stay this way? And does this means that jowls are on their way?

I've searched all over Reddit but can only find info about jowls and nothing about these cheek indentations.

It also got me wondering whether some of these celebs that I think have had buccal fat surgery may have just had masseter botox. As it's given me a really similar result.

I’m currently on holiday and have my usual cat sitter visiting my girl twice per day. My cat should recognise this lady, it’s her 6th time looking after her and she’s always been good as gold.

Every time my sitter shows up my cat runs to greet her, meowing, and then bites her leg or scratches her. It’s meant that my sitter has only spent a few minutes with her each visit as she doesn’t want to aggravate her further.

I’ve booked a flight home early tomorrow as I hate the thought of my cat feeling lonely. We’ve had a huge storm at home (I’m in England) so im wondering if this is setting her off? I just feel quite upset about this, this is my longest holiday since I got a cat (6 nights) and

I’m based in Hertfordshire. I’ve been looking for a gardener who can come on a regular basis, I have a small lawn, 3 bushes and a hedge, my old gardener used to do it within the hour. I have been getting quotes and my mind is blown by the different prices. Here’s some examples;

£250 for first visit, £18p/h thereafter £150 for first visit £60p/h and he reckons it’s gonna take two of them an hour and a half (it won’t)

I was paying my gardener this year (who was a professional full time gardener £30p/h but he moved).

Am I being ripped off or have the prices gone up that much. Nobody I know have had to pay these huge one off fees before. Are they gonna show up and take my £250 for half hour

My family and I like to do a weeks holiday with the dogs every year. I’m desperate to go to Whitby but we can’t find any static caravan parks that allow dogs.

The closest is on Filey and that’s an hour away. Can you recommend any parks or any type of accommodation that allows dogs? We don’t own a caravan.

Archie said thanks in advance 🐶

I’m due a meeting with my MD to get this sorted on Tuesday but I’m worrying a bit in the meantime.

I work in sales so my bonus fluctuates monthly but I’m on track to earn £115k this year.

I signed back up to my pension scheme in May after taking a 2 year break during covid. We have a rubbish pension scheme, I contribute 5% and my company contributes 3%.

Im a bit embarrassed to admit they I only realised today that the same amount has been coming out of my salary each month for my pension and it’s £183. Every single month. This is despite me earning £8.5k this month and £11k last month.

I called my pension provider but they pushed me back to our payroll dept (which is outsourced).