Gypsie

I had my hair dyed black for 12 years, I would dye it myself using box dyes at home. I recently decided to go red and had to have the black stripped out first. It took the hairdressers 3 attempts to get the black out. So now I have had my hair coloured red 3 times in 2 months and the colour is no longer fading and is an even colour all over but...the condition is awful, splitting and fuzzy. I used to have soft, shiny hair. Also, my roots are coming through after a week of having it done.

Thinking of dying it myself a chocolate brown ( my original colour before the black or red). Would this be wise?

I want to darken them slightly, they are pine and I'd like them to look antique pine in colour.

The few we have replaced look slightly lighter and also there is a stain on the hall floor that has darkened the wood in parts (looks almost like an oil stain). I'd like the finish to look as even as possible and hide these blemishes.

If I stain it this colour will I then need to put a clear varnish over it or should I just use a coloured varnish and not bother with a stain at all? Any reccommendations on what brand to buy would be appreciate too.

I need to think of a mascot for a police force but struggling. Can anyone think of a good animal/thing and tell my what relevance it has to the police?

Can anyone tell me what the 6 feast days of Our Lady are, the name, date and a brief description of each please?

My 3 year old daughter has about 10 scattered red spots/blotches on her torso. They have a little clear puss filled pimple in the centre of them. She isn't itching and seems well in herself.

My biggest concern is a small pea sized lump in the back of her neck about and inch or so in, and a couple of inches down from the bottom of her left ear. I'm hoping this is just a swollen gland due to the rash.

The lump seems too far down on her neck to be a gland, I always assumed the gland was just by the ear.

I am going to take her to the doctors but any suggestions would be appreciated in the meantime.

Thanks

I am due to go and collect a puppy on fri who is booked in for his first injection on mon at the vet. My father has just called me (whom I've not spoken to for 2 months after a family dispute) and asked me to look after his dog as he has to go away unexpectedly. I don't want to say no to my dad but I'm all set to get our pup on fri. I am wonering if the 2 dogs can be together?

Hi,

I realised today that Pictochat was a feature on the DS where DS users within 65 metres can chat to each other. I was absolutely outraged that this was on a childs toy.

My 8 year old had been on one of her friends DS's at school (last day of term so could take a toy in) and said someone was sending nasty messages on it.

My daughter has a DS herself and I was so shocked that Pictochat was on it.

I am really worried now that predators can chat to kids using this.

There doesn't seem to be any concern about it when I've googled it but surely loads of adults & unsavory charecters have DS' and could prey on kids through this.

Am I the only parents with concers about this or do I have my information wrong?

My kids love to watch a Grey Squirrel come into our garden each morning but this morning I was horrified when I opened the bedroom curtains. The neighbour had caught the squirrel in a cage in their garden and now it has gone once their gardener has been, he didn't carry it out with him so I'm assuming he has killed it! Feel horrible.....i could have gone and asked them if I could take it to a park and set it free...my kids loved to watch it climb our tree. Are you allowed to just kill them in the UK?

I'm having a BBQ on Mon & have a couple of Vegetarians coming, does anyone know of any good Veggie BBQ ideas? The more elaborate the better!

Cheers.

I was wondering if anyone can advise me on slimming pills. If anyone has used Reductil or NUPHEDRAGEN I would like your feedback on them please. Any stories on pro's/con's of slimming pills.

I have been living with my partner for 5 years now. When we met, I had a 2 year old from a previous relationship. Her biological father had very little to do with her since she was born and refused to go on her birth certificate, he too has no parental responsibility for her.

During the 5 years my current partner and I have been together, we have gone on to have 2 more children and my eldest hasn't seen her real dad for 6 years (his choice).

It is a worry to me that my partner has no parental responsibility for my eldest and in the event of anything happening to me, he has no say in what happens to her.

I need to know how my partner can gain parental custody of my eldest child...if anyone can help I would really appreciate your advice.

Thanks.

A leather football used to be known as a casey (unsure on the spelling) where I grew up and my daughter says they still get called that in school now. My partner however, has never heared of the expression. Does anyone know where this name comes from?

I live in Liverpool uk

My partner receives at least 2 calls a day from an asian call centre (Group Finance) who try to offer finance. They have been told we're not interested but they don't care. When my partner is not in they decide to abuse me on the phone and talk dirty to me, telling me what he would like to do to me sexually, if I put the phone down, he calls back. I have spoken to a manager..who barely spoke english and asked repeatedly for them to take us from their mailing list. Their number is witheld and I cannot find a company under this name when I google it to make a complaint about. I have 3 young daughters and I worry that they will talk sexually to them too if they answer the phone. What can I do about this?

Does anyone know why my Vauxhall meriva ABS light is showing all the time? I've just had new break pads fitted and thought this would solve the problem but it hasn't.....any ideas??

WE ADOPTED A DOG 2 DAYS AGO, HE'S A LABRADOR X DALMATION BUT i NOTICED YESTERDAY MY 7 YEAR OLD HAD A RED BLOTCHY RASH ALL OVER HER UPPER ARMS, TODAY IT IS ON HER CHEST, BACK AND OVER HER FACE AND HER LIPS LOOK SLIGHTLY SWOLLEN. I CAN ONLY SEE THIS BEING AN ALLERGY TO THE DOG...ALTHOUGH, WE HAVE HAD OTHER DOGS AND NON HAVE AFFECTED HER THIS WAY. I AM TAKING HER TO THE DOCTORS BUT I'VE TOLD HER WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO GET RID OF THE DOG, SHE IS DEVASTATED BUT I DON'T SEE AN ALTERNATIVE, SHE CAN'T LIVE WITH A DOG THAT AFFECTS HER LIKE THIS, IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE THAT i'M UNAWARE OF? iF NOT, DOES ANYONE WANT TO REHOME HIM, HE'S LOVELY, WELL BEHAVED. fEEL SO SORRY FOR HIM, THIS IS HIS 3RD HOME , HE'S ONLY 18MONTHS AND NOW WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO REHOME HIM.

If I drink a couple of cups of tea a day (decaf) with semi skimmed milk in it and I'm still within my daily carb allowance, will the milk take me out of lipolysis state? I cannot find any refereance as to why milk isn't permitted but cream is, does it have something in it that cream doesn't?

does anyone know why milk isn't permitted on this diet even though single cream is? The carb content isn't much different.

It's my boyfriends 30th in a couple of weeks and I need some ideas for a nice birthday treat for him. We have just bought our 1st house so money is very tight right now.

We have kids and it's easier to get baby sitters for during the day or early evening only so if any one has some inexpensive ideas I would much appreciate it!

I want to take my boyfriend to see Liverpool for his birthday, I haven't the faintest idea about how to go about getting tickets, I've looked on line at their website and you need to have gone to so many home or away games this year. We haven't been to any.......Does this mean theres no chance of me getting tickets for a game?? Don't mind what match it is, home or away.

He also supports a team from his home town Scarborogh and doesn't get to go any more as he has moved to Liverpool, I can't even find a list of up-coming games for them on their website so if anyone knows how you get tickets for either I would be very grateful.

Hi, my partner had a vasectomy last year but the past few months, he has had pain in his left testicle as he ejaculates.

I have googled this and tried to find if it's common but cannot find anything....We are waiting to see a doctor but in the meantime I'd like to ask if anyone knows what the cause could be and if it's common?