Tip of the day

Set your homework groundrules early. As soon as they start getting homework, teach them to "get on and get it over with". roisin

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Quote of the week

radstar reveals the bitterest bone of contention ever to mar her marriage: "Whether or not we would allow children to get down from the table while others were still eating. Him, yes; me, no. We fell out big style. Thing was, we didn't even have children then."

Recipe of the week

Anon's broccoli lemon chicken: easy-peasy and literally lemon-squeezy stir-fry.

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