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The traditional way to get rid of them is to go out after dark (the darker the better as they don't fly in the dark) and set fire to the nest. Then close the outhouse door and run inside. They should be gone in the morning. Wasps' nests burn really easily as they're just made of waxy paper, but it's not a pleasant sight. I used to have to do this every summer because my mum's extremely allergic to wasp stings. Bizarrely they hardly affect me at all - more like a mosquito bite. Good luck nemo

As the list is american, they left out I'm AMERICAN, so I MUST be a bigot Maybe it's because it's late, but I don't quite follow should we post this on other forums or just add to this thread? If it's the latter then the most obvious thing on the list is that I MUST be a nagging, steal-your-money kind of girlfriend.

Totally football-free household here Though Com would be interested if told that in an infinite universe, England would have to win infinitely often. He would also point out, with glee, that they will lose infinitely badly infinitely often too! And if the World Cup makes people patriotic, I'll be Burmese for the summer (I was for a few years, according to the Passport Office )

<'> <'> <'> As you say, perfect!

Zemanski intoduced me to that one, and she got it from a real live German

flutter, it's called 'work avoidance' multiple jobs + short deadlines = overwhelming desire to spend hours pointlessly surfing for entertainment ho hum back to work

She's the Egg Lady! No, not Annie Or the one in Pink Flamingos Delia Smith (aka 'Agent Smith' ) That TV cook who owns Tescos and the Premier League and the worldwide rights (except the US) to cranberries. The one who taught the world how to cook eggs back in 1994. Makes you wonder what people did with them beore that. And weren't we lucky there were all those chickens lying around waiting to feed us. There's more about her here Sorry, I've just discovered the Uncyclopedia . Funniest thing I've seen in ages!

How about buying him an ant farm like this one. Then some of them can go in there, and while Ben's distracted, you can wipe out the rest

This one looks to be dead easy. Bizarrely it's in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - everything you might ever want to know! enjoy nemo

absolutely right - there is no right of appeal, but it is a possible step to take before considering reassessment if the LEA do not cooperate. The problem with reassessment is the time scale mentioned before and also that sometimes it ends up with the statement being removed altogether, in which case you have to go through the tribunal process which is not something to wish on anyone if it can be avoided. The problem as I see it in this case at the moment is that this mum doesn't know why the review has been called - it may actually be because the school aren't coping because the statement isn't adequate and they want to do something about it , or it could be something entirely different, like, it's more convenient(?) my advice is to find out why this is happening, and then get proper advice from IPSEA, they will help decide which course of action is best, and it may be to ask for reassessment straight away The fact that he now has a diagnosis and it is not in section 2 definitely needs to be addressed and probably will require reassessment if it is to be included in the statement, on this alone IPSEA will probably advise reassessment but if the school and LEA are recognising increased need and want to do something about it it may not be necessary and other options should also be explored. Zemanski

IPSEA usually advise not to ask for reassessment unless absolutely necessary because it starts the whole statementing process all over again but will support parents who need to do it your friend can get the statement ammended at the review - I got part 3b changed from half a side to 3 sides this year. I wrote a long letter explaining why and then presented the meeting with the ammendments I wanted in the form of a completely rewritten part 3b. It took a while but almost all of the things I requested are in there word for word now, just 'minor' changes. your friend needs to ask the school why the review has been called early and then needs to get advice from both IPSEA and parent partnership (IPSEA are best for advice usually but PP will provide an IPS to attend the review for support, minuting, etc). she can also ask a social worker to attend if she has one. She definitely needs to take someone to this meeting for moral support, preferably someone who know the code of practice Zemanski

As long as you drink the barrel dry by your birthday, you won't feel a thing! Stop staring, start downing.

I say let the system work FOR you for once. You have all the information they need, it's just a case of writing yet another letter , but it would turn up the heat on dear old DH one more notch Annie, thank you for letting us all vicariously live out our revenge fantasies with this thread. The last few months it's been the Rollercoaster of Doom - we all know that the DH will end up with egg on her face but it's just a question of 'from what height will it all come crashing down on her?' And your 1st prize for Righteous Persistence in the face of Overwhelming Bureaucratic Backcovering is still waiting...

Just out of curiosity, can you get compensation for being lied to officially by the head of EY&L? Cos if so, the spit will hit the pan, and most should land on DH's head Fight the good fight with all your might nemo

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The way I heard it he wanted a tattoo saying 'Mother' but he could only afford the 2 letters... mm

Completely off topic, but this made me laugh.

Like Nellie, I seem to have missed out on the joys of a midlife crisis I blame it on a song I learnt as a kid: "How do I know my youth is all spent, My get up and go just got up and went. But in spite of it all I still have to grin When I think of the places my get up has been!" enjoy nemo

I'm far too much of a wimp to have a tattoo, so when I turned 40 I wrote a book about them instead. Tattoos don't do it for me, but royalty cheques...

This week's hoover music is Dragonforce gets it done in half the time. However, the best decorating music has got to be Cheap Trick - a real blast from the past! nemo

Somehow i doubt that anyone could assume caviar, lard or black pudding were veggie. But gelatine gets in a lot of things (especially sweets), if only as part of the glaze. Cochineal isn't used much at all any more as there are several chemical alternatives that are way cheaper. I became veggie as soon as I left home - not because of the quarterly visits to the abbatoir to get the sheep slaughtered or the weekly rabbit-killing (we kept ferrets), but because i hate the taste of meat. The heavy fats that make your mouth water and that people crave are too much for me - sensory overload I suppose. My gripe with the veggie fastfood industry is that all the ready meals they make are meat substitutes with heavy veggie fats to reproduce the sensation of eating meat. My only exception are the RealEat veggiburger mixes - no heavy fats and 40% sesame seeds As i do all the cooking here, I'm lucky that the rest of the family are all veggie too (or maybe that's why - I've told them that they're welcome to eat meat, but that they'd have to cook it themselves) Last time the Aspergers group met here for lunch, they brought their own meat ; it's not as if we didn't feed them well enough - there was enough other food to last us a couple of days And finally the real benefit of a veggie kitchen - less bacteria = less cleaning Bagpuss, I hope it goes well and you should feel better for it soon.

Thanks for that Zemanski was right, I was wrong - no surprise there nemo

Phas, you only like it cos there are stick insects in it, don't you? Z spotted them behind his right ear (as it were) Another competition: What language is it in? So far we've guessed Turkish, Hebrew and Roumanian Bid

S&LTs address more than just basic language skills, Com actually scores in the 90th centile for almost all his language skills but his social commnication is very poor and at 13 he is seeing the S&LT for group social communication skills weekly and has for the last 3 years. don't let this drop, she needs much more consistency in her provision than this implies - the S&LT should be at least over-seeing her support. zemanski

Ptolemy - and hope he's not dyslexic sorry, family joke Z