If you walk up the left hand side of the tube escalator, you’ll arrive at the top quicker than those on the right.

A dash of vinegar when poaching eggs makes all the difference

One for Ed - if you have trouble with tying your shoelaces, then just buy yourself a pair of these:

Get up early and do some exercise then bask in the afterglow for the rest of the day knowing you can relax

To make a good cup of tea - leave the teabag in boiling hot water for 5 minutes, then strain against the side of the mug with the back of a teaspoon (critical step). Due to the loss of temperature, put the mug of black tea into the microwave for 30 seconds. Only after doing this apply milk, semi skimmed or full fat only (unless your name is Ed). Substitute milk is a big NO NO.

The lack of this knowledge these days is frankly alarming.

You’re welcome.

    The septic’s getting it all wrong?

    You never!

    ScottBailey also how bad is it when someone else makes you a brew (tea)? May as well just throw it away, it will never meet your own standards

      Hursty also how bad is it when someone else makes you a brew (tea)? May as well just throw it away, it will never meet your own standards

      Not when I make it Hursty.

      I make the best cup of tea in the UK.

      FACT.

        Smallman1 find a female friend you call me Julie so the family stops asking uncomfortable questions about your lifestyle!

        Smallman1 a massive collective ‘phew’ at the fact she wasn’t on Check-a-Trade.

        I think the relief is that I’ve finally been tamed.

        I just thank the lord I got to have so much fun in the process, literally hundreds of hearts broken!

        Literally not one word of that is remotely accurate, which is an achievement in itself.