Author - Nicola Buskell

Niki Buskell has written for the Daily Mail community site Local People. She writes for other websites with a natural interest in technology, conservation and well being.

Derek Jameson
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We’re not all Victor Meldrew

Moan, moan, moan. Sound like Victor Meldrew, don't I? Ellen falls off the sofa laughing at him, but I suspect she's really thinking "Just like my old man!" All too true, I must admit.

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Derek Jameson
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Fear – it’s all in the mind!

You have nothing to fear but fear itself! So declared President Franklin D. Roosevelt in an historic call to arms to the American people back in the dark days of World War II. Someone in authority should address the same message to us today.

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Derek Jameson
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Eat Less

How to eat less and lose weight makes compulsive reading. We gaze in wonder at Then and Now pictures of smiling ladies who have lost seven stones

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Dogs – all you need to know!

A prescription drug licensed for tick treatment in the UK is available. There are a variety of tick repellents on the market - that may be helpful if you live in a tick-infested area.

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Cats – all you need to know!

If you want to keep your other cats in at night, install a selective cat flap which is activated by an electronic or magnetic 'key' that Mungo wears on his collar. And then lie back and enjoy a full night's sleep knowing that Mungo is being the cat he wants and needs to be!

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Budgies as Pets

Most pet budgies live in indoor cages in the house, and you can keep a pair of the same or opposite sexes. However, if you keep a cock (male) and hen (female) together, you may of course end up with a family!

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Fish tanks

Remember, that water provides fish with the oxygen they need to live. The amount of oxygen contained in water is directly related to the quality of that water: dirty water has little oxygen in it.

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Derek Jameson
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Through the keyhole

What's the fascination with other people's homes, I wonder? Certainly interest in Through the Keyhole never flags. It has been running for 14 years and is now a BBC programme after doing the rounds on TV-am, ITV and SKY. They tell me it's the most popular of all daytime television.

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