Thanks Lara: it's true, at the time you think you'll never be yourself again, but it always passes.

It's not that interesting! As an undergrad I was attracted to a male friend but he had no feelings for me whatsoever (in that way, anyway). Seeing him daily made it quite hard, esp. cos when he was drunk he would try it on with me, then the next day tell me again that he did not find me attractive.

Now as a (hopefully) mature 32-year old, I wish I'd told him to bog off instead of hanging on to the drunken snogs as proof that he really did like me.

Suffice to say that I don't even think about him anymore, and I can't see why I was so bothered in the first place. You'll get there too, eventually.

Yes, here we have those miserable canteen ladies who get the hump if you bring your own food, so you have to eat in your office.

I can't stand any of the last four. Claire: nasty and supercilious. Helene: nasty. Lee and Alex: who? Especially Alex: a big fat non-entity.

There's nothing wrong with feelings, Scamp. You are bound to be attracted to unavaialble people at some point: we've all been there.

I hope things get easier for you

Ooh, looks good. Thanks!

Asian shops are really good round here, but what's also good are the Polish shops: you can get really cheap sweets like baklava and halva, and dried fruit if you like it.

Aloha, do you have any good lentil recipes?

In my opinion it's pretty poor management to want everyone in for those hours. You're not working a production line. There are better ways to get results.

Can you suggest silent periods (say, between 10-12 am) when no noise is allowed?

I have a balcony with one tomato plant.

Considered an allotment, but sounds like hard work.

I really like tomato puree on toast, with a few olives or just a green salad. It's really cheap (less than 30p in Asda).

Spinach and sweetcorn is nice, cooked with fried onions and mustard seeds.

I need absolute silence to work: although I understand I'm in a minority. I like listening to the birds, though, or even the sound of the rain.

It's much better to lose weight slowly. In fact, don't aim to lose weight, aim to eat healthily. By avoiding fat, sugar and salt-laden foods, you automatically eat less calories too.

Thanks everyone. I've set myself 25 quid a week for food (inclusive of coffees at uni, etc). I've been buying a lot of tinned chickpeas, and dried lentils. Home-made Indian food seems to be quite economical; I've got some recipes from colleagues for daals and so on.

I tey to get fruit and vegetables at the market, where it's cheaper, but they don't seem to last as long as supermarket vegetables.

So Jenks is still going? I hadn't been for 10 years or so. That's a hell of a price he's just spent: good luck to him.

I was in town only last weekend: my father took me to Cleveleys to see the shipwreck.