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"Waiter, waiter! There's a fly in my soup!" "Shh! Quiet down or everyone will want one." Badum-tsh (thank you, I'm here all week) Whether it's an unwanted insect interloper or something else entirely, it can be disappointing to be dining out only to have a meal marred by a mistake. While some of us might flag it to the…
How do you organise your savings? This week Forumites have been discussing the merits of different approaches to saving for specific goals. Read on for more on that – and the rest of the week's MSE Forum highlights. Seen something on the Forum we should include in next week's highlights blog? Let us know in this thread.
What's been going on in the MSE Forum this past week? Let's explore some of the topics that have generated debate and MoneySaving insight. Seen something on the Forum we should include in next week's highlights blog? Let us know in this thread.
A number of web sites are now requiring age verification. Ofcom suggests 7 different methods by which the sites could carry out the verification. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/age-checks-for-online-safety--what-you-need-to-know-as-a-user Bearing in mind some of these sites are a bit dodgy in…
My BIL has had PIP for nearly 24 months. Last year he had to fill in a form to continue getting PIP and send it off before 10/1/25 which he did. Every month he got a SMS saying they have his form and due to backlog it will take a few months to review the application. On July 28 th he got a letter saying due to backlog his…
Good evening MFW'rs I hope there is a little space in diary land for me (Greying Pilgrim) to take up residency and chart our journey to mortgage freedom - albeit we're doing it a little back to front. The short story is, that we did own a home - Greying Towers - but 4 years ago we moved into rental accommodation with the…
What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole task easier and quicker. We also…
My smart meter has not managed to communicate any half-hourly data since 20th July and this is bad since I am on a Time-of-Use tariff and use very little day-rate electricty at present. The WAN and HAN lights on the comms hub flash together every 5 seconds so the comms hub thinks it is communicating normally. The smart…
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