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Whether it's high street charity shops or websites like eBay and Vinted, there are plenty of second hand bargains to be had if you're looking to save cash on clothes (and do your bit for the environment at the same time). Have you ever bought a pre-loved item of clothing?
"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…
Well it's been downright awful here in Somerset for the last couple of days with non-stop rain! Just wondering how committed you lovely peeps are... have you been put off by gardening when it's raining? Are you a shrinking violet or a hardy perennial? Just a light hearted thread ☔🌧️
Got this PCN. 3 hours parking limit. In the picture was parked in location A. Then under 3 hours, I moved to location B and stayed in location B for another 1.5 hours. I believe there's a public road in the middle but the parking company are calculating both locations as one. Google map of location:…
Is there a standard target for the growth of a pension pot. Obviously to beat inflation i guess. But if one consistently gets 2% rise every year, is this enough? Would there be a time to consider switching what funds are being invested in? Just wondered, as I review my pension portfolio, what is a satisfactory growth rate,…
Just over a year has passed since the final entry of my last diary. A whole year of no debts and no mortgage 😁 We are semi-retired, using our private pensions to cover the cost of bread and butter and running our own business part-time to put jam on it. You’d think I could do without a money saving diary in those…
If there is a better group to put this then please move it. Back in march I was in hospital recovering and another patient told me that I could pay for the train service using the trainline app. I downloaded it and I had to enter my bank details. I am taken to a page that tells me that they need to verify my bank details…
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It's also been confirmed that you'll be able to get automatic compensation from your energy supplier for certain smart meter problems.
The Bank of England said there had been "substantial disinflation over the past two and a half years". It's the third time the base rate has been cut this year.
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