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Whether it's because the cupboards are bare, you're too exhausted to cook, the kitchen is too much of a mess or you just fancy something special, getting a takeaway for your evening meal can be a bit of a treat. But how regularly do you indulge? Vote in the poll and share your opinions in the thread!
We've all been there. A freshly brewed tea or coffee steaming away (perhaps a cheeky biscuit on the side) but suddenly the phone rings / doorbell goes / kids need attention / you get dragged into a meeting, and before you know it your enticing cuppa has become a chilly shadow of its former self. What do you do about it?
Whether you're packing for a picnic or grabbing a bite during your break at work, supermarket meal deals can be a quick and easy way to get lunch sorted. But which one do you think reigns supreme? Vote in the poll, then let us know what your favourite lunchtime meal deal combination is in the thread.
I recieved this 'Letter of Debt Recovery' from DCBL a couple of weeks ago. It says it related to an incident of 'stopping in a zone where stopping is prohibited' which occured on 12/03/2025. This was the first correspondence of any kind that I have recieved regarding the incident. We moved house in September and only…
After 600 pages of discussion on the Royal Mail Monitoring and Postal Panel thread, it seems like the time has come for a new thread to be created. Not because any of the discussion there is redundant (far from it) but because the contract for running the survey will shortly be passing from Kantar to Spectos (in…
Hi, I am hopeful I can get some advice following a PCN I was sent following an incident September 2024. Situation: I had parked to charge my EV in the correct bay. I charged my vehicle for just over 1hr and then left. There were no obvious signs around the charging site indicating parking on the site was to be paid for in…
Hi everyone, thank you for all yours help for others. Yesterday received claim form dated 6.2.2025, 11 days after issue date. Its from euro car park & dcb legal ltd. Pcn issued 6.6.2021, checked my email and submitter appear 15.7.2021 . Rejected. Afte that received couple of letters but ignored till yesterday's claim form.…
I have the following debts MBNA CC- 9286 MBNA Loan - 9193 Barclaycard CC -14,094.50 Natwest CC - 19,719 Virgin CC - 4811 Very - 2750 I have used up breathing space of 60 days with all of them apart from Virgin & Very who i am managing to pay £50pm each to & have not gone into bad credit with them yet The rest are in the 2…
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