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You've finally manage to find a date that works for everyone and even picked a venue for dinner. But, you've never been there before? Are you going to have a sneaky peek at their online menu, or do you just turn up on the night and take it from there?
Here's a pulp thriller for you. Second only to the divisive nature of Marmite, there's another love it/hate it food debate that has raged on for eons...which do you find most a-peel-ing: orange juice with the bits in or without?
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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 ☔🌧️
Hopefully this works as an all new diary for me. Will add my debt into my signature and keep track of how I do going along.
Hi, In recent months UC pushed up my minimum work hours from 30 to 35. I'm a single parent with a six year old. I'm self employed and this change has pushed my minimum income floor up to £1400+. When it happened I thought it would be doable to earn but it's a struggle. The main issue is finding 35 hours a week to work.…
(The Fashion On The Ration Challenge is about restraining our shopping impulses and buying the clothing we need as well as what we want. As @Laura_Elsewhere said "If this group is about anything, it's about understanding how we buy and what we buy and when we buy...". We use the original, 1942, clothing rations.) ---------…
It is probably time to have a new thread for this. What do you have in your freezer? In your cupboard/shed? Do you have a veg patch or allotment? What did you manage to store, preserve or freeze? I, myself, like to cook following a recipe, but love to add veg from my allotment!
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Do you have a peek at the menu in advance, or just turn up on the night and see what's on offer?
Compensation is one step closer as the financial regulator has revealed the details of its proposed redress scheme
Four regulators have joined forces to tackle bad behaviour from claims firms, including not giving consumers enough information, charging excessive fees and running misleading adverts.
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