We'd like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum... Read More »
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
Best Of
-
Re: Progress is...
@Cherryfudge - ah yes the elusive 19p for your hula hoop ring! 😉 @edinburgher - yes, you do have a point about the bigger discount elsewhere - I'll be having a little trawl, but I'm with you on not d…5 -
Re: Progress is...
@Greying_Pilgrim - oh dear that did make me laugh! OH is now a retired househusband through and through - all things financial are my responsibility! My darling man even brought the laptop to the hos…5 -
Re: Money Moral Dilemma: How do I persuade my children to pay rent once they're home from university?
If they're refusing to pay, I suggest you rent their rooms out to paying lodgers... Change the locks etc. It's a bit of a nuclear option, but why as (hopefully employed) adults do they think they get…9 -
Re: Awful weather - typical Brits talk
Expecting a wet afternoon, rain on the way, but I've heard that already this week and got a dribbleCould do with some rain, rain would mean excused watering, but we have a Yellow Warning so maybe it'…8 -
Re: Awful weather - typical Brits talk
I fear it would be unwise to give a personal comment, so here are the exciting details: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/corporate-news/2025/partnership-annoucement(Y…7 -
Re: Awful weather - typical Brits talk
Ah, thanks, Bluey. I knew of the... err, decision, but not much background. Decisions alter frequently, these days. Keeping up at local, national, and international levels could be a full-time job, a…8 -
Re: Watty's Awakening
Really well done.It must be so much easier to do what you have achieved when those involved are on your team & not opposing - looking at you PPH. In a sense a lesson to all of us who may have tha…5 -
Re: Moving forward and upwards
Thank you Skinty, DIA and OYU I've received my accredited certificates from college but waiting on exam results for the qualification side of it; I'm not assuming I've passed and still on tender hook…5 -
Re: Escape to the country & living off savings
They got the prescription wrong dia 😳 so the lenses were made to the prescription but I can’t see properly through them. They seem to have over-corrected my vision accordingly to the test today. Sho…5 -
Re: Escape to the country & living off savings
Perhaps time for honest chat with son about how you miss him. You may well find he feels the same. Visits can work both ways. Even with work time can usually be found. Life is to short to keep quiet …5
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
