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Re: Weekly Flylady Thread 26th May 2025

Jazee

30 May at 5:22PM

Woohoo. I'm now off work for almost two weeks. It took two hours between work shifts today to sort car insurance. Parcel is now ready to send tomorrow. And that has been it. We have a family video ca…

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Re: The Diary Of Onebrokelady Aged 60 And A Half

Onebrokelady

30 May at 10:18PM

Oh god no that’s only 5 years older than me 😳 and if I’m still here I plan to be doing as much as I can. I had grand plans for my retirement and most of them will have to be maybe adapted but none o…

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Re: Weekly Flylady Thread 26th May 2025

Valli

30 May at 11:26AM

well done to YorkshireLad on the job - and let's hope a solution is found for YorkshireDog Feeling a bit meh today. Made 2 phone calls. One wasn't the answer I wanted but hey ho.

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Re: Weekly Flylady Thread 26th May 2025

ionafan

30 May at 10:41AM

Morning all. I'm playing catch-up today. DS1&Co didn't come here for a meal yesterday as DGD2 brought back a nasty respiratory virus from Spain - not caused by any Spanish bugs, though: one girl …

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Re: Old Style Daily Saturday 31 May 2025

Gers

31 May at 7:58AM

I hope that the sun comes back for you Iris. I just looked that up and OMG! :) What a superb cake, my mouth is watering at it. I'm listening too - Silence is Golden took me right back. Some lovely me…

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Re: Conditions of CCJ staying my record

kryten3000

30 May at 10:26PM

Smart are pretty new to court having recently signed up to the DCB L(egal) recovery service. They will be like most DCB Legal cases - discontinued if defended. You don't need to admit to being the dr…

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Re: The New Top Easy Access Savings Discussion Area

masonic

28 May at 9:47PM

Almost all current accounts have credit facilities because they have fees that can be incurred while you have a zero balance, or allow payments to take you into an unauthorised overdraft. When you a…

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E: 06/07 (E: 10/07 postal) WIN £30,000 FOR SUMMER!

Comping_Rich

30 May at 8:07AM

https://www.winplus.co.uk/competition/8731/win-pound30000-for-summer What would you do if you won a HUGE £30,000 in time for summer? Your dream holiday could be on the horizon...🏖️ Or how about a hom…

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Re: June 2025 Grocery Challenge

PipneyJane

30 May at 4:57PM

Welcome @themsthebreaks, @Kittymumof4 and any other new starters I may have missed. @elsiepac my apologies but please increase my budget to £165 from the £160 previously set. Thank you. We had £5 lef…

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Re: June 2025 Grocery Challenge

LotsOfTea

30 May at 3:32PM

I'm on board again for June. It's for 2 adults and 1 nearly-teen and I'll be attempting to use up more from stores this month so hopefully I'll finish well under target. £300 for me please

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