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Re: 2026 - consolidation and calm
PAD (Payment a Day) Today's PAD - £9 Jan - £172 Feb - £203 Mar - £143 Apr - £67 May - £108 Jun - £188 Jul - £78 Aug - £91 Car balance Sept 25 - £11,031 - now £6,9795 -
Re: Awful weather - typical Brits talk
Rain has arrived, enough to rinse the dust off anyway, not enough to water plants. Wort, at last, your Cafe opened. And it's a cracker. A word of caution if I may, one of the "branches"…6 -
Re: Awful weather - typical Brits talk
I'll start with a photo of our Merryweather Damson's entire crop, though to be fair, it's till tiny, and I shouldn't have let it set any fruit! 😔 It's in the chicken orchard…6 -
Re: 2026 Frugal Living Challenge
My children - now all in their 30s - used to reject copper money too, so it's not a new thing. Eventually I put all their discards together and paid for a ticket for myself to go to an all-day e…15 -
Re: O/S Daily Thursday August 20 2026
Morning all Up and at 'em early today, well what I really mean is I've just set the breadmaker up for a fruit loaf and now I'm back in bed with my laptop! Thanks for your thoughts re d…11 -
Re: E: 30/09 Win 1 of 5 family (2+2) 1-night UK Travelodge stays (NL)
Answers below (for anyone who wants them): (Spoiler)13 -
Re: O/S Daily Thursday August 20 2026
It's raining here, and quite cool. The grass on the park opposite is slowly turning green again, from the dry brown it has been for weeks. Glad your hospital appt went well Camelot, that's …13 -
Re: Progress not Perfection
I think I said a few days ago I'd been unable to register with the work pension portal and had been advised to give Cr@pita a call. I was dreading how long I'd be on hold for but was very p…7 -
Re: Progress not Perfection
Morning all 😎 Ran out of time to post yesterday as I was so busy in the garden. I re-gravelled my little chill out area and rearranged it a bit. I filled the garden waste bin and finally plucked up …5 -
Re: O/S Daily Thursday August 20 2026
Morning all Some rain it appears, but not as much as expected so far. Yesterday we had a 10 minute downpour ans then it was warm again. Windows finished yesterday, well almost……I haven’t done the con…12
