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Re: How do you handle the dreaded you don't seem happy at work conversation
Well, are you? Happy at work, that is. If not, why not? Is anybody actually "happy" at work, or do we just tolerate it to put food on the table, clothes on our backs, pay rent/mortgage. Put…4 -
Re: How do you keep track of small monthly expenses?
Best to look at it in a different way , spending is spending and record each amount regardless of the amount. Being old school I use various spreadsheets to record eveything. How you decide to alloca…2 -
Re: How do you keep track of small monthly expenses?
I used to keep a spreadsheet and note everything I spent. Again with the fancy coffees, I couldn’t believe how much I was paying for them. Now I don’t do it because having seen where I was wasting mo…1 -
Re: How do you keep track of small monthly expenses?
I opened a cash-only (basic) account. I pay in £x a month, this is my "slush fund", money that is not bills, food and mundane stuff, so if (not that I would) I want to spend it on a horse b…2 -
Re: used car brake issues. where do i stand?
I agree with this, I drive a Model Y and I probably use the brake pedal once a month (when someone else does something stupid, normally pulling out from a side road in front of me), in normal driving…1 -
Re: New Capita-run Civil Service Pension Scheme - problems (what a surprise!)
Very true. I'm delighted for the families that got their pensions sorted through Watchdog, but it somehow makes it even more frustrating to learn that Capita very evidently have adopted a '…3 -
Re: Santander - Frozen account 5 weeks ago still ongoing!
I've got an old TSB account that I mainly keep open because it's the one I've had longest and I can remember the number and sort code off the top of my head, which is occasionally usef…1 -
Re: using AI for pension projections
Actually, I just downloaded the report. My 2p: It makes a real point about how much you can trust AI for financial stuff. But that's not exactly rocket science. It gives a few examples of real, …6 -
Re: My ponderings on fixing before my fix ends
With a smart meter they bill gas daily and the only way to see the daily cost is in the app / on line portal. The bill you see each month does not add up and is, in their words, an approximation of h…1 -
Re: Problems with Sky BB
After my problems with Sky losing my landline number and contacting them yet again they cancelled my contract with a date of the 22nd September So i started looking for a new BB supplier and contacte…3
