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Re: Weekly Flylady Thread 22nd December 2025
Hi all Lovely day with the family, DH did a great job of cooking but there was waay too much food and the DW has been on 3 times. In the midst of trying to restore some sort of order in the kitchen D…7 -
Re: Lubricating 5 lever mortice lock
In the end I decided against WD40 and GT85. I had tried both on padlocks previously and it never lasted long. Purchased Abus lock lubricant PS88. Recommended by person who knew about stiff locks. Spr…5 -
Re: Best data-only sim for 4G router
Another thing to consider is that your router is only Cat 4, this means that it is unable to combine multiple network bands that would allow for increased speed. At my home my Cat4 router on Three of…2 -
Re: 2% increase in rental income tax. Will you be passing it on to your tenant??
To be honest I have had enough of being a landlord. Shame really as we have a great tenant, and the rent is well below what it should be, but I have decided it is time to get out. The only person tha…1 -
Re: HMRC Bank Interest returns: A mess?
Not sure how supplying the account number to the bank would help, but if they confirm no record of you via a formal response to a subject access request, then forwarding this to HMRC should resolve …3 -
Re: Obtaining BBSI from HMRC
I have been complaining about this for years.This year it took two letters (Sept & Nov) plus an online chat in December before I eventually received the BBSI breakdown through the post.Unsurprisi…1 -
Re: The Old Regular Savers Discussion Thread 28/12/24-29/1/26
It's been 1 year since this version of the thread was launched Today marks 1 year since Special_Saver2 handed this thread to me. There's been a few things happening since this version of th…87 -
Re: 33% domestic stocks bias
I'm now around 50/50 equities and bonds. I have already in my 40s (and despite a pension sharing withdrawal) made all the required pension contributions and benefited from sufficient investment…4 -
Re: 33% domestic stocks bias
Yes probably an average of around 25% total pension contributions since I got my first proper job which worked great because having that income automatically taken each month has always given me the…3 -
Re: Landlord mould advice...
An update and further thought from me; just before we sold our last family house (some 3 years ago) we had it assessed by a specialist organisation to get a current EPG rating... the individual the c…1
