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Re: Good and Bad Buys at Lidl and Aldi stores (***Please don't expire***)
@Brie - you did the right thing , the oven (or even the microwave) can revive the crunch of a stale crisp. Ditto microwave and stale doughnuts (beware vv hot jam).6 -
Re: Why is my water bill so low?
My conscience says "why don't they realise that their readings are somewhat weird and look into it ?" I am registered for Priority Service as well and last year, we had a water outage …1 -
Re: Plumbing question
It's got cross threaded from the similar broken lever thread.1 -
Re: Plumbing question
thank you I’ll try that in a couple of weeks when next visiting there, yes it’s a very hard water area, maybe I’ll do a descale of it too1 -
Re: pension will cost me £100 to receive
Armed Forces pension? If so, they should accept a Veterans ID photo card, which are free.2 -
Re: New Capita-run Civil Service Pension Scheme - problems (what a surprise!)
I know that the contract is up and running but it is a shame that there can't be fines added for each individual failure. For example: For each portal case raised that is not answered within SLA…3 -
Re: pension will cost me £100 to receive
The third is National Identity Card. I didn't think we had such a thing in this country. I have one as I have dual nationality. They are issued as adjuncts to passports in many EU (and other?) c…1 -
Re: The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread
That was me until last year. Around 18k tax free. As I got a job I owe 4k in January. OUCH !!!!2 -
Re: The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread
5% RSs Yes, it all depends on personal circumstances and preferences. I have plenty of spare capacity in 5% EAs. Variables can change, but when this happens the changes are usually small and most of …2 -
Re: Is your heating ON or OFF?
forecast is for a low of 3c from Friday so will start putting GHC on for an hour in morning on 16/10. been having log fires in the evening for the last week or so and that warms up the open plan hous…5



