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Re: Short Scenic Walking Holiday Advice please
I (63) went with my daughter (32) to Aix Les Bains, an old style spa town on Frances biggest lake. We also took the train to Annecy, which is a beautiful medieval lakeside town. We did the whole trip…1 -
Re: Moving on
One of the massive advantages of moving 200 miles north is not having to have one of those wire things in my kettle.1 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Sainsbury's, glace cherries for me. Yes, I did make three Christmas cakes but that was last October1 -
Re: Sky Broadband March increase
Had email confirmation of price increases yesterday. used chat service to speak to retension team today and got a new deal of £23 per month with no april 2026 price increase and the normal one in apr…1 -
Re: Hopefully debt free before Mortgage renewal in June 2026
So i had some pretty rubbish news at work today. They are reducing my departments hours from 40 hours per week to 37.5 hours a week from April 6th 2026. It is ultimately to mitigate the rise in natio…1 -
Re: +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++
You can choose me a kitchen once you've got all the joy you can out of @greenbee's work reading list if you like 😁 I am about to start reading The Trees by Percival Everett, as it was my m…2 -
Re: Waiting for debts to default before entering a DMP?
If you're already paying the standard interest then mathematically it won't be hugely more expensive. Your liabilities will rise, but you'll be retaining the payments. So your debt mig…1 -
Re: DCB legal claim form
Correct, wait for your court order from your local civil court that you nominated in your N180 DQ document2 -
Re: Cash ISA - stupid question perhaps
From T212 FAQ's How do the promo rates work? A promo rate is an extra interest rate boost on top of our variable standard rate for your Cash ISA. For example, if our standard interest rate is 4%…2 -
Re: SMART PARKING: DCB LEGAL. Court Claim 2025
You can in fact twiddle your thumbs until they discontinue in the Summer, just before they have to pay the hearing fee. Your job is done apart from proudly coming back to us in a few months with a pi…2
