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Re: O/S Daily Shrove Tuesday February 17 2026
Morning folks and thanks SCARLET. We currently have sun! That might be hard to believe but even better no rain is forecast. But of course it remains cold and we had a frosty start. Another day of sam…10 -
Re: A new chapter, An empty nest, Drama school & Last year of Uni
Tuesday and DD's student rent paid. As I have no wages left this month to meet this cost, I used the surplus I take from DH's pay. This had built up to 10 weeks rent saved. I have used 1 of…2 -
Re: Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
Near perfect morning, dire afternoon with dark cloud and rain!. Peak production @ 12:00 2.98 kWp 2.53 O's6 -
Re: Weekly Flylady Thread 16th February 2026
Morning all xx Paid stuff today. I sorted out the 'medicine' drawer while I was waiting for the kettle to boil. It looks much better. Note to self: no need to buy any parrots for a while! H…10 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
Also looking forward to enjoying a gardening day today!5 -
Re: Parking stories in the News/media
Two stories for one in this article: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/feb/16/parking-fine-charging-electric-car-mer Ocean Parking were caught out misleading the newspaper at first: Hmmm…some mi…6 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
Morning Campers, Oh my days, it's not raining!! The forecast was accurate! We have blue sky & although it is very cold, the sun is trying. At last a gardening day. Have already tidied & …9 -
Re: UKPC , DCB LEGAL court claim
Some banned characters in there such as double quotes, namely. " " so remove any " < > characters And alter your thread title to something more suitable like UKPC , DCB LEGAL cou…2 -
Re: Debt and Caring
And it's back. Heard an odd crunching noise this morning as a car manoeuvred and thought, I hope that's not snow. Looked out the window five minutes ago... Come back rain all is forgiven. N…2 -
Re: Providers that preserve protected pension age on transfer in?
An alternative might be to leave it with Aviva then make an initial withdrawal or two and then transfer it with no need to preserve the protected age because you'll be old enough?1
