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Re: Motivation and Inspiration pre-retirement
Routine - so agree. I joined my local u3a and with 50+ interest groups this gave me routine and enjoyment and meeting different people. I am (probably) an extreme introvert, so I really don't mi…2 -
Re: Motivation and Inspiration pre-retirement
I felt much like this. The most difficult thing for me has been routine and to compound matters I was laid up with back pain for a few weeks in early October. Now however I'm starting to get bac…2 -
Re: Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.
Last time I was on the diaries you were still paying off your mortgage!! Can't believe what you've achieved!2 -
Re: Old Style Daily Thursday 05 November 2026
@newroadahead - that doesn't sound good. I hope your DD will be ok @camelot1001 - just to echo what everyone else has said. Hopefully something comes up for you and karma will deal with your ex-…7 -
Re: Base rate raised to 4%
Why post something so ridiculously wrong without any effort to check it? Catherine Mann, who voted for the 0.5% hike - professor of the practice at Brandeis University in Massachusetts, and honorary …13 -
Re: Base rate raised to 4%
They are all Bankers and don't want to banking surcharge rise (from 3% to 6%) to impact on their bonus. I am hoping the Trump situation will solve the fuel prices issue and we get some deflation…1 -
Re: Teetering on the brink
Can I recommend the Libby app for audio books, if you have a library card then you can use the app. It's all free and you can borrow for 3 weeks and then extend if no one is waiting, or you can …4 -
Re: Teetering on the brink
That is really weird and I get your concern. Every university I have worked for would just distribute the work around the rest of the team and they have always taken months just to get planned matern…1 -
Re: Progress not Perfection
I did smile at MrSA's persistent pestering being used as a form of torture. I wouldn't be smiling after 5 minutes of it though.4 -
Re: Premium Bond Winner ?
I think, with all this talk of % rates etc, we forget the sheer excitement of the beginning of the month. I put my wife's holder's number in first and then mine. You know you haven't w…5

