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Re: Rail Cards
Can you change the name on an old Oystercard if it turns out that TfL want names to match? Alternatively you can buy paper day London Travelcards using a Senior Railcard to get a discount on London t…1 -
Re: baby blanket
I bought some of the bobble yarn that is just knit but every other stitch has a ‘bobble’ so the finished product is a really thick blanket. The pattern was on the inside of the wrapping. I knitted a …1 -
Re: Gifts from surplus income and the 7 year rule
I believe you can also pay for things for the people you wish to leave money to on a regular basis as long as it's out of income. So you could pay for childcare or their gas bill or into a JISA …1 -
Re: Gifts from surplus income and the 7 year rule
Assuming you have been documenting the gifts from surplus income you may want to keep that evidence handy even if it is more than 7 years old. You can envisage a situation where your gifts from surpl…1 -
Re: Early-retirement wannabe
Thank you to all above. I have queried this with HL and they are are sending me a form to sign for the repayment of the excess tax claimed. I have lodged a complaint that this sort of claim should be…5 -
Re: new hub for wifi and phone installation probs
"Resetting the devices" is purely because the new router will have a different SSID (network name) and password so devices will not connect automatically. In the new router menu you can cha…2 -
Re: new hub for wifi and phone installation probs
Your new router/modem, when plugged into power and connected to your broadband feed, will broadcast a new WiFi SSID. You can look under WiFi on your phone and connect to it. The password is likely pr…2 -
Re: Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
Some brightness late morning the cloud and rain, windy 1.02 O's5 -
Re: new hub for wifi and phone installation probs
For info VOIP is Voice Over Internet Protocol, basically what is happening all over the country is that old type traditional copper phone lines are being replaced by VOIP in that household will no lo…1 -
Re: Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
Dull, grey day. 0.781 O's4
