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Re: Old Style Daily Sunday 18 May 2025

camelot1001

18 May at 11:23AM

Popping back to wish you a very happy holiday Izzy!

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Re: Old Style Daily Sunday 18 May 2025

RedRuby1231

18 May at 10:47AM

Morning all Lovely bright day here again we have been so lucky with the weather, OH has his work clothes in the wm and there is another load to go in after they should dry well today. We picked up th…

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Re: 6/7 week old toaster tripping eclectics in house. What Rights?

GDB2222

18 May at 10:38AM

Just to give some unwanted information, we were going through toasters at the rate of one a year. Until I bought a Dualit 25 years ago, which is still working.

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Re: Tax and NI split thread

AndrewJB

18 May at 8:49AM

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is just for sole traders (self-employed businesses) and landlords at the moment. It doesn’t affect those selling personal possessions.

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Re: Getting started with investing: S&S ISA?

Albermarle

18 May at 10:39AM

Just to get the naming correct to avoid any future confusion. A SIPP is just a type of DC pension. In terms of regulations', tax etc it has to follow the same rules as any other DC pension. The main…

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Re: GreenFly - A 'flylady style' gardening thread with weekly tasks to tame your garden

Cheery_Daff

18 May at 10:06AM

I finally got out in the garden for a bit over the last couple of days. Our front lawn is just on an inch of soil over hardstanding, so it's now dry as a bone and mostly brown (it's fine, this happen…

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Re: GreenFly - A 'flylady style' gardening thread with weekly tasks to tame your garden

greenbee

18 May at 9:25AM

Did weeding yesterday. Still lots to do. Have one-and-a-bit garden waste bins to fill by Monday evening!

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Re: May 2025 Grocery Challenge

otb666

18 May at 10:48AM

520/600 1 shop left for me as go from 23rd til 23rd. I have still not used up all my grains which I am trying to clear before buying more.

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Re: Scanning photos with phone

gefnew

18 May at 10:46AM

https://youtu.be/UwUHkCO2ba4 This may help.

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Re: Driver for wifi dongle

Aidanmc

16 May at 1:54PM

The new one has arrived. Worked perfectly.Its a Tp Link TL-WN823N Thanks to everyone who contributed to help me

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Re: Old Style Daily Sunday 18 May 2025

Re: Old Style Daily Sunday 18 May 2025

Re: 6/7 week old toaster tripping eclectics in house. What Rights?

Re: Tax and NI split thread

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Re: GreenFly - A 'flylady style' gardening thread with weekly tasks to tame your garden

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