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Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
I don't like pancakes either 😆I used to make them when DS and DD were young but I could never make them fast enough especially when Mr SA joined the pancake queue. I didn't realise Soot wa…5 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
I wonderif you are thinking of the vagus nerve FG? - an absolutely amazing thing, in my opinion lol!5 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
I had a cat once who only ate (dried food) in the middle of the night.Very unnerving at that time, as it sounded exactly like someone trying to get a key in the lock…!5 -
Re: Not Getting as Much State Pension as Expected
Half the problem is that most people have never understood ( nor needed to understand at the time, because it often happened automatically) what exactly "contracting out" of SERPS/SSP meant…8 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
Soot and my Ginger Cat are two of a kind - GC also thinks the sound of the vitamins bottle is the sound of cat food - even though nothing he gets ever sounds like that. Your stories always sound so f…5 -
Re: Pick'n'Mix - the joy of the chaz in '26!
@Miró ideal to wear as in the photo too when one has a bit of colour on one's legs!3 -
Re: From debt to freedom...
Thank you Spendless, I really appreciate your time in posting. I think DD is enjoying the course and as it is one of the few places in the UK that offers this course, I think she would want to stay (…1 -
Re: Parking stories in the News/media
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81888019#Comment_81888019 I'm delighted every time I see a different article about this :)6 -
Re: Normal expenditute out of income Vs Carehome deprivation of assets
Please note you can’t backdate excess income payments, as this is now money from capital, (in this case held in ISAs) and not from income. I appreciate the ISAs have built up from surplus income in p…2 -
Re: From debt to freedom...
Thank you Spendless and Cherryfudge. I’ve sown 2 or 3 lots of rhubarb seeds over the last couple of years. Germination has been quite good but takes a while. I have been known to put the seed tray at…2
