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Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
Yes, the emergency fund is the fire that is not quenched @Cheery_Daff! Love Humdinger xx4 -
Re: O/S Daily Tuesday January 20 2026
Thanks for starting us off @Scarlet. I ended up going to the big town unexpectedly yesterday. My Marks order arrived three days early so I zipped up to collect it and also went into the big W booksho…14 -
Re: Interesting TEDx talk on the 4 Phases of Retirement
An acquaintance had a child doing this - and they were fundraising for costs. I looked it up, did a bit of digging and it was organised by a branch of a holiday company who were making millions from…2 -
Re: 2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution
Mrs SD i love all your knitting, gorgeous hat. @Willowtree222 hugs and excellent mantra @StickyTheStickInsect you sounds like a whirlwind of decluttering , wonderful some of your family are on board.…18 -
Re: Escape to the country & living off savings
Good news about the house. I bet it feels very difficult though.2 -
Re: Worried Sick - we have a water leak may cost £000's
Internal to the house means it is inside the house, much easier to fix than having to dig up the supply pipe under your garden/drive. The leak is on your side of the meter, it just means the leak is…2 -
Re: Worried Sick - we have a water leak may cost £000's
We turned off the water in the house but left the water on at the meter at the pavement. We've left it an hour and the numbers on the meter are unchanged from an hour ago. So now, we have turned…1 -
Re: Worried Sick - we have a water leak may cost £000's
If the meter does not move with the house stop valve closed then there is no leak after the meter, simple as that. If you've turned off the stop valve in the house and the meter moves the leak i…1 -
Re: Worried Sick - we have a water leak may cost £000's
In theory, yes. However the leak will be on your side of the meter as otherwise they would not know you had a leak, it is showing because you have ongoing continuous usage which indicates a leak. Yo…2 -
Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
Thank you 😊 No, the dog had gone by that point, thankfully. I think we all would have struggled considerably more if he'd been around! 😱 Ha, we might go out for breakfast 😂 But the bulk will…8
