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Re: Pension advice

tigerspill

14 January at 7:26PM

I would suggesting that you start to understand your objectives. The first two might be - 1. Understand how much you might need per year in retirement. I used a spreadsheet to track every penny I spe…

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Re: 2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

Liverpool_Anne

15 January at 2:35AM

Hi all, busy day today but not much apart from dust and dirt decluttered 😂. Stairs and landing day today. So decided to wash the walls and woodwork. Got all the banister and spindles done, the skirt…

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Re: Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

Humdinger1

15 January at 4:32AM

Sending love @beanielou. The lack of joined up care is shocking. Please ring the discharge care person and explain because it's all resting on you, isn't it?! Love Humdinger xx

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Re: Old Style Daily Thursday 15 January 2026

Coxy11

15 January at 6:40AM

Morning @Gers thanks for starting us off. Hope you were able to visit Lionel yesterday. How is he doing? We had a lovely meal at our local pub last night and the adult kids joined us for a drink afte…

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Re: Old Style Daily Thursday 15 January 2026

camelot1001

15 January at 6:37AM

Morning All Thanks for the start Gers. Still cold and miserable with that horrid drizzle that gets you very wet! Coal delivery this morning so I'll go out and open the gate or the delivery drive…

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Re: Old Style Daily Thursday 15 January 2026

AlwaysAllie

15 January at 6:35AM

Thanks for starting us off Gers - hope your journey was ok and you managed to visit Lionel. I’ve been awake for ages mulling over various things though had slept ok after a mad day of jobs and work e…

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Re: Left the site parking fine

Coupon-mad

13 January at 11:52PM

Great! But we can't count your success or shout AOBTD! until we see the NoD please (see @Umkomaas' thread for what to post).

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Re: Window handle stuck

missile

15 January at 3:44AM

Many Thanks EssexExile: When I removed the handle I found a little piece of broken plastic fell out

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Re: Bold leap into retirement

Smudgeismydog

15 January at 6:36AM

Lovely post, thank you @CaptainSkeptical It does sound like you are loving the relaxed, spontaneity of your new life I do wonder how many people remaining in work in stressful positions, or just wher…

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Old Style Daily Thursday 15 January 2026

Gers

15 January at 6:28AM

Good morning folks.

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