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Re: Universal Credit Query
I'm not sure what you meant when you mistyped "!00% of the money originally paid". I'm guessing 100%, so…. I understand your confusion. As you know, you are not entitled to UC if …1 -
Re: 2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution
Daily To Do List - written the night before Sort out sleep patterns - initial targets: bed by 03:00, up by 10:30 Don’t put it down, put it away + deal with mini tasks as soon as they are noticed e.g.…20 -
Re: 2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution
I'm sorry for the absence I've been slacking when it comes to decluttering. I did take a large bag to a charity shop today, it's in a local charity garden centre and they have extended…19 -
Re: Lloyds switch offer 6 January to 3 February 2026
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81894750#Comment_81894750 I got my switching bonus today - my switch completed on 29th Jan after getting my cinema tickets two days ago. No tex…2 -
Re: Seagate not honouring hard drive that's 'out of warranty'.
overwrite it once with zeros or random data and data will not be recoverable except by very (very) expensive methods and even then probably not. This is free https://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser/1 -
Re: Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
Sunny till 10am then dull cloud. 6.66 kWh 😲 1.68 O's7 -
Re: 2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes
Number 21 with another February payment of £943. That makes £1053 so far for February! Thanks Julicorn2 -
Re: £10-a-Day Challenge: 2026
Hello Hello! Another super late check in for me – I don't think I've posted since February began! I've been slacking on Prolific as it's been hard to find ones I want to do and/or…1 -
Re: £10-a-Day Challenge: 2026
My figures for this month are £143 for OH OT and £5 Morrisons More card. I have to accept that when OH doing OT I won't have as much time to earn much extra as I'll be doing extra in the ho…1 -
Re: £10-a-Day Challenge: 2026
Sorry to hear that @Thriftymissus - hope you are able to manage it okay. It is something I always worry about - 1.5 stone overweight, desk top, no energy :( Great idea to think about your pension wel…1
