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Re: 2026: time to face facts and plan for the hard times ahead
Hello SpireCaptain, I felt compelled to post as I can feel the desperation you are feeling through your posts. You are not alone and a lot of people on this Forum will have walked in your shoes and w…3 -
Re: Living Large, on a Small Income, by the Sea.
Dia I think the cheese was a deserved reward for all your efforts. I also think that cheese would serve well as an encouraging nerve bracing agent when preparing for difficult efforts. Cheese either …4 -
Re: 2026: time to face facts and plan for the hard times ahead
What @Working_Mum says! And her 7 goals are amazing. i hope you find a time and a way to talk with your mum.3 -
Re: Darlington BS massively overpays annual interest
Initially I thought it would be rather trivial to do a new payment run with the correct time window, then reverse the earlier transactions. It seems I was wrong, so treating that payment as final set…3 -
Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
Sounds like lots of good prepping there, fingers crossed none of it is needed 🤞8 -
Re: Rang DCB legal before I read the Newbies thread about £170 PCN - am I doomed?
"Is there anything I can do to help change the law on this?" may be not apart from contacting your MP and asking him/ her to support the ongoing drive to get the 2019 draft bill over the li…3 -
Re: FTSE100 best single year return since 2009.
It is incorrect to assume that a country has done "badly" because there exists a country that has done better. The US equity market has outperformed historical norms by an exceptional margi…6 -
Re: FTSE100 best single year return since 2009.
You keep proposing straw man arguments which have nothing to do with what I posted... if I was this and if I was that, if I had bias to something or other. That the UK has done badly cannot be denie…1 -
Re: NST January 2026: Shake and Vac
Thinking of you both @beanielou. She's in the right place to be kept an eye on & treated. Sure she'll be discharged soon x NSD#7 Well back to work yesterday, all went well. Bought a few…8 -
Re: FTSE100 best single year return since 2009.
Both can be true at the same time. As can the premise that the EU was also weakened by Brexit. It comes down to cointerfactuals / what-ifs, which can't really be resolved1
