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Re: 2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution
@suzeesu2000 - yes legal age for marriage was not raised to 16 until 1929 (now 18) but it was exceptionally rare for 'children' to marry except in dynastic marriages. If you want to pm me t…13 -
Re: Awful weather - typical Brits talk
Best wishes to Farway and family after yesterday's ordeal. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but there will be much adjustment required. I dread the loss of my independence more than anything. Speaki…5 -
Re: 9 points on licence
You must tell them immediately you get the points. They won't insure anyone with a ban of 30 days or more in the last 5 years, so you should be ok for now. https://www.motability.co.uk/get-suppo…1 -
Re: London H&F CPZ S PCN (O1 restricted street)
I don't see a way out of this one. Take comfort from the fact that your payment might perhaps go towards funding the re-opening of Hammersmith Bridge.1 -
Re: year before retirement - how did you get your ducks in a row?
I’m trying to work out how to test run retirement but its tricky - all these pesky working life costs getting in the way. and some of the costs i’m assumign will reduce (eg less on groceries as the k…1 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
@Suffolk_lass I started to read your post too quickly and saw 'pop tarts' instead of 'pop top' and thought 'that is such cheating to just scrape the jam out of multiple pop t…6 -
Re: URGENT: Help with CCJ (Context Explained Below)
How much lower was the judgment compared to the N244 fee? I agree a chargeback would be your best course of action, failing that a demand for a refund from whoever received the payment on the basis t…1 -
Re: Blackouts coming soon?
my dad was a car mechanic and used to hook up car headlights to a battery. One year he took a few to the local working mens club as they were still serving bottled beers. most ISP routers are low pow…1 -
Re: "Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it."
So very sorry to hear this. Take care of yourself.1 -
Re: "Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it."
Oh greenbee I am so sorry - you're right about it helping to know what happened though, that was the thing we found hardest when we lost HRH, that initially she just went missing and we didn…1
