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Re: Northampton St. Peter's car park scam!!!!
All the advice you need is in the NEWBIE sticky, read that first.1 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
I used to cut out on the floor @foxgloves as we didn't have a suitable table, more like a picnic table with benches! Don't think I could do that now but may be an option for you being young…5 -
Re: New Capita-run Civil Service Pension Scheme - problems (what a surprise!)
Personally eight months into retirement and I’m still waiting for final resolution of pension and all payments. That’s eight months of relatively healthy retirement passed by that I’ve not been able …4 -
Re: New Capita-run Civil Service Pension Scheme - problems (what a surprise!)
Quite remarkable. Particularly as the scheme only has 1.7 million members. I think what was meant was that there were 20m data issues, with multiple data issues affecting many members. That sounds aw…4 -
Re: New Capita-run Civil Service Pension Scheme - problems (what a surprise!)
Oh dear - "Capita found no fewer than 20m records were inaccurate, incomplete or missing" https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-15965943/Pension-chaos-Capita-shows-detailed-re…2 -
Re: £25 Amazon gift card for opening a Santander current account (19/03/2026 to 13/04/2026)
For anyone partaking in this offer, today is the start of claim emails fortnight. Over the next two weeks VoucherSent will be sending claim emails to those who qualified for the offer and whose appli…1 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
@carolbee - They will certainly be on my list of places to visit again next time we are in Wiltshire. @PennysIntoPounds - Yes, I can imagine that there are good charity shop finds around there. I hav…6 -
Re: Advice on Car hire - Malaga
Car rental extras can definitely be confusing, especially with the different excess, insurance, and deposit options. Since your daughter will be the main driver and has a Spanish license, it may be e…1 -
Re: The ups, the downs and the insides out of growing your own in 2026!
Thanks to @ladybird1106 I have finally got round to siphoning bath water into the irrigation tanks. It took a bit of thinking and trial and error, but looks like it works. I just need to find out whe…3 -
Re: 2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution
I hope everyone is surviving this horrible heat. I'm even struggling to eat anything due to the heat - I think my body is shutting down! I am generally taking a digital break at the moment (I ge…16
