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Re: Living the Good Life - mortgage free and living in line with our values
TBH a lot of the time when I think mine want(ed) food, I'm wrong. Frequently it's cuddles or outside or playtime or (when they were indoor cats) emptying the loo. However, while not-Fatty w…5 -
Re: Living the Good Life - mortgage free and living in line with our values
I sometimes used to think that when we had HRH a lot of the food faffing was purely about being contrary, and that is, after al, the defining characteristic of the average (or above average!) cat! Lo…5 -
Re: How to deal with people parking car on my property
I went to Citizens Advice this morning and they suggested writing to the trespasser and drafted a (very polite) letter for me to give him and go back to them if there's ever a recurrence. Much l…1 -
Re: D&G Boiler Claim
I actually contacted D&G before the official BER declaration, and continued doing so by telephone, email and webform throughout the process. My concern was always restoring hot water as quickly a…1 -
Re: Weekly Flylady Thread 24 August 2026
I have taken rubbish and recycling out, cleared the kitchen windowsill; the plants are outside having a soak in a trough, cleared worksurfaces and WUALTD. I've come upstairs to charge the mac an…7 -
Re: The impact of inflation - yikes!
This is not really anything to worry about (at least not without further information). As far as I understand, It’s quite typical and normal for the nominal balance of a retirees savings to go up in …1 -
Re: First year of retirement
I am very into learning and practising languages. I did German and French at Uni. Later I started Italian and did lots of language holidays in Italy. I have just registered to start Portuguese at Cit…4 -
Re: First year of retirement
Using undubbed films/tv series is very good. In addition to the old Asterix and Tintin books of yesteryear, if you can find graphic novels (DC/Marvel etc.) in your language of choice these can also b…3 -
Re: Steadily climbing the mountain, enjoying the view along the way
The rest of the weekend was very chill … Read two books, planted some plants (Salvias and Penstemons), watered, did more washing, made two batches of soup for work lunches so I can have variety, canc…9 -
Re: D&G Boiler Claim
Thanks for taking the time to respond, I genuinely appreciate the challenge and alternative perspective. The one point I'd clarify is that I didn't simply rely on the policy wording and the…1
