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Re: Civil Service Pension - EPA

hugheskevi

5 May at 4:23PM

Minimum age of access to alpha is currently 55. It has not been publicised whether or not alpha has a protected minimum pension age or not (ie those in alpha as at 3 November 2021 may retain access f…

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Re: Bank miscalculated interest due at end of fixed rate investment - Lessons learnt?

friolento

5 May at 6:24PM

You are assuming that the daily interest is calculated daily and then stored against the account. I think this is highly unlikely/ Much more likely that they calculate the total interest when intere…

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Re: Civil Service Pension - EPA

Universidad

5 May at 1:33PM

No, I think you're right, the scheme just says 55. Not sure if there is any nuance to this with NMPA and unqualified rights, or if it will rise in line with SPA changes at some point.

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Re: Bank miscalculated interest due at end of fixed rate investment - Lessons learnt?

TheTelltaleChart

5 May at 5:32PM

Your use of 365.25 days in a year has already been discussed. The other thing that strikes me is that you're compounding interest daily. That's how I originally assumed it should be done, but when I …

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Re: Claim form

Coupon-mad

5 May at 6:24PM

Yep! Can you please edit your thread title too? You do not have a CCJ. You are defending a parking claim form. A thread entitled 'CCJ' confuses everyone every time you ask us something.

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Re: Incorrect 'Reason for Contravention' on DCBL letters

Riggsy68

5 May at 5:41PM

UPDATE: Good evening guys, hope you are all well and enjoying your BH. So my wife received a 'Notice of Allocation to the Small Claims Track (Hearing)', and the hearing is scheduled for around the en…

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Re: EV Discussion thread

1961Nick

5 May at 6:21PM

I guess all your cars have been Fwd with no Awd option? The transmission tunnel is where the propshaft that delivers power to the rear wheels resides & it's the reason why the rear floor isn't f…

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Re: guilty of not noticing the signs at midnight

juehankie

5 May at 5:38PM

is this genuine or sarcasm? google says open 24 hrs. the big sign 24 hours. it was midnight. i could have read it. i didnt.

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Re: Start Menu issue

GDB2222

5 May at 6:30PM

Have you run a windows repair?

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Re: Start Menu issue

Neil49

5 May at 6:07PM

You could try a force restart which involves holding down the power button for 30 seconds.

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