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Re: Age 61. Cash to Stocks 6 Year Pension Bridge check
The worst that can happen is that interest rates don't keep pace with inflation and your net wealth gets hammered by inflation risk. Cash is not risk-free.1 -
Re: How to let go of the purse strings
Many good proposals from Vitor, thanks for the suggestions. I've been looking at business class flights to Australia and discovered they're half the price if you fly from continental Europe…1 -
Re: Unoccupied house insurance
We used Howden (broker) who found us a policy that covered everything we wanted including escape of water and subsidence. We had to have heating on constant at 15 degrees and check internally once a …1 -
Re: Self employed/too ill to work what do I do?
thats good that you can foster so many cats and the charity takes care of the expenses. I thought it must be costing you a small fortune, my 4 cost enough. You are doing a lovely thing.1 -
Re: Watty's Awakening
I don't think you need to worry as she's literally on holiday for a month when you'd repeatedly said she needs to get her act together. Though it will be hilarious if she comes back wi…3 -
Re: The ups, the downs and the insides out of growing your own in 2027!
Everything still standing at allotment after the winds last night. Got Massidrome and Carcassonne Wight garlic, ready to go in next week. A stop at recycling centre to bin some stuff, ended up leavin…1 -
Re: Financial position retirement advice request
I think you've effectively answered your own question - it's complicated because it's evolved piecemeal over many decades, and simplification would require huge reform, at a time when …1 -
Re: MeandO's money-shuffling
Catching up with diaries…I’m so sorry to read that you have been through a tough time. Parenting teenagers is interesting and no two are the same! My youngest DD had a challenging phase…she went to s…1 -
Re: 2026 Frugal Living Challenge
Good afternoon frugalets, sorry for going AWOL again, life and work just get in the way of reading time and now we've lost another hour of daylight, keeping things charged with solar isn't …2 -
Re: Pension Myths and Misunderstandings
Is the intention here just to list myths and misunderstandings? - which seems to be of limited value - or to state why the myths are incorrect - which would give the thread long-term value to people.1
