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Re: An in-between phase
Well the rain eventually arrived. None of the promised thunder and lightning though Usuals Survey Half wussy situps Entered some competitions Shower and hairwash using free toiletries Other than that…6 -
Re: Summertime 2026
I booked concert tickets yesterday for me, my husband and my friend. I also had to book a hotel in London and then another night in Brighton. I just booked my dog into the kennel too.4 -
Re: Buying your own property
At the risk of sounding like a stuck record … "How the company could finance the purchase" is the key point. The answer is, "it can't", so all the rest of your questions are …4 -
Re: Turning Straw into Gold: Creating Long Term Security & A Solid Home
I've just read that the 4% rise could be followed by an up to 9% one so I do hope this turns out to be wrong. The model for energy pricing is all wrong imo - rigged to favour the oil & gas i…4 -
Re: Turning Straw into Gold: Creating Long Term Security & A Solid Home
Plug in solar panels sound interesting. I am not allowed to fit ones to the roof due to it being a conservation area, but I keep seeing the portable ones advertised on my social media. Have to see wh…1 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
@Moorviews - When I am tempted by vintage stuff these days, I go for useful things that I also find lovely to look at. For example, I love Portmeirion Pottery & do look out for the bigger pieces …9 -
Re: Octopus saving sessions
Unfortunately, it's the whole point. They want less usage from those of us willing to play the game, so there's more electric in the system for those who don't.3 -
Re: Octopus saving sessions
Ironically, today is likely to be my first day of significant electricity usage for months; DS is staying and when he does it throws all of my power plans out of kilter.1 -
Re: Zopa Current account
Fair enough, it couldn't be any less complicated really!1 -
Re: First year of retirement
@jimi_man thanks for this. Regarding the numbers. I appreciate everyone’s circumstances will be different and our needs / wants etc will all differ. This is just our take on this. For a long time I w…2
