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Re: Moving on up! 🏡
Aww no that's such a shame 😞 it's so easy to forget about the givers feelings. I don't mean to sound ungrateful. The reference above was to presents received years ago l still have s…6 -
Re: 33% domestic stocks bias
This "clearly defining my objective" is something that resonates strongly with me and is something I have been trying to really grasp in the past couple of months. I believe I have enough …2 -
Re: Good and Bad Buys at Lidl and Aldi stores (***Please don't expire***)
Brittany Ferries from Poole to Cherbourg and back. Nothing finishes a relaxing holiday quite so completely as being sent back through immigration multiple times!!!1 -
Re: Good and Bad Buys at Lidl and Aldi stores (***Please don't expire***)
Oh I believe, just am fascinated in a slightly horrified way & there are no gruesome photos here on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumpy_skin_disease1 -
Re: Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.
Have a lovely Christmas :)1 -
Re: The Case of the Overwhelming Mortgage
Congratulations to your eldest on getting the unconditional offer! And great that you are in the £40,000s. I hope you find the right way forward on your decisions and have a wonderful 2026.2 -
Re: Quooker - how important/effective is a Scale Control Filter?
As an alternative, we fitted a water softener and then didn’t see the need for a filter on the quooker.1 -
Re: Dazzling December's No-Spend Days Challenge!
Spend day today 🤦🏻♀️1 -
Re: +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++
Proud of you. Well done x6 -
Re: +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++
I’m glad the family have been able to take some of the stuff from you. I think this is a lesson to us all about hanging onto things that we could be potentially leaving for someone else to get rid of…8
