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Archives for June 2004

Maintenance Agreements...Are They Enforceable?
My daughter divorced last year. She and her husband signed a maintenance agreement that he would pay £400 per month for the maintenance of their two sons, now 16 and 18. The eldest is hoping to go to uni. in October, the second lad will stay at school for A levels. The father is now unemployed and cannot find a job in the…
The Great 'Cheapest & Best Internet Dating' Sites
As there's been much discussion on it in the Great 'Cheap Date' Hunt I've decided to start a new discussion on the cheapest and best internet dating sites. !Away you go (and just to clarify !::) . !I promise I'm not just putting these in here to find myself a date. !Though thank you for all the kind offers.) Martin
The Great 'Cheap Date' Hunt
Spring may be long passed, but single men and women of all ages are still on the look out for romance (ok, ok not always romance, but my grandma may be reading). Unfortunately impressing a prospective isn't always easy if you're budgetting, so I thought it time to tap the collective knowledge and creativity of MoneySavers…
?Highchairs
::) Have 5 month old baby and desperately trying to find highchair - were hoping somene might offer hand-me-down but no luck. But planning more (babies not highchairs) so don't want to get it wrong and then have to re-buy! All-singing all-dancing ones seem to be £100+ - are they really necessary? Any recommendatrion?…
Sporting Injury?
Last Christmas, Father Christmas brought me a TENS machine which I used for the first time last night, for a sports injury/thigh strain. If you're reluctant to take analgesics and wondered if a TENS machine is any good, I found it to be effective. When I drove home from my sporting event, I was struggling to get out of the…
Do you allow your kids to get their face painted ?
I was out with a dentist friend last night (keep on the good side of him incase I need any work done) and we got round, somehow to the point that he would never allow his kids to get their faces painted. His attitude was that there is usually one brush that is 'wiggled' in a common pot of water that is used for all kids…
Re: Baby saving tips
Save the carrier bags that you get when you do your weekly shop etc they make excellent adn free nappy sacks. Not very environmentally friendly but nor are the normal nappy sacks.
Child Savings + R85 Form Question
Just had twins and will be setting up a building society account for each of them. I understand I need to complete the R85 form. From previous posts (http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Families;action=display;num=1066597412) I realise that the Inland Revenue wants to avoid parents using this…
They got it wrong!
This topic has been moved to [link=http://forum.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=MSA;action=display;num=1095068950;start=0]The Money Savers Arms[/link] by MSE Martin.

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