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Mean or a kick in the right direction
Ok long story short: I had a car accident recently and my car has been written off in the last couple of days. I now need to find a new (used) car pretty quickly as need transport to work and back each day etc. My boyfriend doesn't drive and has never had a lesson despite holding a provisional licence (well did it's…
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Gift for someone not met before
I am going on holidays shortly and will be meeting the new fiance! (Not mine!) As he is much older than his fiancee, what can I get him as a gift, know I could get a tie or something, but as I don't know anything about him, other than the fact he is apparently a very nice man, I have no idea what could be suitable.
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Half Price Tickets to the Baby Show, Manchester
My husband is at The Baby Show in Manchester next weekend (31st August to 2nd September) and the organisers have given him a code for half price tickets: MB410. If you visit the baby show website or call 0871 231 0844 and quote the code, you get £10 tickets or £16 for 2, saving over 50% off the door price (£16.50 each!)…
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Brother and his Wife - Divorce?
My brother's relationship with his wife is rapidly spiralling out of control. Last time I mentioned he was being threatend by a loan shark after she had borrowed money off him and I paid this debt off, since then she has been borrowed more money off other people (including the loan shark I had paid off!) My brother has put…
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Scooters
I want to buy a couple of scooters for my daughters, aged 2.5 and 5.5, but wondering whats best. Several people have said its really worth spending the extra to get micro scooters, but do you agree, are there any cheaper ones just as good? The other question is what size for my 5 year old, a min one for up to 5 year olds,…
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Spill the beans... on cheap, nutritious back to school lunchboxes
Spill the beans... on cheap, nutritious back to school lunchboxes [IMGRIGHT]http://images.moneysavingexpert.com/images/spillthebeans2.gif[/IMGRIGHT] It'll soon be back to school time for many (in Scotland, some are already there). So we thought we'd ask people to share their cheap, nutritious packed lunch ideas that the…
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Family holiday sleeping arrangements
Family of mum, dad, son (20) and daughter (17) go on holiday and have 2 rooms. What would you expect the sleeping arrangements to be? 1. Mum and dad in 1 room, son and daughter in the other? or 2. Mum and daughter in 1 room, dad and son in the other?
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A nice happy update thread
Hi all, I thought since you were all so helpful when I was going through the bad stuff a few weeks ago, that I would give you an update on how things are settling down now. I moved to the new house and the move went well. I've got it all set up so it looks good and is easy to move about and live in, there are just a couple…
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Fallen out with my DF just before visiting him abroad.
Hi My father has always been the type to have his say about everything and his opinion is the only one that matters, its has been this way ever since I was little. He thinks everyone should enjoy the things he enjoys and think how he thinks. I am the youngest of 4 and in my mid 40's I am the only one who has put up with…
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Tesco Baby Event
Hi all I've told other mummies in the newborn club but thought that those pregnant or with toddlers would like to know too! I've got a mailer through the post today that Tesco baby club are having their Baby Event from 28th Aug to 30th Sep, which is brilliant news for me as I'm running quite low on wipes and nappies. Last…
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Another neighbours advice question
I live in a square of about 17 houses off a main road in a town centre. All the houses are owned by a housing association. Out of all these houses there seems to be only 3 families that have any respect for anyone else living in the square. I went on a lovely peaceful holiday last week and then came back to this and…
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Moving abroad again (parent with custody)
Hi all, I used to live in Botswana with my ex husband and children. When we separated a few years ago, I moved to UK with the children, as I am british. My ex gave permission then, and we had an agreement which we loosely kept to: I would take the kids to visit him every year (at my cost) and he would come and visit them…
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Argos sold me 32bg Ipad2 but gave me 16gb
Firstly, apologies if this is in the wrong section. I bought an Ipad2 32gb 6 months ago and have only just realised that what they actually gave me is a 16gb as I have run out of storage space. Have I any chance of getting the Ipad2 32gb that I originally paid for? I am going home at lunch to check if I have the receipt,…
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Sisters weddings abroad- To go at all costs?
My sister announced last year that she was going to have a small intimate wedding abroad. It happened that both the location (Antigua) and the hotel (a sandals resort) she chose were quite expensive. However, despite this fact I and my partner were never ONCE asked if this was within our price range. Instead as close…
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The right to die?
I know there are some crazy debates on here but there are equally some good one's and I enjoy a debate myself so thought I'd start one with this news item. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19341722 Basically this man fought for the right to end his life and was denied by a court, but has since died (from pneumonia by…
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Selling Alcohol to the Inebriated
I know this post does not really involve money saving, but the question is on my mind. If someone who's clearly inebriated walks into a shop to buy alcohol, can the shop refuse to sell them the alcohol? I though UK law stated it is an offence for a licence holder to sell alcohol to a person who is drunk or appears to be.…
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google car
Hi A google street view car has been parked in the road next to where i live for the last 3/4 months. They drive it up and down two roads about once a week and apart from that it is just parked in the road 24/7 i find this quite odd has anyone else had a google car parked in their road for such a long period of time?
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Partners with differing incomes
Just looking for ideas really... The relationship is new, and the bloke earns a lot more money than the woman. The bloke is aware of her debts and is fine with this. They have been going for meals etc and he has always offered to pay. She feels a bit like she might be seen to be taking advantage though and so offers to buy…
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Disowning a family member when the rest of the family has already done so.....
Just feeling really low at the minute and need some advice from outsiders/possible people who might have done the same! This is basically a lifelong tale so I will have to shorten it down a lot. I am now 28 and for the whole of my life have been dealing with a mother that is mentally unstable and has been diagnosed with…
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Impending Divorce - Need Help To Get Startedd
Hello everybody, Just looking for some helpful advice. I've been married for just over 25 years, the last 10 - 12 years things have been going downhill, and have now deteriorated to a point where we are living seperate lives in the same house. So far, there have been no discussions, but definitely want out now. I have two…
