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LydiaJ

zagubov wrote: »

We always use the Toll road. Best fiver you'll ever spend. I resisted it for a while when it started, simply because it cost a few quid, but somebody pointed out that economy should be my servant and not my God.

If you're starting from London or the SE then I believe you. The M6 toll isn't much use if you're starting from the SW and coming up the M5 from somewhere SW of Birmingham, as I am, though.

PasturesNew

LydiaJ wrote: »

If you're starting from London or the SE then I believe you. The M6 toll isn't much use if you're starting from the SW and coming up the M5 from somewhere SW of Birmingham, as I am, though.

Or, as the old fella at the end of village always tells you: "If I were going there I'd not start from here"

GDB2222

zagubov wrote: »

I read that there was a conference in WWII about penicillin and everybody that attended had to press their thumb on a a culture plate of the mould and press it to the inside of heir jacket pockets. The idea that if a bomb flattened the factory they could cut a bit of fabric out and restart production anywhere in the country.

The original research was done here, but the large scale production was done in the USA. They sent someone down to the market to bring back a mouldy melon in order to start production. Anyway, that's the story as I heard it. Ernst Chain got a Nobel prize for it, and his son runs the synagogue DW and I were married in. Small world.

Edit Not quite. 'After a worldwide search in 1943, a mouldy cantaloupe in a Peoria, Illinois market was found to contain the best strain of penicillin for production using the corn steep liquor process.[33] ' http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin.

So I guess keeping multiple copies would make sense. I'll change my mantra. Lydia and Zag are always right.

michaels

zagubov wrote: »

On another note, we switched fuel deals in December and already the energy club are telling me I could save a couple of 100 ( minus a £60 early exit penalty) by switching again. Worth it I suppose, but has anybody here switched that quickly from deal to deal?

I switched to a new12 month fix about 3 months ago, the £50 tcb has now paid out so I guess even with he exit penalty it may be worth switching again, thanks for the heads up.

Masomnia

Probably is still worth switching.

Year before last were on a standard tariff, so I did the switch on my mum's behalf. She's one of these won't make a fuss sort of people, even though it saved her a packet and I did it all online... Anyway I said to her that it was very likely British Gas would ring her after we'd switched trying to get her to stay. But I'd compared similar tariffs and British gas's were not cheaper than the npower one I'd switched us to.

Anyway I get home one day and yep they'd phoned, and yep she'd decided to stick with BG. 'It's only £2 more on the direct debit and it's fixed until February 2015 rather than March 2015' Fine, wasn't going to kick up a fuss. Anyway, it wouldn't have been a problem but because as far as NPower were concerned we were switching and as faras BG was concerned we were switching. So we had two switches going on at once, various sets of letters asking for details, readings, bank details. Bills for £5 for a weeks usage and so on. Now that it's coming to an end we need to switch again, saving £276 and she's reluctant to do it because she doesn't want to go through all that again!

What I'm trying to say in a long winded way is don't try and switch unless you're definitely all sorted with the new tariff.

Jazee

I've 'switched' several times via the links in this sites pages over the years, but until now, I've always stayed with the same supplier but on a different tarriff, have always got the £30 cashback though. At the moment, I am actually switching supplier, will save me over £200 per year and I'm going for that £30 cash back again.

So I say go for it if its going to save you money.

michaels

Surprisingly the gross saving available is 206 - less 60 early termination fee plus 40 tcb = a good saving. Thanks Zag.

lostinrates

We plan to start a bit of a book edit soon. not really started but leapt out at me as first to go as we have a duplicate is the Lebanese cookbook by Hussien Dekmak published in 2006. If any np wants it I'm happy to post ( its not a hard back)

Yell here, as pm box full ATM then I'll empty for an address if anyone wants it.

Yorkie1

Masomnia wrote: »

I used to drive Peterborough to Sheffield up the A1. Never had a problem outside rush hour; even in rush hour it wasn't too bad.

Odd as it sounds there's something about the A1 that I quite like.

:eek:

I have only 3 words for you ...

... Black Cat Roundabout :eek:

Nikkster

Yorkie1 wrote: »

:eek:

I have only 3 words for you ...

... Black Cat Roundabout :eek:

I get quite excited on the rare occasion I have to use the Black Cat Roundabout. It's some kind of minor celebrity on the local news, so it makes me smile whenever I go round it. Its a nightmare traffic-wise though.