Learning to walk before I run

Watty1

As the feral (or ex feral) keeps missing her litter tray I am concluding she does not like the current litter and have now 4 litters to try out (including the one Ed suggested).    She is an enthusiastic digger so I cannot comment on the "tracking" qualities as most of the litter on the office floor is flung there by her attempting to discover the foundations of the house via the litter tray floor.  Currently using up a non clumping form but we throw so much away when she misses the tray and we have a major clear up to do.

Also aware there may be a health reason why she is missing but lets start with the basics and see if a different clumping kind sorts the problem.

edinburgher

Fellow PB holders - any idea what happens if you win £25 where your account is set to "reinvest into more bonds" and you already hold the max amount?

badmemory

That's a good question.  I'm sure I read somewhere that they contact you.  Have you looked at your account to see if there is a message other than the "you have won" one?

edinburgher

I'll do that @badmemory - only logged in and then out again when I saw it wasn't the million 

edinburgher

I have an enjoyable weekend planned   Bonus daddy daughter day tomorrow (I'm thinking maybe a museum as the weather is horrendous), dinner at inlaws for MIL's birthday, Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield on Saturday and then a trip to Whitley Bay to visit family on Sunday and an extra day off on Monday.

Because of that, I figured I was ok to make my regular payments for Monday a little early (up to £5 each a week for February). I also withdrew a little TCB money, got a small amount of interest from NW and had my first ever PB win (£25). Added all together and I was £2 short of the £45 needed to pay £15 to each pot (OP, CC and ISA). Feels like a "real" amount to end the week.

edinburgher

Now I don't really do politics in a public-ish forum, but did anyone else thing today's announcement re. the cost of living crisis was the dampest of squibs? A friend send me a text this morning to advise that their gas and electricity direct debit was going from £105 a month to £295 - what use is £350 going to be in the face of that? What's more insulting is the fact that £200 of that is a loan that nobody asked for and nobody can opt out of! Now I know things will end up being slightly different in Scotland but honestly? We're in chocolate teapot territory here folks

greent

edinburgher said:

Fellow PB holders - any idea what happens if you win £25 where your account is set to "reinvest into more bonds" and you already hold the max amount?

I can day with confidence that they pay it into your bank account - takes a few days

powerspowers

edinburgher said:

Now I don't really do politics in a public-ish forum, but did anyone else thing today's announcement re. the cost of living crisis was the dampest of squibs? A friend send me a text this morning to advise that their gas and electricity direct debit was going from £105 a month to £295 - what use is £350 going to be in the face of that? What's more insulting is the fact that £200 of that is a loan that nobody asked for and nobody can opt out of! Now I know things will end up being slightly different in Scotland but honestly? We're in chocolate teapot territory here folks

Indeed we are! Basic budgeting is don’t borrow to pay for consumables, yet we’re all going to do that and prices are set to rise in October. It beggars belief and I don’t know how we’re going to get out of it. 

Karmacat

edinburgher said:

Fellow PB holders - any idea what happens if you win £25 where your account is set to "reinvest into more bonds" and you already hold the max amount?

My sister has the full amount, and when her bonds win, they send her cheques - she's thinking of withdrawing £1,000 so she doesn't have to make a special effort to bank them, the local branch closed down.  Greent wrote differently - maybe you can choose which arrangement you have?

edinburgher

Karmacat said:

edinburgher said:

Fellow PB holders - any idea what happens if you win £25 where your account is set to "reinvest into more bonds" and you already hold the max amount?

My sister has the full amount, and when her bonds win, they send her cheques - she's thinking of withdrawing £1,000 so she doesn't have to make a special effort to bank them, the local branch closed down.  Greent wrote differently - maybe you can choose which arrangement you have?

I've changed my settings so that future wins go back to my current account. Hopefully greent's comment is my experience too