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  • foxgloves
    foxgloves Posts: 12,531 Forumite
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    Well done on that poinsettia. I have never managed to keep one alive after the initial festive period.
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  • Cherryfudge
    Cherryfudge Posts: 13,120 Forumite
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    Interesting about the TV volume: do you think Mr SA really can hear it so low? And was he always like this? I'm becoming very aware of differences in sensory processing as DH and I are very different in what we hear and curiously, in how things smell to us, too.
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,363 Ambassador
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    I recommend Nightsleeper on player. 
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
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  • badmemory
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    If you are actually watching the TV have you considered putting the subtitles on.  It might annoy him sufficiently to put the volume up a little.  I say actually watching because I tend to have mine on when I am doing something which isn't really engaging my brain.
  • badmemory
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    edited 22 September 2024 at 8:55PM
    I thought about a combined washer drier but I remember my mother having them & they never lasted anywhere near as long as my wahing machines did.  We did discuss if this was caused by the fact that she had floorboards & I have always had mine on solid floors.  I will need replacements for both soon. The tumbledrier was a gift & needs the hose putting out of the window (or not!) so I would replace by condenser if not a combined model.  Decisions decisions.  I never realised how difficult it could be when you don't have someone who can put real input into these - even if you never agree.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,363 Ambassador
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    My mum also had a combined washer dryer & it was none too good.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • MFWannabe
    MFWannabe Posts: 2,456 Forumite
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    Combined are not meant to be anywhere near as good and the kg load for the dryer part is very small compared to separate 
    MFW 2025 #50: £1139.75/£6000

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    18/01/25: Mortgage: £68,500.14
    27/12/24: Mortgage: £69,278.38 

    27/12/24: Debt: £0 🥳😁
    27/12/24: Savings: £12,000

    07/03/25: Savings: £16,500

  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 23,955 Forumite
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    Thank you for the feedback. It’s good to know when deciding on something. I’ll keep looking and considering. Had to get the heated airer out today to finish off the partly dried from yesterday duvet cover. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
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