Recent content by mj4456

Not when you(I) pay cash for almost everything?

50 year old Gillette safety razor with Feather blades, can’t remember the soap make but a nice brush I bought on holiday some years ago, most of the face and some of the head where a little hair still grows

That’s why I held onto the cash till months (May) end, they sit on the cash this month and the numbers enter for Julys draw.

The boss £225, me nowt, only re invested back in end of last month so hopeful £40k will bring in more prizes than a single £.

Was there not also a levy to help pay for the nuclear option in our bills?

Been in our house 25 years ish, never had either meter inspected, ch boiler replaced last month and fitter remarked on age of gas meter, my answer “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.

Renewed the VED today, £710 for a 2litre Honda! Thing is if it was 3 years older, same engine, same emissions, it would have been less, a few more years older, lots less, no logic there then. Still, it cost about the price of a daily paper over a year and much more fun.

Confirmed to me by a store manager, don’t want people coming into store and simply heading for a particular aisle and then straight back oot store.

Several weeks I renewed our broadband/phone contract, broadband all good on change over day, phone not working, many hours on phone calls and promises of “it’ll be connected this time” have resulted in sweet fa, now I was told problem with renewal contract done in store, can get a line connected...

I just use my virgin money debit card to withdraw cash from banks when away, they (virgin money)don’t do foreign currency so compensate with no charges and great rates. Carry a Santander card too just in case, in some places it’s like using it here but rates not as good.

Waiting on a tax return form from HMRC, just found that banks no longer take tax from interest at source! after the rise in interest rates last year been getting a good return so we are over the tax fee limit, already in discussion with HMRC re an income loading they added to my coding to send...

£75 today, just topped hers back up to the max, hopefully help with bigger returns.

According to friends that worked in the plant there could be a tanker of ‘something’ leaving roughly weekly that paid for the running of the plant. A lot of guys told me petrol and diesel were waste/by products of refining oil, the good stuff was very expensive and came in small amounts. If...

I had a call from a loft insulation ’survey’ company on Thursday too, I asked if they were paying for the information, no they replied and was a tata and I hung up.

Was/is the one on the telly this morning, only caught a brief moment and heard about letters and scam, phone rang and I muted telly.