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  • Birthday 16/08/1957

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  1. £3259 here, 3% rise, expensive when there are just two of us in the house - Band F.
  2. Yes legit and excellent, had some stock work done on a Perazzi there a year or so back.
  3. Maybe our chap was over in South America offering El Presidente advice on using 'economies of the truth' (fibbing), he is an expert in that area after all.
  4. You'd be forgiven for thinking that Royal Mail have a commercial suicide strategy wouldn't you? It just seems a matter of time before the UK follows the German example where Deutsche Bundesposte was taken over by DHL for both mail and parcels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Post
  5. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68513071 Crafty - most likely nothing will happen to him?
  6. I had the exact same problem of Themalite blocks and a gun cabinet fixing requirement - went to a fastener specialist and was recommended to use Excalibur Screw-bolts: https://www.excaliburscrewbolts.com/ One drills a hole to the size of the shaft of the bolt and just screw the bolt in - it cuts it's own thread into the material. The FAO came to do the inspection and was amazed - couldn't rock or budge the cabinet at all - signed it off and went away with the above URL on a bit of paper. They are also used to mount TV wall brackets apparently.
  7. We'd like to downsize - just the two of us (no kids, no one to choose our old people's home), aged mid 60s, nice 4 bed detached house nice area - we'd like a two bed bungalow with a double garage, we have been looking for years....like rocking horse droppings for rarity.
  8. Just scarified mine using one of these (had it for years) https://www.worldofwolf.co.uk/wolf-garten-multi-change-roller-moss-removal-rake-urm3 and it now looks thread-bare When the lawn starts showing signs of life I'll apply weed n feed, that'll kill off the remaining moss and encourage the grass to flourish.
  9. I don't understand golf at all, it seems totally pointless....has to be a social activity like busting clays with a bunch of mates which seems like a good idea to me....😀
  10. Golf pro Georgia Ball on her viral 'mansplaining' TikTok As they say, every day is a school day - 'Mansplaining', had to look it up on Wikipedia - I clearly live a sheltered life. I do wonder if this is really about the unhelpful input delivered by some off camera man or 10m chaps ogling gym-wear?
  11. State pension is funded by our historical NI (National Insurance) contributions, not income tax. In a fifty year working life I have tipped plenty into the pot and now at retirement age it is time to take it back. I was about 30 years of age (66 now), working in a garage when I finally twigged (slow learner😀) that there is no correlation between how hard you work and how much you get paid - there ought to be in a fair world but as most of us have worked out - life isn't fair. Back then in the garage there wasn't even an occupational pension to be had.
  12. Just had a letter from the DWP to say my state pension is rising to £986.52 (paid every 4 weeks) from April - 52weeks/4 = 13 payments so £12,824 - so that will completely wipe out the personal tax allowance of £12,570 in a single pass...oh deep joy.
  13. Having retired last year and started drawing the state pension from September (month following my 66th birthday) I was surprised to find that it is paid in full (i.e. no tax deducted) - every 4 weeks. HMRC, who never miss a trick then deduct the tax for it from other pension income.
  14. Understood. There is this: RONYASOFT CD DVD LABEL MAKER The demo version is unlimited use and will watermark the prints - maybe enough for your needs or buy the full version for the professional end result.
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