Cosmicblue
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£3259 here, 3% rise, expensive when there are just two of us in the house - Band F.
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Yes legit and excellent, had some stock work done on a Perazzi there a year or so back.
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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
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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.
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Here comes the narrative for taxing/taking your homes!
Cosmicblue replied to discobob's topic in Off Topic
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. -
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.
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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....😀
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.