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well....I would never have guessed the weather would turn this sunny towards the begining of October! love it.

do you have kids/nieces/nephews? I don't know how these things work, but if you're not going to miss £15K that was saved for you and your FIL doesn't want it back, maybe you could put it into a savings account for someone you know who may need it in future...just make sure you tell them about it so ...

If you have one, could you take your car off the road to save on the tax and insurance? didn't the law change recently so that you still need insurance even if your car is declared off road? :( Sorry to hear what you're going through Clare...Do you work? is there any way you could find a part-time ...

I think it it will mainly be very wet (with possibly a few bright but cool days at the end of september) gradually getting colder and more windy. I think there will be heavy snow during January/February. MMM - I am very jealous of you and yould reeeeally like to move to France right now. "Summe...

WILDBREW wrote:I got 4lb of Blackberrys, this week to make some Blackberry whisky,any more i get will be for my
wine making.

Where did you pick them?
In Wigan they seemed to come out really early, but within a couple of weeks went all shrivelled and brown. Does this mean they've caught some sort of disease?

battybird wrote:We have had a "drop down airer" when we lived in a flat and it was really good...had very high ceilings so it was up and out of the way.

what is a drop down airer? and where can I get one?

I looove the look of the lakeland heated airer, but £80 seems a lot of money...

congratulations!!

wow, I had no idea there were so many accounty people on here. I also work in accounts, but no qualifications at the moment...

oh my gosh...I had no idea that ragwort is (is thought?) to be dangerous.... over summer holidays my stepdaughter came home from her nana's house with a cinnabar caterpillar and I kept picking ragwort to feed it until it turned into a cacoon :? That was a good few weeks ago now and I'm still alive....

That's great news and, of course, now is a good time to buy if you have nothing to sell as there are some fantastic bargains out there. Sue :flower: Dave :pirate: yes, great if you can get a fricking mortgage and a deposit together!!! 1 income, increidbly high rent and a car that keeps breaking = n...

only 100 days til Christmas!!!! :santa: (my sister informed me this morning) You're ideas are brill! I did food hampers for most of my family last year, they went down a treat. Only problem is I ended up having a couple of mad baking sessions a couple of days before Christmas so the stuff was as fre...

the above receipe sounds good MKG... I have about 2lbs of elderberries sat in my freezer and plan to pick some more when I get the chance...but because I'm a little lazy/short of time if I don't manage to pick another 2lb, will a total of 3lb elderberries and 1lb raisins work or would I have to adju...

yay!! good to hear things have worked out ok

if you've tried your best to contact the agency and landlord but can't get hold of them then there's not much else you can do... carry on paying the same amount of rent you have been paying as from what you've said you haven't had a new contract through or a letter confirming that the rent IS going ...

I'm in Wigan, but I can't think of anything I need any piping for...I'll get back to you if I come up with any ideas!

I really admire you for this! Personally I don't think I would home-school my son, mainly because I've never been very "academic" myself and wouldn't know where to start. Growing up my parent's had these friends who had 7 or 8 kids (I lost count!) who were all home-schooled. They've turned...