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Aww sweet congratulations :woot:

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My happy thought is I got home from parents Christmas visit in Wales and this year my house temperature was 20c instead of 9.5c like last year due to boiler dying and I'm not ill and got another 5 days of vaccination before work starts again!

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Happy Wedding Anniversary!

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...3&d=1767176988

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Happy anniversary Tinky, sure it'll be a great night.

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Happy anniversary Tinky. Have a great day.

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Happy New Year to all. :D

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Happy new year Boss. All the best to everyone :woot:

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Happy new year guys, hope its the best yet :tu:

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Filled up the car with unleaded at Costco this morning at 117.9p per litre - bargain!

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Breakdown call out tomorrow then ;)

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Unlikely…

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Just got back from the dentist, £244 lighter from it, why is this a happy thought? It's one less silver filling in my mouth and I feel like I'm getting a far better service than I did at my old NHS, I do have another 3 to go though!

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They removed a filling ?

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Old silver filling needed to be removed, new white filling put in.

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Ah, understood now. :D

I bought 2 $20 scratch off lotto tickets on tuesday and 2 $10 ones and I got $40 from one of the $20 ones...

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you're happy you spent $60 and won $40?

:scratch:

:shrug:

Hmmmmmm yea I should have put that reply in the other thread (What did you win)

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My step-daughter got engaged tonight:D :cleader:

So a few JD and cokes were consumed to celebrate.

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I’m a grandad again - my son and his partner just had a baby boy

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Congratulations :)

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Congrats Hugh :tu:

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Happy News. Congratulations to you and to your son and his partner..

Ah congrats Hugh!!!

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Car insurance renewal dropped to £288 from £341 for 12 months, that was a pleasant surprise!

I'm still tempted to get some quotes and go through Topcashback.

Wow thats quite a drop!!

Its too bad you cant lock that in for good!!!!

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Mine dropped from £401 to £250

I have never seen it so low

To think Admiral want to charge me £975 before I paid £401

Are these droppings are good!

We usually see stuff GO UP,not down!!

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I ended up renewing at £288, I tried the renewal services on Topcashback but the cheapest was £294'without any extras added on.

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New tele in the bedroom. It's really sharp. The old 2019 set is gone. Bringing in 2025. :woot:

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and what does 2026 think about that:)

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2026 says buy a Sony instead

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Went to do some shopping at Morrisons this morning, and found out they were doing a "buy six bottles of wine, get 25% off" - using this in conjunction with the Morrisons 10% off for Bluelight Card holders, and choosing some reds that were slightly reduced, I ended up getting £68.75’s worth of red wine* for just £34.94.

Result!

*Aussie Shiraz, South African Shiraz, Californian Zinfandel, Patagonian Malbec, Portuguese Syrah/Aragonez blend, & a Spanish Tempranillo

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Just had my first eye test in 10 years, got some vouchers from work for safety glasses, total cost £0. The eye is alot more modern now, no more looking at a chart on the wall!

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My brother and his wife welcomed a baby girl in to the world on Thursday. Persephone 7lb 14oz. Not been able to meet her yet and I really can't wait,

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Congrats to your brother and his wife.

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Congrats to them both

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Congrats to the them and you, uncle :)

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Congrats to your brother and his wife.

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Congratulations on the addition to your family.

We have a great niece Persephone it took me a while to pronounce her name properly when I became her Godmother and, years later, seeing it written still confuses me.:dunce:

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I was taken aback when I first saw the name, but knew it was Greek mythology related. Daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld having been kidnapped by Hades. She had to live between the two worlds.

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Also a great song by Wishbone Ash (from the 1974 album 'There's the Rub').

oh, and congrats 'Uncle' :D

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congratulations unky stephen

just googled the meaning of the name ,interesting choice.

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It certainly is. I'm guessing it was because she is a spring baby. I will need to ask why they chose it was I get to visit.

I also have a half brother on my biological mum's side and him and his wife are expecting a baby too due in a few weeks. So an uncle to be again :cool:

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All Virginmedia services have now been cancelled and disconnected saving me a fortune, my last bill was for £0.00 and the account should be closed on May 7th.

Also just cancelled my TV license and wondering how long it'll take them to knock on the door when I won't engage or invite them in.

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My area is run down and not heard of them visiting anyone and I am sure a lot do not pay

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Scotland Transplant Active Football team took part in a tri-nation tournament today in Dublin against Ireland and Northern Ireland. We won both games. 2-1 against Northern Ireland and 10-3 against Ireland.

So we won the first Gift of Life Shield and all have gold medals too. To say I am super happy is an understatement. However after such a long day I'm shattered and all sore and up since 4am, now back in Scotland and heading home for a well earned sleep. :cleader::nworthy:

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Well done, congratulations :tu:

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Thanks, next is the 4 nations we(Scotland) are hosting in May and then the transplant world cup in Germany in September.

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Well done. :cleader:

Very very nice!

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Keir Starmer is the best Prime Minister since Thatcher. Someone had to say it

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no he isn't

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<cough cough> check the date…

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hehe exactly

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that speaks volumes, the only time starmer gets praise is as a joke :)

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Odd, I thought the joke was referring to Thatcher as great :shrug:

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Blinds being fitted today, then 6 months of building work is done - well inside just got to make good outside.

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The joke was literally both those I chose . Not detecting political bias getting in the way of a sense of humour am I ? Both you and Papa and just in case you did not know this is also a joke haha

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Did my best to save the planet today.

Planted Horse Chestnut and Oak tree saplings.

Probably too little too late, but will hopefully piss the neighbours off in 100 years time :)

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So my BT BB went down and fix likely Wednesday .
I bought a 5GHZ Router a while ago and had a 3 sim in it but the speeds were poor. When the net went down I was considering options and knew I had a Lebara Sim spare with no plan attached so I threw a 25 quid unlimited data plan at the sim and put it in the router . Lebara do cheap deals if I was waiting for a sim I would have had 50% for 3 months so unlimited for £12.50 and seeing as you do not use the number there is no reason not to set up a new sim every 2.5 months and get unlimited data for very cheap.
Now the maddest part see the screen shot below. 3 times the download and 7 times the upload ( of FTTC) on this 5G sim that can be swapped every 2.5 months to ensure uninterrupted connection for current price of £37.50 which works out at £15 per month
Yes you have to create a new account to get the deal but golly it is cheap. I will be switching the the deal sim next month and keep it going as a cheap backup for future or maybe even as my main driver

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Well you learn something new everyday. I never knew those type routers existed or such a way round getting broadband that way. Good info and good price.

Sadly where I live I can't even get 1-2 bars on 3g. My phone is stuck on wifi calling 90% of the time.

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this is the model I bought

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/136097742...Bk9SR_rKzPGuZw

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Re my previous post on my 5G router and sim. Well it is now all set up with mesh system which now runs my whole smart home through that so can switch from any provider without having to do anything now except plug it all in

Not bad though my smart home is relatively extensive 5 cameras 4 echo devices nearly all my lights are smart blubs and a fair few plugs so that is a lot of connected devices . Mesh systems are worth it imo

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Just had a nice letter from the NHS Business services - my NHS pension is rising by 3.8%, it's not very big but it all helps. After tax it will pay for a couple of takeaways.

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Just won a $500 Amazon gift card from work

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I spy you looking at watch websites!

Edit- damn it's Amazon not sure what they're like for watches.

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you can get a £20 smart watch haha

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Hehe, his watches usually cost 1000s based on his watch fetish posts. :D

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I was but mere jesting :-)

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I love being in London on a Friday. I don't go home until late evening. I'm generally the only person about in my town :LOL:

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Finally got my new everyday glasses after about 16 years and love them!

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The weather here for the rest of the week;

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2026/04/1.png

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2 years ago i bought a battery powered Bosch lawnmower EasyRotak 36-550 and it was a game changer for how easy it was to cut my grass, it was so much easier.

Unfortunately when I tried to use it a month ago it wouldn't run unless I tilted it 45 degrees! Luckily I registered it to get a free extended 3 year warranty and I sent it back for repair on Tuesday and I've just had an email to say they won't be repairing and will replace with a new unit or it's nearest match if my model isn't available so that's my Happy thought.

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As a follow up to my 'rant' in the "moans & pet hates" thread, I'm pleased to say that my VM woes are - for the time being - behind me, although it took a couple of tries.

First call about the new contract resulted in a female trying to push upgrades at me, difficult to understand most of the time, the resulting offer was (over 2 years term) fairly good, however when the confirmation Email arrived I saw I'd been given some strange unrequested 'add ons'.
Knowing I had a 14 day grace period I waited a few days then rang to query the contract. This time a chap I could understand better went through it all, removing the crap I hadn't asked for, and the end result is a price much better than I'd hoped for.

I understand prices do need to rise, but the lady sneaking a few extras in has actually led to me getting a better deal than I had over the last 2 years. ;)

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So your other half way right?

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She's always right, even when she knows she's wrong. Part of the marriage deal as I understand it :erm:

:D

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I now have a shed of my own. My life is complete :)

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Lego raised its age range to 100+ for David Attenbrough and I think it is a lovely thing to have done

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYCw8KIl...ource=ig_embed

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First thing I have read as I come online this morning. As I get older I find I am normally waking up to bad news.

This made me smile, thanks Jay. xx

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Did exactly the same for me

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Get a second one and we can call you "Two Sheds"

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I've survived my 6 month dental checkup with no work needed! Going Private really paid off for me.

Im so glad buddy :)

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Been throwing away years worth of hording found some interesting things. A 256MB stick of SDR I remember buying it as a pair at the computer fair paid £300 for the 512meg, an old cd rewriter and a t mobile sim card still sealed 2 unopened Nerf guns my daughter never got to play with but the grands now can haha . Far to much interesting stuff but all junk

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haha, a couple of days ago while rooting at the back of a 'junk' cupboard I found half a dozen C90 cassette tapes I'd used for recording Tommy Vance (Friday Rock Show) many years ago. There should be great memories on them.

All I need now is a tape deck :doh: 'sigh'

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And a pencil…

IYKYK…

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yep, and a tape splicing kit :D

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Spent £600 on a man with a bloody big van disposing of 30 years of accumulated garbage including an 8 foot by 6 foot shed and a 2 metre by 3 metre deck. I know mixed measurements but they were the sizes as sold haha . Proper spring clear out easily over 3 skips full and no fly tippers to worry about

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That lot would have made a wonderful bonfire . . if we were still allowed them :D

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was thinking that but my garden is covered in chipped conifer so imagine a fire could spread via that

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Oh no not the potpourri :LOL:

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The weather for my few days away next week :Sun:

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My aunt called me for a BBQ on Brighton beach pretty much outside her front door close to where the burnt down pier is. The train to Brighton was pleasant surprisingly not busy but the return journey was but luckily I walked to the front of the train whereas everybody else was settling at the back, less walking lazy buggers :LOL:

The beach was busy as expected but nobody cared. I've been in some uncomfortable places and this was not one :D

It remained hot into sunset and beyond. Lovely day. Loads of other people setting up BBQs too.

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oh I would have loved to be by the sea yesterday instead I was sat sweating under a fan and by a fan haha

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On the beach today, in the sun :Sun:

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My Happy thought is it's Friday, it's lovely weather and it's car collecting day! It's a shame I then have to go to work from 2pm-10pm though!

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My happy thought today is reading that and thinking "I'm retired, no more stupid shiftwork screwing my life up" . . . and no more sudden 12 hour shifts covering sickness, that always seemed to clash with family plans :rolleyes:

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I've got atleast another 5 years of work left depending how the pension performs, if it goes pear shaped then it'll be 9 years.

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I stayed on for about a year after my retirement age, admittedly around 6 months of that was only 2 days a week . . the knackered left knee and back pains eventually got the better of me.

No idea how the Gov. will expect people in 'manual' jobs to carry on working until age 70 in the future :shrug: