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Cut the Costs, Not the Comfort: Smart Energy Tips That Can Save You Money!
If you were to apply just the changes with a £ saving below, you could save around £313 a year! Heating spaces Did you know the recommended temperature during cold weather is 21°C (70°F) in main areas and 18°C (64°F) in other rooms such as your bedroom. However, if you were to turn it down by just 1°C when your room is…
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🔥 Stay Toasty for Less: Budget-Friendly Winter Readiness Guide 🔥
Over the coming weeks I'm going to be exploring a number of areas such-as keeping warm, cost savings, energy efficiency and support available. Heating spaces covers 65% of our overall energy use in the home so I’m going to begin by focusing on this area. Heat loss in the home There are 5 main places in which heat is lost:…
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❄️ Warm Home, Lower Bills: Winter Tips That Save ❄️
I recently had an opportunity to complete some training with National Energy Action – the UK’s leading fuel poverty charity which provided some fantastic information on saving costs and keeping warm during the colder months. I’ve also spent some time understanding our very own Energy Support Team and learned there’s so…
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Heart ablation
Hey Has anyone here had this procedure who has previously had a heart attack or cardiac arrest who could put my mind at rest regarding it's safety in those circumstances? thank you
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Disabled person - it’s meaning too generalised today
Why the charity name change to Scope was both positive but a Trojan horse. Disability is talked about constantly, but severe and to a lesser extent any physical disability has increasingly been crowded out in practice. Access systems are overwhelmed, not because needs are wrong, but because very different forms of…
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Walking stick recommendations for arthritic hands
Hi I need two sticks to walk. I’ve been diagnosed with arthritis in both hands and I’m finding it difficult to use my sticks. Can anyone recommend any good walking sticks? Many thanks
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How some wealthy people have no common sense
I have just watched a lady's Tik Tok where she was showing viewers ger yearly handbag purchases.Obviously its entirely up to her what she spends her hard earned money on.But surely £1000 on this plastic bag with holes on just because it has a branded name tag on it is taking it WAY too far.It reminds me of the old story…
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Tomcat Trike
Morning All. I'm looking for suggestions as to What to do with my Son's Tomcat Trike? We got it for him 5-6 years ago and its barely been used. currently its sat in Storage waiting. We've hardly been able to use it primarily because of the impracticalities of getting him on it as he needs a hoist to transfer and of course…
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Dec 21 winter soltice: Celebrate our dark side?
This year I've decided to use the darkest day of the year - the Winter Solstice on Dec 21 - to celebrate my dark side. I spent my first 30 years holding in my dark side, followed by another 30 years learning to embrace my dark side. I've gone against the current in doing this as we live in a world that is often hell-bent…
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£10 Christmas Bonus
Yipeee i have just received my £10 Christmas bonus form the Benefits Agency. The same £10 Christmas bonus i've received for countless years. Granted the £10 Christmas bonus went a little further a decade or two ago go nevertheless £10 is £10 so on balance i'm happy.
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Not in the Christmas Cheer
Hello All - Been a very long time since a chat - it's been a simply awful year and I cannot believe what has happened - being the new girl in the area I was befriended by my neighbour next door, it was lovely to have someone to talk too after so long being alone BUT by the Autumn of this year she had fleeced as much as she…
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Problems with PA
Apologies if this is in the wrong place. Looking for your thoughts. I have a PA, had them six months now all going great. Recently they needed to change the time of the visit because they had appointments they couldn't reschedule. It meant my visit was cut short. Usual visit is 9am till 11am. They couldn't come until 12pm…
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Headphones
I'm about to purchase some bluetooth headphones. I've looked at most of them, but theres a lot of negativity around them. Problems with no connection or too expensive are some of them. I made one mistake with a pc steering wheel that stop connecting once before I had to purchace a G29. So I don't want to make the same…
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A bizarre post office situation
Can anyone please tell me if any part of this sounds normal or has happened to them?.Today I went into my local post office to buy some Euros.I paid on my debit card and so they came straight out if my account.The man behind the counter took a photo from my phone of my passport as I didn't have it with me but had it on my…
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FMS + Chronic Daily Headaches
I hope this is the correct forum! I'm looking for a bit of advice, I know people aren't doctors on here but maybe someone has been through or is going through what I have for the last 30 years. I'm wanting to get a second opinion from a different GP, but I want to make sure I have the correct information first. I have been…
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Game changer for everyone
Way better than belts and more comfortable.
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Plato & The Polite Dictatorship Of Democracy
Dear All, Plato once said democracy is a polite dictatorship. I was just wondering if people on this network have their own views about that statement and how it might apply and not apply to current UK society? I have a hard time with rules - obeying them, understanding and to a certain extent the very nature of them. What…
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Disabilities.
I will like all politicians to understand how my disabilities affects me and prevents me from doing things. Epilepsy, seizures, and mobility problems puts my safety at risk, as I always have accidents, I always injure myself, and I always have falls. Because of this, I find it very difficult to cope with my disabilities.…
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WCA - has been dragging on for ages
April 2024 - fill in a UC50 (know now it's a WCA50 but at the time was still a UC50) form to be reassessed from LCW as things got worse, even worse now. I was told in my UC journal it was received,wouldn't be processed "certain number a month " I got told :( Anyhow, get a WCA out of the blue over the weekend,was due to…
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Guarantor
Good Day I am seeking a Guarantor
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Will it Snow
Will it snow for Christmas? What was your first or Worst White Christmas.❄️☃️
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Christmas cards
Do you post or give out Christmas cards?. We seem to get people saying "we donate to charity now instead of sending or giving cards". But there are some nice charity cards out there, and you never really know if they give to charity or not or is it another way of saying, we'd rather not have contact with you?.
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UK POWER NETWORK
WOW My 3rd post today i'm on a roll! Not so long ago we had 2 power cuts in my local area. The first power cut i was oblivious to because i slept through it but the 2nd power cut started late evening and lasted nearly 4 hours. The good news was that i received 4 or possibly 5 telephone calls from UK Power Network (i'd…