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General Discussion Area / Re: Cash Back Sites
« on: 11 December 2023, 13:51:55 »
I pay the max I can for Electric,, Get my £5 per month cash back. ::)

Then this time of the year I ask for a refund from from EON to buy my own Christmas pressie :y

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General Discussion Area / Re: Cash Back Sites
« on: 11 December 2023, 00:09:49 »
If you want money off every month for your bills, look at something like Santander's 123 account or similar.  This takes between 1 and 3% off many utility bills each month, but has a fee, and other commitments have to be made.

Cashback sites only give a one-off cash back.

Nothing to stop you using both, obviously.

I have the 123 account, but they have tightend up the cash back from £15 to £5 per moth on each item.

Plus they swapped them round, I make a slight profit after the account charge.

I singed up with Quidco today, but as just mentioned I think I so have Topcashback as well,  Just not signed in with it as I had forgotten all about ifter reinstalling windows.

Could have earnt myself a small fortune in the last 6 weeks if my brain was functioning properly.

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General Discussion Area / Re: I Rarely Have A Drink
« on: 11 December 2023, 00:01:40 »
Last time I had Vodka was jan 2013
I normally buy a bottle of Advocat each Christmas, Last years is still hidden behind the microwave. :-\

So since Jan 2013
1 unit of wine last Chrimbo with my neighber  :-*
1 unit today for lunch. :y

Might have a few this Chrimas though,, shame to have all that booze I have sat in corner.


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General Discussion Area / Re: Cash Back Sites
« on: 10 December 2023, 15:31:11 »
Same with the Comparison sites.

I know its all been talked about before and I thought I had an account setup . . . . seems thats not the case unless I just forgot which one  (If I was set up it was the same one that TB uses)

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General Discussion Area / Cash Back Sites
« on: 10 December 2023, 15:27:21 »
Can our bills be setup through them?

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General Discussion Area / Re: I Rarely Have A Drink
« on: 10 December 2023, 15:19:48 »
I have a nice bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label.

Also fond of Vodka, Gin, Pernod, red wine and beer. :)

Hate Red wine and prefer Lager to Beer, but Vocka, drunk plenty of that. :y

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General Discussion Area / Re: I Rarely Have A Drink
« on: 10 December 2023, 15:18:27 »
I didn’t even know that they sold JD and coke in a can. I’ve had a bottle of JD, a bottle of Glenmorangie and a bottle of Glenfiddich in my cupboard for years. They were gifts but I don’t drink spirits of any kind, apart from when I’ve got a cold and have hot toddy’s.  :)

I think most of us do, I must have at least a dozen bottles of wines plus Brandy, Southern Comfort, Canadian Club etc. (Must be close to 35/40 bottles some never even opened)

When we were teenagers and I had passed my driving test we used to go to a restaurant in Rotherham and would enjoy a glass of wine or 2, that crept up to just ordering the bottle. :y

Then Lorraine Chase started adverting Campari, took a shine to that.  (Tried it again a few years ago and gone off it comepletely)

Then over the years with Christmas and New Years partys and any other excuse for a piss up, I tried this and that as you do.  ::)

Wine wise I did like Muscadet, but then realised that year was a good vintage.

In the 80's I had a business with odd trading hours (Chippy) and when we shut down after midnight there was nothing on tV in those days.  So would rent a couple of videos, Buy in a bottle of Purnod/Cider and a bottle of blackcurrent, (That was for me - Or a bottle Bicardi and some coke)) Plus 4 cans of Heineken and a 1.5 Ltre bottle for her.

Have enjoyed the odd social drink since then but Alcohol, I tan take it of leave it.
(Thinking back my Colledge days were fun - Out of class and straight to the boozer - Or club for a game of Snooker. 1 lunch was 1 of 2 vomiting sesions that I ever suffered from drinking - the 2nd was my mates fault on his Stag do - but wasnt intentional) 

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General Discussion Area / I Rarely Have A Drink
« on: 10 December 2023, 12:52:50 »
But today I decided to have a JD and coke with lunch.

Only ever tried JD once before at a mates many years ago and quite enjoyed.(With coke)

Generally Whiskey &  Brandy plus others give me heart burn, but whilst doing a shop during the week I saw an offer of it in a can and bought a few.

Christmas may have started early. :y

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General Discussion Area / Re: FFS - Anazon Drivers
« on: 08 December 2023, 14:00:03 »
I have a driend who is the Seurity manager for a company,  When he took the the job on he had a chat to confirm certain questions with the Police.

One of his concerns was CCTV coverage .

He was told that as Camera cover strays across perimeters and boundrys then anyone (Local Companies) can ask to see what the camera covers.  As my mate has home secury he asked the same question about domestic setups regards CCTV.  Same thing applies.

In my case I know of at least 1 neighber that has cameras, so if during a dispute over a missing items not getting sorted there could be CCTV evidence of who took ir.

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General Discussion Area / Re: FFS - Anazon Drivers
« on: 08 December 2023, 10:20:56 »
Looking at the sellers feed back (Should have looked at that 1st) I doubt it was them, Ebay did say they would get involved on the 8th, looks like thay did.  Either way I got the result I required. :y

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General Car Chat / Re: Its That Time of Year Again - Breakdown Cover
« on: 08 December 2023, 09:31:41 »
My Brother and his Girlfriend with an account for another service.  He buys the service, if the service goes up, he haggles it back down, if this idea fails and its cheaper for a "New customer" then it goes in her name,

So with a lot of OOF members like TB haveing a partner that drives and you have a shared policy, then do the sums in your partners name as a "New Customer" and see what you can waggle. :y

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General Discussion Area / Re: FFS - Anazon Drivers
« on: 08 December 2023, 09:24:16 »
Thumbs up to Ebay  today. :y

On the the 23rd of Nov I bought an item for £23. I have had a few of these over the years but this was approx half price (2 in stock) so I bought one. A monday to friday for the next week was given for delivery. So the latest should have been 1st Dec. :y

As there was no delivery with in the time specified I emailed the seller friday night, with no responce by tuesday morning I emailed them again.  In the meantime I looked up the refund proceedure,

Gaining the info I needed there was a tick box indicating that If I need thier help then they could get involved from the 8th Dec.

Woke up this morning to an email stating they have procesed the refund allready :y

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General Car Chat / Its That Time of Year Again - Breakdown Cover
« on: 07 December 2023, 14:33:43 »
My renewal is the 31st Dec

I have the full package with the AA

Breakdown
Home Start
Forward Travel
Plus thier Garage Cover.

Paid £211 after wrangling last year :y

Quote for renewal came through a week ago @ £487ish :-X

Phone call from them today they came down to £395 :-X

They told me this was my 13th year as a Gold member but wont budge on price.

In the end they have offered to price match whatever I get back to them with - How can they price match when they know full well others dont have all the services I require (Garage cover for me)

End resesult is I get the best price for Breakdown, Home start, Relay and Recovery etc and they will match it and then add back on the Garage cover.

If I was a new customer they would be throwing discounts at me to get me as a customer.  Why cant they look after the customers that have stayed so long. 

No call outs in 18 months and that was only to them fitting cheap nasty batterys.  So I reckon I deserve a discount like we have a NCD with car insurance.

Any thought on best breakdown service or best comparison sites?

Many Thanks in Advance. :y

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General Discussion Area / Caustic Soda
« on: 06 December 2023, 10:54:16 »
There was a thread not so long ago regards removing oil from a drive. (I searched but could not find it)

So today I came accros some Caustic Soda in a container looking a bit worse for wear.  I was going to dump it but decided to look up its uses.  (we used to use it a lot at work (Food Factory) with boiling water to clean the concrete floors.

So Googled it.

CLEANING & SANITIZING (dustbins, kennels, stables, driveways etc) Add 1-2 tablespoons of Caustic Soda per 5 litres of water. Scrub soiled area with solution, then wash down thoroughly with water. Removes oil and soot. PAINT STRIPPING Add 250g Caustic Soda to 1 litre of cold water.

https://www.google.com/search?q=caustic+soda+how+to+use&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=588338046&sxsrf=AM9HkKnFMvwucztPBR4eEdbcNUPM3vHlOg%3A1701859241237&ei=qU9wZfP5DaiqhbIPhd-0wAU&ved=0ahUKEwiz8p_cz_qCAxUoVUEAHYUvDVgQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=caustic+soda+how+to+use&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiF2NhdXN0aWMgc29kYSBob3cgdG8gdXNlMgsQABiABBiKBRiRAjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHkiUWlCxDljlVHABeAGQAQCYAVegAfkFqgECMTC4AQPIAQD4AQHCAgoQABhHGNYEGLADwgINEAAYgAQYigUYQxiwA8ICBRAAGIAEwgIIEAAYFhgeGAriAwQYACBBiAYBkAYK&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Sorry if it was mentioned in the OP but the bit about the paint stipping was also  interesting.

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General Car Chat / Re: Age old question....
« on: 05 December 2023, 16:03:50 »
Your budget will go down if you insist on spending money on loose women. ::)


Dont be silly :y

I got smart years ago. ::)

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