I'm going to get my state pension in 2026 which will be a bit more than £11,500 per year. The tax allowance is approx a thousand pounds more than that. Just want to make sure this is right: If I... ...
I have a joint bank account with my wife. She is soon going to start her own business and she has neither a passport nor a driver's licence. These seems to be the only IDs that banks will accept. So,...
Before I talk to someone in the business, I would like to know what people in general feel about taking out a Retirement Interest only mortgage. A lot of these things often hide traps and pitfalls...
My boiler' warranty expires on the 23rd February 2023. It broke down and leaked in early February. An engineer came out to inspect it on 8th February. It needs some major expensive parts but the...
I made an appointment to see a nurse about a small red area on my cheek that didn't go away. She didn't think it was anything to worry about but arranged for me to see a dermatologist. when I saw him,...
There is a drive that runs alongside my house that goes up to a small area with four garages - Mine and those that belong to the next three houses up. In my deeds, it says that we (the owners of these...
This morning I was walking my dog, obeying the law and the socially obvious right thing to do. I picked up and bagged my dog's doings. Just ahead of me, in the alley was a man doing the same. As he...
I've bought a mp3 player which I'm pleased with, except for one thing. I have two CDs with almost the same title, apart from Volume 1 & Volume 2. The musician is the same man. When I put both CDs on...
I have just finished a book entitled 'In You Defence' by Sarah Langford, a Barrister. It was a really interesting read, but there's one thing that has me very confused: 'section 1 of the Police and...
I have always been baffled about certain details in history books- i.e. how they could have come to be written down. There are many examples, but here is one: When Henry VIII was about to be married...
I'm confused what a post dated cheque is. If I send a cheque, three or four weeks before the payment has to be made, to pay my credit card bill and I date the cheque as the final date it has to reach...
Not for the first time, I've taken my dog to the Vet because he isn't eating. I come away with medicine that needs to be put into his food. When I ask for help in finding my way out of this logical...
I have recently opened a Facebook account for my self employed business. I wanted to advertise my services as a musical instrument tutor, teaching via Skype and Zoom. Facebook offered a 'boost' to a...
During the pandemic, we keep hearing of a 'Road Map' to return to normal life. We used to say 'strategy' or 'plan'. Why the change? What's wrong with the old words? Schools used to have a 'Curriculum'...
I am bewildered! My storage was running low on my Kindle fire, so I bought a storage card and enabled it to take on books, audio books, films etc...My internal storage is now down to zero and there I...
I have been sent a small package from the United States (I'm in the UK), containing a small and light musical instrument. I received a note this morning telling me that I need to pay £141.69 before...
Hello, I bought some replacement cartridges to fix a leaky tap (Bristan). I have no clue as to how to get the top of the tap off so that I can replace the cartridge. I asked the men in the shop and...
A couple of years ago, I had a shower curtain across my bath. The shower curtain was held in place by suction - which is another way of saying that it kept falling on my head, but I just put up with...
I'm an 'older person' and struggle with the relatively new informality that seems to come so easy to most people. I go into a supermarket and the cashier says to me: "Hello. How are you? Doing...
I have one dog and I am amazed at how much money I have spent to keep him. Every time I walk into the Vet surgery, a large chunk of money is lost even after a 15 minute consultation. Add the tablets...
