ZRX61 wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 2:22 pm

Bobzilla wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 10:00 am Senator Lindsey Graham.

And Mitch McConnel is knocking on the door too. Unless he's already gone.

Apparently a heart attack is now a "short sudden illness"

Not exactly an incorrect description...

Senator Lindsey Graham.

And Mitch McConnel is knocking on the door too. Unless he's already gone.

Da fuq?

Ken Bates, the only thing that can unite Leeds and Chelsea fans...

Taipan wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2026 11:59 am Always admired her, the feisty old thing!

Former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe dies at 78

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced47jqyg1eo

Now being investigated as murder...

I was hoping to get mine for August, but they've just done a minor model refresh and it will be October before I get it. Bit annoying...

So to be a higher rate taxpayer you need to have (taxable) earnings over £50,270 in a tax year, I.e. 6 April to 5 April. If you've earned over that already then hat's off to you and any more work will be taxed at 40%. If not, you will be paying tax at 40% once you have full tax year taxable earnings ...

I honestly don't know, but I think it was for about the same distance that I got a speed awareness course for


OK, over how many years have you had 7 convictions?

:banana-dance:


Sorry, I misunderstood, 31 years, 1985 46 in a 30, 1986 50ish in a 30, 1987 85ish in a 70, 1988 82 in a 70 ...

I've been on it for a long while, for nearly 15 years, as an anti-anxiety, 75mg morning and evening.

I had problems when I accidentally doubled my dose because the GP changed pill size without warning me, noticing when I was driving in Basingstoke and all of a sudden I had no idea where I was ...

Just ordered my second Taycan - 4S black edition with a few bits. Company car. Can't wait for it to land as I'm already missing my Taycan buzz after only 6 weeks out of it.

Get in touch with the local building regulations office about getting a retrospective survey done and certificate issued, some of them are actually really helpful (fingers crossed they're one of them).
Probably worth getting the level three survey done not only for peace of mind but also ...

Don't buy without building regs certificate. Fix it or walk away. If they don't want to fix it, they won't be selling the house anytime soon.

No building regs certificate could mean anything from simple and cheap problem to fundamental foundation issues requiring compete rebuild. Would you deposit ...

Once can be a mistake.

15 times guilty. How much guiltier can she be.


When you're using the same evidence for each of the 15 counts, and using the existence of each the 15 counts to justify each of the other 14, actually the chance of one little thing having a massive impact on the overall ...

Fortunately AI will take over soon and the law will be balanced properly, rather than left to a room full of chancers.
If I were a solicitor or barrister now I'd start retraining as a plumber, their days are numbered.


AI literally makes things up of it doesn't know. There are numerous ...

I suspect the legal profession have a robust, defined and well understood grasp of what on the balance of probability and beyond reasonable doubt mean.


Fortunately AI will take over soon and the law will be balanced properly, rather than left to a room full of chancers.
If I were a solicitor ...

I won nothing and I have the maximum in there, so I was a tad miffed, how can I win nothing!
My wife has the max and she won £250 but it's still rubbish, my lad also has the max and won £100.

I think we're having our pants pulled down, I'd be very surprised to find that PBs do actually deliver ...

Is cash a depreciating asset?

Sure, you loose what you could be making with it elsewhere, but other than that it's neither appreciating or depreciating?


Inflation. Perhaps i should have said 'deflationary' rather than depreciating, but even that doesn't properly convey. Anyway, the true value ...

So can I conclude from this thread that for 95% of holders, premium bonds are simply a nice way to hold a depreciating asset to immaturity?


ever the optimist Bobz :)


I just subscribe to the idea that it's not 'if' life is going to shit on you, it's 'when, how, and how often'... I'm rarely ...

Mr Moofo wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2026 10:27 pm

MyLittleStudPony wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2026 8:37 pm Klaudia Zakrzewska.

What a terrible loss. She was nice. Nice and PAWG'y.

Not really a celebrity - just an influencer.

If we wait long enough another 10 will be along to do what she did …

What, get deliberately mown down by another influencer? It's a murder charge.

So can I conclude from this thread that for 95% of holders, premium bonds are simply a nice way to hold a depreciating asset to immaturity?