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  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited December 2016 #302

    Dec 21st, turning towards the sun again now! wink

    It's actually quite sunny here, still mild and I was awake too early.

    Diamond earrings Goldie? What a lovely present, they'll be twinkling round the house.smile

  • Oneputt
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    edited December 2016 #303

    Mini Christmas puddings in the steamer and ice-cream made, courtesy Delia's  excellent Christmas  book circa 1990.

  • SteveL
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    edited December 2016 #304

    Marzipaning the cake today. Cough almost gone, so little fear of contamination. Looking forward to summer, at 10:44 GMT the sun starts it's long haul back north. Roll on the warmer caravanning weather.😎

  • brue
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    edited December 2016 #305

    Have a good day everyone, jobs are piling up in the Brue household. wink

  • triky auto
    triky auto Forum Participant Posts: 8,690
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    edited December 2016 #306

    laughing ,Loading up the 'Concorde' today ready for the off tomorrow morning.Washed it & tidied up .

                           Flight plan for 22nd Dec',

                  Depart storage hanger circa 09.00,

                  Trajectory on A299/M2/M20/A26/M25,A3/M27.

                  Destination Southampton / Isle of White.ETA 14.00.

                        Heads up " Tricky Spotters " cool.

                      laughing Merry Xmas to one & all/Happy New Year laughing.

  • HelenandTrevor
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    edited December 2016 #307

    Congratulations on the new car Malcolm,  good idea an automatic. 

    It may be beneficial for insurance renewal next time to find a good independent broker, they can search lots of companies and they can often find a better all round policy for very similar or less money. I can say this as it's what I used to do until a couple of years ago.

    Have a good Christmas,  lucky you don't have to keep moving around too.smile

  • HelenandTrevor
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    edited December 2016 #308

    Still suffering with the cold and sore throat, OH is feeling worse than me, he has to go back to the doctors tomorrow.

    This all means christmas preparations are not going well.😢

    Have and great time JVB66 and Triky.

    Moulesy Mauritius sounds exciting. 

    Lovely present Goldie.

    Going to try and tackle some household jobs now. 

     

  • Oneputt
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    edited December 2016 #309

    Have a great trip Triky

    Puds now cooked and looking very Yummy

    Still dull here and only semi light

  • KjellNN
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    edited December 2016 #310

    Hope you have done your sums correctly Malcolm, and that it all works out for the best.

    Will the fuel saving really cover the cost of buying, insuring and maintaining a second vehicle, even when anything saved on insuring the Shogun for business use is taken into account?

    We ran 2 cars until I retired, then had only one from 2008 till 2013, so OH no longer had a NCD to use when we got the Smart.  We saved quite a bit by not having a second car, but did find it a bit inconvenient to only have 1 vehicle.  The XC90 is quite expensive to run, and we were putting 10-12000 miles on the clock each year.

    The Smart is much cheaper to run, but taking into account the purchase cost and additional insurance and servicing, I would say we are not actually saving anything overall, but enjoy the convenience of the additional vehicle.

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited December 2016 #311

    Malcolm

    That does seem to be a massive amount for insurance that you have been charged. Maybe not if you were a teenager who had just passed their test!!! But I know that not to be the case. I am in the process of checking out renewal insurance for my Kia Venga which is due next month, which is quite a small car and the Caravan Club has been the highest quote so far at nearly £200 more than SAGA which I would have thought would have been a natural competitor? Seemingly even more silly is that it's not a dissimilar amount to what I pay the Club to insure my motorhome which is worth three times what the car is worth!!! Fingers crossed that my current insurers, John Lewis, come back with a decent renewal figure!!!

    David

  • Yertiz
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    edited December 2016 #312

    Malcolm. It does seem an awful lot for SDP insurance??

    Could be that, as far as I'm aware, you can only use your NCD on one car, the other has to start from scratch. If this is the case it's still an enormous amount!

    As others have stated, hope you've done your sums correctly?

    It'll be interesting for you when you move back to your seasonal pitch and have to drive 2 cars off site every 30 days, as I believe your good lady doesn't drive, although I could be wrong?

     

    Good luck with it all.laughing

  • KjellNN
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    edited December 2016 #313

    Our Smart insurance started out at just over £300 for SDP as OH could only get a starter discount from being a named driver on the Volvo, plus DD who is also on the insurance had a claim on her own car the previous year.

    The cost has therefor reduced year on year, and now DD's claim will no longer count, which will help for next year.  We do around 4000 miles in the Smart annually.

    This year we took the CC brokers up on the "beat your renewal by £25" offer, so shaved a further  £25 off the cost.

  • KjellNN
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    edited December 2016 #314

    double post

  • KjellNN
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    edited December 2016 #315

    For some reason Lloyds system couldn't insure two cars, so I had to take out new SDP insurance......

     

    That is the bit I find strange, never known a company unwilling to take even more money off you!!

    Some even offer a 2 car discount.

  • JVB66
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    edited December 2016 #316

    And wellies if nothing elseembarassed

  • JVB66
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    edited December 2016 #317

    And wellies if nothing elseembarassed

  • KjellNN
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    edited December 2016 #318

    Seems to vary wildly David, SAGA have never been good for us, not in car or home insurance.

    Have the Club no longer got the save £25 offer on?

  • JVB66
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    edited December 2016 #319

    All festivities at Daughter & Partner and grandsprogs who have rented a barn conversion near Blakeney qsealed

  • Goldie146
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    edited December 2016 #320

    Twenty years ago we hung some cheap Ikea curtains in our bedroom - just until we found what we wanted.

    Today the day has come, and we've hung some very posh (and not exactly cheap) ones.

    It doesn't do to rush things. 

  • huskydog
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    edited December 2016 #321

    Did our final shop for Christmas , now I've got to sit and look at all that chocolate and cider ,not allowed to touch it till Christmas Day innocent

  • milliehull
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    edited December 2016 #322

    I thought chocolate was bad for dogs HD? laughing

  • milliehull
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    edited December 2016 #323

    Today I went for a chat/interview with the Volunteer Development Manager at Peterborough Cathedral and have been accepted as a Volunteer Welcomer at Peterborough Cathedral.  I start in the New Year. So looking forward to it.  A new challenge. smile

  • milliehull
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    edited December 2016 #324

    So sorry you are both still feeling so poorly Helen And Trevor. Definitely not what you want when there is so much to do and you can't really enjoy all the Christmas preparations and festivities.  I do hope you both feel better soon.

  • Wherenext
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    edited December 2016 #325

    Well done, Millie. Hope it goes well for you.

  • Wherenext
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    edited December 2016 #326

    Had a £5 voucher for food, if I spent over £40,from M&S in my pocket when I visited their store today. Never spend this amount so I tend to give these vouchers to the first pleasant and polite person I meet. Such was the base behaviour that I witnessed from people who pretend they know better but don't that I ended up throwing the voucher away in disgust.

    I'm not the most enthusiastic of Christmas revellers but am no party pooper either and appreciate the demands on time and money at this time of year but the Christmas spirit was definitely missing this morning.

  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited December 2016 #327

    I forgot my £5 voucher off a £30 M&S food shop this week! 

    Millie, well done, I expect you'll enjoy doing it. smile

    Just had our carol singers round, nice evening, lots of singers.

  • huskydog
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    edited December 2016 #328

    Has everyone joined other forums ???

    Oh, you can't answer that surprised

  • IanH
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    edited December 2016 #329

    Oh dear Malcolm......ripped off good and proper this time on your insurances.

    Rgarding the clutch on your Shogun.......didn't you have this done fo the second time just recently by Halfords? Or am I getting confused?

  • brue
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    edited December 2016 #331

    Have a good trip, hope Concorde lands safely and you have a Happy Christmas on the IOW. smile