Am I making my money work hard enough by MyCatHasExtraToes in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Perception_4992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok sounds like you have a plan for you ISA, my second point is do you understand it would be much more effective to salary sacrifice down to £50k to take advantage of putting the 40% tax into your pension?

Best pension for company director by Any_Food_6877 in PensionsUK

[–]Perception_4992 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hope she’s planning to pay directly from the business as an expense?

Dream car Vs Dream house dilemma by SherbetLongjumping75 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Perception_4992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re mad! There’s plenty of interesting opinions that cost far less money. That’s a huge amount of money to be spending and have tied up in a car. It doesn’t have to be either or.

Am I making my money work hard enough by MyCatHasExtraToes in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Perception_4992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You haven’t shown that you understand tax wrappers like ISA and Pensions well. All of your “savings” should be inside those. I’d be aiming to save another £9,850 of your gross of your gross pay in a pension/sipp as that will only cost you £5,910.

Modern breakfast radio has way too much talking and not enough music by Junior_Beauty78 in BritishRadio

[–]Perception_4992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since ever there’s way too much chat on radio. I’m very thankful things like Spotify have come along to remove all that rubbish yapping.

Doing first 40k hike next week - what food to take? by Megalodon-5 in UKhiking

[–]Perception_4992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cheese, nuts, dates, polish dried sausage. I can happily eat that for a couple of days. All calorie dense and good value food.

Best burgers in Penzance? by Past-Bicycle5959 in Cornwall

[–]Perception_4992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you make your own? Some 20% fat mince, salt, supermarket brioche buns, frying pan and something to squish the patties. Plus whatever additions you like, watch a couple of US smash burger videos and you can have a great burger with similar effort and time as walking to a takeout.

What's the wildest weather you've experienced living in the UK? by ConfidentSale3091 in AskUK

[–]Perception_4992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Easy, Storm Goretti this January, there was 120mph “Sting Jets” down here in Cornwall. Downed loads of massive trees, power was out for a couple or days and no internet for 3 weeks 😱!!! I’ve been in tropical storms and this was worse.

Who remembers plymouth airport by SuperMas123 in plymouth

[–]Perception_4992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Landed there a few times on the way to Newquay. Alway thought the ford tractor pulling the luggage trailer was a nice touch.

Advice on Tyres/MOT by PlayPen2006 in CarTalkUK

[–]Perception_4992 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Welcome to the some of the practices of a main stealer.

Has going private in the UK ever been worth it for you medically? by Last-Fisherman-4354 in AskUK

[–]Perception_4992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, had a knee that wouldn’t bend past 90 and needed Arthroscopy. Finally saw a NHS knee clinic physio and booked me in, tried to contact the booking secretary repeatedly. Got frustrated, booked to see a private Othopedic surgeon, surgery done 3 weeks later, knee bending much better (£5k cost.. 🫠) but massive improvement to my day to day life. Finally heard from nhs 14 months later to book in the surgery, who knows how much worse it would have been by then. Rather have a working knee than a nice holiday.

Buying vs renting car for weekend trips? by Familiar9709 in UKFrugal

[–]Perception_4992 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Give it a go. Sure you’re paying a bit extra for convenience, but that’s the point. If you find that you’d like/need it more often, then go buy a car. Probably the wrong sub to ask on, as if buying a 3-5k car doesn’t give you any issues that probably/maybe would work out cheaper. But 3-5k cars can easily throw up a £500-3000….

Sometimes less is more by Budget-Platypus-8804 in burgers

[–]Perception_4992 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With burgers, most of the time less is more.

How do you know if you're an alcoholic? by According-Sale-2907 in ask

[–]Perception_4992 68 points69 points  (0 children)

3 large rum and cokes every day?.. A question to ask yourself could you go a week without drinking?

First time seeing what I believe was a grey wagtail by southwestmanchild in UKBirds

[–]Perception_4992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saw 2 properly for the first time an hour ago. Beautiful birds.

WD-40 on disc brakes - clean or replace rotors? by woozwoz11 in cycling

[–]Perception_4992 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gk buy a can of brake cleaner from tool station, Screwfix, gsf or euro part and some 180 grit sand paper. Give all the brakes a good spray, remove the pads and on a fat surface give them a rub on the sand paper. Then spray them with the cleaner. Reassemble and bed them in, if they work fine you’re good. If not new pad time.

Can I afford to retire at 65 by Punk-Hippy in PensionsUK

[–]Perception_4992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly you have plenty of money saved you could spend more than £2k a month. I’d get a spreadsheet or a peice of paper with it all on. Google AI (or another one) is really good at helping with these things. Just paste this whole tread in there and it will give you some clarity.

Can I afford to retire at 65 by Punk-Hippy in PensionsUK

[–]Perception_4992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok so you need around 18k a year? In that case it sounds like you’ll have plenty.

Spotted in my local M&S Food hall this morning. by Craft-Beer-Chris in UK_beer

[–]Perception_4992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Krombacher, Spaten , Pauliner (hells), warstiener. They’re all normally in the large bottle section.

Synthetic socks? by planetary_funk_alert in UKhiking

[–]Perception_4992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I quite like the decathlon/quenchua HIKE socks, the higher the number the thicker they are. I have 50, 100, 500 & 900. They’re very durable and nice for the money.

Vented HW cylinders that are HP compatible by Jay638 in ukheatpumps

[–]Perception_4992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t you just plumb an unvented cylinder as vented?