The returns on the Stocks & Shares ISAs have, so far, accumulated in 2 months what would be an annual return on a normal savings ISA.
Fingers crossed they keep climbing.
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MMH,
6 hours East Dunbartonshire to Cobham. We left at 4am as the storm is coming in, and that was a good idea. No traffic at all so far! Now for the last stint to home.
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MMH: Iāve just deactivated my Facebook account and canāt even explain the absolute sense of relief thatās passed over me as I have.
I keep being tempted, but I still actively use it to keep in touch with people in other countries. Have done a mass clear out of contacts and groups though.
I got rid of twitter a while back and understand the relief you feel now
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I reached out to a few overseas friends over the past few days and asked for their numbers so we can WhatsApp instead. Whilst itās still Meta-owned, it wonāt lead to doomscrolling like Facebook does.
Iām gradually working to only have 3 genuinely useful social media accounts. LinkedIn (as it has secured me new jobs previously), Strava (as it helps keep me accountable in my running) and Reddit (as the keto community there is exceptionally helpful when things arenāt quite right with the diet).
But Iāll keep each of them under review. If my RAF application is successful, for example, then I probably wonāt need to use LinkedIn any time soon.
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Honestly, the app itself discourages me from that.
I get through the latest few interesting posts from groups and pages I follow, then when those run out itās all click bait, reposts, and nonsense or ai articles and scam or crapware ads.
If I really need a boot to get me to put it down I open up a comments section on a political article.
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Luke Littler who is 16 but appears to be 30 is through to the semi-finals of the Darts.
16 years old and guaranteed at least Ā£100,000 in prize money.
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I hope heās got some sensible advisors around him to protect him from himself.
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I knowā¦ right.
Anyone checked their passport? 
Need to do that too.
So many pages and groups, need to set aside some time and cullā¦
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Wife Santa bought me a āsilentā keyboard for Christmas - probably to stop my fat fingered keyboard thrashing disrupting her Teams calls (sheās previously apologised to colleagues for my incessant clicking!).
I plugged it in today. Oooooooooh. Soft touch keys are a game changer!!!
Sheās happy as it is genuinely a VERY quiet keyboard!!! And if sheās happy, Iām happy.
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Can you share what keyboard it is, looking for a quiet one myself
Itās a cheap as chips Trust Taro. The only downside - for me - is that itās not backlit! But we canāt have everything in lifeā¦ apparently.
(Iāve just discovered she ordered multiple keyboards on Amazon and secretly tested and returned them all if they didnāt meet her quietness test!!!)
hnag on i thought you were on leave?
Yeah - iām back at the office at home nowā¦ doing cadet admin and SMS applications.
So rock and roll.
I promise you Iām not the only member of this forum that just had a road marching song enter their headā¦
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Just seen his partner is 21. If the genders were swapped I can imagine the outrageā¦
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Especially as they met online gaming
Damn. Didnāt hear that bit. If I had a 16 year old cadet of any gender say they had met a 21 year old online, who was now their partner, Iād be putting in a safeguarding referral!
The sun reported āapparentlyā 21 so unsure how correct that is.
Apparently she also plays darts.
If he was 21 and her 26 would anyone comment?
My partner is 15 years older than me.