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    Virgin Media offers an existing customer €30 per month discount out of the blue

    I think you will find most laptops using a wireless connection will be gated to approx 100MB speed (at best) of the device inside the laptop, it has nothing to do with the advertised speed. when i had 240MB, the technician showed me his laptop could get 240MB on a wired connection only with only...
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    How can I get a "bridging" loan for 65K

    I am not sure apart from people telling the estate agent they fit the criteria. When I spoke to the estate agents this is what they told me, but that may be a smoke screen to put certain types of buyers off.
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    How can I get a "bridging" loan for 65K

    Thanks folks. Im will have to look at the switch option (I don't understand it) to see whats involved. @Editiono , not sure I understand how the the lower deposit scenario would work. Lets say the normal deposit is 10% (28k). I can pay this now. If I get a lower deposit (say 10K), how would...
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    How can I get a "bridging" loan for 65K

    Hi Without going into all the details I would be looking for some guidance. In summary, my elderly mother wants to move closer to me. She has a house valued at 420K, she wants to purchase a house for 285K. The developer is releasing a small number of houses in March, she loves the house we...
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    Soarview/Freeview

    I am in the process of switching from virgin media to Saorview. With virgin I have a large number of channels no one really watches. My virgin bill was 90pm for B.B. tv and phone. The outlay for Saorview is 289 and the B.B. bill will be 40 pm.
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    Soarview/Freeview

    Many thanks for the replies folks, very informative. I am in Ratoath (Meath) and suspect the nearest Soarview transmitter is Three Rock. Any recommendations for supplier of hardware and installers?
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    Soarview/Freeview

    Hi I hope this is in the right forum to capture the knowledge! I have a second hand Aviva 250 combo receiver. I wish to install it to get Soarview and also Freeview channels. I think I need an aerial for Soarview and a dish for the Freeview channels. Is it possible to get just a dish that will...
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    Stove and Thermostat in living room - downstairs rooms not heated

    Hi, a fairly simple dilemma for those in the know, so please teach me. We have two thermostat's, one in the living room and one upstairs. When the stove is lit, the other downstairs rooms are not being heated by the gas heating when its on, so only oune room is warm. The upstairs rooms heat ok...
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    Fuel allowance

    Hi, Yes we are under the Fair deal scheme. Should she apply anyway and see what happens? Thanks
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    Fuel allowance

    Hello, I am hoping someone can shed some light on a query. My mother lives alone and is receipt of a state pension. My father is in a nursing home and receives both state and private pension. Both his pensions are used to cover costs of the nursing home and about half of my mothers too. She is...
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    Filter will not open in washing machine

    its not much use to you now, but I have to remove mine recently and had to tighten it slightly to actually get it to move in the opposite direction. It was well jammed in, however many hair clips and a childs savings were unearthed!
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    Best way of saving Photos.

    do you mean to create a backup of your existing collection, or some utility to view/edit your photo's? Is it a Mac or PC?
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    Doro phone from Argos (SIM free)

    Thanks Frank, worked a treat, she is delighted with her new more 'senior' friendly phone!
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    Doro phone from Argos (SIM free)

    Hello I need to get my elderly mother a new handset, she likes the Doro phone and they are available in Argos as SIM free units, just want to make sure that its as simple as swapping her over of her existing SIM (Vodafone PAYG) to the new handset? Any advice welcome, thanks
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    Non Contributory Pension / Qualified adult

    Hello, I cannot seem to unravel this for my mother. She is a qualified adult with a non contributory state pension. My father is in a nursing home and his private and most of his state pension is needed to payment for that. We are trying to figure out if she would be better off with a pension...
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    Plumber recommendation

    Shane Kennedy - (086) 836 7766. Based in Trim, superb , timely, excellent work, very very tidy
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    Cycle to work query

    what if he buys the bike on the scheme and then sells it on?
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    Fair Deal Scheme - cash contribution?

    Without knowing what your brother did submit on the paperwork I suggest you contact the fair deal officeand go and talk to them. They will have a trace on the whole application and should be able to initiate an appeal for you as it sounds like the wrong info was submitted
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    Fair Deal Scheme - cash contribution?

    your brother would have needed to provide your fathers income and supporting documents to the Fair Deal office for financial assessment. They confirm this in writing and your brother had the optional to appeal the decision determining his contribution. Did your brother apply for the loan (where...
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    bicycle service

    Richies in Swords do excellent work at reasonable cost
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