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    current account mortgage use facility available to pay towards car

    Folks, Thanks for the input. Yes discipline is the key allright. I would hope to have the load/ car repaid over 4 or 5 years. Tks
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    current account mortgage use facility available to pay towards car

    Thanks Wbbs for your prompt reply. I just wanted to ensure I didnt miss anything obvious. I have contacted the life assurance company to get a schedule sent out to me, so when I have that I will head to the bank. Tks again.
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    current account mortgage use facility available to pay towards car

    Hi there folks, I have a current account mortgage with a "facility" type feature that I can use some money from and I was thinking to use this towards paying for my car. Rather than borrow money from the credit union at 10%, I can effectively borrow at the mortgage rate. It seems a no...
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    5 gallon container to hold water

    Folks thanks for the replies. I got one in my local co-op store, but I will keep an eye out for a few water cooler refills. Thanks again
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    5 gallon container to hold water

    Hi there, Just wondering does anybody know where I could get some 5 gallon containers to hold water? They don't have to exactly 5 gallons, but I know that is a popular size. I say get, if I can get them for free, or I will buy some if I have to. I live down the country, so not near Dublin to...
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    wifi internet radio recommendation please

    Thanks for that RCMF, just as a matter of interest can you pick up the BBC stations on it, eg Radio 2 or Radio 4? And one other thing what broadband provider are you using? Tks
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    wifi internet radio recommendation please

    Folks, I am looking for an internet radio Wifi hopefully with these features as well if possible internet radio rx FM broadcast rx MW & LW rx LED display & alarm clock facility I hope to listen to some BBC stations on it, so may have to change broadband provider to U.Tv etc, but thats...
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    Music transfer from cassette to disk!

    If you played the audio on the casette and plugged a lead from the headphone output on the casette player to the audio input on a PC (microphone symbol), then use sound recorder or some such application from the Accessorie list on the PC to capture the audio. The lead, 3.5 mil to 3.5 mil audio...
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    How to improve vocabulary?

    Maybe something like a business dictionary would be useful, thanks for the word a day link, have just signed up for a daily email. Pat
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    Developing a small business doing private tuition / grinds

    Best of luck with the project, you seem focused which is a good start. You could if possible try some sub teaching work, this would help acquaint you with the syllabus, and acquaint you with the text books. A friend tried the pc training gig a long while back and it wasn't really a runner...
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    Handing back the keys

    I know when I took out my morgtage I had to purchase some kind of imdemnity bond, this meant that if the bank had to sell the house and make a loss this loss was covered by the indmenity bond. Were you forced to take out such a bond? If yes can you make the bank use it to take up the...
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    What is ' Good advice"

    sorry to jump on a post, I was wondering who the execution only brokers are apart from labrokers and what investment houses do they represent? Tks
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    AVC index tracking fund

    I am work for a sponsered body that has a DB pension scheme. I would like to take out a PRSA / AVC to maybe retire a few years early or have extra cash when I retire. I am using the term PRSA/ AVC interchangably, are they the same thing? I am thinking of taking out an execution only AVC...
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    Left work now I have to pay back fees

    It sounds as if you may have been subject to "constructive" dismissal, ie offering you a far away post that you couldn't take. In that case I would not pay a penny back. They may take it from redundancy, but as you left there may be no redundancy!. If you have been constructively dismissed you...
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    Office 2003 v Office 2007

    Is it possible to put Office 2003 on a Vista machine? As regards Openoffice, it saves file as a .odt file, I am unable to open this in Ms word 2003, should I save it as .something else in openoffice?. Tks
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    Picking sloes in the Dublin area

    It seems to be a bad year for Sloes this year, so may have to leave it till next year!. reminds me, I must taste the Sloe gin I made last year.
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    TV Repair Galway suburbs

    O'Connors have a repair facility they are on the road that links the statoil at tuam road (city end) and the headford road roundabout, in on the left as you go to the headford road. There is a FBD office nearby, they are in that block around the back it may be worth getting a quote first as it...
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    Help with getting standard Irish Stations via aerial

    You need too search the UHF band for tv 3 & 4, maybe rte 1 & 2 are on UHF in Dublin, but in some parts of the country they are on VHF, so check that you are searching UHF. If the aerial worked with the old telly, then it should work with the new one. Are you trying auto tune or manual tuning...
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    Need body parts for Audi A3

    You could try around Dunsink lane in Finglas, there used to be a few traveller / scrap merchants there, havn't been there is years so not sure if they are still there, else have a look on the Buy and sell.
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    Moving oil tank (but its full)

    Easy enough to pump out the oil, the problem is that you will need to buy or rent a second tank to store the oil in the intermediate position. A 12 volt pump, maybe a water pump for a garden, worth a try, off a decent battery or mains adapter may do the job. If hte existing tank is anyway old...
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