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The rent on my second house doesn't even cover my maintenance costs, let alone the mortgage. . My mortgage is already higher than the rental income, but I justify it because I just have to hand on to the house like this for another fifteen years before it should generate me a small income. Christ o...

Not sure whether it's possible with UK mortgages, but it's quite normal here to take a house loan over the maximum period (say 25 years), fix your payments and then overpay the balance as and when you have something spare. The benefits are twofold: 1) if things get tough, you haven't already committ...

filsgreen wrote: To be honest I'd forgotten that you could use a cloth, and of course if it was good enough for the Romans.....

And of of the biggest killers of Romans in Rome was Gastroenteritis (caused by bad food and toilet hygiene). Tens of thousands died every year.

Not keen on the idea. It's too tempting for people to rinse them in streams, contaminating drinking water for others.

Excellent exercise - wise to try out your kit. Maybe two too many knives? Nice to see a sitting mat - they pack flat, weight nothing and keep your bottom dry and apparently can help prevent piles. Add a lightweight pair of pliers (I find them invaluable on multi-day hikes) You can alleviate the swea...

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Pronounced: Kil-yuh

An umbrella and some rubbery/neoprene work gloves. Perfect if you need to change a tyre or fit snow chains in a wind/rain/cold/blizzard.

How small is small? I read something by the aa a minimum of 1kg powder for a small car they can be very effective I like Germany's idea of every car having them in the event of a crash on a main road 6 cars gives the same amount of extinguishing power as a commercial extinguisher that you would fin...

On the subject of fire extinguishers in cars... I used to have one but then read an article (written by a fireman I think), which changed my mind and I took the fire extinguisher out... The gist of the article was, 1) The small extinguishers people might have in a car are not that great, they have l...

grenfell wrote: Consider hiding as much away as possible. I use recycled plastic tubs for storage , hoping it's never put to the test , on the theory that looters are far less likely to want to pinch 10L of magnolia emulsion or tile adhesive.

Great idea!