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These posts mostly relate to interesting things I have learned that I think might be of use to other people. There’s the occasional rant thrown in for good measure.

DPD app set to porch – DANGER!

July 22, 2021

Public service announcement about the DPD app!If you have the DPD app make sure what you have set as your ‘safe place’. I had a £430 package stolen from my doorstep a few weeks ago. DPD pointed out that I had ‘porch’ set as the ‘safe place’ in the DPD app on my phone. There is…

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Huel Discount Voucher UK

September 24, 2019

Huel Discount vouchers can be a little tricky to come by.  Each time you search for one you’ll find tons of coupon codes for the USA.  But this code is exclusively for the UK. Click the link below and enter ‘Andrew Laws’ when asked the name of the person who referred you.  You will get…

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Dart Charge Penalty Notice – what you DON’T know!

June 25, 2019

Received a Dart Charge Penalty notice? Have you received a Dart Charge Penalty Notice even though you have set up a pre-payment or automatic payment account?  You are not alone.  Are you wondering why you are being fined £70 by Dart Charge when you already have done everything you need to in order for payments…

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Pact coffee reviews

October 6, 2018

Pact Coffee – what is it? Pact Coffee is a coffee subscription service.  Consumers decide how much coffee they want and how regularly, and then pay a subscription to have coffee delivered to them.  The unique selling point with PACT is that all their coffee is sourced direct from the producers. Click here to find…

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How to fix kids’ wellies

July 31, 2018

Kids’ wellies are crap.  Mostly. Kids’ wellies are almost always total crap.  In fact, the only saving grace of kids’ wellies is that while they are crap, they are usually cheap.  As adults, we can decide to spend a small fortune on a decent pair of wellies because there’s every chance we’ll get many years…

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Easiest Spaghetti recipe EVER

July 31, 2018

This post was originally published on my Crud Dad blog on 2nd July 2016 Hello again!  In this blog post I wanted to share one of my favourite recipes with you, and it might just be one of the easiest spaghetti recipes you’ll ever cooked. Usually when I see a recipe claim to be fast…

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Persistent scam call from the World Wide Server support team

September 20, 2017

I get a lot of scam support phone calls, I usually just hang up and block the number using my call blocker.  But sometimes the call is so audacious that I record the call and bung the video up on YouTube.  This caller claimed to be calling me from the ‘world wide server’ with crucial…

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Golden Panda (Woodbridge) Chinese Menu

December 31, 2016

Chinese menus – still occasionally hard to find! I wrote a blog post a few months ago expressing my surprise at how hard it was to find Chinese restaurant menus when far from home.  I was on holiday in Cumbria and ended up posting the menu for a great Chinese Takeaway in Grange over Sands.…

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I just received the strangest cold call ever

November 16, 2016

My landline phone just rang, it was a ‘private caller’ (so number withheld) but I’m a curious sort of fellow so I picked it up anyway.  We have a call blocker, so we don’t get tons of spam calls. The chap at the other end asked me if I could do him a quick favour.…

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The Amber Court (Grange over Sands) Menu

May 15, 2016

Chinese Takeaway Menus are where? Takeaway menus aren’t something I’ve massively focussed on with this blog over the years.  The content here is random, but is usually along a theme, so why am I posted about the menu for The Amber Court in Grange over Sands?  Well I’ll explain why this menu is here shortly,…

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Acropats – the kid’s toy that grows with your child!

December 16, 2015

A good friend of mine has turned the patent he invented into a fantastic creative toy called ‘Acropats’.  My daughter has had the prototypes for Acropats for a couple of years and really loves them.  They’re one of those amazing creations that grows with your child.  Not just as the creators friend, but as someone…

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Self storage options in Ipswich

October 26, 2015

So, you couldn’t help but buy 70 percent of the junk at the neighbours’ backyard sale last month and now your wife has been bothering you with tantrums because all that useless stuff is just laying around at random locations in her house and it’s really pissing her off after a hard day’s work. You…

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Cineworld Ipswich – all you need to know

October 16, 2015

Eager to know about more exciting and amazing things? So get ready let me take you to the Cineworld Ipswich. You should say yes this is pretty amazing and good for entertainment. Let’s start with its origin, Cineworld was first built & started on 1st May 1998 and now it is a 11 screen multiplex…

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How to remove bad reviews from blogs

August 5, 2015

Bad reviews can be seriously harmful to the health of your business. This morning I found yet another news article discussing the damage done to businesses by bad online reviews. Naturally, business owners will often claim bad reviews have been left unfairly, but in a candid moment, I think anyone in business will admit that…

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How to stop nuisance calls, the really easy way

July 3, 2015

My call blocker: the best way to block spam calls Nuisance calls Annoying phone calls are something that have been troubling the UK public for almost as long as we have had phones in our homes.  For the time being most unwanted phonecalls come through our landlines, and don’t (as yet) affect our mobile phones.…

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Get GRAZE snack boxes for free!

April 8, 2015

In this blog post I’ll reveal how to get free Graze boxes without having to use any dodgy discount / voucher code websites! Graze boxes – what are they? If you work in an office in the UK there’s a very good chance you already know the answer to that question.  Graze snack boxes aren’t…

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California DUI Law – the FACTS

November 20, 2014

Understanding California DUI Laws The decision to drive while under the influence is not only a bad choice, but one which leads to tragedies of the worst kind at an appalling rate. According to the Centers for Disease Control an alcohol impaired driver kills one person every 51 minutes in the United States. That’s nearly…

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Ipswich double glazing companies

September 23, 2014

There is a vast array of double glazing companies to choose from when it comes to Ipswich, UK. Or okay, maybe we have a tendency to speak in a bit of a hyperbole. Bu there are a few such companies and based on their customer reviews, we’re going to let you in on some details…

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Breakfast ideas for kids

August 6, 2014

Kids don’t bother about nutrition being present in their meals. They just don’t bother whether the food or meal that they are consuming is healthy, or is providing them the proper required nutrition which is essential for their adequate evaluation. No, they don’t waste their time griming over such issues and rightly so. Why would…

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Ipswich Regent – a proud history of art, films and music

July 3, 2014

Today we live in a world of art, talent and entertainment. When people use their art and show their art then, the most important we get is ENTERTAINMENT and you can’t find anything more amazing and entertaining besides Ipswich Regent. Most of the people hate when something comes to read but reading this would let…

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Ipswich Weather

July 3, 2014

The joy of Ipswich Weather! Nature is a gift of god and Ipswich got it. WOW what a real life experience about weather of Ipswich and now you can experience by yourself while taking care of few things in your mind. Ipswich, situated in the county of Suffolk in East Anglia, is one of England’s…

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Ipswich Town FC – interesting and amazing facts!

July 2, 2014

Let’s continue with the most amazing, entertaining and enthusiastic topic of all time. This is Ipswich Town Football Club which is an English professional association team based in Ipswich Suffolk. ITFC was founded in 1878. WOW what an old and experienced football club it is. It has a training center which is named by Ipswich…

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Ipswich Borough Council – the FACTS!

June 6, 2014

Ipswich Borough Council – the FACTS! Now we are talking about one of the very famous and large council – Ipswich Borough Council The Ipswich borough council is a borough council that covers Ipswich in Suffolk. It has the second two tier council System. This borough council founded in 1974 after the abolition of the…

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01747228096 – who is it?

May 9, 2014

I just received a call on my VirginMedia line from 01747228096 and got an automated message telling me the caller had a special offer that was only for BT Customers.  Are they just being a tease?  Is the special offer a deal on a Virgin Media account? I was then given the option to ‘opt out’…

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Bosch Classixx dishwasher check water error

May 7, 2014

Does your bosch classixx dishwasher look like this one? Or close? Read on! Dishwashers used to be seen as a bit of a luxury, but these days any household with the space can have one of these marvels of the modern age.  The problem with having a dishwasher is that you can come very dependent…

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