Shrubs, shirts & schnapps – this week's MSE Forum highlights

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A few of this week's top threads

A few cheering, handy or otherwise notable discussions that caught our eye this week: 

• A relative gifted me a deposit for my home (accompanied by a letter to confirm it was a gift). Now they have to pay fees for losing a personal injury claim and I've received a solicitor letter saying I must repay the money my relative gave me

• Does anyone else have pigeons nesting under their solar panels?

• Please ID this shrub for me

• My son’s garage is full of props belonging to a defunct am-dram group. Can he dispose of them?

Can you ID this shrub?

• How can I transform my two houses into one?

• My brother got into a lot of debt and disappeared overseas for a while. Now, 10 years later, how can he trace his old debts?

• Our rude house guest used our EV charger and didn’t offer to pay us the £11+, which is more electricity than we use in a week

• My radiators ‘sing’ in a high-pitched tone that no one can hear except me, and it’s driving me barmy

• How often do you replace shirts and other clothing?

• The morning it snowed, Tesco had some amazing reductions because of low footfall

• How can I power an Echo Dot in my bathroom, where there are no standard plug sockets?

Money Moral Dilemma

Every week, the Money Tips email features a real-life Money Moral Dilemma (MMD for short). They're intended to encourage debate and, as such, they're usually among the most discussed threads each week.

You can find out what our MSE Forumites think and add your own two cents on the Money Moral Dilemma discussion thread. Heed the MSE Forum rules: keep it kind and keep it clean. Remember, there's a real person behind every Money Moral Dilemma.

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Latest comping wins

One of our most popular boards, Competitions Time is where compers come to find and share competitions. There is no shortage of success stories. This week, mmm_wine won three bottles of flavoured schnapps from a Marie Claire 'mag daily' competition.

Three bottles of booze, and make it schnappy

Want to peek at some MSE Forum highlights from recent weeks?

• Blue stones, green fingers & purple mould (3 March 2023) 

• Signs, savings & strange smells (24 February 2023)

• Pansies, PCNs & property auctions (17 February 2023)

• Checkouts, cheap dates & chicken tikka (10 February 2023)

• Books, benefits & baby booties (3 February 2023)

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