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Plusnet
Broadband for £5.99 a month (20p a day) Most of Cheadle is able
to use it.
With free calls to Plusnet support.
Click on this
link to see if you qualify (Have your postcode and telephone number ready
for the test).
https://www.plus.net/apps/signup/standard/
Until
March 31st, 3 months free when you register. Effectively £4 a month
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/cheap-broadband#packages
Why
have broadband? Answer, dial-up is great for emails only, but if you
regularly have pictures to send or receive or you want to use
the web, then broadband is the practical way to do it and
save loading time (40 to 60 times faster. 1 minute
becomes 1 second to download) It will become so much easier to
use and it is extremely likely it will save money with the items
you find on the web. More than cover the Broadband
cost.
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You can
restore or repair a variety of items from motor bikes to furniture.
From models to sculptures.
Join the Modelling Group; www.cheadleu3a.or/modelling.htm
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Are you getting cold sales
calls on your telephone? If you want to reduce the number of calls you
get, register with the Telephone Peference Service.
Find out more
here. If you still get the calls, (after 3 months) ask for the
caller's telephone number and report them to the TPS.
http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/mps_choosetype.html
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Are
you getting junk mail? If it is using your name or a previous occupiers
name, you can do something about it with the Mailing Peference
Service.
http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/mps_choosetype.html
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Ordnance
Survey maps to go online in April 2010 Although they are going online
for statistical reasons, they would prove useful in other directions.
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Oh No!
Weak jokes. Click here for a
smile.
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Test your Internet
speed here
http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/
Click
on the 'Speed Test' tab and Begin.
The day and the time make a
difference.
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Plusnet
Broadband for £5.99 a month (20p a day) Most of Cheadle will be
able to get it.
With free calls to Plusnet support.
Click on
this link to see if you qualify (Have your postcode and telephone number
ready for the test).
https://www.plus.net/apps/signup/standard/
Until
March 31st, 3 months free when you register. Effectively £4 a month
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/cheap-broadband#packages
Why
have broadband? Answer, dial-up is great for emails only, but if you
regularly have pictures to send or receive or you want to use
the web, then broadband is the practical way to do it and
save loading time (40 to 60 times faster. 1 minute
becomes 1 second to download) It will become so much easier to
use and it is extremely likely it will save money with the items
you find on the web. More than cover the Broadband
cost.
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Amusing fact, can you
believe it?
Get out of the
Car
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Check
your antivirus appears to be operating.
Free anti virus is better than
none. See http://free.avg.com/download
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Eating
out and take-away offers.
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com:80/deals/cheap-restaurant-deals
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U3A
Members can get half price fare for Foxfield Railway when they
show their membership card. Begins 2010
Trains run on
Sunday to the end of October and wednesdays too during school holidays
in July and August. See www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk
Choose
your day from the red yellow and blue days on the Timetable (Full
fare only on event days).
Take your grandchild and give yourself a
treat.
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FREE LEGAL ADVICE FOR ALL U3A
MEMBERS
The Third Age Trust has an arrangement with First
Assist to provide free legal advice to U3A members. The advice is
available 365 days a year and 7 days a week.
You will need to obtain a
code from Branch Secretary Barry Barnett who can be contacted on 01538
755796 then just telephone 01455 251 500.
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Cheadle
U3A has 750 members.
100 more than this time last year. February
2009
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All Incandescent
Light Bulbs are currently legal but are voluntarily being
withdrawn.
See Incandescent.doc
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Report a street fault easily
using this link; http://www.fixmystreet.com/
You will need a postcode or street name and area. You can also
see what else is being reported
nearby.
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If you find a bunch of keys with a Tesco clubcard
keyring attached, you can hand them in at any Tesco and the owner
will be informed.
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RIAS
specialise in insurance for the over 50's.
For motor insurance
you can claim 9 years no claims if it is true and without the letters
of proof from insurance companies (They check it out).
Let me
know if you can find car insurance
cheaper.
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The
Calendar page gives dates times and and more
information about forthcoming events?
All Coordinators
can now show all 'newsy' dates on the one page.
Cinema lets you
know to within 2 hours if bad weather stops a
showing.
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The
Activity Programme link on the left menu is really in two parts?
The
Activity opens up in Alphabetical order and the Programme opens up in day
order.
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See
the latest edition of
In Touch
School
Dates 2008-2010
Contact Sarah Williamsl
Editor Cheadle (Staffs) U3A "In Touch" magazine.with
your news.
Tel: 01780 302310
e-mail: Sarah
Williams
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Weather
for Cheadle from the Met Office
In
the Weather Column, read the mouse-over for more
information.
Weather from the
BBC
Stoke including
Cheadle.
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