On October 1st 2014, over 35 million UK road tax disc holders became obsolete overnight. These plastic, often magnetic, disc holders are roughly 4mm thick on average. If 35 million of them currently bound for landfill were stacked one on …
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Creative ways to protect your Stuff
Money-saving Insurance Alternative
UK personal finance guru and MoneySavingExpert Martin Lewis has a great tip if you’re worried about losing your shiny new £600+ iPhone or Android smartphone. I’ve included a link to the full article below, but here’s a summary. MoneySavingExpert’s cheapest insurance deal that includes …
Find your Keys with your Phone
Good article here with a round-up of even more gadget-based solutions for finding your lost keys. The advantages of a battery-powered solution include a separation alarms (so you won’t walk away from your keys in the first place), and some …
Replacement Car Keys… HOW MUCH !!?!*!
Great article from The Telegraph about the cost and sheer trauma of replacing keys for a modern car. I know, I know – it’s just a key after all – how expensive can it be? Turns out it’s WAY more complicated …
Never out of Touch
Tagging your property with just a WhosMyOwner tag has some of advantages over just writing your name and address on things. If you want to write something, let’s see if we can convince you to write your tag, not your …
Most Common Items Left Behind in Hotels
The most common item left behind in hotel rooms is the humble mobile phone charger. That makes complete sense to me, and on reading that I was actually amazed I haven’t already lost mine several times over. After all when …
No Toy Left Behind!
It’s almost the time of year again for family gatherings and yes, the occasional tantrum, with toys getting thrown out of prams. We wouldn’t dare get involved in your grown-up arguments, especially over the upcoming holidays – it’s all part of …
