Pick My Postcode’s Stackpot Draws

Have never done and never would. Watched too many scary films involving ouija boards in my youth!

🤣 No and No 🤣 They're simply toys.

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I was slimmer then.

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Yes - I wondered that too Beth.

Did you look good in it, Barrie?

:-) :-) :-)

@Bob up and Down it would seem no banknotes are legal tender in Scotland not even English ones! Only coins ard legal tender. Staggered!

In the North East we are used to Scottish £5 notes, but small shops don't like the £10 notes (yet they are happy to give them out in change)! This is one area where I find self-service tills in supermarkets invaluable (except when they give you Scottish £5 notes in your change).

The garage in my village has had to stop accepting Scottish notes due to the amount of counterfeits around.

Wow, is this still going on? I used to love travelling back down to England in the early 70s with a wedge of Scottish notes to have fun in the shops and on buses.

@Kandizak, no, you are wrong. Bank of England notes are legal tender. BoS, RBS and Clydesdale banknotes are not, not even in Scotland. I've been working and commuting to England for years, and only ever had a problem once, I had a Clydesdale £100 note that was refused. However, it got refused in Scotland too, I had to change it at a bank.

Easier said than done around here! Another one (the last remaining) will disappear next March.

First find a bank.

Banks will accept, but no one else has to

Generally any bank in England should exchange Scottish, N Irish or Manx notes for free as valid throughout UK.

It's the local currencies issued by certain towns that they don't like as they can't be used elsewhere..

I have had a Scottish £5 note in my purse for over a month trying to use it but i am told there are so many counterfeit ones in circulation they are not acceptable.

It's madness, I know. Scottish notes can be spent in England, as it is a valid UK currency; yet it is not 'legally' classified as "legal tender", so it can be refused.

Wow! That's absolutely ridiculous! Our notes are just as valid as the English ones. I'm disgusted!!

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Congrats to you as well, Priceless 🎉

Do tell us more, Alley (only if you want to of course).

One relationship she was 14 years younger and another just over 10 years.

I was in a relationship with a guy who, at 24, was 8 years younger than me, which was on-off for about 10 years. However, my best friend married his best friend - again, she was 8 years older - and they've been together and very happy for 30 years!

As with Damsel - my late wife was 6 years younger than me.

As to current love interest I can beat you all. How does almost 50 years difference strike you.

I have "toyboy" husband - all of 7 months younger. We celebrate 34 years of marriage at end of month.

Happy wedding anniversary for Monday, Laura. Well done on proving the doubters wrong 🎉

My husband is nearly 20 years older than I am. I think people thought we wouldn’t last, as we got together when I was 18. We celebrate our 24th anniversary on Monday. 🥰

I was 20 when I married, he was 38. My brother is 17 yrs older than his 2nd wife, and one grandad was 20 yrs older than his wife, I think. Mum was a year older than dad, though, but the age gap seems to work O.K in our family. I was married 39 yrs, brother now must be getting on for 35 years I think.

The WIFI is 6 months older than me"i like being her toyboy" ;-)

Mr M is 8 months younger than me does that still count as a toy boy? 🤣

I'm only 3 1/2 years older than my husband, but I still tease him by calling hiim my 'toy boy' occasionally. We've recently celebrated our "50 years since we met" anniversary. Three of my six cousins married women more sustantially older than themselves.

My wife is 10 year younger than me.

My husband is six years older than me but I don't think that counts as much of an age gap.

My partner is 8 years older than me.

I've never been with anyone older than me, with my husband there was only 11months 3 wks difference so he got to be the boss for 1 week every year 😅 after that I had a few relationships but always with younger... can't be bothered now

My first wife is 10 months younger than me.

My husband is 18 years older than me. We met 47 years ago and we will celebrate 44 years married in August this year. Everyone said it wouldn’t last 😂

my husband was 19 years 9 months older than me

Yes, I was seeing a man when I was 19 who was 10 years older, and my husband is 11 years older than me. We were married when I was 34 and have been married since 2002

My last 2 long term boyfriends were both 12 years younger than me

My second husband was 13 years older than me.

My husband is 10 years older.

Yes, my husband is 8 years older than me and my ex was 12 years older than me.

No and I’m only 2 years younger than my husband

My toy-boy husband is eight years younger than me. My first husband was six and a half years younger - I've given up now!

Ive loved my husband for 46 years, hes 8 yrs older than me. I found out it was the same age gap with my mum and dad :)

2nd wife was 14 years younger.

I'm a toy boy. By 5 years.

Csikiedit is 22 years younger than me. We married in 2003, so last year she reached the age I was when we married.

Nice when something random evokes good memories. 😊

Glad you enjoy them!

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Even at 83 minutes, i think it sounds a bit much.

I can only hope that people ignoring these will encourage the external survey companies to change their offers for them.

Ahhhhhh! I don't drink alcohol, so pardon my ignorance! 😀

It's an English beer. Created in Burton on Trent & brewed in Yorkshire.

They left the "d" off Madrid as well.

The beer is called Madri Excepcional. It is the Spanish word for exceptional.

“Excepcional “ seems to be the brand of a foreign beer.

Not an Ad I get.....

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Who needs back seat drivers when you have someone in the passenger seat beside you?

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Tell that to the MIL ... (the back seat driver with the ever open mouth)

:-) :-)

Questionably funny.

:-)

This one was a goodie.

That made me laugh even without laughing gas.

:-)

There is no future but what you make.

Yes Fate was the name of Terry Allen's first record label.

I don't think about it and that attitude has served me well for many many years.

Peddling fate is just a way of keeping the oppressed in their place. If you are born into a lowly caste in India, everyone above you will tell you it's your fate and there's nothing you can do about it.

Definitely not. 😃

I believe we all have choices. Some have more than others. The choices we make and the actions we take, determine the consequences.

There are as Chocolate Spaniel mentions, circumstances that also affect us, particularly health conditions that are inherited or pre determined by our bodies and are not caused by our lifestyle choices.

No, all things that happen to us are a result of decisions made. Some might be our own, some might be circumstantial. We have control of ourselves and our decisions.

If the universe is deterministic then it makes no difference whether I "believe" in fate because it's there whatever I do and I can't change the future. On the other hand, if probability is inherent in nature then fate is inapplicable. Personally I tend to feel that we should act as if we have free will and make good choices, regardless of what's really going on underneath it all.

Sorry, but you did ask :)

No

Yes ✔️

Oooooooh yes.

Came up with this nonsense..

BiD Queen Questions WheN No HearTFUL DuTy sQuaBbles To FeeD

WindoW AnD Law BaN, FEed In PLiabLeS GrouP, UnBroken BoX APE NoT BeguN.

Great idea beth

GrumpyGran, that's Groucho Marx.

Agree tetleyt.

😂😂😂 to all.

"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana."

~ Anon

I had to look that up as I knew what it meant but suddenly started thinking about an alternative. 'Thyme heals all wounds' and it turns out I'm correct. Thyme is rich in thymol—a naturally occurring compound with powerful antiseptic, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties that help protect minor wounds from infection and reduce irritation.

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Tech have added an error message for if the video player doesn’t load after 10 seconds which includes a button to “show postcode” and the “video issues” link at the bottom of the draw box will also reveal the postcode. This can take about 10 seconds. So steps have been put in place so that the postcode can be revealed.

I do the same as Kat.

Same problem but found out if I actually tap on the volume tab on the video screen then the ad does play. It's been like that since the updated website. Also, not sure, but, if you navigate to one of the other screens & then come back to the video draw it may have loaded?

Are you able to take a screenshot? Probably best to contact the Admin team who will get to your email early next week. Attach the screenshot if possible. Give them details of the device you’re using eg make and model and which browser.

Presume you tried all the steps on the relevant FAQ page already?

Today’s winner is M35 9HE

Just to clarify, we made some amendments to the Entries Search option and we don't mind members using it.

@S.H. I have removed the URL link from my message above. I didn’t know the URL which I found in FAQs or that members weren’t meant to access this.

This is confusing and like Sylvia R I was intrigued.

Understandable reasons above as to why PMP don't want the info disclosed but if that is the case then admin need to remove the FAQ menu option “how many people are registered to my postcode”

Main reasons I can think of that people want to see how many are registered for a certain postcode: To try and find a golden postcode, to find a postcode with lots registered so they have more chance of winning, or to make sure they are the only person registered because they can't check immediately at 9am, 6pm, 9pm.

I can understand why PMP don't want the first two situations to happen, because it costs the site too much money, fair enough.

There are now safeguards in the golden postcodes promotion e.g. having to prove you live in the golden postcode.

I suggest that if the list of entries just showed "no-one registered/one entry registered/more than one entry registered" the second situation would be avoided whilst still allowing a chance to the people who can't play at 9,6,9.

The golden postcode thing is a bit odd anyway because it's an add-on to the usual game to drum up more entries. Maybe PMP could make it fairer by saying every tenth lucky new customer wins an addition to their bonus.

@yogiK - there's a whole heap of reasons that search entries isn't a menu option any more. I too know the URL, but because they don't want it shared I won't post it

I’m intrigued which postcode (the whole thing) has come up the most in draws?

I’ve stated before a postcode for a village I sometimes work in has come up three times, twice in the stackpot. It’s not been claimed once, but must still be active to at least come up in the draw.

Thanks for helpful answers everyone. x

Ah OK Beth8it 👍, thanks for the correction.

The three lines are on my ipad.

How many people are registered to my postcode?

You can check how many postcodes are entered in a given postcode by visiting:

This will show all accounts registered, including dormant and unverified accounts, so it may not be an accurate figure in terms of winners should that postcode be drawn.

The three lines only appears if using a phone I think, as I don't get them on my tablet, or laptop.

If you use the three lines at the top that lead to Useful Links there is one called Winners Results.

There's menu link buttons on the Desktop/PC site version top and bottom for Winners Results

https://pickmypostcode.com/past-winners/

They've removed the menu option to check how many are registered, partly because it doesn't show how many of those are still active ( that can change even as you look )

Where do I check my Postcode please? I did write down the link somewhere but can't find it, I think there are 2 of us but some houses have now got newish residents. Thanks. x

I like it as a filling for baked potatoes.

I am with you Malc_H.

Took a little while, that one. 😆

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Not to be confused with cole's law, which states that if you finely chop cabbage and carrot and mix it in a white sauce, you get a delicious accompaniment to sandwiches.

Guess you were replying to the post below but started a new thread by mistake.

This explains how ...

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/109-how-do-i-reply-to-a-comment

Red Rose, please don't give up hope, any active account could win at any time and some postcodes have won multiple times.

The system completes the draws from a database of active account ID numbers using a random number generator and the parameters of the smallest ID number to the largest. It then displays the postcode on the chosen account number as the winner of the draw. All it ‘sees’ is the account numbers of active members, it is not influenced by any other data or outside factors and is as random as a computer can be.

Oh, Red Rose, what a pity. You must be so disappointed. I checked this morning's Stackpot very late, and was relieved that the same thing hadn't happened to me. I was absolutely exhausted, last night, after an afternoon rehearsal with one choir and performing in an evening concert with another. I fell into bed, but had a bad night because of pain in my knee (appointment about a replacement op next Wednesday, thank heavens). I finally fell asleep, and woke up at 10.45. Not my usual time, at all.

I'm having a relaxing day, today, and beginning to think that, at my advanced age, I need to slow down a bit!

Let's hope that your postcode comes up again soon, Red Rose, with better luck at claiming it.

Oof. Sorry about that.

I guess I just got lucky. Some others are registered with the same postcode. I can only access my phone during lunch break. My stackpot win was sitting there for a couple of hours before I was lucky enough to claim it.

That’s a real pain @ Redrose. Hope it comes up again really soon for you

Kat, how are your eyes now? Haven't heard from you on here recently

Oh well if someone claimed it on the stackpot you might still not have won if they got there first.

Yes I'm the only person who has my postcode registered (and no-one lives there anyway) for exactly this reason!

Better luck next time. I mean it!🤞

You can put your entry in holiday mode but, if as you say, there are other members with the same postcode, it could still be drawn & you could still feel gutted 😶

It's only YOUR entry that's not included. Holiday mode is only 'a potential saviour' if you are the sole member with a particular postcode.

Thanks guys. To make it worse, it’s the only one that’s been claimed as well!! Didn’t know you could put your account into holiday mode. 🙄 sums up my life at the moment…. Oh well. Onwards and upwards lol.

If I'm ever going to miss a draw I put my account into holiday mode for exactly this reason!

Your postcode could come up again tomorrow, so don't give up hope.

The same happened to me Red Rose.. On a lighter note, I’ve won a flash fiver and two vouchers on the sister site “Win a Dinner”.😍

Keep your account active and you never know when you might be a winner.

7 years and doesn’t check two of the draws. You couldn’t make it up

You don't need to check at noon - those draws aren't 'first come' wins so, you can still claim before the next refresh at 21:03.

Best to check as close as possible after 9:03, 18:00 & 21:03. They are the 3 'first come' draws.

By checking at 18:00 (for the Mini Draw) you can also check the draws from noon 😉

help.pickmypostcode.com/article/13-what-time

Are you checking the 6pm and 9 pm draws too, Gary?

Good luck Gary L 🤞

We couldn't afford 'proper' holidays, so used to go camping every year, usually in North Wales. The kids loved it, and so did the dogs.

I was also a Guide Leader, and we took the girls to camp every year. I remember one girl was very upset because her parents were taking her on a boring holiday to somewhere exotic, and she wanted to go to Guide Camp with us. I used to cook all the meals, for around 20 of us, on a wood fire. Quite a skill, but the most difficult part was stopping the girls poking the fire when I was getting it lit, and putting it out again. I daren't turn my back for a moment. The worst part of Camp was coming home and getting all the equipment cleaned, dried and put away, when all you wanted to do was collapse into bed and sleep for a week. Lots of happy memories, though.

Went camping with the girl guides a couple of times many years ago, it was very basic, would come home everything smelling damp. Would definitely not want to do that now, I prefer some home comforts such as a shower.

I went on a camping weekend with the Air Cadets when I was about 14 and vowed never to do it again.

One kid accidentally pooed on a wasp's nest in the night and I don't suppose he was a lifelong fan of the experience either.

Enver, the big rhubarb thing would have been a gunnera - got one in the garden but I keep it under control by the pond. The flower spikes are rather obscene looking but it's a nice plant. There are some in the woods, growing in the middle of the stream.They used to be on the bank but got so big that they trapped debris and twigs, then the stream got pushed round them to both sides, then the island grew. This plant goes up to about 7' tall and I can stand under it when the leaves are at full strength. It dies off and disappears entirely in the winter. Good old Nature England or whatever they are calling themselves have now designated it a banned plant - can't buy it, give it away, release it into the wild or put it in green waste.

All my life, only swapped to a caravan about 18 months ago on retirement.

I have never been camping in a tent. Been on caravan and boat holidays many times in Norfolk/Suffolk area.

I’ve been camping many times in tent, caravan and camper. Love the freedom from routines, traffic (and its petrochemical fumes), busyness.

Being close to nature, the smell of it, feeling it under my feet, feels so natural, one can notice so much and I think that brings out our very connection we inevitably have with it.

Have never been camping in my 60 years. Where would I hang my clothes?

Last time I went camping was with the scouts and a torrential wind and rain flooded the site, tents were blowing down and water everywhere. We had to pack up, and all spent the night at the scoutmasters house rather than knock up loads of parents. We had a great time though. I'd love to do it again but trying to find a socket in a tent to plug the sleep apnoea machine into makes it impossible.

My first experience of camping was as a guide in the 1970s and I loved it. Did some international camping as a family in the 90s, which was a very different experience with tents permanently erected on site. Then helped at camps when my girls were guides, how it had changed with proper toilet blocks and hot showers 😮 and more recently have done some camping trips with Mr. M, which have been very peaceful and relaxing

Beth, 🤣🤣

We camped in canvas tents that had seperate groundsheets after summer exams at school, sometimes at Sandsend, Nr Whitby, some of us cycled there one year, Lythe Hill was so steep I overtook cars & couldn't turn on the bridge, & when the wheel hit the kerb I flew over the wall landing on my backside in 2ft of water. The site was in a field full of cows, we used to collect firewood, swim in the sea, catch fish from Whitby pier, & eat fish & chips.

Another regular place was Osmotherley, by a small stream off the moors, we'd wake up in mornings & admire the view listening to cuckoos & skylarks whilst cooking breakfast on an open fire. It was also where we started the annual Lyke Wake Walk (took 24hrs) to Ravenscar .

One year we went to Alnwick, the one mile path to the beach was covered in things with big leaves like rhubarb. One group took self built canoes to Scotland camp in Mallaig area, & I went on one round Paris, Normandy & Brittany, as well as with the scouts to somewhere in a forest between 2 rivers in think it was Lancashire.. I prefer tents with built in groundsheets.

One year I came home early & cycled on my own racer from home in Ilford all the way up the A11 to Narborough, then round Norfolk & Suffolk the seniors with me were hitch hiking in pairs to a new site each night, & the juniors 3 sites with teachers & vehicles. One site was freshly cut corn stubble (like daggers sticking up) & pouring heavy rain with lightning, so the farmer let us sleep on the floor in his corn barn, There was a big heap of corn in the middle on which we made ourselves cosy in our sleeping bags while it belted down outside, a wooden area round the walls & all night we heard rats running round in it but never saw any.

One year on holidays I drove to Edinburgh, had an 8 day Highlands & Islands travelpass for buses & trains, & camped with tent round Scotland.

On holidays family went in a static caravan with gas mantel lights by the seaside for 2 weeks, once 2weeks on a motor boat on Norfolk broads, which got boring. . Nowadays I prefer campervans, more comfort, portaloo, easier to keep warm, maybe a hot shower, no creepy crawlies, no firewood, cook & shelter from rain with radio or TV, & can drive away without striking camp when ready, instead of having to pack up tents, provisions & fill latrines.

Yes I'd do it all over again with a group.

We camped for our honeymoon, all round Devon and Cornwall, after the first two nights in hotels. 1976, ground like concrete. Not as bad for my husband… if you get what I mean…! We then got a folding caravan with a tent extension and took all the stepchildren down two weeks later. That caused a few raised eyebrows! We have been a couple of times and grandson is now quite keen so I may borrow the gear I bought for him and take the dogs with me for an escape one day. I quite enjoyed it.

Used to go camping with the scouts. Collecting firewood, digging latrines, peeling spuds. Spent two weeks camping in Wales in 1968 with a friend on our scooters. Farmers charged 2/6d a night. My sister and her husband took me camping in the South of France in 1983.

We as a family husband and 3 children used to camp in a tent when we went to wales nearly always rained

No for all the reasons above.

No, it's never appealed to me. I had enough of creepy crawlies growing up out in the sticks.

No and no. I can't think of anything worse. I like my home comforts too much. We hired a campervan about 6/7 years ago with a view to buying one and I hated that too. We came home after 4 days.

Once, as a teenager, never again. I'm quite happy to stay in a caravan or boat or anything with solid walls but I'd never sleep on the ground under canvas again!

Yes in tent as children, my sister & I slept in a small tent- once woke up to a large cow poking its head through the tent flap, they didn’t zip up in those days!

Mum was like CS so parents slept in the car.

Also camped as young family with 1 child but used our LWB Safari Stationwaggon, we insulated it with fibreglass, nasty stuff, it was a big job to remove all the inside panels to put the f.g. behind them, also had a second heater in the back, so it was actually really cosy.

Our GSD used to sleep underneath the Landrover.

edit- No definitely wouldn’t do it now!

Yes, but not in a tent since 1976

We (friends) decided to cut ourselves off from civilisation and camp in a tent at the bottom of my friend's garden. I went home for breakfast after the tent was invaded by slugs during the night.

Never been and would never go. Too much of a scaredycat, about spiders, mozzies and every other creepy crawly one might come across.

Used to go camping a few times a year, then children happened and I haven't been since although Husband and both Daughters have done. We camped in the very hot summer of 1976, during Easter with ice on the tent and one summer in Wales with thunder and lightning and torrential rain going on around us - not a problem as we were in a field attached to a pub and the landlord let all the campers inside.

@Bob, not my opinion, but a fact of the circumstances.

@mickmedad - really ? You want these people working in your local hospital ?

I think with the large number involved, 40+, sacking would be impractical.

That was my first thought, they should be dismissed. Is this the only time they've done this and been caught??

I totally agree, it is wrong and people should be fired, but it doesn't help when everyone these days goes on tv to tell the world what is supposedly wrong with them. Others then think they have the right to know.

They should not only be sacked, but prosecuted as well.

That is outrageous they should all be sacked

Totally agree BUAD. Remember when Catherine, Princess of Wales was first taken ill? People actually said they were entitled to know what was wrong with her - unbelievable.

Some people think they are entitled to all the information on any subject. Remember, they looked up the poor teacher hero, so they accessed her address, email and phone number, not just her medical data. I’m thinking about asking Merseyside Police if this is a crime ?

I just don't understand why people would want to do this anyway.

I work for the NHS and part of our mandatory training every year is information governance. They make clear that looking at patient records when it is not to do directly with your job is a dismissal offence, as Bob says. These staff should have been sacked the minute it was discovered.