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  Sixtyplusurfers Competitions 

      Digital Radio prize      
   Enter the Celebrity Odd One Out
  competition & win this Digital Radio and Cerumol Ear Drops

Doro Cordless Home Phone

Enter the Chat & Socialise competition and Win a Doro Cordless Home Phone.
We've got three to give away
          
Daniel O'Donnel
Newsletter  prize:  Win this DVD and Album
of Daniel O'Donnel


Herb Pot prize for best Poem
Write the best Poem for Sixtyplusurfers and win  this Stewart Herb Pot

Russell Hobbs kettle prize

Star Letter prize - the best letter will win you this Russell Hobbs kettle

Money Savers Adjusting the Thermostat temperature setting
 Before you
 switch your
 Heating on
 
Over 50s missing
 out on Tax
 Savings
 Retirees hit by
 falling pound
Body Maintenance Ladies in keep fit classes     
 

 Grandparents urged
 to get fit and active

 What women need to
 know about
 osteoporosis

 Water is good for you

 'Hearty' juice to boost
 your circulation

 Healthy heart tips
 
  Pet Care Overweight pets
 Overweight Pets:
 Burns Pet
 Nutrition advises
 on the right diet
 for your pet
 Save the
 hedgehog
 Snooze time for
 your tortoise
 
Home Comforts ReadyDry carpet cleaner prize             
 Win this ReadyDry

 Carpet Cleaner from
 Bissell

 Kate Humble shows
 you how to save
 water in your home

 Designer kitchens
 at stocking filler
 prices  

 Fun products from
 Strawberry Fool

 
Personal Health Sarah Williams
 Balance your
 chakras and get
 rid of coughs &
 colds says Sarah
 Williams
 Staying positive is
 crucial to
 remaining healthy
 says Chris
 Middleton
 Happy Un-Birthday
 from Nigella
 Lawson
 
Christmas CompetitionsSherlock Holmes Hotel Holiday Treat             
 Win a Holiday
 Treat at the
 Sherlock Holmes
 Hotel

 Win a Stewart
 Herb Pot
 Win a Watch
 Win Truelove's
 Gutter by Richard
 Hawley
 Win 'Hello
 Wembley' by
 Michael McIntyre
 

 

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                 Online Magazine

     Welcome to the November
      issue of Sixtyplusurfers!
 

 Sixtyplusurfers couple at computer

It's November and those long evenings are  here now! So to liven things up for you, we have lots of interesting and seasonal features.

Plus - we have THREE NEW PAGES for you:
Christmas Gifts,  with lots of exciting seasonal gift ideas for  your friends and family,  Christmas Competitions - with seasonal competitions for you to enter, and Mobility - with articles on products to help people who have  mobility problems indoors or outdoors.
 
And we now have an
Online Newspaper - just click and you can read the  very latest news FREE!

And we have
TWENTY-THREE
FABULOUS COMPETITIONS   for you to  enter,  with  some truly great prizes,  including   a £1500 Holiday Voucher; A Digital Radio;  A Russell Hobbs Kettle; A Cordless Free Home Phone; A Leopard Print Bracelet from Damart; Shoes from Hotter; A Bissell ReadyDry carpet cleaner; and lots, lots more.....
 
This month in our Money Savers page, we have advice on how to save money on your heating bills; how to avoid missing out on tax savings; and why your equity release expectations may be way too high.

On our Computer & Camera Tips page, we have another
Video  where a computer expert offers lots of helpful tips on how you can get the best from your computer.

We've got lots of helpful articles by our team of experts, covering  finance, saving money, fitness & health, food & drink, gardening, DIY, fashion, beauty & hair care, entertainment, homes, computer problems, travel & holidays, book reviews, leisure activities, retirement , crafts & hobbies.

And don't forget  we have our own page on Twitter so you can follow what's new:

   

 So if you want to find out the latest News about Sixtyplusurfers,  then visit:
www.twitter.com/Sixtyplusurfers 
                       
So do read our November issue of Sixtyplusurfers because it's full of articles and features for everybody.
          
        Best wishes,
   
Murray Jacobs Editor 
 

And if you'd like to contact me, then you can reach me by email at murrayhj@live.co.uk

 

                Contents

                
               Health
Section

Body Maintenance - 'Hearty' juice to boost your circulation; What women need to know about Osteoporosis; Drink more water- it's good for you; Grandparents urged to get fit and active.
Food & Drink -  Watch 
Phil Vickery on video  and see him in the Scottish Highlands learning about Whisky; Get your FREE cookery book from Wild Alaska Salmon; Smooth move for Benecol; Tasty recipes  including Salmon  Lasagne; Pear and Almond Tart; Hot Autumn Pudding; Parma Ham Tarte Tatin.
Personal Health
- Sarah Williams says balance your chakras to get rid of coughs and colds; Staying positive is crucial to remaining healthy says Chris Middleton; Have a healthy and active lifestyle advises Kristoph Thompson; Happy Un-Birthday from Nigella Lawson.

                Living Section
Home Comforts
- Competition for you:
win the ReadyDry Carpet Cleaner from Bissell; Kate Humble shows you how to save water in the home; Designer kitchens at stocking filler prices; Fun products from Strawberry Fool.
Retirement - Advice on relationships for older couples; Your Inheritance Guide; Unclaimed benefits are proving costly for pensioners.
Crafts & Hobbies -  Win yourself a BruBox Home Brewing Starter Kit; Laurence Llewellyn Bowen and his wife launching a photo competition; Make Gingerbread people; Aspiring fiction writers wanted; Do you have the oldest set of encyclopaedias.
News & Book Reviews - Win 4 Cookery Books from Mary Berry; Don't drown in smoke warns Jill Halfpenny; See the Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park; Visit the new exhibition at the London Transport Museum.
Pet Care - Overweight Pets; Advice on your pet's diet from Burns Pet Nutrition; Snooze time for your tortoise; Save the hedgehog.
Travel & Holidays - Park homes with Britannia Parks; The best job in the world; Walking is good for you - video guide on walking trips; Riviera magic.
 Christmas Gifts
- Win a TALK Premium mobile phone from Emporium Telecom
; Win Wordinoes - a fantastic new game for all the family; Keep cosy with Snuggie from JML; A selection of gifts for your grandchildren.

             Advice Section
 Fashion  - Fashion tips for November; Men's fashion from Charles Tyrwhitt; Win a pair of shoes from Hotter; Win a Leopard Print Bracelet from Damart.
Beauty & Hair Care  -  Hair and Beauty tips from Denise McAdam; Win a free sample of the Ayudara Skin Balm; Win a Bronnley Floral Hand and Nail Craft Set .
Computer Tips - Video showing you some really helpful computer tips and tricks; How to upload pictures and photos to our Chat & Socialise page; Your computer questions answered; Photobooks from Jessops.
Money - Compare fuel prices before you switch the heating on; Over 50s missing out on tax savings; Retirees hit by fall in the value of the pound; Unrealistic equity release expectations.
Friends  -
Details of websites we like; and TWO great competitions for you to enter!! - Drumond Park's Articulate Game and  also a Dairy Diary Gift Pack.

            Retirement                          
 
Advice on relationships for older couples
Unclaimed benefits are proving very costly
for pensioners

                       Friends
       Family playing the Articulate game

    Win the Articulate! Game from Drumond Park
            Win a Dairy Diary Gift Pack
Advertising  - To  contact us about our online  magazine Sixtyplusurfers, you can  phone these numbers:
Tel:   020 8440 3340 [Murray]
    or 020  8866 3686 [Jenny]
Alternatively, you can send us an email to: murrayhj@live.co.uk
or to: jennyitz@hotmail.com
The Sixtyplusurfers Team: 
Murray Jacobs, Editor; Jenny Itzcovitz, Features Editor; Shoshana Yossef, Technical; Melissa Braiden, Admin; Kitty Jacobs, Admin & Letters
Contributors
Kris Thompson        -   Fitness
Phil Vickery             -  Cookery
Carol Walker           -  Travel
Shona  Wilkinson    -   Nutrition
Chris Middleton       -   Health & Positive Thinking

 

               Chat and Socialise         

    family chatting online

Join the Sixtyplusurfers Chat & Socialise page and make new friends. Include your profile, talk to other readers on the message board, send in your photographs, start up your own blog,  join a group,  or  reply  to some of  our discussions.

To encourage you to join in with the fun on the
Chat & Socialise page, we're giving away three Doro Cordless Home Phones.

For more information on how to enter visit the
Competitions & Letters page.

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 Food and Drink Phil Vickery          
 Watch TV Chef Phil  Vickery's latest
 Video where he
 goes to Scotland
 to learn about
 Whisky

 
Healthy Recipes:
 Salmon Lasagne
 Pear & Almond Tart
 Hot Autumn Pudding
 Parma Ham Tarte
 
Free recipe book
 from Wild Alaska
 Salmon
 
Crafts and Hobbies  Make gingerbread people          
  Make gingerbread
  people

  Win a BruBox
  Home Brewing
  Starter Kit

  Laurence
  Llewellyn Bowen
  launch photo
  competition
  Aspiring fiction
  writers wanted
 News & Book  Reviews Mary Berry 
 Win 4 fantastic
 Cookery Books
 by Mary Berry

 Don't drown in
 smoke warns Jill
 Halfpenny
 See the Winter
 Wonderland at
 Hyde Park
 Exhibition at
 Transport Museum
Fashion Win a pair of Hotter shoes
 Win a pair of Hotter
 shoes
 
 Win a Leopard Print
 Bracelet from
 Damart

 Fashion tips for
 November

 Men's fashion from
 Charles Tyrwhitt
 BeautyAyudara skin balm prize
 Win a FREE sample
 of Ayudara skin
 balm


 Hair and Beauty
 tips from Denise
 McAdam

 
Win a Bronnley
 Floral Hand and
 Nail Craft Set

                Travel & Holidays                          
       
    Park homes with Britannia Parks        
 The best job in the world
      
Watch our new Video:  Walking is good for you, complete with tips on good walking routes   

 Christmas Gifts  Win this TALK Premium mobile phone     
Win a TALK Premium mobile phone worth £100 from Emporium
Play Wordinoes - a fantastic new game for all the family
Keep cosy with Snuggie from JML
Gifts for your grandchildren
   Computer and Camera TipsMan at computer         
 Watch our
 instructional
 video  with tips
 on computers
 Your questions  answered 
 How to upload
 pictures to our
 Chat page
      Mobility Roy on wheelchair in his kitchen
Disabled kitchens
and bathrooms
Preparing your home for older relatives to stay
Hip protection
Living advice from
Aspire
 
 Entertainment Donny & Marie Osmond                 
An audience with
Donny & Marie Osmond

Win a Theatre Token Gift Pack

Watch John Sergeant on the Tourist Trail

See Andrea Levy's
'Small Island'

 

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