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  Sixtyplusurfers Competitions 

      Win a SatNav and Penfold Golf Balls      
   Enter the Celebrity Odd One Out
  competition & win a SatNav and a set of Penfold Golf Balls

George Foreman Grill
Win a George Foreman Grill in this month's easy to enter Chat & Socialise Competition

Win this Pink Cafetiere

Win a Pink
Cafetière for the Star Letter
          

Tatty Teddy Chocolate prize
Newsletter  prize:  Win a box of Me To You Chocolates for five lucky readers

Miss Marple DVD prize

DVD Player prize

Win the Miss Marple Series 4 on DVD together with a DVD Player

Money Savers Bank notes
BBC wants to talk to you about their new programme on BBC2:   'Money'

How to save money on your phone bills

Get your discount
from
MyVoucherCodes
 
Body Maintenance      
 
Drinking tea can
 reduce the risk of
 diabetes
 Lower your
 Cholesterol with
 
help:cholesterol
 Practice Pilates at
 home with a video
 Be-Well
 Breakthrough
 
  Pet Care Veterinary surgeon examining a dog
 PDSA is 'top of
 the ops'

 Good pet food
 Could your pet
 win the Pet
 Factor?
 Kym Marsh finds
 home for lost dog
Home Comforts Win a LIFEplus mobile phone             
 Win 
 a LIFEplus
 Mobile Phone
 from emporia
 Telecom
 
Brighten up
 your home with
 Dunelm Mill
 Vibrant window
 blinds
 Liven up a plain
 room with a
 pretty vase 
 
Gardening & DIY     Celebrity with propagator      
 Win an electric
 propagator - name
 this celebrity

 In praise of good
 companions -
 Michael Littlewood
 advises on
 matching plants
 Care for your
 garden birds in the
 cold weather
 Action in the
 garden for February
 Draining and
 bleeding your
 radiators
 
 Retirement Win an Olympus digital camera
 
Let us have your
 views on
 Sixtyplusurfers
 & you could win
 this Olympus
 camera!

 Retirement
 Villages
 
 Personal Health Luxury Food Hamper prize    
 
Win a luxury
 food hamper
 Win £50 of John
 Lewis vouchers

 Kristoff Thompson
 offers ideas on
 losing weight
 Tim Drake
 advises on coping
 with Valentine's
 Alesha makes
 fitness  affordable
 

 

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     Welcome to  the February
      issue of Sixtyplusurfers!  

             
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We're in February already and, hopefully, Winter is nearly over now !  So  we have lots of exciting new  features for you to enjoy.

Plus - we have a new page for the romantically inclined - go to the
Valentine's Day  page and join in the fun!
 
And if you want to save money, then go to the
Money Savers page and click on the  MyVoucherCodes to get your discount.

And we have
TWENTY FABULOUS COMPETITIONS   for you to  enter,  with  some truly great prizes,  including:   An Olympus digital camera; George Foreman Grill; An Electric Propagator for your garden; A Sat Nav;  Rainbow Polka Dot Pink Cafetière; Miss Marple DVD complete with a Toshiba DVD Player; John Lewis Voucher worth £50; Salter MaxView Weighing Scale;  Food Hamper; Champagne and Chocolates; Love Seat for Two;  Bracelet from Damart; Mobile phone; and lots, lots more.....
 
This month in our Money Savers page, we have advice on how to save money on your Phone Bills  and an opportunity for you to share your experiences on savings and expenditure in  BBC2's new programme 'Money'.

On our Computer & Camera Tips page, we have a
Video featuring Stephen Fry where he talks about the Internet and explains what  Web 2.0 really means. And on our Retirement  page, we have a reader survey asking for your views on Sixtyplusurfers - and the best answer  will win one lucky reader a fabulous Olympus digital camera.

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 find out what's coming up:

       Twitter

So if you want to get the latest information about Sixtyplusurfers,  then visit:
www.twitter.com/sixtyplusurfers       
                  
So do read the February issue of Sixtyplusurfers because it's crammed great articles , features and competitions.
          
        Best wishes,

   
Murray Jacobs,  Editor 
 

And if you'd like to contact me, then you can reach me by email at murray60@live.co.uk 
          
      

                Contents

                   Health Section
Body Maintenance - A  new cereal product to help lower your cholesterol; Drinking Tea can lower the risk of diabetes; Practice Pilates at home with a video; Get Be-Well Breakthrough and improve your immune system.
Food & Drink -  Watch  Phil Vickery on video  and see him making gorgeous gravy; Tasty recipes  including Pancakes for Shrove Tuesday; Chicken stir fry; Egg fried rice;  Beef and black bean stir fry.
Personal Health - Kristoph Thompson advises you on losing weight; Two competitions - Win an luxury Food Hamper from Delamere Dairy and Win a £50 John Lewis Voucher plus ReplensMD Goodies; Tim Drake gives advice on how to cope with Valentine's Day; Treat your sore eyes with Rohto Dry Eye Relief.

                    Living Section
Entertainment -
New TV programmes
for February; Seven Ages of Britain with David Dimbleby. 
Home Comforts
- A really great competition for you to enter: win a LIFEplus mobile phone from emporia Telecom; Take advantage of the boiler scrappage scheme; Brighten up your home with Dunelm Mill; Vibrant window blinds; Liven up a plain room with a pretty vase; Stylish lighting.
Retirement - Enter our Reader Survey on Sixtyplusurfers and you could win an Olympus digital camera; Retirement Villages; Older people still want to contribute.
Crafts &
Hobbies -  Things to make - a Valentine's Day; Flamed Strawberry and Chocolate Crepes. Win a pair of HI-TEC hiking boots.  Learn how to do Origami. See the Orchids at Kew Gardens.
News & Book Reviews - Win Afternoon tea at St Paul's Cathedral; Don't forget to renew your Freedom Pass; Interview with Camilla Dallerup.  Book reviews: Tom Jones'; 'Stolen'; 'The 10 Secrets of Healthy People', by Patrick Holford.
Pet Care - Britain's pets face a dietary time bomb; Win a supply of food for your dog; Kym Marsh of Coronation Street re-homes an RSPCA puppy;  Could your pet win the Pet Factor competition?.
Travel & Holidays - Celebrate Valentine's Day in romantic Italy; The Scilly Isles are voted one of the world's top destinations; Visit Stonehaven for a fun-packed family break; Holiday choices for the disabled.
 
Valentine's Day - Win a Love Seat by naming the Celebrity;   Win Champagne and Chocolates; Surprise your loved one with a bouquet from BHF; Enjoy a weekend of Romance at The Compleat Angler; Make a delicious chocolate pudding for Valentine's Day.

                    Advice Section

 Fashion  - Competition to win a bracelet from Damart; Men's fashion from M&S; Elegant style from Eastex; Romantic accessories from Rio Moda; Fashion tips for February.
Beauty & Hair Care  -  Look stunning like Bernie Nolan of the Nolan Sisters; Win a Luxury Pamper at Champneys; Fruity treats from The Body Shop; Our Beauty Expert answers your questions; Juiced up Colour Collection from Clinique.
Computer Tips - Stephen Fry appears live on Video explaining about Web2.0 and the Internet; How to share your photos digitally; Explaining Social Networking; Your computer questions answered.
Money - The BBC wants to talk to you about money problems for their new documentary on BBC2 - 'Money'; How to save money on your phone bills; The tricks of life insurance price comparison websites.
Gardening & DIY returns with - Action in your garden for February; Competition to win an electric propagator; In praise of good companions; How to drain and bleed a radiator.

Friends  - Details of websites we like; and TWO great competitions for you to enter!! - You could win a MaxView Analyse Weighing Scale from Salter  or a George Foreman Grill.

                     Our  Friends                        
 Win a MaxView Analyse Weighing Scale
And Win a George Foreman Grill

                      Mobility  Lady on Travel-Lite scooter         

 Scooters from
 Aquasoothe

 Explore the
 outdoors with
 an  RPV4X4
 Buggy

 Bathe easier
 with
 co-operative
 Xest

 

               Chat and Socialise         

      Family socialising on computer

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, this month we're giving away a George Forman Grill.

For more information on how to enter visit the
Friends page.

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     Food and Drink                                     Phil Vickery cooking 
 Watch TV Chef
 Phil  Vickery's
 latest  Video
 where he
 shows you how to
 make gorgeous
 gravy

 
Healthy Recipes:
 Pancakes for
 Shrove Tuesday
 Chicken Stir Fry
 Egg Fried Rice
 Beef & Black Bean
 Stir Fry
       Crafts and Hobbies  orchids at Kew Gardens          
 See the orchids
 at Kew Gardens
 Win a pair of
 HI-TEC boots
 Learn Origami
 Make a
 Valentine's card
 Make chocolate
 & strawberry
 crepes
           Fashion Lady with Valentine's wrap - Elegant style from Eastex
 Win a bracelet
 from Damart

 
Fashion tips for
 February

 Men's fashion from
 M&S

 Elegant style from
 Eastex 

 Romantic
 accessories from
 Rio Moda
           BeautyBernie Nolan
 
 Look stunning
 like Bernie Nolan
 of the Nolan
 Sisters
 
Win a Luxury
 Pamper at
 Champneys

 Fruity treats from
 The Body Shop  
 Juiced up Colour
 Collection from
 Clinique
 Our Beauty Expert
 answers your
 questions
 

   Entertainment John Nettles stars in Midsomer Murders
 Midsomer Murders
 starring John  
 Nettles
 
Win DVD of a
 Camilla Dallerup
 workout 

 Amanda Holden's
 Fantasy Lives
 Seven Ages of
 Britain with John
 Dimbleby
 

            Valentine's Day  Tell us the name of this celebrity and win a Love Seat     
 Tell us the
 name of this
 celebrity and
 win a Love Seat

 
Win champagne
 &Chocolates

 Surprise your
 loved one with
 a bouquet
 Valentine's gifts
 from Tesco
 Weekend at
 the Compleat
 Angler
     Click on to the Online Newspaper

Online newspaper - Daily Telegraph  

               News & Book ReviewsCamilla Dallerup           
Win afternoon tea at St Paul's
Don't forget to renew your Freedom Pass
Interview with Camilla Dallerup
Book reviews:
 'Tom Jones'
 'Stolen' 
 'The 10 secrets of
 healthy people'
 
The Sixtyplusurfers Team: 
Murray Jacobs, Editor; Jenny Itzcovitz, Features Editor; Shoshana Yossef, Technical; Melissa Braiden, Admin; Kitty Jacobs, Admin & Letters
Contributors
Stephen Fry               -  Internet

Kristoff Thompson      -  Fitness
Phil Vickery                - Cookery  
Michael Littlewood     - Gardening
Ray Black                   -  Money
Tim Drake                   - Relationships

 

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