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I found a set of keys on the pavement of the road I live on. It has a car key, perhaps a house key and a fob. I tried the car key on the road to see if it opens any cars of the same make of car but it didn’t. Husband put it on the neighbourhood group chat but no one has replied. There isn’t a police station here I can drop it to. What shall I do?
 
I found a set of keys on the pavement of the road I live on. It has a car key, perhaps a house key and a fob. I tried the car key on the road to see if it opens any cars of the same make of car but it didn’t. Husband put it on the neighbourhood group chat but no one has replied. There isn’t a police station here I can drop it to. What shall I do?
Ring 101
 
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I found a set of keys on the pavement of the road I live on. It has a car key, perhaps a house key and a fob. I tried the car key on the road to see if it opens any cars of the same make of car but it didn’t. Husband put it on the neighbourhood group chat but no one has replied. There isn’t a police station here I can drop it to. What shall I do?
I don’t think the police take lost property any more. I’d put it on some local facebook groups.
 
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I found a set of keys on the pavement of the road I live on. It has a car key, perhaps a house key and a fob. I tried the car key on the road to see if it opens any cars of the same make of car but it didn’t. Husband put it on the neighbourhood group chat but no one has replied. There isn’t a police station here I can drop it to. What shall I do?
Any shop you could give it to?
 
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I found a set of keys on the pavement of the road I live on. It has a car key, perhaps a house key and a fob. I tried the car key on the road to see if it opens any cars of the same make of car but it didn’t. Husband put it on the neighbourhood group chat but no one has replied. There isn’t a police station here I can drop it to. What shall I do?
If you can tell the make of the car key fob then return it to the dealer. They can contact the owner
 
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Be very careful handing keys out via social media. A sister of a friend lost her keys, someone found them and posted on Facebook. Well, some cretin said they were his and pinched them. Long story short, he was arrested as he had done this a few times, cloned the keys and/or stole the contents of the vehicles or sold the keys on. Stupid wick was using his own Facebook account. Always worth not posting them and asking for a description
 
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I want to call them all bleep over the tanoy so badly but I need the job
Not gonna lie, it would make my day if I was in the supermarket and I heard this on the tannoy. If you ever do want to leave your job, you know what to do!
 
My car has the ceramic paint protection on it, so I assume I don't need to wax it or anything, but is there anything I can use after washing to dry it a bit better so it doesn't dry with those blob marks on it, I have some cloths but they don't really dry it an just move the wet blobs about
 
My car has the ceramic paint protection on it, so I assume I don't need to wax it or anything, but is there anything I can use after washing to dry it a bit better so it doesn't dry with those blob marks on it, I have some cloths but they don't really dry it an just move the wet blobs about
You can get ceramic shampoo to keep topping up the coating. For drying you can get the worst off with a squeegee or blow it off with a leaf blower if you have one, then get a proper car drying towel. Something like this.
 
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You can get ceramic shampoo to keep topping up the coating. For drying you can get the worst off with a squeegee or blow it off with a leaf blower if you have one, then get a proper car drying towel. Something like this.
Thanks, I'll look into the towel, so am I supposed to be using the ceramic shampoo to keep topping it up then? I have autoglem stuff that I've been using as I didn't know that, it's my first car an I just got it a few months back, they didn't really tell me anything about upkeep, just that it has the coating on it
 
Thanks, I'll look into the towel, so am I supposed to be using the ceramic shampoo to keep topping it up then? I have autoglem stuff that I've been using as I didn't know that, it's my first car an I just got it a few months back, they didn't really tell me anything about upkeep, just that it has the coating on it
You don't have to, but it makes sense to if you have it! The company that do the towel sell a ceramic shampoo, but Autoglym is good stuff.
 
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A couple of questions about suede

Can someone recommend a good suede polish? I just grabbed some lovely suede shoes from my local outlet and want to keep them looking good over time

in turn I have some suede boots that are so tight on the ankle and a squeeze on the calves. Can anyone recommend the safest way to stretch them out a bit? I don’t mind wearing them in but I can barely do them up at the moment 😭
 
A couple of questions about suede

Can someone recommend a good suede polish? I just grabbed some lovely suede shoes from my local outlet and want to keep them looking good over time

in turn I have some suede boots that are so tight on the ankle and a squeeze on the calves. Can anyone recommend the safest way to stretch them out a bit? I don’t mind wearing them in but I can barely do them up at the moment 😭
Regarding stretching your boots, you can get stretching spray, or, if you have room in your freezer, fill sealable freezer bags with water and put them in your boots, then freeze for 24 hours.
 
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A couple of questions about suede

Can someone recommend a good suede polish? I just grabbed some lovely suede shoes from my local outlet and want to keep them looking good over time

in turn I have some suede boots that are so tight on the ankle and a squeeze on the calves. Can anyone recommend the safest way to stretch them out a bit? I don’t mind wearing them in but I can barely do them up at the moment 😭
Deichmann do an excellent suede polish.
 
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I don’t know if boots would have too much fabric but leather or suede shoes can be gently heated with a hair dryer then pulled and stretched in a kind of massage like way, heating again and wearing with thick socks. It really helps.
 
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I don’t know if boots would have too much fabric but leather or suede shoes can be gently heated with a hair dryer then pulled and stretched in a kind of massage like way, heating again and wearing with thick socks. It really helps.
When I worked in a shoe shop decades ago, we used a kettle and a broom handle
 
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I think that we may have a lot in common. Many decades ago I had a Saturday job with Oliver's Shoes in the Whitgift Centre. We often used to be sent off to pop shoes onto our 'shoe stretcher' then run downstairs to the staff room, put the kettle on and run the dustpan brush handle around the shoe.
 
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