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Re: Investing in Us: Holidays, Health, and the Road to £150k

debtfreewannabe321

3 July at 5:17PM

Maybe advise her to quietly keep her passport on her at ALL times and if it gets too bad to just make her way to the airport. DH and I advised exactly this.. without trying to freak her out when she …

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Re: Settling in for the long haul

Dakota_Rose

30 June at 8:53PM

Thanks you lovely lot 😊 The payday money shuffle has been done and I’ve caught up on lots of little financial transfers and balancing the books. My holiday pot is now almost full - just one more dep…

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Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend

foxgloves

3 July at 5:43PM

Oh my life, @Humdinger1 - now I have visions of packing up Mr F's sarnies in a lunch pail & can't get the blimming theme tune out of my head! Do you remember that episode of 'The S…

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Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend

Blackcats

3 July at 9:00PM

I find that I end up merging the theme tunes of The Waltons and little House on the Prairie - like a kind of wholesome style Ibiza mix 🥴

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Re: Fresh Start At Fox Towers.

foxandflowers

3 July at 5:06PM

Hi gang, quick mobile update for you as I’ve just finished work so apologies for formatting! My child maintenance annual review was today and there was lots of incorrect information on there so I hav…

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Re: Moving on with things

vampirotoothus

25 May at 9:51AM

Hi Alt, you are not miserable and boring, your values are different and no longer aligned with your old friends. You have grown, maybe they haven't. Keep strong V x

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E: 20/07 Win a 26/27 FC Bayern shirt signed by Nathaniel Brown (NL)

Midnighter

3 July at 3:08PM

FC Bayern url: https://fcbayern.com/en/fans/raffle/online-aktionen/crm-aktionen-2026/brown-raffle FC Bayern have signed Nathaniel Brown from Eintracht Frankfurt. To mark this occasion, you now have t…

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Re: Compers Challenge 2026

pate-ci0

1 July at 10:46PM

Win £2026 in 2026.... £1,156.12 June Total..... £123

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E: 09/07 12am Win a Mellow Yellow oils x Tiptree preserves bundle (IG/FB)

Tearoma

3 July at 2:23PM

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1466251212203086 https://www.instagram.com/p/DaSJNy1DvLR/ 💛🍓Mellow yellow x Tiptree Giveaway🍓💛 Whether you love to cook, bake (or both!) we’ve got a delicious…

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Re: Redemption - The journey of a recovering gambling addict.

Lonelygambler

13 June at 11:39PM

Oh it’s been a while. I started this a long time ago now and thankfully I haven’t gambled at all. I did buy a lottery ticket a while go felt so awful I told my wife. Down to around £3k on my credit c…

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