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OliveOyls 82 day challenge

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  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    Rhubarb
    Crap
    !!!!!! !!!!!! !!!!!!
    :rotfl: :rotfl:
    And any other swear words you want.

    He can ill-afford the time it's taking to sort out with the police.
    But his boss has sorted a hire car (company paying :j ) until he gets a replacement.
    Our cunning plan to pick an innocuous car back-fired, it's apparently perfect as a getaway car...........
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Oh goodness OO - all this time you have been trying to repay the debts, and all along you had a perfect bank robbery car!
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
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  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    Snaggles wrote: »
    Oh goodness OO - all this time you have been trying to repay the debts, and all along you had a perfect bank robbery car!


    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    Snaggles wrote: »
    Oh goodness OO - all this time you have been trying to repay the debts, and all along you had a perfect bank robbery car!

    :T :T :T :T :T
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,636 Ambassador
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    Hope it gets sorted soon.
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  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    Well I've Skyped him
    He's disgruntled.

    The insurance won't pay out for a theft for at least four weeks, which will coincide almost exactly with the final payment on the loan. :rotfl:
    All in all [STRIKE]we [/STRIKE] he is going to be about £1500 down on the value of the car v what the insurance will pay out :mad:

    We're going to need considerably more squares to colour in.:D
  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    Day 41 - Half-way :j :j It's downhill all the way from here :D

    Yesterday I asked DS2 if he would see if the health-food shop stocked Tahini paste as he was going past it on his way to the Job Agency. He did that for me, he didn't buy any, he just checked they had any in stock :mad: :rotfl:
    Guess where he's going today?

    Bad news:
    • Abel & Cole rejected my claim through Quidco -there was some bother with my initial order and that is why. But in 20 months that is my very first entry in the column -Claim Denied
    • DS1's car IS a write off. Though he is hoping to buy it from the insurance company and rebuild it at a cost of a few hundred to him after the insurance payout. But he'll lose his NCB and he's only 21....
    • Popeye's car has gone, and he has suggested that I might like to spend some of my holiday in September helping him choose a new one :confused: (I think he regards it as a treat, or maybe he's hoping I'll find some extra money for it somewhere :rotfl: )
    • Edict from my boss. Going into the office 2-3 hours early will NOT count towards the extra days I need. :mad: The ONLY extra time that will count is at the weekend. Guess who is now sticking to 9-5 Mon-Fri?
    Not quite in the mood, or ready to think about or post any good news just yet. :o

    must stop moaning, must stop moaning.
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    Good news on being half way!

    But :mad: to all the crappy things happening. (with a bit of :rolleyes: to the car buying holiday!)

    I hope the day improves x
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Thats a *lot* of bad news, Olive - all the way from daft DSs at health stores to very big stuff. Sorry times are hard, and lots of dodgy hugs being sent your way.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Seaxwyn
    Seaxwyn Posts: 4,896 Forumite
    Oh commiserations -what a run of bad luck. Good for Popeye thinking he can fix that car.

    But on the upside - you will shortly have Tahini! I am quite addicted to the stuff and Sainsbury's has a strange policy of only occasionally stocking it - and seemingly only ordering one jar at a time.
    Total debt: 1 January 2007 £[strike]49,387.79[/strike] 1 January 2012 £[STRIKE]19,312.85[/STRIKE] 1 August 2012 £11,517.62



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