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Anyone getting stocked up on food etc just in case?

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  • drbeat
    drbeat Posts: 627 Forumite
    mr.broderick wrote: »
    I think if my wife or i get made redundant we will probably seek new employment immediately and not sit at home with dried provisions.

    So you're going to be selling cars to the cockroaches then?
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    drbeat wrote: »
    cockroach corner
    But I think you'll find the cockroaches that survive the initial fallout grow to over four hundred times their original size.
  • drbeat
    drbeat Posts: 627 Forumite
    mewbie wrote: »
    But I think you'll find the cockroaches that survive the initial fallout grow to over four hundred times their original size.

    That's big enough to fit into a Ford Mondeo!
  • Charis
    Charis Posts: 1,302 Forumite
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    BettiePage wrote: »
    You don't live by me do you?


    I live approx 35 miles due south of where I think you live (or at least where you shop ;) ) Small market town, West Mids. Dwr Cymru are digging up the road next week. I await the ensuing chaos with [STRIKE]glee[/STRIKE]interest.
  • bo_drinker
    bo_drinker Posts: 3,924 Forumite
    Charis wrote: »
    I live approx 35 miles due south of where I think you live (or at least where you shop ;) ) Small market town, West Mids. Dwr Cymru are digging up the road next week. I await the ensuing chaos with [strike]glee[/strike]interest.

    Near Hereford maybe ?? :confused:
    I came in to this world with nothing and I've still got most of it left. :rolleyes:
  • pickles110564
    pickles110564 Posts: 2,374 Forumite
    I understand the STR's are popping down to their local sports shops to buy some [EMAIL="B@lls"]B@lls[/EMAIL]!
  • Charis
    Charis Posts: 1,302 Forumite
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    bo_drinker wrote: »
    Near Hereford maybe ?? :confused:

    Yep. There are a few frequenters from our area on MSE (well, if you count Worcs & Glos too). Either we are manic money savers or there is bog all else to do in these parts.
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    pickles110564 wrote: »
    I understand the STR's are popping down to their local sports shops to buy some B@lls!
    And the BTL landlords are rushing to the butchers to stock up on Brains.
  • drbeat
    drbeat Posts: 627 Forumite
    pickles110564 wrote: »
    I understand the STR's are popping down to their local sports shops to buy some [EMAIL="B@lls!"]B@lls![/EMAIL]

    Hey pickles sir, old vinegartits is stirring up the !!!!!! re: Felixstowe going down the pan. Be a good chap and give 'im your tally-ho/bangers n mash bashing!

    Look forward to your bout of jousting with the sour-tits-meister!
  • WTF?_2
    WTF?_2 Posts: 4,592 Forumite
    mr.broderick wrote: »
    I think if my wife or i get made redundant we will probably seek new employment immediately and not sit at home with dried provisions.

    Good for you - there should be simply loads of jobs around in the recession.
    --
    Every pound less borrowed (to buy a house) is more than two pounds less to repay and more than three pounds less to earn, over the course of a typical mortgage.
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