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The revenge of the stripey socks - a DFW adventure
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PS HP been brumming about on BRB - he rocks
kids aren't getting a let in Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
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He really does take the biscuit, your bro, doesn't he! And the cake, and the .... well, you know. Sounds like he's really used to being bailed out, Fay, tbh - carry on having words with your mum. Good luck.2023: the year I get to buy a car0
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Hmmm, your brother really is a taker/user. Will your mum listen to you about lending money? In my experience mums are sometimes a little blind to childrens faults.
Poor Fay, you're up against it at the moment. Still owe you a mail
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Hi Fay,
Well done on getting below £500!!Spreading the gospel that is Martin Lewis to the future generation....I'm a Home Economics Teacher and being thrifty is the way!:A0 -
Ha Ha Fay you're right! We should set up a stripey socks experiment! We were already thinking of starting an experiment to see if our cells grew better to classical music or pop, we could add in whether the person caring for them has stripey socks or not!0
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Mmmmm I think pop+stripy socks would be best. Count me in though I'd need to procure a CD or MP3 player! There is no music in our TC! :eek: Somone dropped a 1L bottle of water on our CD player!troglodyte wrote: »Ha Ha Fay you're right! We should set up a stripey socks experiment! We were already thinking of starting an experiment to see if our cells grew better to classical music or pop, we could add in whether the person caring for them has stripey socks or not!
Fay - sound like you've had a really trying time with your brother. I'd be fuming...Mortgage free as of 12/08/20!
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tried to talk the money eating monster today at lunch - he might have listened by his voilin (poor me poor me) might have drowned me out.
Waves to you all Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
:money:Sleeves up folks.:money:0 -
Brothers can be hmmm well let-me-see - difficult?
I've decided that whenever the genes were handed out he got one set and I got all the opposites. We now keep a healthy distance of around 400 miles, best for all concerned. Well done for not killing yours (yet).:A Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust :A0 -
How did the assessment go?
LTotal Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
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Maybe he needs a pair of stripey socks to be able to see things your way.The person who moves a mountain begins by carrying small stones.
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