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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Luc can I give you some advice?

    Oooo that sound ominous... :eek:
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    well, that was an expensive jammed lock/broken key experience.......

    £15 in petrol (ok, I needed that)
    70p parking
    £9 for 2 new keys £9 !!!!!!!

    £24 in Aldi. I go to town about once a year and kept meaning to try the new Aldi. Well, I say new, it's over a year old now! Very disappointing, not sure what all the Aldi fuss is about, maybe the store is too small, but it just looked like it had Lidl's leftovers :( And the bizarre packing thing - you have to put all your stuff back in the trolley and take it to the 'packing bench'??! !!!!!!?! It would be have been £14 (which was bad enough!) but next tothe till they had some bottles of chocolate liquer with grappa, and Ithought - hmmmmm, the highlight so far!!

    I'm now thinking - what a waste of £10 I don't have to spend on such rubbish !!

    Aldi are a bit hit and miss I think.. I love the ginger shower gel that they sell though!
    Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012.
    "I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."
  • Lucifa73
    Lucifa73 Posts: 7,726 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Luc can I give you some advice?

    Go for it...

    <<<P.S. - isn't my kitten cute!
    26.2.19/14.1.19: T MC 3629.26/3629.26 : VM 0% 1050/13876.59 : W 0% 100/1485 = 4409.26/18990.85 =25.17%
    28.1.19/28.1.19 Hubs 0% £400/£2,977 =13.44%
    SPC 2019 #073


  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    cat4772 wrote: »
    :hello: hello everybody:hello:

    :hello:
    cat4772 wrote: »
    I survived the trip to Scotland - despite the best efforts of the stupid sat nav to send me via Manchester AND Newcastle to get to the big Tesco at Carlisle.

    Yes, sat navs can be like that sometimes. That's why they voice them with women - to provide an excuse... ;)
    cat4772 wrote: »
    though it was touch and go whether we'd make it to the services on the M73 - car juddered the last 200 yards but thankfully they were downhill so I pretty much coasted to the petrol pumps. Wayne was all prepared to have to get out and push the last few yards!

    Did they not have petrol "oop north"?
    cat4772 wrote: »
    If I ate snot I'd produce vomit and if I ate vomit I'd produce more vomit

    The average person drinks a pint of snot every day...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • I have my jawline back! Woo hoo! Facial swelling has gone down a treat. My stomach is upset about something, but other than that I feel fine.

    Let's celebrate with diet coke and cookies!
    Not an expert, but I try and contribute and I'll always listen. Middle child of middle child parents. I drink way too much coffee.

    Debt Free Date: March 2013
  • my answers

    snot
    charles
    no mobile (never got the fascination)
    No TV (only goes on after 8pm ish anyway)
    no straighteners - used the pair I bought once. Only wear make up when I go out, so I'm almost not bothered by either.
    No teeth - I'd get false ones ;)
    :D"Stay Wonky":D

    :j:jBecome Mrs Pepe 9 October 2012 :j:j
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    Oh yeah...

    snot
    charles
    no mobile
    no radio (can I listen to it on the internet? :p )
    no straighteners (pointless, my hair is straighter than straight anyway)
    no teeth
    Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012.
    "I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Aldi are a bit hit and miss I think.. I love the ginger shower gel that they sell though!

    They all can be hit or miss - it depends what you go in for. They're great for buying all the stuff you want in a weekly shop, then topping up at an "expensive" supermarket.

    Some things they just don't sell, but somethings are more fab than a fab thing, like the slice sausage type things and their yoghurts...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • (Land_of)_Maz
    (Land_of)_Maz Posts: 11,738 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    looks like i have gordon brown all to myself then... lucky me!!!

    yes luc, casper is cute!!!
    I'm just a seething mass of contradictions....
    (it's part of my charm!)
  • Well done cat, it is a long way for you.

    Snot if i can gob it at someone
    Charles mmmm
    no mobile can't stick em anyway
    i love radio
    no straighteners..my hair is generally curly and will go its own way unless lacquered to an inch of its life
    Teeth..mine are good.
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
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