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  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    lostinrates wrote: »
    This is either very complimentary.....or not!

    I think it's natural to assume that people are your own age when they seem to have a similar point of view, which is probably why I assumed you were the same age as me. And I do think you're wise - I agree with Max (in your sig) that you are a voice of reason (assuming that he didn't really mean to say "vice of reason"). So it was a bit of a shock to find out I'm a whole decade older. But then I thought I'd better be careful how I said that, in case it came across as insulting, cos that's the last thing I'd want. So please do take it as a compliment.

    It's interesting that Cleaver is <30. Do you know how old any of the other regulars are?
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    LydiaJ wrote: »
    It's interesting that Cleaver is <30. Do you know how old any of the other regulars are?

    Yes :)

    I prefer it when they tell me without pictures though :D
  • bo_drinker
    bo_drinker Posts: 3,924 Forumite
    mewbie wrote: »
    Wow you dudes are like really old :eek: Man I hope I've gone way before 30, that is so ancient you must creak when you move lolz. Didn't realise this is like the bus pass section of MSE, no wonder you fuddy duddies are so worried about pensions, and houses and stuff.

    I would say "get a life" but you doomies have used most of it up - lolz.
    Yeah right..... Innit :cool:
    I came in to this world with nothing and I've still got most of it left. :rolleyes:
  • harryhound
    harryhound Posts: 2,662 Forumite
    mewbie wrote: »
    Bit like our gaff. Except instead of politics we watched Eastenders. And only one language obviously.

    Estuary English?
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    ...

    I could be your mum :(

    Not really, but I am older than you :)
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    mewbie wrote: »
    Wow you dudes are like really old :eek: Man I hope I've gone way before 30, that is so ancient you must creak when you move lolz. Didn't realise this is like the bus pass section of MSE, no wonder you fuddy duddies are so worried about pensions, and houses and stuff.

    I would say "get a life" but you doomies have used most of it up - lolz.

    Yes, but you still find me hot... well, not me, but certainly some of the guys on here :)
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    edited 21 August 2009 at 10:19AM
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I could be your mum :(

    Not really, but I am older than you :)

    My sister is older than Lydia too. (by a long way)

    Technically I suppose I could be a grandma. :eek: you know, in a different life. In the classical world I'd be an old, old lady: perhaps some kind of wise woman in a cave on a hill :) Same in medieval times. Bronze age I'd have been a long time dead by now. Age is relative. :)
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    edited 21 August 2009 at 1:53PM
    Yay! Just read your blog and saw the good news from Mercedes and Ford.
    Congratulations Max. Looking forward to hearing what happens next.
    Lydia

    PS When is the Mercedes interview going to be?
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    It's interesting that Cleaver is <30. Do you know how old any of the other regulars are?

    With my level of humour did you just assume I was a teenager?
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    No, I thought you were older. Don't really know why. Something to do with the confidence, perhaps, and the "seen it before, didn't get taken in by it then, am not going to get taken in by it now" sort of attitude, perhaps.
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
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