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*Weekend Chat Thread 18/19th July*

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  • Lucifa73
    Lucifa73 Posts: 7,726 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Toto wrote: »
    I don't do camping... I'm far too much of a southerner for that nonsense.

    :hello: hi everyone, I'm still around. I'm just working through some 'stuff' at the moment so on top of the pms which is dragging on this month I'm not much fun to be around :) I'm being a proper friend and staying the hell away from civilisation.


    Aw Toto - have a dodgy hug :grouphug: hope you feel better soon and the stuff goes away/gets sorted quickly
    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
    Lucifa73 wrote: »
    We're up for that:j Hubbles loves the idea:D Might need to trade in the 3 man dome tent for a 4 man frame tent though... I don't know who the men are that are used to size tents but they must be wee:rotfl:

    They're very very good friends...
    "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'
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    tigtag02 wrote: »
    Hello eveyone :wave:

    Had to call the mortgage company yesterday to get some figures together regarding buying out FL (aka MB).

    Anyway, as I have never changed my payments with the drop in interest rate I discovered that I have been overpaying by £145 a month and have reduced my term from 21 years to 12.5 :T :T

    Hope everyone is well :D

    TT
    x

    :hello:

    That's an excellent reduction. It's exactly what my parents did when the interest rates went up and down - they never reduced them because they had "got used" to the higher payments. They eventually paid it off in about 16 years.
    "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'
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Lucifa73 wrote: »
    Hubbles is a BMW driver - he is the exception that proves the rule (though I never did understand the logic of that comment:confused:)

    Every rule has an exception. Except this one.
    "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'
  • schoolrunmum
    schoolrunmum Posts: 2,689 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    We did that too-think we've got about 3 years to go..yippee!!
    Debt-free...and staying that way...
  • Pooky
    Pooky Posts: 7,023 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Camping takes a fair bit of organisation!
    ...Linda xx

    You mean I can't just ask the kids to pack their own stuff and shove the cats in the boot? :D

    I get told off for being too organised as it is.....anyone would think it's abnormal to have an entire draw dedicated to wrapping paper, sorted into matching colours/tags/occasions. :rolleyes:
    "Start every day off with a smile and get it over with" - W. C. Field.
  • Bunnyinthelights
    Bunnyinthelights Posts: 15,278 Forumite
    Tig-that is BRILLIANT! At least when you do by the !!!!!! out it will still be manageable and not leave you with a mahooosive moprtgage! Well done you x

    Luc/Spud/Linda (and all you other camping type people) I am quite serious about this-are you up for picking a weekend this summer and planning a venture with tents etc?

    I think it would be great, kids all playing together, drinking beer, BBQ's etc. My trailer tent thing will sleep 2 more so if anyone wants to tag along, we can do that!
    Empty pockets never held anyone back, only empty heads and empty hearts can do that -Peale
  • Toto
    Toto Posts: 6,680 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Tig-that is BRILLIANT! At least when you do by the !!!!!! out it will still be manageable and not leave you with a mahooosive moprtgage! Well done you x

    Luc/Spud/Linda (and all you other camping type people) I am quite serious about this-are you up for picking a weekend this summer and planning a venture with tents etc?

    I think it would be great, kids all playing together, drinking beer, BBQ's etc. My trailer tent thing will sleep 2 more so if anyone wants to tag along, we can do that!


    If you choose a field with a nice hotel next door I might join you all :rotfl:
    :A
    :A
    "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid" - Albert Einstein
  • bank_of_slate
    bank_of_slate Posts: 12,922 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Tig-that is BRILLIANT! At least when you do by the !!!!!! out it will still be manageable and not leave you with a mahooosive moprtgage! Well done you x

    Luc/Spud/Linda (and all you other camping type people) I am quite serious about this-are you up for picking a weekend this summer and planning a venture with tents etc?

    I think it would be great, kids all playing together, drinking beer, BBQ's etc. My trailer tent thing will sleep 2 more so if anyone wants to tag along, we can do that!

    YES, YES, YES, YES!
    ...Linda xx
    It's easy to give in to that negative voice that chants "cant do it" BUT we lift each other up.
    We dont count all the runners ahead of us & feel intimidated.
    Instead we look back proudly at our journey, our personal struggle & determination & remember that there are those that never even attempt to reach the starting line.
  • Bunnyinthelights
    Bunnyinthelights Posts: 15,278 Forumite
    We can always find one with a pub/b&b Toto and you can stay there!
    Empty pockets never held anyone back, only empty heads and empty hearts can do that -Peale
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