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Single and in Debt Part 3- The problem of surplus and excess women

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  • Fire_Fox
    Fire_Fox Posts: 26,026 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 14 October 2009 at 8:28PM
    If you can stretch to 90K you can buy TWO one bedroom flats in my postcode ... :T
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=OUTCODE^155&sortByPriceDescending=false&maxPrice=50000

    Or if you branch out a bit to the rest of Bradford you can purchase TWO [STRIKE]grotty 70s[/STRIKE] "studio apartments in a desirable location" and still have £10K left in the bank for redecorating. :eek:
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23271094.html?sortByPriceDescending=false&maxPrice=80000&pageNumber=1&fromSummary=true&backToListURL=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FlocationIdentifier%3DREGION%255E198%26sortByPriceDescending%3Dfalse%26maxPrice%3D80000

    I feel a 'Single and in Debt' property empire coming on ...
    Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
  • Fire_Fox
    Fire_Fox Posts: 26,026 Forumite
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    Lula-Hula wrote: »
    * a year ago I would have trampled over you to get that :rotfl:. Just shows what one week & 2 litres of the stuff can do to a girl ... why do I suspect that this would not work with Pink Elephants ...:rolleyes: even 2 gallons would be achievable with plenty of snacks to soak it all up.

    New game for everyone, complete the following sentence
    "I knew I was an alcoholic when ...."

    I'll kick off
    "I knew I was an alcoholic when .... I downed a cystitis remedy in one in order to progress to the vino in a timely manner." :o
    Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
  • Lula-Hula
    Lula-Hula Posts: 7,868 Forumite
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    Fire_Fox wrote: »
    New game for everyone, complete the following sentence
    "I knew I was an alcoholic when ...."

    I'll kick off
    "I knew I was an alcoholic when .... I downed a cystitis remedy in one in order to progress to the vino in a timely manner." :o


    Utterly brilliant Fire Fox :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    I have never been an alcoholic & as this is a public forum I think we should point out that alcoholism is very serious & debilitating for anyone that either suffers from it or because of it. I speak from experience; my ex number 1 was; we lost our business & house :rolleyes:. It took me a while to realise that he was more than just a 'legend in his own lunch time' so on his behalf I will say that :

    I knew my ex was an alcoholic when I discovered that he carried a bottle of gin & a can of WD40 in his boot ...the WD40 apparently makes the glass cold when you spray it, in case you have an emergency drink situation & dont have any ice cubes handy :confused:

    Go on, you know you want to test it :rotfl:
  • Lula-Hula wrote: »
    I knew my ex was an alcoholic when I discovered that he carried a bottle of gin & a can of WD40 in his boot ...the WD40 apparently makes the glass cold when you spray it, in case you have an emergency drink situation & dont have any ice cubes handy :confused:

    Go on, you know you want to test it :rotfl:

    Freeze spray for strained muscles works better & leaves less of a residue & aftertaste. :o
  • sarahb123_3
    sarahb123_3 Posts: 2,767 Forumite
    Lula-Hula wrote: »
    * a year ago I would have trampled over you to get that :rotfl:. Just shows what one week & 2 litres of the stuff can do to a girl ...
    I do love a freebie:D Baileys not my first choice of alcohol but I do like it and it is free, am getting seriously addicted to my freebies, in the last few months I have had a free Graze box, an lovely apron and tea towel covered in hearts, a large bar of green and black's chocolate, fabric conditioner, a lovely heart shaped metal bookmark, 4 books from amazon and lots of other little things. They may not sound like much but it is nice to get a freebie through the post now and then.:j
    Lula-Hula wrote: »
    Well done on all the other frugalities :D I hope the supermarket refurbishment wont mean that you go hungry :eek:, when our local one was done last year, I felt utterly bereft ... I think this was when I started going to Tatco again, be strong sarah :rotfl:

    I have 3 others within walking distance so I will be okay:D My favourite bargain was a £4 bag of posh ground coffee reduced to 75p:D
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  • sarahb123_3
    sarahb123_3 Posts: 2,767 Forumite
    Freeze spray for strained muscles works better & leaves less of a residue & aftertaste. :o

    And you know this because ...:D
    Pay/save £20k in 2010 £5888.75/£20,000
    June Mini target 0/5lbs Total 23/40
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  • sarahb123 wrote: »
    And you know this because ...:D

    Because I ran out of WD40 & had to find an alternative of course
  • sarahb123_3
    sarahb123_3 Posts: 2,767 Forumite
    Because I ran out of WD40 & had to find an alternative of course
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Pay/save £20k in 2010 £5888.75/£20,000
    June Mini target 0/5lbs Total 23/40
    Ebay profit 2010: March £207:) April £95:) May £130:) June £0 Total £432:j
  • ziggles50
    ziggles50 Posts: 714 Forumite
    Because I ran out of WD40 & had to find an alternative of course

    Bwahahahahahaha! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    To continue- I knew i was a bit of a drinker when i started setting aside weightwatchers points for my daily wine intake and found i couldn't afford to eat anything besides a milkyway (also had to have chocolate:D)
    Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
    Matthew 5:3
  • sarahb123_3
    sarahb123_3 Posts: 2,767 Forumite
    Fire_Fox wrote: »
    New game for everyone, complete the following sentence
    "I knew I was an alcoholic when ...."

    I know I was an alcoholic* when... I didn't drink the Lemsip I needed because I was worried it would react badly with the alcohol I was going to consume later.:o

    *am not an alcoholic
    Pay/save £20k in 2010 £5888.75/£20,000
    June Mini target 0/5lbs Total 23/40
    Ebay profit 2010: March £207:) April £95:) May £130:) June £0 Total £432:j
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