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Hypno's "no more boom or bust" diary

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  • macgirl
    macgirl Posts: 5,091 Forumite
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    Wish I could enlighten you Karmacat..

    KJP sounds like PhD level bingo! I like Bingobritain
    Buy ticket...win/don't win...withdraw....the end! Simples :p
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    It's all relative, though Seaxwyn - my salary is a fraction of what I could earn doing a similar job in London, or the shires, for example.....

    Of course those that start off in the City and then come up this way - they are laughing!

    As for the bingo - I have no idea. Perhaps you will win the jackpot - imagine the wagering requirement then :rotfl:
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    hypno06 wrote: »
    Property !!!!!! alert.........

    Today I want this house - walk to work, blah blah blah :rolleyes:

    Is that a ....... gasp........ semidetached :eek:. Didn't do much for me, I prefer the near the sea/in 10 years will be in the sea ones :rotfl:
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    yes, it has neighbours - but I certainly can't afford a detached one of that size in that area!

    I love the "sea view" ones too - its just a case of whether I would be happy to take that risk.

    Also, it would be too far to walk to work.

    I'll keep on looking :rolleyes:
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • AngieS
    AngieS Posts: 26 Forumite
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    Seawxyn did you win with your deposit money or bonus money. If you won with your deposit money I think you would have been ok. But when I joined there was a pop up thingy that said something on the lines of if you won the jp it would not be allowed and could not be withdrawn and neither could anything won with bb.

    Not 100% sure because it was just a pop up.

    Regards,

    Angie
  • Seaxwyn
    Seaxwyn Posts: 4,896 Forumite
    Hi Angie, I don't know really. I won my first ever game and I didn't know what I was doing! If there were any pop-ups I didn't read them properly. Oh well, lesson learned....

    I've now seen another enticing offer - if you pay for anything with a Visa debit or credit card over the next fortnight, you can enter a draw to win £2012 - see https://www.visa.co.uk
    Total debt: 1 January 2007 £[strike]49,387.79[/strike] 1 January 2012 £[STRIKE]19,312.85[/STRIKE] 1 August 2012 £11,517.62



  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,442 Forumite
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    I really like that house - looks like a home as opposed to a show home. You can imagine living there...

    Just won another tenner on BB but too scared to deposit to take it out until I see some of the money returning to my account...suspicious moi? it looks like £20 is back but hasn't updated to say where it came from so should be fine but just giving it till tomorrow... if this goes through ok I'll be £25 up on the week though!
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £36,210


    Money making challenge £38/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • AngieS
    AngieS Posts: 26 Forumite
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    Seaxwyn Hi,

    Yes it would have been bonus money if it was the same as when i joined because they gave you a free £10 bb then you deposit £10 and they give you more bb bonus, but I did the same and just skimmed though pop up and did not take it all in.
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,986 Forumite
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    Hi hypno et al - well it looks like I successfully withdrew £26 from kjp in the end so only £4 down LOL! I also won £5 on BB yesterday so that is good news too! My clubcard vouchers came thro £14 worth so not a bad week!
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
    2) £1.6K Net savings after CCs 14/8/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £25.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 31.1/£127.5K target 24.4% 15/8/25
    4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
    5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/25
  • chevalier
    chevalier Posts: 7,937 Forumite
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    Hello all
    thanks very much for the positive vibes. I feel quite please, as though i didn't get the job (just heard), they had 92 applicants, and only saw 28 of them. So not bad really.

    Was a very short interview and a bit unstructured, not like what I am used to. So it was good experience maybe of how they do interviews over here.

    Ref the house, not sure i like long narrow kitchens..... but each to their own. lol

    chev
    I want a job that is less than an hour driving away from my house! Are you listening universe?
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