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  • philnicandamy
    philnicandamy Posts: 15,685 Forumite
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    Pobby I can sympathise with everything....I still feel ashamed some days & I owed less than £11,000 and that didnt involve small creditors...i've seen the side you speak of with my brothers firm a few years ago & beleive me it hit harder than we thought thanks to debts and bills not paid due to bankruptcy...we were told like other creditors to join the queue with very little chance of payment..

    as others have said in NO way are the congrats aimed at anyone...its just something said after all the process is done...believe me many here certainly dont feel like celebrating believe me....so apologies the thread took the way it did (although pretty mild compared to past "discussions")
    We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will
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