2.5 Million Families on £100k/year Don't Feel Rich

PasturesNew

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Ring them up and tell them you've got a VIP being collected and you'll need their smartest car. Because it will be true, won't it?

It's a car, a ride. I want it cheapest. They'd charge extra for "posh" - and that extra can probably pay for a sandwich later. Skimp.... to stretch.

PasturesNew

misskool wrote: »

Is there a meeting in London to welcome PN then?

There could be.... January though. Not yet

fc123

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm meeting people ... going to the place where I'm moving to, staying overnight, then returning to finish packing.

I'll PM you more as that seems a bit short/rude of me.

No, not at all. I will need a days notice so I can polish the drive though.

In fact......on Monday, I will PM you my whereabouts over Xmas New Year so you know what's what. Got cousins from Canada visiting but we are only meeting up NTE to atch fireworks and NYday...then in Brighton later in week....I have to find them a B+ B for £5 p night.....different cost of living in Canada.

PasturesNew

fc123 wrote: »

No, not at all. I will need a days notice so I can polish the drive though.

In fact......on Monday, I will PM you my whereabouts over Xmas New Year so you know what's what. Got cousins from Canada visiting but we are only meeting up NTE to atch fireworks and NYday...then in Brighton later in week....I have to find them a B+ B for £5 p night.....different cost of living in Canada.

It won't be before 4th January. Then it's weather depending, so no rush. I might even "get cut off" over Xmas as my internet connection is a USB one with a cap on it, once I've hit my limit I'm offline until the 1st of the next month.

For cheap findings, try these:
http://www.activehotels.com/hotel/index-en.html
http://www.priceline.co.uk/
http://www.smoothhound.co.uk/

PasturesNew

Atomised wrote: »

Why are you moving to London?

Answer 1: To buy Heat Magazine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvbVNv7i2qY

Answer 2: To look for a job.

Davesnave

All the best for tomorrow PN. Sunday is the one day of the week I'm not a taxi driver chasing trains at 7am.

I'm amazed how long this lunch discussion has gone on! When I was working, I didn't give a stuff what I had in my lunchbox, so long as it contained a chocolate charge for 11 am, and something very carby for 12.30, followed by another chocolate thing, or two. Being in school, lunches were often interrupted anyway. Also my close colleague was married to a chef, so even if I made an effort, whatever I brought along would be trumped by her with the night before's leftovers in a Tupperware box.:rolleyes:

Teaching does awful things to a person's metabolism. We would do all the National Curriculum stuff about healthy eating with the children, then race down to the staff room and plunder the biscuit tin wholesale. 'Hypocrite' doesn't seem a strong enough word, somehow.:o

PasturesNew

Atomised wrote: »

I don't like London and realise how blunt and nosy my question was , sorry:o.
Don't buy heat magazine , it's tripe:D

Good luck with everything!

I don't think I'll like it either, but there might be a job... so I have to go and see.

If there isn't a job, then at least I know I looked/tried and can put it behind me.

I'm crazy like that ... wild ideas, on a whim .... retrospectively most of my decisions/ideas have turned out to be rubbish... this one might too

fc123

PasturesNew wrote: »

I don't think I'll like it either, but there might be a job... so I have to go and see.

If there isn't a job, then at least I know I looked/tried and can put it behind me.

I'm crazy like that ... wild ideas, on a whim .... retrospectively most of my decisions/ideas have turned out to be rubbish... this one might too

Trying things is never rubbish.....you have to try them to know that they are.

Harry_Powell

What's wrong with London? Excellent job opportunities, great nightlife, lots of things to do, see and visit. I'd never live anywhere else TBH.

Doom_and_Gloom

Harry_Powell wrote: »

What's wrong with London?

High cost of living such as rent. My friend and her BF rent a studio flat and the rent alone is £620 but for just £30 more in the area I used to rent in you could rent a 3 bedroom place (flat or house depending on what you are after)! I'm sorry but I don't see why someone would want to live in London when it costs so much to rent - forget buying a place. My dad may work in London but he made the choice not to live there as he would never have been able to afford a kind of place we live in or any of the other things he has (such as a second house, 2 cars etc). His travel costs are a lot less than the extra would be to live in London near his work (it's not cheap to rent or buy near where he works - 3 bed flats average at over £1,600 to rent and 3 bed flats cost over 360k to buy on average :eek:. Houses costs even more to rent or buy obviously). Most of his work mates also decided not to live in London for simular reasons. It means they can do more with the money they earn.