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Old geezers and gal's close to retirement on dmp's.!!

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  • Julie67
    Julie67 Posts: 2,362 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Morning All,

    Just off for my last day at work. Love the pic Nanna, I want to be the blonde one but her legs are not as long as mine:rotfl:

    On the DMP front getting cross now:mad: all that time I spent doing the budget and sending letters other than one proper acknowledgement the rest are just sending letters saying the last payment is over due. Still waiting for the penny to drop, oh well onwards and upwards.

    Have a good day everyone x
    Started Self Managed DMP 10th May 2017.
    Working hard to get rid of our debt.
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    edited 20 May 2010 at 8:41AM
    Ladies, hello!!! I am going to work. I won't be able to come home for a break as i did not finish my marking. I will be back at 9.15pm!! A long day!!! Everyone will be in bed hopefully, I hope you all have a wonderful day and DMB keep the lurgy at bay by resting and drinking orange juice.

    Hugs, SW.
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • elsie52
    elsie52 Posts: 1,902 Forumite
    Julie67 wrote: »
    Morning All,

    Just off for my last day at work. Love the pic Nanna, I want to be the blonde one but her legs are not as long as mine:rotfl:

    On the DMP front getting cross now:mad: all that time I spent doing the budget and sending letters other than one proper acknowledgement the rest are just sending letters saying the last payment is over due. Still waiting for the penny to drop, oh well onwards and upwards.

    Have a good day everyone x

    Hi Julie,

    Are you doing a self managed DMP..? We were with Payplan, and it did take a couple of months for the penny to drop with creditors. Possibly, because they only hear what they want to hear, and always think that if they ignore it, you will magically come up with the money.!! :mad:


    June 2010 - 11/56 lbs Weight to lose before May 2011.

  • elsie52
    elsie52 Posts: 1,902 Forumite
    Morning SW.

    I am supposed to be doing housework etc, so must get on, but have a good day at work. You never know we may still be around when you get back home.

    Have a good day


    June 2010 - 11/56 lbs Weight to lose before May 2011.

  • sashanut
    sashanut Posts: 3,252 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 20 May 2010 at 9:29AM
    :DHi all:j

    Just popping in to say hi to all the newbies - & oldies of course:D No sun here yet:mad: Probably the weather knows we have to go get our car from the garage today - & part with £1000+ for the repair. But get this - whilst it's been there since Monday, they've rung us twice - once to tell us we have a worn camshaft - :eek:- & they'll do that if we like whilst it's stripped down. No labour charge, it will 'just' be £500 on top. I rang the guy who services it & he said what a load of old twaddle - he always uses the very highest spec oil & etc & they were trying to get more cash out of us, so we politely declined. Then yesterday they rang again, should we change the oil & filter, it looks a bit black 'only £50'. :mad::mad::mad: You know if we won the lottery I wouldn't buy a car from this main dealers - despite the fact we bought all our cars from them in the past:eek:
    New start JAN15 - NOT BUYING IT 2015 :eek:. Long haul DFW #145 : 2011 DEBTBUSTING : £5500 OD GONE, £2000 OD - GONE £93,610.30 cc & loan debt - GONE 27.6.14 FINALLY DEBT & MORTGAGE FREE :happyhear
  • elsie52
    elsie52 Posts: 1,902 Forumite
    sashanut wrote: »
    :DHi all:j

    Just popping in to say hi to all the newbies - & oldies of course:D No sun here yet:mad: Probably the weather knows we have to go get our car from the garage today - & part with £1000+ for the repair. But get this - whilst it's been there since Monday, they've rung us twice - once to tell us we have a worn camshaft - :eek:- & they'll do that is we like whilst it's stripped down. No labour charge, it will 'just' be £500 on top. I rang the guy who services it & he said what a load of old twaddle - he always uses the very highest spec oil & etc & they were trying to get more cash out of us, so we politely declined. Then yesterday they rang again, should we change the oil & filter, it looks a bit black 'only £50'. :mad::mad::mad: You know if we won the lottery I wouldn't buy a car from this main dealers - despite the fact we bought all our cars from them in the past:eek:

    Ouch!!!! That's a lot of cash to be paying out Sash, but a car is a necessary item, so it has to be paid. My OH couldn't function without a car, but it does make you question the garage when they keep " finding " things to do.


    June 2010 - 11/56 lbs Weight to lose before May 2011.

  • mrsinvisible
    mrsinvisible Posts: 1,310 Forumite
    Good morning everyone, I have been absent without leave, this bug laid me out :(:(and if it wasnt that everything was arranged to bring oh downstairs into the garage, oops no, I mean care suite (sounds posh, eh?) Id have gone to bed. Anyway the move went smoothly and we spent our first night sleeping downstairs. I feel a bit better this morning so might start to put things straight again. Or not. Maybe.
    Looks like youve all been having a good time with poles and drinkies, and Hello to all the newbies come and have fun on the best board going back later xx
  • elsie52
    elsie52 Posts: 1,902 Forumite
    Hello mrsi....hope you are feeling better today. Take it steady for a day or two, I know its has taken a wee while for me to feel really better, so don 't go over doing it.!

    See what happens when you're not here, we get visitors from another thread....nice folks and I hope they will come back again.

    Must go, still decluttering this morning.


    June 2010 - 11/56 lbs Weight to lose before May 2011.

  • mrsinvisible
    mrsinvisible Posts: 1,310 Forumite
    Oh [EMAIL="G@d"]G@d[/EMAIL], the carers came to shower oh, as it was all set up, the [EMAIL="bl@@dy"]bl@@dy[/EMAIL] shower won t deliver water over 31 *C Ive rung the plumbers they cant solve it. Shower makers say that this shower is designed solely for hospital use. The builder says he went off the archietects spec, The archietect says he went off Social services occupational therapists spec. Guess what? Theres no one in the Occupational therapy unit aaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad:
  • Nanny25k
    Nanny25k Posts: 182 Forumite
    Oh Mrs I - How awful, sounds like they're all passing the buck:mad:

    Hope you've made a bit of headway now, 31 sounds cold - I hope they'd not got OH in the shower, although I'm sure they tested it first. Hugs xx
    LBM Jan 2010:(
    DFD April 2015:T
    Old Geezers and Gals late DMPers no 10:)
    Paddle Number 14
    :cool:
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