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  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    love your way of thinking BOB
  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    taxi73 wrote: »
    love your way of thinking BOB

    :rotfl::rotfl: :rotfl:
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    she is a crafty one .... oh master of cunning ness... you know that doesnt sound too good if you say it fast lol lol lol
  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    elantan wrote: »
    she is a crafty one .... oh master of cunning ness... you know that doesnt sound too good if you say it fast lol lol lol

    Well you have to be crafty to stay ten steps ahead of Mr.B- its not hard to do, but he has another way of thinking that defeats logic:think::rotfl: I keep trying and God loves a trier- :D
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,087 Forumite
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    I could scream for you El!

    Hope you get the scuff marks out and your DS living with you turns out okay.
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/25
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    boredofbeingathome wrote: »
    Yep it is a tried and tested remedy on wallpaper-if it is paintwork well allsorts work on that one.

    But not liquorice allsorts...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    oh z i missed ya mate ... dont ever go away again ...ever ever ever
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    just found out i pay £7.32 a day interest on the dreaded mortgage .... so i am th inking of a wee mini challenge for me ... pay off basically as much of £7.32 as i can every day ... money i find in the street ... money i dont spend on sweets etc ... but with all good plans i seem to ba having just now they will need to wait for my return ...


    so when i come back i am joining the declutter lot i am gonna find as much as i can close to £7.32 a day i am going to get into my 100 day challenge that i have neglected cause i am going away ... i will sort out my finanaces so that i unserstand them ... i will get organised in the kitchen (especially now that son is staying) ... do i even want to come back ? lol
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    just transferred £7.91 to the mortgage .... i liked lemons idea from way back and think i might incorporate that again when i return from holibobs
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    £4.50 for a toll to drive on a road ... Scandulous utterly appalling .... Even the U. S is only 25cents ....
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