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What's the 1 thing you cannot give up, even during this credit crunch??
katherinedrex
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Even though we are all looking to make the most savings anywhere we can, especially with the credit crunch still looming over us, what is the one thing you cannot do without? Mine is talking books.
I am registered blind and find it very difficult to read print now but due the to subjects I am interested in the RNIB talking book service do not have much to offer and there are virtually no free downloads on the topics I am interested in, hence I end up paying for them.
So what's your weakness?? :rotfl::j:rotfl::j:rotfl::j
I am registered blind and find it very difficult to read print now but due the to subjects I am interested in the RNIB talking book service do not have much to offer and there are virtually no free downloads on the topics I am interested in, hence I end up paying for them.
So what's your weakness?? :rotfl::j:rotfl::j:rotfl::j
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The Internet. OH and I would be very bored and isolated without it. It's our main form of communication, socialising and entertainment as well as education, news etc.A waist is a terrible thing to mind.0
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smokes and call of duty, in no order..
On a serious note, i think the internet is our baby, it is the information super highway, and without the web and sites i think my wife would drive me mad:j:beer: :beer::j0 -
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Internet, phone, Sky TV.
I could not get rid of Sky TV - especially the Sky+ feature!0 -
I can do without tv, internet and chocolate but I have to have my daily newspaper (free from OH work
) and my Private Eye every fortnight. Otherwise life is not worth living! "I may be many things but not being indiscreet isn't one of them"0 -
I would say the computer, given I require it for the internet and the games i already own
, but in terms of monthly expenses it would be the internet. Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced.
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books are my great weakness,but then again pencils ,pens, art stuff in general,follow a close second:obut i do sell my sketches so can sort of justify that.:D0
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I think it would also be the Internet and Sky for me too.
I don't consider the Internet to be a luxury these days - I use it to study, shop, 'research' and advice (includes MSE/DFW!), and sell stuff as well as more fun things!
Despite lots of cr*p channels and the repeats, having Sky does somehow save my sanity ... and saves me from wanting to rent DVDs or go out too much (which would cost more than my Sky package).
I love to read too and love bookshops - I used to spend a fortune in Waterstone's. For my day-to-day reading, I now use Green Metropolis to buy my books but tend to ask for Waterstone's vouchers for my birthday and Christmas so I can go on a splurge!Debt Jan 2008: £45,566. *** June 2013: DEBT FREE! ***
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katherinedrex wrote: »Even though we are all looking to make the most savings anywhere we can, especially with the credit crunch still looming over us, what is the one thing you cannot do without? Mine is talking books.
I am registered blind and find it very difficult to read print now but due the to subjects I am interested in the RNIB talking book service do not have much to offer and there are virtually no free downloads on the topics I am interested in, hence I end up paying for them.
So what's your weakness?? :rotfl::j:rotfl::j:rotfl::j
We use cerebra for audio books they have 8000 to chose from and are FAB IMHO.
http://www.calibre.org.uk/Debt free and plan on staying that way!!!!0
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