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Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

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  • PasturesNew
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    misskool wrote: »
    I skipped over your last posting about chinese/suipermarkets as "it didn't compute".... I didn't even know there were such things!

    I thought you meant go to a supermarket and get some noodles in the noodle aisle.
  • PasturesNew
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    That bl00dy caravan thread's got me looking at bl00dy caravans again ..... trouble is, again, the ones I'd be vaguely interested in are, as always, 200+ miles away.
  • silvercar
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    Sue, take it easy -remember if you don't look after yourself you'll be in no fit state to look after everyone else.

    PN, the thing with caravans - if it really did work why don't more people do it? Logically if it was such successful living conditions there would be no studio flats in Britain. But there are, thousands of them and a hundred times the price of caravans with running costs ten times that of caravans, yet people choose flats.
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  • silvercar
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    Outing of the decade this.

    A new Morrisons opened at 9am this morning near here. A group of my girlie friends are meeting to try out their coffee shop at 10!

    Our Tesco has just got rid of its own brand cafe and Costa have franchised in there, lets see what Morrisons offer.
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  • tomterm8
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    silvercar wrote: »
    PN, the thing with caravans - if it really did work why don't more people do it? Logically if it was such successful living conditions there would be no studio flats in Britain. But there are, thousands of them and a hundred times the price of caravans with running costs ten times that of caravans, yet people choose flats.

    It does work, and lots of people do it, but it is much easier to get a job if you have a fixed address, even if it is a studio flat.
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  • lostinrates
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    misskool wrote: »


    ooooh...that's good to know!
  • PasturesNew
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    Submitted the tax return and paid it all online. To be honest, never sure what I'm paying or why.... I just key in the figures and pay what they say. It didn't mention a tax refund, nor the amounts I've already paid on account, then it asked me for more money (and mentioned Class 4). So I paid it. I did this last year, paid what they asked for, and still got a refund, so I figure it'll all work out in the wash :)
  • PasturesNew
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    edited 31 January 2011 at 11:43AM
    Last job to do now is: Remove all the paperwork from the ring binder, stick it into a plastic wallet, shove that in the box with the previous four returns.... I'll do that now and then I can close the lid on the filing box and enjoy this coffee I just made :)

    Edit: Done!!

    Right, now back to looking at bl00dy caravans.
  • michaels
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    Only ever eaten in the Morrisons cafe once and it was dire - worse than motorway food (then again before I put you off too much it may have still been Safeway at the time) When our Safeway became a Morrisions it got much busier, much more down market clientèle and not really any cheaper tbh. However it is by far our nearest so I do occasionally hold my nose and nip in there for bits and pieces - especially as I am a bit fed up with Sainsburys at the moment for overpricing their fruit and veg.
    silvercar wrote: »
    Outing of the decade this.

    A new Morrisons opened at 9am this morning near here. A group of my girlie friends are meeting to try out their coffee shop at 10!

    Our Tesco has just got rid of its own brand cafe and Costa have franchised in there, lets see what Morrisons offer.
    I think....
  • michaels
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    Hmmm. i think I might make pot stickers next weekend. At least that way I can pretend. :)

    Another one for my book '1001 Uses For The Hemp Plant'!
    I think....
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