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  • Pooky
    Pooky Posts: 7,023 Forumite
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    Butti - you can have a long loan of my OH if you like, we're currently driving each other isane with all this waiting around to move house malarky! It's been just over 2 years since he's been to work now so all day, everyday in such a confined space is taking it's toll!


    Tenmah - nice to hear the cats settling in, if you can afford it then I'd recommend getting the feliway plug in, about £18 on amazon I think, they last a month and release a cat pheromone type smell that calms the cat down, not detectable by humans so nasty niffs. We've been using them to calm George down when he first arrived and to keep both of them steady whilst we've got packing boxes everywhere. I was sceptical but it made a huge difference to how they were both acting, within 20 mins or so.

    No news here, solicitors are mean, estate agents are mean, banks are mean and I want to move NOW!! No one seems to share my sense of urgency which is rather annoying.

    Weather was sunny, now cloudy and chilly breeze and it's roast chicken and salad for tea whenever my 2 can be bothered to come home. :)
    "Start every day off with a smile and get it over with" - W. C. Field.
  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    Pooky wrote: »

    No news here, solicitors are mean, estate agents are mean, banks are mean and I want to move NOW!! No one seems to share my sense of urgency which is rather annoying.

    :)

    You've only just realised ALL these people are mean. I was thinking of working for an estate agent ;) until I get a proper job!

    I think everyone else on the chain will share your sense of urgency on the day you move. The solicitors and removal folk I'm sure will still be relaxed. SO good luck when you get to that point, or that pint (that might be a better idea!!!)

    B
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'         48% off mortgage
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Pooky wrote: »
    Butti - you can have a long loan of my OH if you like,

    You don't get offers like that every day... ;)
    Pooky wrote: »
    No news here, solicitors are mean, estate agents are mean, banks are mean and I want to move NOW!! No one seems to share my sense of urgency which is rather annoying.
    Butti wrote: »
    You've only just realised ALL these people are mean. I was thinking of working for an estate agent ;) until I get a proper job!

    Go for it. At least you'll get to see all the posh houses...
    "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'
  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    ZTD wrote: »
    You don't get offers like that every day... ;)





    I know, women are usually standing between 'the single woman' and their husband, often staring at me in the hope I'll be struck down with a bolt of lightening.

    Or maybe that's paranoia talking.


    B

    'yes' says the voice behind me.:rotfl:
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'         48% off mortgage
    'one day I will be rich and famous…for now I'll just have to settle for being poor and incredibly sexy'. Vimrod Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Butti wrote: »
    I know, women are usually standing between 'the single woman' and their husband, often staring at me in the hope I'll be struck down with a bolt of lightening.

    Or maybe that's paranoia talking.


    B

    'yes' says the voice behind me.:rotfl:

    You mean they're not comisserating with you by patting you on the back with a knife?

    Are you still on holiday then?
    "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'
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,793 Ambassador
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    Watch it!
    My lovely mum works for an estate agent!
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    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,793 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Car loan nearly gone Tenmah!
    I know you told me why you were having a wee push on it but I cant remember.
    Pooky~Hope it all comes together soon.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    Watch it!
    My lovely mum works for an estate agent!

    Every family has its black sheep...

    How are you beanie?
    "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'
  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Watch it!
    My lovely mum works for an estate agent!

    Your mum can be lovely even if the estate agent is a ly**g ch**ting s*um. She may counterbalance the black forces operating elsewhere in the office.

    Am I still on holiday Z? Well it depends on whether that means am I away or am I not working? No I'm not away and no I'm not working.

    A&E is on - some stupid man has fallen down a pub cellar when !!!!ed. Wonder if he's going to try and sue?

    B
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'         48% off mortgage
    'one day I will be rich and famous…for now I'll just have to settle for being poor and incredibly sexy'. Vimrod Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,793 Ambassador
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    Im ok z , thanks, plodding on.
    How's you?
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
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