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  • RenovationWoman
    RenovationWoman Posts: 18 Forumite
    RenovationMan wrote: »
    Other news, the BoE votes to hold rates. :D

    YAY!!! :)

    :T .......... :beer: .......:j
  • Pobby
    Pobby Posts: 5,438 Forumite
    You lucky beggers. 0.5% BOE! A lot of us had to cope with 8% plus.
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,469 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Pobby wrote: »
    You lucky beggers. 0.5% BOE! A lot of us had to cope with 8% plus.

    And MIRAS, must have been terrible.
  • RenovationMan
    RenovationMan Posts: 4,227 Forumite
    Pobby wrote: »
    You lucky beggers. 0.5% BOE! A lot of us had to cope with 8% plus.

    I've had both low and high rates - bought my first home in 1995. I also had MIRAS, but it only lasted a couple of years before they did away with it. :(
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    This recession has been bloody marvelous for quite a few people.
  • RenovationMan
    RenovationMan Posts: 4,227 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    This recession has been bloody marvelous for quite a few people.

    When life gives you lemon, make lemonade.

    Some people just sit about and moan, others make the best of it. I've done well simply because I was prepared to make the best of a bad situation. I assume most other people who are doing well have done the same.
  • undetterred
    undetterred Posts: 635 Forumite
    500 Posts
    ILW wrote: »
    This recession has been bloody marvelous for quite a few people.

    And long may it continue,make hay while the sun shines.
  • Pete111
    Pete111 Posts: 5,333 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    ILW wrote: »
    This recession has been bloody marvelous for quite a few people.

    True dat.

    ;)
    Go round the green binbags. Turn right at the mouldy George Elliot, forward, forward, and turn left....at the dead badger
  • RenovationMan
    RenovationMan Posts: 4,227 Forumite
    We all seem to be in accord that low rates are a good thing for those of us prepared to adapt. Natural selection I guess.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    RenovationMan wrote: »
    We all seem to be in accord that low rates are a good thing for those of us prepared to adapt. Natural selection I guess.

    What on earth does prepared to adapt mean?
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