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SS's 2007 Debt Free Challenge

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  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
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    £60 for a tyre? Ouch!
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    immoral_angeluk wrote: »
    £60 for a tyre? Ouch!

    I know someone who pays £150 for his - Mazda RX-8...
    "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'
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
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    immoral_angeluk wrote: »
    £60 for a tyre? Ouch!

    And I shopped around! :rolleyes:

    Bloody cars! :doh:
  • GirlRacer_2
    GirlRacer_2 Posts: 3,026 Forumite
    Hey SS, look at that total, what the hell have you done, I've only been away for a few weeks. Have you been selling your body????
  • jessicamb
    jessicamb Posts: 10,446 Forumite
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    Standards have slipped on DFW - a whole post about improvements for SS's car and not one mention of car mats - how the times have changed

    :rotfl:


    Keep it up Big Fella :beer: (and pay off the debts too ;) )
    The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese :cool:
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
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    GirlRacer wrote: »
    Hey SS, look at that total, what the hell have you done, I've only been away for a few weeks. Have you been selling your body????

    Only for medical research! :rotfl:
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    jessicamb wrote: »
    Standards have slipped on DFW - a whole post about improvements for SS's car and not one mention of car mats - how the times have changed

    :rotfl:


    Keep it up Big Fella :beer: (and pay off the debts too ;) )

    I hoovered them today! :)

    You saucy mare. Keep the piccys coming then! ;):p
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    i get my tyres from a scrap yeard now used to pay 117 or so for each now i pay 50
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    elantan wrote: »
    i get my tyres from a scrap yeard now used to pay 117 or so for each now i pay 50

    £117! :eek:

    What do you drive? A jumbo jet? :rotfl:
  • dinkylou
    dinkylou Posts: 727 Forumite
    Oh my god!

    I've been away from this site a while and come back to see you're doing fantastically with your debt total. Looks like you'll be debt free in no time.

    I admire your determination and persistance!
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