Should MSE Martin Be Allowed To Become A DFW Nerd?

moxie_2

Yes

Battle of the nerds! It's almost like Jade v Shilpa....

ZTD

No

immoral_angeluk wrote:

Oh and I love the way that Martin's voted yes for himself :rotfl:

Yes he has, and is that not the very definition of a conflict of interest..?

So that'll have to be a no - just to cancel that out...

dinkylou

Yes

Well I think we should let him in, after all, isn't he the original DFW nerd?

And yes, a mention on GMTV would just be the coolest thing - hope you're listening Martin!

adypem

No

charlotte664 wrote:

I voted no.

Just to be different!


And if Martin is in Debt and needs to be a Nerd, I would feel throughly let down! I need a role model, not someone in the same boat!!!! (Although I do love all you guys!!)

I agree with charlotte64, we need a role model, so its a no from me

LookingAhead

Yes

Me vote yes.

I can't even imagine what mess I would be in now if I hadn't of found this site and if Martin wasn't a nerd, how could he have got everything together to get the site started in the first place.

But what I would like to know is......Martin....have you *ever* been overdrawn or maxed out on credit cards before in your life...? Not that it will make any difference to my vote but I am curious!

fefesaver

Yes

I voted definately yes.

He has helped out so many people on this site so he should be a Nerd without a doubt! I think it is much more a state of mind than having any debts (although maybe he has got some!!!)

Hello

Yes

Could he not be an honorary Nerd like those famous people who get doctorites from Colleges/universities or something for being on the telly; or discovering the cure for small pox or something?

Sorry about the spelling!

I think it's lovely that he wants to be in our gang.

lewt

Yes

he should be King DFW nerd...... or lord nerd....

see him/you on LK the other day. love the way he/you get so passinate about things..... think LK has a "thing" for you martin....;)

MSE_Martin

Yes

But what I would like to know is......Martin....have you *ever* been overdrawn or maxed out on credit cards before in your life...? Not that it will make any difference to my vote but I am curious!

A Serious Answer. To be honest I've never really been in debt

I took a year out before uni and worked to save up cash to help during my studies. At Uni I took out a student loan and had a 0% overdraft, but i did just offset it in a savings account.

Before my postgrad I worked for three years, and in the final year, saved 50% of all i earned to support myself during my planned studies. At that point I took out a career development loan (and again just earned high interest on it).

Luckily I got a job that started on the Monday after my postgrad finished, the only time I was truly overdrawn (less assets than debt) was when I went into my overdraft for two days before the first pay day in that job. That was the last time - I do off course have stoozing 0% debts though.

Then (its public as the guardian printed it, so i won't hide it). I bought my first home at the age of 32 having saved up for it, so that I've never had a mortgage.

So hence my request is only for 'honorary' debt-free wannabee nerd status.

Martin

(I hope this doesn't come across as showing off. I just think its important people understand that I practice what I preach.

I come from a family where education is important, and while I was growing up, we weren't rich (dad was a headmaster) we were comfortable. However I've been primarily financially independent since I was 18 as I've been very lucky, I had a good education, was always 'employable' and managed to get good jobs and work hard to support myself. I have no other commitments, and am single, and haven't suffered any hard change of circumstance.

Yet my world obviously revolves around money saving and debt. Its my political (small p) passion; to try and rebalance the weight between corporate and bank power and consumer power - the more I do it - the more I see how dealing with debt is the core start point. It's one of the reasons I'm so very proud of this particular board.)

immoral_angeluk

No

MSE_Martin wrote:

To be honest I've never really been in debt

I took a year out before uni and worked to save up cash to help during my studies. At Uni I took out a student loan and had a 0% overdraft, but i did just offset it in a savings account. Before my postgrad I saved 50% of all i earned to support myself for the year - took out a career development loan (and again just earned high interest on it).

Luckily I got a job that started on the Monday after my postgrad finished, the only time I was truly overdrawn (less assets than debt) was when I went into my overdraft the and went overdrawn for the first and only genuine time in my life, (not counting student loan) for two days before I got my pay from the job I was in proper overdraft. That was the last time.

Then (its public as the guardian printed it, so i won't hide it). I bought my first home at the age of 32 and had saved up for it so I didn't need a mortgage.

So hence my request for 'honorary' debt-free wannabee nerd status.

Martin

(Please don't think this is showing off. I just think its important people understand that I practice what I preach.

I come from a family where education is important, and while we weren't rich (dad was a headmaster) we were comfortable. However I've been primarily financially independent since I was 18 as I've been very lucky, I had a good education, was always 'employable' and managed to get good jobs and work hard to support myself. I have no other commitments, and am single, and haven't suffered any hard change of circumstance, I am very lucky in that way.

Yet my world obviously revolves around money saving and debt. Its my political (small p) passion; to try and rebalance the weight between corporate and bank power and consumer power - the more I do it - the more I see how dealing with debt is the core start point. It's one of the reasons I'm so very proud of this particular board.)

:eek: I'm shocked and amazed at how someone could be so sensible with money, even at a young age (especially at uni!).
But I do wonder whether the reasons you're not in debt is because you haven't got a 'missus' spending all your hard earned money! You need a footballer's wife girlfriend!!! lol!