Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

my mum's parenting style was based entirely on tutting at me, and smacking me for six occassionally. i like to think it didn't do me any harm, as i would have turned out this bad regardless.

she certainly didn't fuss over much, and wouldn't have dreamed of wasting her time packing a lunchbox for me!

There was a period of time my kother mad elunch boxes. Complicated by the fact i got bored of sandwiches very easily and refused soup. Looking back i am touched by how hard my mother tried. We fnally discoverd i liked coleslaw sandwiches with ham or chicken. Or cucumber. I also liked pbj..it was hard in uk because back then people still tought itnwas really weird and alien. I know some still do! Big failed attemps at nice lunches included the ornage juice yogurt thing that curdled and date and cream cheese sandwiches.

chewmylegoff

Doozergirl wrote: »

I try to make sweets a treat, not a right, but they're given sweets and chocolate all the time by the grandparents etc. and sweets just get bigger and bigger. The in laws think nothing of giving them a 125g bar of Aero each. DS's favourite chocolate is a Snickers Duo. He complained when I once bought him a regular bar. He calls it a 'small one' and DD thinks that an entire Chocolate Orange is fine to eat in one sitting. There's barely a day that DD doesn't have a packet of Haribos in her book bag because it's someone's birthday.

i actually rarely (difficult to remember but probably no more than once a month, if you don't count the times i beat up some kid in the playground and stole his walkers) saw chocolate and crisps until i was about 10, at which point we got a cleaner who used to give me and my sister chocolate bars, as it turns out she thought our parents were neglecting us by not feeding us chocolate at every possible opportunity.

PasturesNew

Well... as you've probably spotted.... I'm catching up.

Just completed/submitted/paid my tax return - there were an extra 2 days granted as they had some strikes, and I had more important things to do so left it until the very very last minute.

All done and dusted now.

I've no "tricks and perks" in my self employment, it's all black/white and straight forward.... but I was sailing so close to the wind that I nearly didn't pay any tax/Class 4 at all. 2011-2012 will be interesting, bet I don't pay a bean in that one as this current year's completely been trashed by the events which have overtaken me.

I now deserve a few days "mental chill" .... before I attack the rebuilding of my empire with a vengeance.... just in time to abandon it again to its own devices as by then I'll be moving again.

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

pfft... small fry. Put it on another card!

we can do a balance transfer to one of your cards if that is your preferred solution. no problem.

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i... if you don't count the times i beat up some kid in the playground and stole his walkers)

Have you ever seen the programme My Name is Earl?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Name_Is_Earl

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

we can do a balance transfer to one of your cards if that is your preferred solution. no problem.

If you open up a new card .... that'd be quicker.
Then transfer that amount to the new card.
Then get me a duplicate card of your new card.
Simples.

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

Well... as you've probably spotted.... I'm catching up.

Just completed/submitted/paid my tax return - there were an extra 2 days granted as they had some strikes, and I had more important things to do so left it until the very very last minute.

All done and dusted now.

I've no "tricks and perks" in my self employment, it's all black/white and straight forward.... but I was sailing so close to the wind that I nearly didn't pay any tax/Class 4 at all. 2011-2012 will be interesting, bet I don't pay a bean in that one as this current year's completely been trashed by the events which have overtaken me.

i paid my tax at about 6pm on the 31st. i am now livid as i could have had 2 extra days. on the plus side, i bunged it on the credit card and you have agreed to pay half of it for me.

PasturesNew

Re healthy eating etc..... today I started with a good cooked breakfast of two toasted muffins and two scrambled eggs, with a splash of brown sauce.

Post-tax return I celebrated with a microwaved kebab.

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

If you open up a new card .... that'd be quicker.
Then transfer that amount to the new card.
Then get me a duplicate card of your new card.
Simples.

you've done this before, haven't you...

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i paid my tax at about 6pm on the 31st. i am now livid as i could have had 2 extra days. on the plus side, i bunged it on the credit card and you have agreed to pay half of it for me.

Can you pay for it on a cashback credit card??

I paid mine, in full, probably also the July payment (in advance) so I don't have to worry about it ... and I stuck it all on my debit card.

Paid, done, dusted.... I can forget anything about tax returns now until 30th January 2013.