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Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

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  • PasturesNew
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    silvercar wrote: »
    Have I missed something?
    Subliminal training tape purchase spotted :)
    That's what she really took the £1s for.
  • CKhalvashi
    CKhalvashi Posts: 12,134 Forumite
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    silvercar wrote: »
    Seriously, that's the way their mind works.

    Example that you can see repeated again and again on grabbit board.

    Buy something at Tesco that is £1 cheaper at Asda, that gives you a JTD ( just the difference) money off Tesco shopping from Tesco. = £1 "saving".

    Now you use the £1 voucher on your next shop, buy something for £1 that is buy-one-get-one-free, so you buy 2, So you have saved £1 from the BOGOF and using your JTD voucher brings your total bill down £1 + £1 = £2 "saving".

    Then, in a feat that explains the country's economy, you add the £2 to the £1 and tell everyone you have saved £3, just by shopping at the more expensive store in the first place.

    That’s just....stupid thinking...and I think I’m a stereotypical NP by saying that, too :)
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  • Nikkster
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    SingleSue wrote: »
    I dump my 1,2,5 and 10p pieces in a sealed piggy bank, only to be opened when we go away in the summer. The amounts are so tiny the only difference I notice is that my handbag is a little easier to carry but it sure adds up over the year.

    Ok, we are not talking mega money but £20 or £30 makes all the difference for us.

    I keep all the 1, 2 and 5p pieces that I get and have some of those bags that the bank provide - when a bag is full (£1 for coppers, £5 for 5ps), they get banked. Not going to make me rich but it'll come in handy one day.
  • silvercar
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    CKhalvashi wrote: »
    That’s just....stupid thinking...and I think I’m a stereotypical NP by saying that, too :)

    I tried to suggest that on one of those threads and had to run for my life. 'cos I was fik and just didn't get it!
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  • CKhalvashi
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    silvercar wrote: »
    I tried to suggest that on one of those threads and had to run for my life. 'cos I was fik and just didn't get it!

    Either we’re both fik, or there’s more to this.

    We’re....logical nice people, they’re...fik non-nice people :)
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  • misskool
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    silvercar wrote: »
    Have I missed something?

    was that part of the holiday in thailand?
  • misskool
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    we have allotment :) It has rhubarb (nicer than the one I managed to grow) some straggly raspberry, a gooseberry and potentially a better currant tree than the ones I have in my garden.

    the soil is better than what we have (but it's been worked on a bit longer than ours I guess)

    And now to plan....it's only 6x10meters, which is the area of my veg patch at home. So now I can grow enough!
  • LydiaJ
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    silvercar wrote: »
    Martin and Mrs MSE expecting a little MSE.

    I'm sure he/she will give more joy than £87m.

    Are they? Where did you find that out from? I can't find it anywhere.

    Tired. Got my exam paper finished, agreed with the other teachers, copied, counted up, bagged, and delivered, so I won't loom over me for half term. :) But still haven't started on my CTC form. :(

    Builder planning to come and do a bit more tomorrow. :)
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
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    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • PasturesNew
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    so I won't loom over me for half term.
    It was half term this week here. They go back on Wednesday.
  • zagubov
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    edited 1 June 2012 at 8:41PM
    Came home to no internet (or phone or non-freeview telly). That's the problem with my ultra-fast service. It just randomly disappears from time to time. Never for long but now I'll be around the house it naturally disconnects us for a holday period.:mad:
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