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Not actually contributing to this thread but wanted to comment coz I'm having a right giggle here - you's are passing my afternoon well for me
Wealth is what you're left with when all your money runs out0 -
jason1231972 wrote: »Tin foil = the best friend of heroin smokers. These types of people don't usually own cars, though (assuming you actually saw him in a car)!
Not sure about the criminal angle. It's possible, but why request a random and highly specific item like tinfoil? It'd make more sense to borrow something more common/less suspicious (though it'd still be rather odd), or just ask for 'directions'.
You are so wrong....drug users drive...most dealing is done out of cars nowadays as it stops the door going in..It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.0 -
Soon we will see a new thread saying some random bloke knocked on my door, handed me a roll of foil, said thanks then drove off!0
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I think you have seen the last of that tin foil then. Very bizarre. It would not help fix a leak in a car, its not absorbent in any way is it. Think your little roll of tin foil may have been taken hostage by a bit of a perve with a fetish :rotfl:The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own, no apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.0
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I tried to think what else a 'passing motorist' might borrow with a seemingly valid reason - maybe washing up liquid to clean a windscreen? but couldn't think of anything else.
Oh well, I won't send DH out to 'borrow' household items from kindly people as a money-saving ploy
I can cook and sew, make flowers grow.0 -
I tried to think what else a 'passing motorist' might borrow with a seemingly valid reason - maybe washing up liquid to clean a windscreen? but couldn't think of anything else.
Oh well, I won't send DH out to 'borrow' household items from kindly people as a money-saving ploy
A cloth? Some kitchen paper? Some sellotape/blu tac (to "fix the rearview mirror back on")? A torch? Umm...0 -
I broke down once in a fairly rural area but near a short row of cottages. I could see people moving about in one so I knocked on the door and asked if I could phone the AA - yes, this was before the days of mobiles.
They were very friendly and let me in the use the phone. What I found odd was the wads of used bank notes piled around the room - on the table, the mantlepiece, the book shelves, etc.
They chatted to me and made me tea and never blinked an eye or tried to move the money or explain it away!0
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