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Famous bankrupts, past & present

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  • sabretoothtigger
    sabretoothtigger Posts: 10,036 Forumite
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    Amazing that Mozart could have died a pauper when so many owe him so much, truely must have been a crisis of confidence rather then an absence of assets

    I'd like to think the world has come a long way since then but most likely that is not always the case
  • chelseabun_3
    chelseabun_3 Posts: 699 Forumite
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by OhDear viewpost.gif
    Is towel folding, a job still open to BRs? I'm still looking for work, and I wondered if it pays well. I'm sure I can do it to a high OCD standard.

    I'm just off to the airing cupboard!

    Anyone else getting a mental picture of a bloke in a pinny folding towels & doing the housework ???

    ....must just be me then!!!!:eek:

    Angexx

    Ps gosh CB you have him well trained!!!!:D :D
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Nope! He lived on his own for years and trained himself!! To a much higher standard than me, I'd like to add! It's something we argue about - OD's much more houseproud than I am!:D:D:D

    However, you haven't seen him in a pinny! I think that's a cue for one of Phil's piccys!
  • LilyBart
    LilyBart Posts: 1,171 Forumite
    Mozart had very expensive habits, and a tendency to fall out with those who commissioned him. Beethoven and Schubert (who was a pall-bearer at Beethoven's funeral) also died poor.
  • philnicandamy
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    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a142787/tv-money-expert-declared-bankrupt.html

    Lorne Spicer (the BBC's online credit crunch expert!)
    We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will
  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
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    Just goes to show.....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne_Spicer
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  • rog2
    rog2 Posts: 11,650 Forumite
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    philnicandamy wrote: »
    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a142787/tv-money-expert-declared-bankrupt.html

    Lorne Spicer (the BBC's online credit crunch expert!)

    Wonder if she's scouring the local papers to see if her name has appeared. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

    A case of 'Physician heal thyself'. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
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    If any of my experiences, or the knowledge that I have gained from those experiences, can help anyone who finds themselves in similar circumstances, then my experiences have not been in vain.

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  • fatou256
    fatou256 Posts: 1,289 Forumite
    definately there is no more cash in her attic ! lol xxxx
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  • fiveyearplan
    fiveyearplan Posts: 10,145 Forumite
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    Who better to take money saving advice than from one who has been there!

    :j :j


  • philnicandamy
    philnicandamy Posts: 15,685 Forumite
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    a newbie just for the heck of it (and because of head out of sands post)

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  • headoutofsand
    headoutofsand Posts: 939 Forumite
    Hi Phil. I just read the famous post Tom Petty I have loads of his stuff.

    Anyway I am back on song after a hectic few day's in Manchester moving my daughters gear from one flat to another. Went out up Withington had a curry and lot's of beer. Getting her moved was at the top of my list before BR day, next week up to LIverpool to look at the Uni, spend a few quid of the procceeds from last weeks 'bank job', get back down the jobcentre for an interview then back to the BR forms and the forum:j
    Better to be poor than a slave to wealth

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