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Good Old Fergus!

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  • mayonnaise
    mayonnaise Posts: 3,690 Forumite
    We don`t know him, but a lot of his business affairs are in the public domain, that is the difference. If he didn`t have mortgages he would be in a very different position? My point is that he has too many mortgages and has overplayed his hand, my opinion if you want to say it like that.

    How many mortgages does he have? Is this in the public domain?
    Don't blame me, I voted Remain.
  • danothy
    danothy Posts: 2,200 Forumite
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    mayonnaise wrote: »
    How many mortgages does he have? Is this in the public domain?

    Based on Crashy's apparent previous reasoning methods (e.g. claiming their rent hasn't changed means most people's hasn't) I predict that since Crashy doesn't have any mortgages any number of mortgages above this amount will qualify as "too many". Since it has been established/assumed that there are lenders and therefore one or more mortgages, the exact number clearly doesn't matter, as it's deterministically going to be above the derived threshold of "too many".
    If you think of it as 'us' verses 'them', then it's probably your side that are the villains.
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    We don`t know him, but a lot of his business affairs are in the public domain, that is the difference. If he didn`t have mortgages he would be in a very different position? My point is that he has too many mortgages and has overplayed his hand, my opinion if you want to say it like that.

    If the Fergus Wilson you're telling the story about has too many mortgages and is being forced to sell by the lenders let's go with that. It's your story Crashy - tell it how you like.

    Add a chapter about the time he rode a Shetland pony in his back garden stark naked with a parrot on his shoulder for all I care. It's as evidenced based as any of your other speculation.
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    danothy wrote: »
    No, as you've still failed to substantiate the truth of such a statement. Which people 'know what they are doing'? What rents are they paying? How many years have they been paying it? How do you know what they are and were paying?

    Nice to see you admit that you lied about the original statement on the matter though. Since you're now known to be a liar I won't bother reading your answers to the above questions though, as they will no doubt be lies.

    I did ask him to provide some evidence of the type of property he could walk into next week for his current rent. He didn't get back to me - I assumed the bloke renting out a room above the kebab shop for cash no questions asked wasn't that keen on publicity.
  • wotsthat wrote: »
    I did ask him to provide some evidence of the type of property he could walk into next week for his current rent. He didn't get back to me - I assumed the bloke renting out a room above the kebab shop for cash no questions asked wasn't that keen on publicity.

    Certainly won't find a similar property on an estate agents website, Rightmove is for idiots duh. :whistle:
  • Zandoni
    Zandoni Posts: 3,465 Forumite
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    The article also states his correct address for once, Peens Lane, Boughton Monchelsea.
  • My rent now is only 50 p.m more than a similar sized flat I had in the late 90`s.

    While your rent has gone up your landlord's mortgage rate has dropped from 9% to 2.5% since then so which one of you is laughing all the way to the bank? ;)
    Every generation blames the one before...
    Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Zandoni wrote: »
    The article also states his correct address for once, Peens Lane, Boughton Monchelsea.

    Peen is a word that I've heard used as slang for kn0b.
    :)
  • Coincidentally, his local pub is called The C o c k Inn :rotfl:
  • Fella
    Fella Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    Never understood the sympathy for "single mothers". As a rule I have far more sympathy for skint couples. Not all, but the majority of single mothers I've met are single mothers because they chose to have a kid whilst in an iffy and fairly new relationship as opposed to a reasonably lengthy & more solid relationship, or maybe marriage. So really they should be called "stupid mothers".
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