Breaking Through, Travelling On

edinburgher

Will catch up with your diary properly this evening KC, but loved your comment re. campervan internet.

Pootled over to G0ogle, only to be *horrified* by how much it cost. The first site I looked at wanted £900 + £30/mth for 10GB of data covering most of Europe. Wouldn't necessarily be playing computer games if I was a FI nomad, but I currently get *patches* that would eat 40-50% of that allowance in a few hours.

I'm probably just insulated from the reality of such things, V1rgin just upgraded us for free and currently getting 69MB download speed :rotfl:

Goldiegirl

Pootling around in a camper van will be brilliant - can't wait to hear reports from the van as you proceed through Europe

gallygirl wrote: »

So, I read that as 'at which time my wrestling career will move'. Seemed to make perfect sense somehow :rotfl:.

:rotfl:


During the 90's I had a few years where I used to follow WWF wrestling - it used to be such a laugh. There were a couple of guys at work who also used to watch. We reckoned we could break into wrestling. I would have been Miss Goldie the manager, and they would have been Man Mountain Melvyn and Big Boy Butler :eek:


They actually sound like male strippers rather than wrestlers! :rotfl:

Karmacat

Yes they do, Goldie :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I'd pay to see them too

**waves at Ed**

Say what about how much it costs :eek: Okay, I'll be using free wifi at cafes no way I'm paying that, even if I'm a millionaire millionairedom isn't what it used to be

I'm insulated too, Ed - unlimited broadband, free calls 24/7 and line rental, for about £26 a month ... dear me!

Just been carrying on sorting out the papers - and oh dear, my illness throughout this year has had severe consequences - at least two ISAs matured this year, and they're now paying 0.5% p.a. _pale_ I knew it was bad, but I didn't realise it was *this* bad. I've nearly caught up on placing documents where they should be, so I'm on the right track, anyway. Gulp.

edinburgher

0.5%? :eek:

Best get switching KC.

Watty1

I had an American pal who rented out her home and travelled around the US in a camper van. Her blog was fabulous. she spent years doing it before returning to her actual home.
I love the idea of you exploring Europe

Karmacat

edinburgher wrote: »

0.5%? :eek:

Best get switching KC.

Turns out another one has a fix at 1.95% and now takes transfers in, its a lot better than nothing, so I'll be doing that soon!

Watty1 wrote: »

I had an American pal who rented out her home and travelled around the US in a camper van. Her blog was fabulous. she spent years doing it before returning to her actual home.
I love the idea of you exploring Europe

Way to go! It's amazing how many people do that - I've known people who rent out their house for just 6 months over the winter, while they pop off to Brazil :rotfl:

A distant cousin had it even better - his wife used to teach the children of a royal family in the UAE, and when she retired, the king gave her the RV, complete with satellite linkup, and they bumbled about quite happily - didn't even need to rent out their house!

Anyway, I've almost finished finding out where the bits of money are, and I'm definitely looking forward to consolidating ... still, I'm pleasantly surprised at the amount - I thought it had sunk, but it hasn't :j

Plus I've just looked at the documentation for the French mortgage payments for the last quarter of this year, and as at the 25th of last month, all other things being equal it was 2 years and 11 months to the end of the mortgage :j:j:j I can't believe rates will go up by much very soon, so I should be okay. Call it 3 years from now to be on the safe side ...

Life is good. Have some espresso :coffee:

gallygirl

Goldiegirl wrote: »

During the 90's I had a few years where I used to follow WWF wrestling - it used to be such a laugh.

My friend's nan got banned from the wrestling where we lived as she attacked the baddie with her umbrella :rotfl:.

Pootling on Tour sounds great :T.

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Looks like life is good KC :j:j:j

Tilly x x x

Karmacat

It certainly is! And I slept so well, I didn't even look at what time it was overnight, not until 0618! Thats a result, massive

I have a to-do list today, though I also need to finish the "where's the money" list - its not only where is it, but is it in cash or stocks etc etc, all of that - I've realised I can use page 2 of the spreadsheet, so I'm a happy bunny there as well. I *can't* use the isa I originally thought of to consolidate the cash into a passable interest rate, as that one is money from my mum, and it would just be too difficult to put my own money in there too. So I'll have to find an alternative to that.

That'll be fine today - my only commitment is a skype call with my business partner. And a little look around the forums here

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, glad you had a good kip! :j

Hmm - I confess old ISAs is one area that I just don't seem to be able to get into my head :rotfl: I actually closed one of mine years ago - I've got one this year but I can't remember if that's just since April or last year too... Mine's with Triodos, at 1.5% and needs 30 days notice - not too bad, I know there are better interest rates but I wanted an 'ethical' one so happy with that.

Not sure what happens with old ones mind you - must check in case mine's gone down to 0.5% too! (Mind you, the amount that's in there, it can't make an enormous difference!)

Have a good day Lovely to see you gathering all your paperwork and getting on top of finances etc - and less than 3 years to the French mortgage being gone!! :j :j Woo hoo! :j