Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

Nikkster

tomterm8 wrote: »

Thanks, PasturesNew, for your help.

I think that if I were going to post in MFW or a financial part of the site I'd want to use another identity, a scratch one just for that purpose.

That has crossed my mind.

But I think my main problem is that I need to chill out a bit with the mortgage and enjoy living as well. Whilst I lack discipline in many aspects of my life, I'm generally very good at saving.

I'm allowing myself to overpay with 'extra' money - e.g. work bonus, the cash I found lying around the house, money saved by using vouchers, cashback, reclaimed expenses. What (little) surplus there is from day to day living goes towards rainy day and doing-the-house (incl. acquisition of tat) savings.

michaels

But of course their is no 'personal use' defence for imports from non-eu countries...

neverdespairgirl

Yes - so sunshine should expect a sense of humour failure by HMRC

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

I would like a sit-up bicycle. .

My Raleigh bike is a sit up. I wanted a sit up bike .... and it's aluminium frame.

Seriously - I am the world's unfittest person - and when I got that bike I was out and at the beach and simply picked it up to carry it up the 100 steps to the top of the cliff... it's aluminium I think! Fabulously lightweight bike
Raleigh P3000 Ladies Bike.

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

fc has popped into my thoughts a lot in the past few weeks. I hope all is ok with her + family.

I checked her website this week I miss her and thought I 'd try to get some sense of her from her work

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

That has crossed my mind.

But I think my main problem is that I need to chill out a bit with the mortgage and enjoy living as well. Whilst I lack discipline in many aspects of my life, I'm generally very good at saving.

You're in your first house, in a good job, with prospects. I'd not worry too much about it ... it's important, but it's not like you're 50 with a gammy leg, about to be laid off, married to a gambler and mortgaged for £120k

lostinrates

Got the hiccups sniggering with fir at the idea of Lydia as 'heartless'.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I checked her website this week I miss her and thought I 'd try to get some sense of her from her work

Let's not forget the Seaside Project. That must be close to being done, or used, or something.... maybe she's not here because she's got her feet up with some jellied eels or something.

Just typing the words "jellied eels" grossed me out ... never seen one, no wish to ever try one!

PasturesNew

Now - BBC2 Protecting our Parents - about looking after old people.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

You're in your first house, in a good job, with prospects. I'd not worry too much about it ... it's important, but it's not like you're 50 with a gammy leg, about to be laid off, married to a gambler and mortgaged for £120k

Well, my mortgage is bigger than that!

18 months on, I'm just about coming to terms with the fact I'm unlikely to find out that they've just realised they made an error during the process of employing me. Just about.

I get myself over being aware that there is always a threat of redundancy/ getting so fed up at work that I have an overwhelming urge to quit/ messing up and getting sacked by reminding myself that I can always sell the house (unlikely that negative equity will ever be a problem).

I'm very definitely a plan for the worst, whilst secretly hoping for the best, kind of a gal.