Only freedom will do

AlexLK

edinburgher wrote: »

New baby/DIY/effort of maintaining an aquarium don't work together.

ND aquatics very good, they built our old tank.

Thanks, Ed. Hope you don't mind more questions about this over the coming weeks / months?

Do you think you'll go back to it?

AlexLK

earthgirl wrote: »

Wow, amazing utility bill. I can only dream!

Had to go back to find the utility bill ...

edinburgher wrote: »

*£1.24* utility bill for the month! :j :rotfl:

Just how?!

edinburgher

AlexLK wrote: »

Thanks, Ed. Hope you don't mind more questions about this over the coming weeks / months?

Do you think you'll go back to it?

Not at all, sure I could even find some books to send on once we unpack our boxes

I don't know whether it's something I'll get back into. I have discovered that I don't like taking on responsibilities for other living creatures - one is enough!

AlexLK

edinburgher wrote: »

Not at all, sure I could even find some books to send on once we unpack our boxes

I don't know whether it's something I'll get back into. I have discovered that I don't like taking on responsibilities for other living creatures - one is enough!

Thank you, Ed.

:rotfl: Re. taking responsibility for other living creatures ... if your daughter is anything like my son when she's a bit older you'll have requests for all kinds of pets. Currently we have a dog but son wants a horse (which I've no doubt we'll have to give in to at some point), fish, sheep, cows and chickens. We don't have enough land to keep livestock unless I were to rent some from my neighbour or move to my parents' house but that doesn't stop my son from asking on occasion. Actually asked him once where he thought the money would come from to fund all this. :rotfl:

edinburgher

Luckily one of the funniest things in the world to DD at the moment is me saying 'no, no, no, no, NO!' in a silly high pitched voice

She'll get used to hearing it

Mrs E is of the same opinion. Perhaps a cat at some point, but that would be it (and even that seems like too much work at this point).

Karmacat

edinburgher wrote: »

Luckily one of the funniest things in the world to DD at the moment is me saying 'no, no, no, no, NO!' in a silly high pitched voice

Awwww! Adorable :T

Mrs E is of the same opinion. Perhaps a cat at some point, but that would be it (and even that seems like too much work at this point).

I feel your pain on the work front, even for cats - they're a no no for me too.

One of my nephews who lives in London has a pair of rescue cats, and I just confirmed the offer I made earlier this year, that once I retired, I'd be happy to house-sit/cat-sit they have a friend who pops in, but she tried to get the cats to like her, and they can't stand her now :eek:

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edinburgher

Have been having a footle around with the Guyton-Klinger rules and they make me wonder whether my portfolio model is too conservative for what I'm hoping to achieve. This is something of a moot point (as I'm nowhere near my target allocation for bonds), but it does make me wonder whether my inner robot and my inner monkey are overdue a fight :think:

edinburgher

Probably should have noted (because it's not all about mortgages), that DD has started walking and grows in confidence every day (although her poor wee knees are taking a bit of a bashing)! We bought her first pair of shoes at the weekend and she is tootling around quite the thing, hesitantly charging over to mummy and daddy, or confidently dragging us around the house and garden while holding on to our fingers

New shoes = £26 :eek:

I can get shoes for £26! :rotfl:

AlexLK

But cats are rubbish pets, all they do is come home to eat before disappearing to cause mischief in the village.

Seriously, had you told me four years ago that a horse seemed inevitable and I'd be seriously researching keeping livestock for if he remains keen, I would've refused to have believed you.

£26 shoes for an adult?! Buy cheap, buy twice.

Karmacat

"hesitantly charging" ... I love it :j:j:j