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Nice People 12: Nice in Nice
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That's a most unusual layout for a house. It seems you have to pass through the kitchen to get anywhere.
Most Aussie houses are built to order rather than speculatively, that is you buy a piece of land and you decide what house you want on it rather than a builder putting up a load of houses and then hoping to sell them like in the UK.
The difference is mostly down to the planning laws and also the process whereby the Government will release a suburb of land to a developer who will add amenities (roads, shops, schools etc.) and 'sub-divide' it into chunks on which you can build a house. You then contract a builder who can put up pretty much anything as long as it complies to code and gets Development Approval (our Planning Permission).
As a result, you can see why the average IQ is 100. There are some absolutely shocking house layouts about. I'll keep my eyes open for examples.What will Aussie waistlines be like?
Australia is the tubbiest country in the world. Go Aussie!
Actually the geographical divide with weight is amazing: the average doesn't speak for the distribution. If you go into my office, almost everyone, except the Islanders, is pretty slim. Almost nobody smokes, pretty much everyone has a sport they do.
I once went out to a place called Plumpton (ironically) in the Western Suburbs, the poorer part of Sydney. About 50% of people were obese I would estimate and many of those would have been well over obese (e.g. problems with the mechanics of walking because of their shape). Probably about 50% were smokers too/instead.0 -
£400,000 will get you this in our area.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31881114.html
And yes, NP heartland is spreading into greater Surrey.
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You need to steer clear of that thread, that way madness lies. In fact if you try to keep up with it you wouldn't have time to go shopping.
(Says the guy who visits at least two supermarkets each week and made 4 separate transactions in Morrison's on Tuesday to take advantage of 3 till spits, 1 mailed voucher offer, a weekly voucher collect offer, a separate fuel discount offer, a nifty wheeze involving a prepaid visa card, a 2% cashback credit card and 4 packs of free happy families playing cards for the kids!)
Everyone's life is different. In my life, the amount money saved by that kind of approach to shopping would entail would not be worth the time and effort required. The balance may be different for other NP.PasturesNew wrote: »Just on that thread and found another person's "savings" - shampoo saving £10!!! My shampoo is £1 from Poundland, one bottle/year.
If you spend big, then the savings can look big .... other examples seemed to include a lot of icecream ... I like ice cream but I never buy it. I last bought a cheap tub of ice cream in 2005 or so.
PN, you are already waaaaay better than almost anybody else in this country at minimising expenditure. There won't be much in the way of savings that are possible on your already pared to the bone spend on food and household things. If you have some spare time and effort to invest, you'd almost certainly get a better return on that investment by trying to increase your income rather than attempting to make further decreases to your outgoings.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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The house itself is not attached to any other actual houses. However, it is linked to them by its porch, garage or other similar structure. My house is like that - joined on both sides to next door's garages.
The house listed is not link detached. It is a semi, because the whole house is joined to the house on the right. The fact that its porch joins the porch of the house on the left is irrelevant. The house where I grew up is like that.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
The house itself is not attached to any other actual houses. However, it is linked to them by its porch, garage or other similar structure. My house is like that - joined on both sides to next door's garages.
So, unless the next door neighbour holds a party in their garage, you should not hear them.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
I read that Robin Williams was very shy as a child. I wonder if you can ever really stop being shy at heart? If not, can you imagine the internal stresses his chosen career path must have caused? It would be enough, and more, to turn a man to drink.
He said a few times in interviews that he was so hyped up all the time that booze and chozza were the only things that would slow his brain down.
I sometimes have a similar problem (not that I take choz) and I can see how you'd just get smashed all the time to stop your mind from racing.0 -
7 quid of till spit, 4 of cashback, 23p litre say 12 quid petrol saving and voucher for 15 off 40 next week. Of the 40 odd that was food spend at least 75% was special offer (half price, bogof etc) or yellow sticker. I don't go shopping with a list I just buy x meals of food whatever is good value.I think....0
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The house itself is not attached to any other actual houses. However, it is linked to them by its porch, garage or other similar structure. My house is like that - joined on both sides to next door's garages.
The house listed is not link detached. It is a semi, because the whole house is joined to the house on the right. The fact that its porch joins the porch of the house on the left is irrelevant. The house where I grew up is like that.
That should be called a 'link terrace' or something.0 -
So, unless the next door neighbour holds a party in their garage, you should not hear them.
Indeed. I very occasionally hear the family on one side if they are shifting heavy objects in their garage. Otherwise I hear nothing. Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Just found that thread.... they seem to (occasionally) post up their receipt/results.
First one I found declared a saving of £12 on a £30 shop. But one item was 2 x John Frieda Frizz Ease Nourishing Oil Elixir (100m... £19.98 £12.00
So ... that was £8 of this mythical saving .... and a thing I've [a] never bought at £6 each will never buy
To be honest, I didn't even know such expensive "things you stick in your hair" existed/were used. I use a frizz-ease type of stuff, sometimes ... costs me about £1 in a Poundland when I randomly discover it. Bought the last one 4-5 years ago.
She also "saved" when she bought two tubs of £3.25 marg for £2. Well, I buy the Lidl Butterly stuff at about 75p.... and then only 4 tubs/year.
Some of them are single. They buy non- perishable goods when on some deal in enough quantities to keep them going for 20 years, they make some of their purchases into gift boxes to give to friends instead of presents, some do deals with mates to sell stuff on at a profit, others car boot stuff.
There is a whole industry going on in that thread - about time they got taxed!I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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