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Currently settling into new flat. All very nice. Had a lamb roast dinner
“I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse0 -
Had the pleasure of the Black Cat Roundabout today Three times
Got to meet an ickle baby too. Very cute, but quite fond of crying. Pulls the saddest little face when it's crying - full bottom lip going and everything. I thought my heart was going to break
Still feeling broody
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Had the pleasure of the Black Cat Roundabout today Three times
Got to meet an ickle baby too. Very cute, but quite fond of crying. Pulls the saddest little face when it's crying - full bottom lip going and everything. I thought my heart was going to break
Still feeling broody
Offer to change its* nappy, that'll sort it.
*Babies definitely are 'its'.“I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse0 -
Do you think you could tune it?
Snooze and lose Been looking at a local flat with the thought of purchasing as a btl but not got round to doing anything and it has gone 'sold' on rightmove today
Welcome to my world. Got outbid on one last week. Had 5 asking price offers within 3 days. EA asked for final offers; we weren't playing that game.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 -
I'm a bit lost. If you can't find work, can't you apply for benefits?PasturesNew wrote: »You're way off the mark. I wasn't discussing me working, or if I could get a job or not. I was just responding to Lydia's comment that my choices are different to hers, which was made in response to the discussion about michaels' spending/saving and what he does with his money/life/time.
Maybe you skipped some pages. Naughty boy. Don't be so slack - go back and read everything....
He's not THAT lost. You post about your choices being constrained by your limited income shortly after a post in which you detail your earnings for the most recent tax year as having been low enough that you would very clearly qualify for benefits. If GDB happens not to remember your post a long time ago (at least a year and maybe several IIRC) explaining why you don't claim benefits, then his question seems reasonable to me. He cares about you. He'd like you to have more comfortable financial circumstances. He knows you'd be entitled to benefits, so he wonders why you don't claim them.
Your post says (more or less) that the only reason for your choices being different from mine is because I have more income than you. The thing is, while it may be partly true that in my position you'd be making the same choices as me (although not copying my choice to run the washing machine overnight while I'm asleep), if I were in your position I wouldn't be handling it the way you do - for starters if my earnings were what yours are then I certainly would be claiming benefits.
So we're back to being individuals again. I wouldn't choose to buy a wreck as lir and fir have done, or strive as hard as michaels does to find deals, or live in London as so many NP do, or be self-employed as FC and others are, or emigrate down under as Gen has done, or ... One of the things I most appreciate about the NPT is that I get to know people who are not like me and do different things from the things I do.Currently settling into new flat. All very nice. Had a lamb roast dinner
Yay! Hope you are very happy living there. 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 -
One of the things I most appreciate about the NPT is that I get to know people who are not like me and do different things from the things I do.
TBH it's what I like about this board in general.
The internet seems to be ghettoising increasingly. Groups of like minded people gathering together. HPC would be an example of that I guess but there are countless others: liberals and conservatives watch different TV stations; Tottenham and Arsenal fans use separate forums rather than discussing stuff in the pub together.
I think it's leading to a polarisation of views and I don't like it.0 -
Josh's latest drum cover....he had never played this or practiced it before and in fact, it was the first time he had heard the song all the way through, so he was learning as he played.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EAJ3w2A0vkWe made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
Do you think you could tune it?
Possibly.
If I were really, really bored and remotely mechanically inclined I might be able to get the windows to fart harmonically.
I'm not that bored however and definitely not mechanically inclined, so it's not going to happen.
Besides, the wind has picked up and they've now started snoring instead of farting.
Or at least I think they have, that could just be Mrs McT fallen asleep on the couch, I should really go and check but may just finish this glass of whisky first.....“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
I think it's leading to a polarisation of views and I don't like it.
Agreed.
Speaking of which, if you haven't read this blog you may like it.
http://thenewaustralian.org/
Particularly the Sydney CBD Dress Code Bingo section....:D“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0
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