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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,235 Ambassador
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    Oh & in todays blooming news.
    The CH pressure issue is not fixed.
    Bah bah bah.
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    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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  • taka
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    beanielou wrote: »
    :wave:
    Was that the one in Manchester?
    No it was in Edinburgh (a pub somewhere in George St from what I remember). :)
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,235 Ambassador
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    taka wrote: »
    No it was in Edinburgh (a pub somewhere in George St from what I remember). :)

    Got you.
    Blimey, 9 years :eek:
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    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • taka
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Got you.
    Blimey, 9 years :eek:
    Its scary isn't it! Dec 2009! While checking the year of that meet up I also realised that I joined MSE just over 12 years ago! :eek: :money:
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,235 Ambassador
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    taka wrote: »
    Its scary isn't it! Dec 2009! While checking the year of that meet up I also realised that I joined MSE just over 12 years ago! :eek: :money:

    Wow.
    So Bunny was there & Maz. You & I.Mr Z & those girls who came with him. That girl from Edinburgh whose name I cant remember(only her real one!)
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    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • taka
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Wow.
    So Bunny was there & Maz. You & I.Mr Z & those girls who came with him. That girl from Edinburgh whose name I cant remember(only her real one!)
    FlyinFresian was there (though she changed her name on MSE since then) and Tixy was there too. Don't think either of them have been on MSE for the last couple of years though.

    Hope your boiler gets fixed ASAP! (And properly this time! :wall:)
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,235 Ambassador
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    taka wrote: »
    FlyinFresian was there (though she changed her name on MSE since then) and Tixy was there too. Don't think either of them have been on MSE for the last couple of years though.

    Hope your boiler gets fixed ASAP! (And properly this time! :wall:)

    It was FF that i couldent remember her MSE name.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • WannabeFree
    WannabeFree Posts: 4,438 Forumite
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    Happy to hear you have chairs :)

    Not so happy about the boiler though! :( I hope you can get it sorted

    x
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,235 Ambassador
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    WannabeFree wrote: »
    Happy to hear you have chairs :)

    Not so happy about the boiler though! :( I hope you can get it sorted

    x

    Thanks WB :) x
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • HairyHandofDartmoor
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    That's very annoying about the pesky boiler :mad:.
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
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