Renovations and Repayments.

FlacosFloozie

The chap we bought the MGB from had replaced it with a spitfire.... 6 months later it developed holes in the floorboards.... he now has a prius

Sometimes I think experience is the best teacher. I now know about using magnets (and biros) for checking cars and how to use credit sensibly. Fifteen years ago I was in the dark on both counts. I think most of us here have made some mistakes along the way but we're learning from them.

Owning 4 Triumphs at once is not necessarily a mistake but you can only drive one at a time

cazmanian_minx

Pretend they're horses and need to live in a herd

(That was my excuse for buying horse number 2, and now we're hacking out again, horse number 1 goes bonkers in the field as we're disappearing from view, so I obviously need to get horse number 3 to keep him company while I'm riding horse number 2....)

smallholdingsister

Yep. When they have done that there is a dinner-plate sized thing missing underneath.
Viscous coupling?

newgirly

Congrats on your new addition

AlexLK

A_Frayed_Knot wrote: »

2 sold = 1 bought, so you're still 1 down At least it's going in the right direction

ps - read my signature

:rotfl: Always trying to go in the right direction. Not sure I'll ever get there, the cars are just too tempting. Not so bad if I don't lose any money, though?

Thank you for the ps, AFK.

FlacosFloozie wrote: »

The chap we bought the MGB from had replaced it with a spitfire.... 6 months later it developed holes in the floorboards.... he now has a prius

Sometimes I think experience is the best teacher. I now know about using magnets (and biros) for checking cars and how to use credit sensibly. Fifteen years ago I was in the dark on both counts. I think most of us here have made some mistakes along the way but we're learning from them.

Owning 4 Triumphs at once is not necessarily a mistake but you can only drive one at a time

:rotfl: A car being structurally sound is the most important thing, though I have owned a few rusty cars over the years.

Experience is definitely the best teacher for how to buy good classic cars. Mind, getting that experience is all part of the fun, eh? I'd like to hope that I've learned my lesson re. credit but can't say I trust myself and don't know if I ever will. This week my wife has talked about using her credit card to buy everyday things with to collect cashback and clear it every month. I was rather annoyed to find she had a card still and felt slightly sick at the prospect of it being used.

:rotfl: Two at a time, Mrs K can drive one and I can drive one then we can swap half way.

cazmanian_minx wrote: »

Pretend they're horses and need to live in a herd

(That was my excuse for buying horse number 2, and now we're hacking out again, horse number 1 goes bonkers in the field as we're disappearing from view, so I obviously need to get horse number 3 to keep him company while I'm riding horse number 2....)

So very glad my son won't read this.

AlexLK

smallholdingsister wrote: »

Yep. When they have done that there is a dinner-plate sized thing missing underneath.
Viscous coupling?

Yes, that'd be the viscous coupling.

newgirly wrote: »

Congrats on your new addition

Thank you.

cazmanian_minx

I've lost my excuse again - horse number 1 has now worked out that horse number 2 and I disappearing means unlimited access to ungrazed fields for however long we're out (they're trimming my neighbour's fields for her at the moment, but come back my side when I hack out so he doesn't wreck her ground by tearing up and down on bare field) and has decided that charging about and screaming is a waste of good eating time. I don't think he even noticed when we vanished up the drive last night!!

AlexLK

cazmanian_minx wrote: »

I've lost my excuse again - horse number 1 has now worked out that horse number 2 and I disappearing means unlimited access to ungrazed fields for however long we're out (they're trimming my neighbour's fields for her at the moment, but come back my side when I hack out so he doesn't wreck her ground by tearing up and down on bare field) and has decided that charging about and screaming is a waste of good eating time. I don't think he even noticed when we vanished up the drive last night!!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::D

Horse number 1 is smart.

DollyDee_2

Hope you are OK Alex.

Worry when you go AWOL.

AlexLK

Thank you for thinking about me, Dolly.

Had a bit of a strange week. Very busy, had a lot to think about and my wife is rather stressed with work at the moment. One of her colleagues has left and the company is talking about not replacing him. She has been given his work and it looks like the company are going to expect her to take on a similar workload in the future, no talk of extra money though... :mad:. I've not known her to ever be stressed about work or struggle sleeping but she is really rather worried about it. Son has been very upset because she's not been able to come to his school show, summer fair, sports day or progress evening. My parents didn't go to grandparents afternoon despite being invited but my father-in-law did (mother-in-law was working). Can't say I was pleased considering my in-laws live quite a way from us and my parents are very close. Mind, I took my father for a medical appointment yesterday and he refused to speak to me for the whole time. Literally silent for 2 hours. :rotfl:

However, I've done a lot of decluttering, a lot of putting things up for sale and have been sensible with money. It's looking like we'll be able to make a £500 overpayment this month and add £1,500-£2,000 to the savings.