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  • ivyleaf
    ivyleaf Posts: 6,431 Forumite
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    Sending thoughts and hugs and prayers for Yorkie's family. hugging.gif

    And from me.

    Lydia So sorry Speedy wasn't the right dog for you but the right one will come along at just the right time xx

    Nikkster That's a lovely colour :)

    Books......I have got rid of quite a few, but I tend only to buy books I know I'm likely to want to read over and over. Some I daren't let go (i.e. with the idea of buying or borrowing them again if I did ever want to read them again), because they are out of print.

    I have some Dornford Yates books, written between the 20s and 40s, and they are very dated but that makes them interesting (realising how things have changed) and sometimes very funny. One of them belonged to my father, and it's falling to bits now, but I treasure it because his hands turned the pages, and I remember the two of us having a chat about the book the first time I read it :) He was so pleased that I'd enjoyed it. I was about 14.
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    edited 5 August 2015 at 10:20AM
    DD told me this week that she would like a stepfather. I said that while I'd like a new man, I'm not sanguine about the prospects for finding a suitable one. She says it's a pity finding a man is so much harder than finding a dog, and that she wishes there were rehoming centres for potential husbands where you could go and pick out the one that you'd like.

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    PS Thanks for the supportive comments about Speedy Dog
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    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).
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  • ivyleaf
    ivyleaf Posts: 6,431 Forumite
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    Oh Lydia, that's lovely, bless her heart :D
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    Controversial moment!

    I say "pah" to these book issues ;)

    Try collecting thousands of records! It's not just storage issues.

    I have had to reinforce shelving for the sheer weight.

    I also hide many records, to make the numbers look reasonable.

    Reinforcing a loft space for the additional weight was a touch tricky :)

    Oh, back on the book topic...

    Why is it that technical books, eg computing, have to be the size of a small suitcase to be considered worthwhile?!
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    ...
    PS Thanks for the supportive comments about Speedy Dog

    Get a Lottie Dog :)

    The only way ours would harm a bigger dog is if she got stuck in their throat.

    Humans are only in danger of receiving a vicious lick :)
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,897 Ambassador
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    DD told me this week that she would like a stepfather. I said that while I'd like a new man, I'm not sanguine about the prospects for finding a suitable one, and explained about the shortage of single Christian men over 40. She says it's a pity finding a man is so much harder than finding a dog, and that she wishes there were rehoming centres for potential husbands where you could go and pick out the one that you'd like.

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    PS Thanks for the supportive comments about Speedy Dog

    So sweet. Maybe she has someone in mind?

    There must be a Christian dating site...I know people who have struck lucky on jewish dating sites and that is a far smaller potential group.
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  • missyrichards
    missyrichards Posts: 1,148 Forumite
    kabayiri wrote: »
    Controversial moment!

    I say "pah" to these book issues ;)

    Try collecting thousands of records! It's not just storage issues.

    I have had to reinforce shelving for the sheer weight.

    I also hide many records, to make the numbers look reasonable.

    Reinforcing a loft space for the additional weight was a touch tricky :)

    My husband has lots of records. We bought boxes for them and he has about eight large boxes!:mad: Four of them go on top of our two wardrobes.
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,213 Forumite
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    DQWD

    Oops I did it again:
    http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/deals-give-5000-extra-spending-6166764

    I can't beleive PN isn't leveraging all my publicity into a deal hunter blog to pay for the NP xmas party.
    I think....
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,213 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    It simply doesn't work for my income/lifestyle.

    It works for people who have: high spending, high income, lots of people.

    That's why I am suggesting we could work together to boost your income....

    Oh yes and my income this year is 3850 (plus 16.2k from the govt)
    I think....
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,213 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Mine is about that too .... but not the 16.2k :(

    As long as you put in 30 hours a week on your websites then you could claim about 1864 if you chose to, plus another 720 via circulating funds through a pension, both tax free.
    I think....
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