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  • bubbs
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    Ellsey wrote: »
    Many thanks Bubbs, my son just bought this with his Xmas money.

    :T:T:T got a bargain, well done him :D
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • bubbs
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    Uncle Ben's Rice Time Wholegrain Sweet & Sour was £1 now £0.10 instore @ B&M
    http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/uncle-ben-s-rice-time-wholegrain-sweet-sour-was-1-now-0-10-instore-b-m-2595715
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • bubbs
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    Superdrug Pampers Active Fit Nappies Size 3 42 pack on clearance for 10p
    http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/superdrug-pampers-active-fit-nappies-size-3-42-pack-clearance-for-10p-2595708
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • locarr
    locarr Posts: 8,298 Forumite
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    6. The British government thinks people have £433m of pound coins stashed away in their homes.


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38517967
    "He that lieth down with dogs shall rise up with fleas" Benjamin Franklin

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  • uuuh. My phone is totally giving up the ghost now, need a new but there is soo many to choose from!!
    I have dyslexia, so get used to my spelling and grammar :)
    Mortgage pay off date 11/2028. Target 12/2020 :rotfl:
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  • davemorton
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    locarr wrote: »
    6. The British government thinks people have £433m of pound coins stashed away in their homes.


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38517967

    So.........this new pound coin could just be another way to stimulate the economy then, and getting people to spend this £433m.
    “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
    Juvenal, The Sixteen Satires
  • rhosynbach
    rhosynbach Posts: 7,664 Forumite
    TrulyMadly wrote: »
    What:eek::eek::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    I shouldn't laugh......was it a candle?
    bubbs wrote: »
    :eek::eek::eek::eek: How?

    Feel free to laugh oh did and said he did not like them any way. No I don't have candles they are dangerous ;) forgot to o put fire guard on fire when I went to check hens and it must have spat. Did get told of by oh and ds3 as it is a strict house rule. But hens where making a noise so went to check and forgot :o
  • bubbs
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    davemorton wrote: »
    So.........this new pound coin could just be another way to stimulate the economy then, and getting people to spend this £433m.

    No just take them to the bank and changer for fivers:rotfl::rotfl::p
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 68,086 Forumite
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    rhosynbach wrote: »
    Feel free to laugh oh did and said he did not like them any way. No I don't have candles they are dangerous ;) forgot to o put fire guard on fire when I went to check hens and it must have spat. Did get told of by oh and ds3 as it is a strict house rule. But hens where making a noise so went to check and forgot :o

    :eek::eek:so lucky though, be careful
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • “All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.”




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