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  • PasturesNew
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    Pyxis wrote: »
    Wobbling round trees?

    I usually stick to that nice long straight road with smooth tarmac on it!
    There appear to be a lot of accidents/deaths... probably lots of impatient overtaking on blind bends.... you have to be prepared to go off-road at the drop of a hat!
  • vivatifosi
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    In answer to Lydia's post...


    DQWD...


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  • Pyxis
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    To v.....

    Me too. Nothing deceptive, just tweaking things a bit.
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  • GDB2222
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  • Pyxis
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    michaels wrote: »
    Don't suppose we will upgrade ours until we can get 85 inchers at a sensible price at which point the 65 will go to the bedroom which currently has the 46 that used to be in the family room, that will go in DS room and his 40 will go to DD2 and her 32 to DD1 who is in the box room and currently only has a 22.



    Chavtastic :)

    Only 85"! :eek:
    You disappoint me! I'd have thought it'd be the whole wall or nothing! ;)


    And as regards the hand-me-down TVs, what does the poor little orphan skivvy in the garret get? iPlayer on an old iPad? :D
    Or binoculars to watch the TV in the house across the road where they never close their curtains?
    (I just lurve spiders!)
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  • silvercar
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    Here seems to be the only safe internet place where I can say I'm going on holiday tomorrow! Posting on facebook that the house will be empty, even on friends only postings no longer considered safe.

    If I put my route anyone random who knows me could identify me, so I'll just say exploring Canada.
    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.
  • silvercar
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    michaels wrote: »
    Don't suppose we will upgrade ours until we can get 85 inchers at a sensible price at which point the 65 will go to the bedroom which currently has the 46 that used to be in the family room, that will go in DS room and his 40 will go to DD2 and her 32 to DD1 who is in the box room and currently only has a 22.

    Chavtastic :)


    There comes a time when the offspring don't want TVs in their room as they watch everything on their laptops.
    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.
  • Pyxis
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    silvercar wrote: »
    Here seems to be the only safe internet place where I can say I'm going on holiday tomorrow! Posting on facebook that the house will be empty, even on friends only postings no longer considered safe.

    If I put my route anyone random who knows me could identify me, so I'll just say exploring Canada.

    That narrows it down! :D:D:D
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  • LydiaJ
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    In answer to Lydia's post...

    DQWD...

    Yes me too. Not as LydiaJ, but I have a "secondary" MSE UID that I use if I want to post a question or something, with details about myself that I don't want to broadcast to any old acquaintance who has recognised that "LydiaJ" is me. Generally this has been when I've wanted to ask questions on the more "financial information" type boards and include details of my finances. I haven't done that for quite a while, though. So my "rules" are:

    LydiaJ can post stuff that's recognisable as me but must never post financial details or anything else that I wouldn't want to broadcast about myself, or anything that would upset anyone if they realised I was posting about them.

    SecretUser can post financial information etc, but must never post anything that can be recognised as me.

    I checked before posting this that there isn't a real user called SecretUser, to avoid confusion. I discovered that there are 117 MSE UIDs with the text string "secret" in them. Of these, nine are also among the 139 UIDs that have "squirrel" in them:

    secret squirrel
    secret-squirrel
    secret.squirrel
    secretsquirrel
    secretsquirrel007
    Secretsquirrel13
    Secretsquirrelfish
    secret_squirrel
    secret_squirrel85
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  • Pyxis
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    LydiaJ wrote: »


    I checked before posting this that there isn't a real user called SecretUser, to avoid confusion. I discovered that there are 117 MSE UIDs with the text string "secret" in them. Of these, nine are also among the 139 UIDs that have "squirrel" in them:

    secret squirrel
    secret-squirrel
    secret.squirrel
    secretsquirrel
    secretsquirrel007
    Secretsquirrel13
    Secretsquirrelfish
    secret_squirrel
    secret_squirrel85

    Is there a Notsosecretsquirrel? :rotfl:
    (I just lurve spiders!)
    INFJ(Turbulent).
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    I'm in a clique! It's a clique of one! It's a unique clique!
    I love :eek:



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