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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    So, last week seemed to be the "Try it on" week as celebrated by most people except me...

    One of the many trying it on is my ISP, who are raising prices 5 months into an 18 month contract. :doh:

    I am looking around.

    It does however mean the modem is a dead loss, but the wifi was cacky poo poo on it anyway, so I'm hardly sobbing...
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,001 Ambassador
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    I hate hate hate when companies do this.

    That apart, how are you Mr Z?
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    I hate hate hate when companies do this.

    Well to me, if I'm in a fixed contract, I should be in a fixed contract. They're obviously expecting people to be too lazy to leave.

    :rotfl:

    MAC tomorrow...
    beanielou wrote: »
    That apart, how are you Mr Z?

    I'm doing OKish. Need to provide a sample for my doc - that's how OK I'm doing... :rotfl:

    How are you?

    It has been snowing here, but only fairy cake icing is lying.

    I'm still unpacking. Just unpacked some cushions - 12 in total... :rotfl:
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,001 Ambassador
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    How the hell do you need 12 cushions? :rotfl:
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    "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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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    How the hell do you need 12 cushions? :rotfl:

    You know...you accumulate over time...

    I think some will end up on the dining room set to help nurture and protect my bony back end...

    Actually, I think I'm missing some... :whistle:
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,001 Ambassador
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    ZTD wrote: »
    You know...you accumulate over time...

    I think some will end up on the dining room set to help nurture and protect my bony back end...

    Actually, I think I'm missing some... :whistle:

    :rotfl::rotfl:
    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.
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Well, it snowed...

    Correction: Is snowing...

    Journey back was long as the usual bank I go down was blocked by traffic. It is rather steep to be fair, but there were a line of cars almost all the way up it.

    Usual selection of clown drivers with the "The GO FASTER PEDAL NOT GOING FASTER - MUST PRESS HARDER!!!" mentality. Annoying thing is when they're sideways with the wheels spinning I'm loath to overtake them as knowing my luck they'll burn through [STRIKE]to Australia[/STRIKE] the tarmac just as I'm alongside...

    A number of abandoned cars too, one or two were understandable - it's hard to continue when you've ripped the front wheel off. Others however, looked like they'd just got bored trying to get up the bank.

    Journey may have been long, but easy and getting a touch tedious towards the end. Not like the porsche driver I was following for the last few miles. He was taking it canny and without drama, so kudos to him.

    Came home to snow above the back door step, and a snow tide mark on the bathroom windows - just like the Christmas cards... :rotfl::T
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    I will however, need to take notice of the severe weather warning.

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    I'm still wearing my summer jacket, and it was not warm tonight.
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,001 Ambassador
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    ZTD wrote: »
    I will however, need to take notice of the severe weather warning.

    DMwPR9OWsAALCkw.jpg

    I'm still wearing my summer jacket, and it was not warm tonight.

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    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.
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Impressive, Z!
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
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