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  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 5,717 Forumite
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    Karmacat wrote: »
    I went on the Healthy Walk this morning, nice to have something ordinary and familiar ...

    ...I pulled out a non-matching one (though the colour is right), and hey presto, a new bath mat, cost zilch...

    :j Hooray for familiar & zilch:j

    Two of my favorite words!:T
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)
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  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,241 Forumite
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    I'm back watching Barnwood Builders, interspersed with WSM, of course!
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • greent
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    I'm back watching Barnwood Builders, interspersed with WSM, of course!

    It's sometimes confusing seeing these terms on here - BB is a local company in Glos who are (unsurprisingly!:rotfl:) in the construction trade and WSM for many Glos folks means Weston-Super-Mare! (often known as Weston-super-Mud when I was young :D)
    :rotfl::rotfl::p
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  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,241 Forumite
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    My dad loved Weston and we often went there for the day from bham. Yes, when it was like mud bathing!
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    rtandon27 wrote: »
    :j Hooray for familiar & zilch:j
    Two of my favorite words!:T
    Greent mentions a little later on that terms can get confusing .... this has confused me :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:but if you're happy, I'm happy :beer:
    I'm back watching Barnwood Builders, interspersed with WSM, of course!
    Mark Bowe is getting more and more giggly :p but the work thats being done is still amazing.
    greent wrote: »
    It's sometimes confusing seeing these terms on here - BB is a local company in Glos who are (unsurprisingly!:rotfl:) in the construction trade and WSM for many Glos folks means Weston-Super-Mare! (often known as Weston-super-Mud when I was young :D)
    :rotfl::rotfl::p
    x
    I sympathise, greent! Apple started mentioning WSM on her thread, and I asked ... its World's Strongest Man, which she was originally watching on youtube, I think :rotfl: but since she's mentioned it, I've noticed it on Freeview. The Barnwood lot aren't in Glos, they're in West Virginia :) I started watching them when I was ill, programmes like that, that were a bit of fun, were a godsend. Not seen it for ages, but it was on channel 37 freeview all day today :)

    There *is* a village in Glos close to my heart, Winchcombe, where my first fiance came from :cool: life is funny that way.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    I was explaining WSM and I didn't need too ... more "oops".
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 5,717 Forumite
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    edited 31 December 2019 at 5:40PM
    Karmacat wrote: »
    Greent mentions a little later on that terms can get confusing .... this has confused me :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:but if you're happy, I'm happy :beer:...

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Familiar for me is a like a big cuddly sweater or a cosy hug - it's a good thing in any context :D

    Zilch is the absolute best amount that can be spent and is a much nicer than saying it was 'free to me':D
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    ...you should know by now that my mind works in weird and wonderful ways :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:...sorry for the confusion:o
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    :kisses3: It was a fun sort of confusion, sweetie :kisses3: all good here. Let's raise a glass to cuddly sweaters and cosy hugs :):):)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Goldiegirl
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    Just popping in to wish you a Happy New Year :j:beer:
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Thank you Goldie! The same to you, and all the posters and lurkers out there. Health, wealth and happiness :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
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