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Thanks Cheery! Good grief, 2048
That's a long time away! Here's hoping that you can stop work well before that. I'm glad Mr Cheery's will be with you comparatively soon.
A pressie is a tricky one ... I'm doing the birthday/Christmas meal in May for my sister and her family. As for *things*, hmmm, I still don't really have proper walking boots, not quite, but I might also buy a modern, lightweight pair of binoculars, for when we do what will probably be our last cruise for a while, to Greenland, plus assorted days out here. I have a monocular, which is pretty good - but it's Russian, ie it's so sturdy it was probably built in Soviet times. Extremely, extraordinarily heavy, impossible to carry around
Kind of hoarse at the moment, I've had nearly 3 hours of birthday calls
(so its a good reason!) been out a walk, and I'll pop out again at dusk to see the Saturn-Jupiter conjunction. Not seeing my sister today, other things have intervened, but we've already had a natter. 2023: the year I get to buy a car6 -
Hi Karma, I have no idea how much you want to spend on binoculars, but next time you are in Norfolk check out a place in Glandford near Cley. They have a fabulous selection mainly for birders but there are loads to test and you would get a feel for the weight.Mortgage Free November 2018
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Wishing you a very happy birthday, Kc
x I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £206 -
Ditto what greent said
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Happy birthday karma! Hope you've had a lovely day x
NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!4 -
Happy Birthday KC!!!
Lots of love from OH & me!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!5 -
Happy birthday!DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)5 -
Belated Happy Birthday Karma! 🥳🎂🥂Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway2 -
Oh wow! Staffordia, greent, cross rabbit, apple, RT, debtfree, madvix thank you yes, I had a lovely day. Phoning, walking, I *did* go out to look for the Jupter-Saturn conjunction (didn't see it, but I just managed a peek at the New Moon, very big, glorious) and I actually got round to drinking some alcohol, woo, a big glass of cava. Pootling around on here for a while right now, not going to rush into action, but very happy with the way the week has gone 2023: the year I get to buy a car8
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Happy to hear you had a good day! xx4 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!5
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