It's time to start digging up those Squirrelled Nuts!!!!

MallyGirl

Unexpected repair cost for the campervan yesterday - some lights had come on on the dash just before the MOT. Thankfully not too hard to replace what turned out to be chewed wiring. The garage had suspected squirrels - confirmed by the store of nuts they also found under there!

Sea_Shell

🎶"it wasn't me"🎶

Ganga

MallyGirl said:

Unexpected repair cost for the campervan yesterday - some lights had come on on the dash just before the MOT. Thankfully not too hard to replace what turned out to be chewed wiring. The garage had suspected squirrels - confirmed by the store of nuts they also found under there!

Can you not sell the nuts to off set the van repairs 

MallyGirl

Ganga said:

MallyGirl said:

Unexpected repair cost for the campervan yesterday - some lights had come on on the dash just before the MOT. Thankfully not too hard to replace what turned out to be chewed wiring. The garage had suspected squirrels - confirmed by the store of nuts they also found under there!

Can you not sell the nuts to off set the van repairs 

I don't think food inflation has reached quite those levels yet

Ganga

MallyGirl said:

Ganga said:

MallyGirl said:

Unexpected repair cost for the campervan yesterday - some lights had come on on the dash just before the MOT. Thankfully not too hard to replace what turned out to be chewed wiring. The garage had suspected squirrels - confirmed by the store of nuts they also found under there!

Can you not sell the nuts to off set the van repairs 

I don't think food inflation has reached quite those levels yet

Depends how many nuts they left 

Sea_Shell

It saddens me to read of so many stories of families at war over their "nuts". 

The family and probate boards have such stories almost on a daily basis.     Stubborn siblings, outright theft, dodgy wills...the list goes on. 

So, for me, that's another big part of being FIRE, in that you're not reliant on anyone else funding you, either in life or in death.   If you do get anything, it's a bonus.   

If you're disinherited, it might hurt, but you can get on with life and leave the others to it.  Or if things get too ugly you can just walk away and leave them to it.  

Without going into too much detail, I am likely to end up on the wrong end of one of these stories (and to some extent I already have), but knowing that I am able to financially rise above such things is a comfort, almost as much as the retirement itself.

The emotional side of it is much harder. 

Bravepants

Sea_Shell said:

It saddens me to read of so many stories of families at war over their "nuts". 

The family and probate boards have such stories almost on a daily basis.     Stubborn siblings, outright theft, dodgy wills...the list goes on. 

So, for me, that's another big part of being FIRE, in that you're not reliant on anyone else funding you, either in life or in death.   If you do get anything, it's a bonus.   

If you're disinherited, it might hurt, but you can get on with life and leave the others to it.  Or if things get too ugly you can just walk away and leave them to it.  

Without going into too much detail, I am likely to end up on the wrong end of one of these stories (and to some extent I already have), but knowing that I am able to financially rise above such things is a comfort, almost as much as the retirement itself.

The emotional side of it is much harder. 

Same here. My partner is going through this with one of her brothers, who it seems has managed to steal their late father's property! She can walk away and doesn't need the money, but why should he get away with it like he's got away with other dodgy stuff all his life?

westv

Money and families isn't always a good combination.

Sea_Shell

Bravepants said:

Sea_Shell said:

It saddens me to read of so many stories of families at war over their "nuts". 

The family and probate boards have such stories almost on a daily basis.     Stubborn siblings, outright theft, dodgy wills...the list goes on. 

So, for me, that's another big part of being FIRE, in that you're not reliant on anyone else funding you, either in life or in death.   If you do get anything, it's a bonus.   

If you're disinherited, it might hurt, but you can get on with life and leave the others to it.  Or if things get too ugly you can just walk away and leave them to it.  

Without going into too much detail, I am likely to end up on the wrong end of one of these stories (and to some extent I already have), but knowing that I am able to financially rise above such things is a comfort, almost as much as the retirement itself.

The emotional side of it is much harder. 

Same here. My partner is going through this with one of her brothers, who it seems has managed to steal their late father's property! She can walk away and doesn't need the money, but why should he get away with it like he's got away with other dodgy stuff all his life?

Sorry to hear that.   That sucks.       

MarzipanCrumble

I too am astounded at the sibling (usually) 'me,me, me' on the 'Death & Probates Board'.  Luckily, although not in any way close, we three managed to negotiate our parents' demise quite affably.  I was the black sheep but my brother stood up for me so I got my third share.  

However it's back burner is I am now def in the IHT band.