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  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,157 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Thanks Ruby 😀 At least we are keeping people busy and employed by adding to the bureaucracy - imagine what a Covid vaccination programme is going to be like!
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,157 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Another duplicate survey 🙄 Weight loss this time, d'you think they're trying to tell me something 🤣???
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,650 Forumite
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    At least you have surveys!  I must have tried at least 20 today and didn't qualify for any of them!  It always seems to happen at the start of the month for some reason.
    2025 decluttering: 5,658 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟
    2025 use up challenge: 540🥉🥈🥇💎🏆 👑
    Big kitchen declutter challenge 146/150
    2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 500
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,988 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Well done on your extra income!! Excellent work! 

    No need to become a consultant - I found this job recently (I assume a typo but it was a nice dream for a few minutes :lol: )


  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,157 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Ooh, I could definitely be tempted by that one 🤣!!!
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • ruby_eskimo
    ruby_eskimo Posts: 4,829 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    That's one big typo I'm assuming!  
    Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £
    LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000
    Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 2017
  • LeighofMar
    LeighofMar Posts: 672 Forumite
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    themadvix said:
    Or you're cleaning some nuclear waste plant....
     :D  :D:D
    I wonder how long it will be before they notice their typo in the ad? Probably when 1,000 people try to apply in 30 minutes?
    Mortgage start date Dec 2015 - $64,655.00
    Mortgage end date Dec 2045 - NOT!!!!
    Mortgage balance  - $4600.00
    Business Savings $43,310/100k
    Hope to be mortgage-free by end of 2023 
  • Hazelnutty
    Hazelnutty Posts: 752 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Congrats on the excellent figures, SC! 
    Choose kind:)
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