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  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,067 Forumite
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    I was catching up on your diary, read the gammon one and thought I need to comment about the zombie survey I had today and you got it too!!  It was the one which person in your family would be beat to fight off a zombie attack that got me. 

    Who is asking these questions and why?  Why do you need to know this. You’re paying me 15p for my zombie thoughts!
    DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
    MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
  • Grogged
    Grogged Posts: 866 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    London is so big, they must have zombie gammon? Surely? 🤣
    If it's not adding up, compound it!
  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,649 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Have they finally run out of things to survey people on?!
    2025 decluttering: 5,654 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟
    2025 use up challenge: 537🥉🥈🥇💎🏆 👑
    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
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,155 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I doubt it, they'll just keep making things like that up 🤣!

    DFOD, did you pass it to your kids to answer the last question about who in the family they thought would be best placed to cope with zombies? I was intrigued by that one, but no 7-12 year olds!
    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!!!
  • Poppycat1
    Poppycat1 Posts: 381 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Congratulations South_coast.  I am so pleased for you.  
    £60,000 left to pay
    Currently 12.4 years left
    Target June 2031
  • Sholly
    Sholly Posts: 269 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Congratulations!! 🎉🎉 Amazing achievement, well done!! 🥂
  • Chiglepig
    Chiglepig Posts: 615 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    YAH! Brilliant. - and it's never to early to start once the fizz is cold.
    <3
    2014 starting mortgage £165,000
    2015 second charge £20,000 - Jan 2021 paid off in full
    Current outstanding balance - £115,856



  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,919 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Congratulations! Enjoy the fizz! 🍾🥂🍾
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
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