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  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,516 Forumite
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    Just been screened out on Prolific for putting my age down wrong 😡 What an absolute plonker 😂!
    You can't keep telling everyone you're still 21, SC!! 😂
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000. Mortgage Free November 2025!
  • coldcazzie
    coldcazzie Posts: 1,407 Forumite
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    Wasn't me who mentioned cheese - although cheese does freeze well we go through it so quick that there's little point for us lol - but the reason I put the flour in the freezer is to kill off any flour weevils/eggs. In the grand scheme of things a few weevils in the flour is probably neither here or there, but I've definitely got a bit of a thing against bugs in food ever since I went camping with Girl Guides as a young teen and discovered earwigs in my cereal the next morning :confounded: *boak*
    Rule 7: If you're not changing it, you're choosing it.
    MFW 2020: 1 Jan £92903.90 ~ OP £536.80/£500
    MFW 2021: 1 Jan £89281.21 ~ OP £404.62/£500
    MFW 2022: 1 Jan £85579.20 ~ OPs on hold.
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,155 Forumite
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    Jessy103 said:
    Just been screened out on Prolific for putting my age down wrong 😡 What an absolute plonker 😂!
    You can't keep telling everyone you're still 21, SC!! 😂
    My Mum still does, despite having a daughter that passed it by a long time ago, let alone herself 😂!
    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: 6,155 Forumite
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    Aha! We've found the Keeper Of the Cheese 😀 Thanks greenbee, it was you - I remember the halloumi now! 

    Brain now addled by thoughts of tasty cheese....mmmm....
    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: 6,155 Forumite
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    £7.35 in from Prolific and have paid off the credit card 😀 Have discovered that additional payments reduce the minimum payment with this card, rather than being seen as "additional" payments (BF's new card is like this as well - never come across this before, but suddenly I have two cards the same - only discovered when I had to call them the other day, as I was mystified about why they hadn't collected the direct debit). So if BF and I both pay more than the minimum to our cards, that's two less direct debits I need to keep track of each month. Excellent news 😀
    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!!!
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