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Awww man - one busy day at work and I miss the haggis chat!
I suspect @Greying_Pilgrim saw this:
The fancy one is more like this:
Haggis can't be exported to the US, probably something to do with mad sheep disease… I believe the latter producer actually has a US facility just to get around this! Less lungs?5 -
The top tin is precisely the brand I saw ed. Gosh, I didn't know that about the export/import thing. I mean, I'm not surprised, but I'd not heard about it - nor the 'workaround' 😉.
Greying X
Grocery spend February 2026 £206.98/£235
Non-food spend February 2026 £35.68/£80
Bulk Fund 2026 Month 2/12 - £5.50/£120 (reducing balance - start £120 pa)
""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
The broken moulds in a grand design
We look a mess but we're doing fine
We're card carrying lifelong members
Of the union of different kinds..."
"Union of the Different kinds" - R Christie & T Gilbert, Fisherman's Friends4 -
I did my lesson! Felt like a total tit and was older than both instructors combined but got on with it and moved past my initial embarrassment. Guess I'm a grown up 😉
Relaxing with a Negroni and a movie, got a wee cheeky day off tomorrow
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Well done Ed - always nice to have a new challenge in the works!
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)Original End Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)4 -
Well done you.
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***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 21 months left.5 -
Personally, I prefer a Cosmo to a Negroni. Just saying…
And re tech, I have never used an edible fruit-from-a-tree phone but I do use a desktop of theirs (my third) and occasionally a chrome book or Mr S's laptop. He has a fruity tablet and I used to have one, but we both use robot O/S, his on a Pixel - I used to have a blackberry for work but I retired as 🍎 were replacing them
Have a good day
Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £865.15 in January against a £10k target The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £138.39 for January and a bigger target of £300 for February, with lots to stock up on
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here5 -
Sorry to be relentlessly heteronormative @Suffolk_lass but I've never tried a Cosmo! 🤣
I'm having a wild day off. Nice breakfast at a favourite café, posh bakery for Mrs E and the girls, pint in a pub on the way home, planning on picking up a FT 😉 Walking everywhere to offset the scran, 10k and counting. Will try and finish the last Lord of the Rings film, too, if I have time.
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What's a FT 🤔?
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!!!5 -
Financial Times. Alas, Mr S could not oblige...
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I assumed a fitness tracker, lol
Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £865.15 in January against a £10k target The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £138.39 for January and a bigger target of £300 for February, with lots to stock up on
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here5
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