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FIRE? Unless you hate or are bad at your job, isn't work the best part of life?

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  • lisyloo
    lisyloo Posts: 30,101 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Good points lisyloo and hugheskevi but watch out for others encroaching on your new found time. So much easier to dodge a social engagement citing work commitments.

    Go well.
    Thanks, but probably not an issue for us.
    I went for quality and and not quantity with my social circle (and family) some time ago.
  • SMcGill
    SMcGill Posts: 295 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    "I've run out of lateral flow tests"
    Hahaha. I have a couple of stock phrases too

    Scam callers - “this is a work phone used in public emergency situations”
    Door to door sales - “I would like to but I helped someone recently and my other half went mental at me”

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