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Getting FIREd up 😀
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Vix, that was the one 🤣! And yes, I'm sure it took way longer than the 9 minutes they said. There was a second one the same, but I decided on the first page I couldn't cope with the same thing again and got up and went for a run insteadMortgage 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!!!4 -
South_coast said:Vix, that was the one 🤣! And yes, I'm sure it took way longer than the 9 minutes they said. There was a second one the same, but I decided on the first page I couldn't cope with the same thing again and got up and went for a run insteadMortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway3 -
themadvix said:I just had one of those too, on prolific. Rating my agreement repeatedly with the answer to the question ‘I like the colour blue’ with no guidance resulted in me abandoning said survey (it was longer than expected too). You’d think people could actually put the effort in if they want our views for their research!5
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Aaahh, that makes (a bit of) sense. I was consistently a 4, so hopefully I'm OK! Although, in other news....
Monster survey session completed this afternoon/evening. There were still 18 available to me when I logged off, but I just can't do any more tonight 😳! Humongous thanks again to Ed for telling me how to access them 😘
And no rain either, Vix - a successful Sunday all round!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 -
Still none for me, glad you are making hay while the sun shines SC3
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South_coast said:Aaahh, that makes (a bit of) sense. I was consistently a 4, so hopefully I'm OK! Although, in other news....4
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🤣🤣🤣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!!!2
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