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  • Blackcats
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    Yes indeed that was a great result for your Women's team.  I genuinely thought (not hoped honestly) that you would get thumped.  Just shows you that it's what you do in that 90 minutes.

  • PennysIntoPounds
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    Blackcats said:
    Yes indeed that was a great result for your Women's team.  I genuinely thought (not hoped honestly) that you would get thumped.  Just shows you that it's what you do in that 90 minutes.

    That's inspiration for the OATs thread if ever I heard it 😁💪
  • PennysIntoPounds
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    Balls balls balls, just saw mouse run from loo to bathroom. Balls. 
  • doingitanyway
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    Balls balls balls, just saw mouse run from loo to bathroom. Balls. 
    Oh hell!! 
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

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  • beanielou
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    Balls balls balls, just saw mouse run from loo to bathroom. Balls. 
    No!!!!  Eeek. 
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  • Baileys_Babe
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    Have you booked pest control?
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  • Can you convince neighbour's cat to come over for a visit to help catch mouse?
  • KajiKita
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    Seconding Baileys Babe. Get the mouse catcher in. You can’t live like this. 

    KK
    As at 16.10.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £209,304
    - OPs to mortgage = £20,180 Estd. interest saved = £10,393 to date
    c. 17 months reduction in term
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  • beanielou
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    Sends the cats on a wee holiday to London. 
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
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  • KajiKita
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    beanielou said:
    Sends the cats on a wee holiday to London. 
    Hero Beanie ❤️

    Packs up Chloe to join the hunt ….

    KK
    As at 16.10.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £209,304
    - OPs to mortgage = £20,180 Estd. interest saved = £10,393 to date
    c. 17 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 78 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 29th October. 
    Produce tracker: £348 of £400 in 2026

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
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