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An in-between phase
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Hurrah for heating.
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Hurrah for heating, but pah boo sucks (in lieu of the forum allowing anything stronger) to the idiot in the street. As nice as it might have been to turn round and reply with something akin to "and the same to you with knobs on, sir" it was probably the wiser choice to let it go. If someone is unhinged enough to say something like that to a stranger, the less engagement with them, the better!
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Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00 at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
Balance as at 31/08/26 = £ 84,500.00
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What a horrid stranger in the street.
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Yes, what an absolute cheek. If it had been me in receipt of that comment, I like to think I'd also have been sensible enough to let it go, but I don't know. Either someone with Tourette's or, as you say, an incel-ly type. If the latter, one wonders why he would be under the impression that sort of behaviour would improve his chance of finding a girlfriend. Call me picky, PiP, but being called a highly offensive, misogynistic word has never featured on my list of what I'm looking for in a man!
2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
2) To read 50 books (12/50) 3) The Re-Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
Remember....if you have to put it on a credit card, extend your overdraft or take out a loan to buy whatever it is, you probably can't afford it, as that's not your money, it's somebody else's!3 -
In the moment my brain reacted by calling out 'you too!' in a cheery voice like he'd wished me happy Christmas while my legs kept walking away 😂
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'aggressive safety shot' Ken Doherty3 -
Survey
Usuals
Spec work
Half very wussy situps
Shower and hairwash using free toiletries
Over to norf to stay at mums while she's seeing friends. Local coop is closing down to become a tesco so nabbed some bargain wines and chocolate there, then caught up with mates over beer in our local. I feel such a sense of relief at being back in my home area, need to find that 1.5 million pounds…
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Small bit of spec work
Used Greggs freebies vouchers for breakfast
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Survey
Olioer came round for some placemats
Steps dropping off soft plastics recycling
Small bit of build admin
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'aggressive safety shot' Ken Doherty2 -
Glad your heating is finally fixed.
What a horrid man unless of course he does have Tourette's - you just never know. I remember watching a TV documentary about a young lad with it and he couldn't stop himself calling random women in the street unpleasant names.
I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪1 -
Sadly I think there are more incels than people with tourettes these days @Sun_Addict, I still often think about that man a couple of years ago who went out of his way to swerve into my path on the street so he could bodily smash into me and look delighted with his massive self for hurting a random much smaller woman. Still, if this man did have tourettes I hope my cheery response brought a smile
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'aggressive safety shot' Ken Doherty3 -
Norf property prices are stoopid. Assume that if you find that £1.5 m you'll be able to get a nice 2 bed flat? Parsons Green is my favourite place sarf of the river. I've scrolled through right move and realistically disregarded the £23m house and found a 2 bed maisonette just reduced to £1.5m. I'll save on travel costs to The Bridge though so it would probably be a MSE choice. 🥴
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