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  • Blackcats
    Blackcats Posts: 3,982 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Belated happy anniversary from me too.  
  • foxgloves
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    One of our squirrels (Naughty Nutkin & Bad Sidney) obviously had a busy Autumn as random alliums & daffs came up in all sorts of odd places this Spring, including in the old lorry tyre in which we grow our mint & next to the rhubarb. 
    Your veg should catch up. Mine has been very slow this year.
    F
    2025's challenges: 1) To fill our 10 Savings Pots to their healthiest level ever
    2) To read 100 books (36/100) 3) The Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg

    "Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards" (Soren Kirkegaard 1813-55)
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 5,994 Forumite
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    I'm amazed that there is still roadkill to be found! 

    I don't know anyone other than my OH who still carries around paper money & metal coins!
    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)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 7 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 17 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
  • Greying_Pilgrim
    Greying_Pilgrim Posts: 6,909 Forumite
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    rtandon27 said:
    I'm amazed that there is still roadkill to be found! 

    I don't know anyone other than my OH who still carries around paper money & metal coins!
    Me, me, me 🙋‍♀️ and LG 😁 and DH usually has a few coins and some notes 😁  Welcome to the Greying 'Fossil' Fam. 🤣

    Greying 😁
    Pounds for Panes £7,705/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
     
    Grocery Spend October 2025 £62.38/£200 
    Non-food spend October 2025 £2.87/£50
    Bulk Fund October (month 10 of 12) £0/£35.20 
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 5,994 Forumite
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    rtandon27 said:
    I'm amazed that there is still roadkill to be found! 

    I don't know anyone other than my OH who still carries around paper money & metal coins!
    Me, me, me 🙋‍♀️ and LG 😁 and DH usually has a few coins and some notes 😁  Welcome to the Greying 'Fossil' Fam. 🤣

    Greying 😁
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That really did brighten my day!

    Keep those purses tightly guarded - don't want it to end up as roadkill! 😉
    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)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 7 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 17 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,522 Forumite
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    Mr C is often paid in cash so he's always got some knocking about. I tend to use him a a cash machine - no point him putting it into the bank and me getting it straight back out again 😂
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