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  • redofromstart
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    edited 13 January 2024 at 7:55PM
    Mr Fluffy Trousers was born not breathing, and was resuscitated by (cat intolerant) mr redo. He hasn't got two brain cells to rub together and not a scrap of bad in his system (the cat, not mr redo).
  • Seasidegal58
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    Awwwwww.....😻
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  • greenbee
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    I thought all ginger cats shared one brain cell between the global population anyway? 
  • beanielou
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    Happy shiny new diary  :)
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  • CCW007
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    He hasn't got two brain cells to rub together and not a scrap of bad in his system (the cat, not mr redo).
    Newbie to your diary, this made me properly belly laugh!  Subscribing 🙂
  • Hi Redo! Popping by to say hello 👋 and I've subscribed for the journey if that's okay 😁 DFW321 ❤️
    Mortgage Overpayments 2024/25 - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200. A-£200, S- £221.34
    Total- £1583.67
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  • KajiKita
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    I have tried to use the 'Financial Independence Retire Early' type sites for MSE motivation but failed as I find most of them very annoying - they seem to base everything on having enormous savings to live off the interest, and major self awareness failings about how much simpler this is if you start your career in the US tech boom being paid insane money at 23  (as well as irony failure on claiming to be living a simple and virtuous life while funded by thoroughly unethical investments).  I was delighted to find that the financial advisor I met for help with a pension transfer suggested figuring out what I wanted and working from there - since my answer is along the lines of that quote on 'if you have a garden and a library you have everything you need' apparently my figures look very different to a lot of his clients!  :)
    Thank you, thank you, thank you! I thought it was me that was the problem here!

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  • @greenbee my Tim Nice But Dim friend was absolutely at the back of the queue when they handed out the braincell. He is very lovely but very dim.
  • redofromstart
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    edited 14 January 2024 at 7:11PM
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