Living Large, on a Small Income, by the Sea.

Seasidegal58

What a shame about your china. ☹️. But you're not being materialistic in being upset about the breakages - we're all allowed to cherish our beautiful things that surround us and give us pleasure. 

doingitanyway

@Tresinia511 I am usually good with my numbers, but it will relate to interest on savings whilst I was waiting to buy. It all got complicated in my 'wandering years' I will do as you say. Thank you 

Thanks for the commiserations @beanielou

Thanks for your comments @Seasidegal58...you are right...it is ok to mourn our beautiful things!

Thanks for your comments @PennysIntoPounds I couldn't bear to look at the broken pieces so they are wrapped in newspaper and they have been binned! They were over 100 years old so they have had their time and I enjoyed them for a while 

Sunshine_girl2

Ooh to HMRC , and Aah to the smashed cups and glass . 

PennysIntoPounds

While I'm sure its useful for some things (though I declare a personal hatred of it), please don't present sums or arguments based on ai to HMRC. Ai 'works' by trawling what information is available online (i.e. everything including nonsense, incorrect stuff, outdated stuff, and deliberate attempts to thwart it) and then making itself look good. Ai can be useful for expanding on something once you input the correct answer so you can then fact check what ai tells you in addition to that. It cannot understand nuance and complexity, its just very good at presenting 'information' like it has. 
HMRC are not going to give two hoots if in several years you owe them many more thousands and you say 'but chatgpt said...'

jwil

Sorry about the breakages, and hope the HMRC call goes ok x

savingholmes

I think ai can be helpful for things like this.

Also the tax office don't always win - often they don't. My dad usually won against them.

Sorry about the breakages - I get disproportionately upset when I break stuff - possibly because it was such a big deal in my childhood - or it could just be that some of the items are no longer stocked and therefore not easy to replace with identical items.

doingitanyway

Thanks @Sunshine_girl2 @PennysIntoPounds @jwil @savingholmes  
My spate of breakages isn't easing up 
Lots to think about re AI thank you for sharing your thoughts 

I called my GP surgery at 8am on Friday rather than HMRC. Then this morning I had someone here. So, my big tax call will be tomorrow.

Another breakage today. This time a dish that can be replaced, so replacing, as I use daily. A friend has ordered and I am repaying her...£20!

I've been totally NOT MSE during this friend's visit and now I have had a last minute cancellation, so predicted money will not be coming in. Actually I am fine about it. I have had back to back weekends of friends, so it will be nice to go to yoga and have a weekend to myself.

HOWEVER, I need to pull back spending as my CC balance is growing again...

I had a plumbing issue and paid for items to deal with it myself. Nothing worked. I then paid a plumber so funds down again there, but it was essential...

Will check CC tomorrow and come back with a new plan

I hope everyone has had a decent weekend

beanielou

Bah to another breakage.  Those things happen though.

Tresinia511

Dia boo to plumbing issue.  I've got a plastering issue (totally self inflicted,  I decided to take down a large plastering arch between 2 rooms). Tradespeople are soooo expensive but soooo essential!

Seasidegal58

Ouch!  Sorry to hear about the new breakage. 

Plumbing issues are the pits too. I totally gave up on the idea of any DIY some years ago - I just pay people now. Expensive but necessary. It's the only time I wish I had a couple of ex-partners around who were good at dealing with this sort of thing..... But - only while the DIY problems last....😂😂😂