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  • Nenen
    Nenen Posts: 2,379 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    It's annoying. It's like "beam me up Scotty" ... and you know .. I wish he would!

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    That's the third time you've made me chuckle tonight PN... many thanks for a much needed giggle :beer: ...now if my dh could just come home so I could have a much needed :kisses3: I'd be really :j
    “A journey is best measured in friends, not in miles.”
    (Tim Cahill)
  • LillyJ
    LillyJ Posts: 1,732 Forumite
    Nenen wrote: »
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    That's the third time you've made me chuckle tonight PN... many thanks for a much needed giggle :beer: ...now if my dh could just come home so I could have a much needed :kisses3: I'd be really :j

    awww my OH has just gone out on night shift, so I am all on my lonesome with just the dog for company! :(

    PS good luck Generali!
  • Nenen
    Nenen Posts: 2,379 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    I've got my first interview tomorrow if you're interested. Running the back office of another hedge fund so similar to what I'm up to now but fewer hours and a lot more cash (40% fewer hours and 100% more cash is the target).

    And they say teachers are being greedy wanting 4.5% :p

    Good luck Generali... I've got everything crossed for you...and at my age there's a lot of body parts I can cross!
    “A journey is best measured in friends, not in miles.”
    (Tim Cahill)
  • virgin_moneysaver
    virgin_moneysaver Posts: 1,286 Forumite
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    am I the only one who was gobsmacked at the price the builder quoted for the concealed door? £2000? - for a few bricks to be knocked out, a catnic, a door lining & a standard fire door?
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Nenen wrote: »
    ...now if my dh could just come home so I could have a much needed :kisses3: I'd be really :j

    Oops, sorry. I'll send him home right away :)
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    Nenen wrote: »
    And they say teachers are being greedy wanting 4.5% :p

    Good luck Generali... I've got everything crossed for you...and at my age there's a lot of body parts I can cross!

    I took a pretty big pay cut to take this job so it only really returns me to where I was.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    virgin_moneysaver wrote: »
    am I the only one who was gobsmacked at the price the builder quoted for the concealed door? £2000? - for a few bricks to be knocked out, a catnic, a door lining & a standard fire door?
    I thought £700-1000.

    I think it might be that classic builder trick "I don't want the job, I'll price it out of madam's pocket"

    She was probably quite hard to work for.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    I took a pretty big pay cut to take this job so it only really returns me to where I was.

    When you've got it, the first thing you need is a highly-motivated, independent-thinking, superbly organised, ever reliable project manager.Give me a PM, ballpark is £50k for me to start talking.
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I think it might be that classic builder trick "I don't want the job, I'll price it out of madam's pocket"

    Mmm. We are a nation with houses designed on the whim of our builders. :(
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • virgin_moneysaver
    virgin_moneysaver Posts: 1,286 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I thought £700-1000.

    I think it might be that classic builder trick "I don't want the job, I'll price it out of madam's pocket"

    She was probably quite hard to work for.

    the plasterer we used did this - he went to look at a job - didn't really want it so gave a stupid price - if they agreed then it was worth the hassle - he also looks at the area of a house & prices it on supposed ability to pay - so the same job in 2 different areas of a town could differ by about 50 %
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