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I know i'm bitter but can they do this????

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  • puddy
    puddy Posts: 12,709 Forumite
    seven-day-weekend wrote: »
    Ah, yes I see.

    Well we have a ten-year-old car that crashes third gear and eat out at the local carvery for £3.99.

    show off..
  • PasturesNew
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    seven-day-weekend wrote: »
    Ah, yes I see.

    Well we have a ten-year-old car that crashes third gear and eat out at the local carvery for £3.99.
    Oooh I love a good cheap carvery!!
    One of my favourite type of meals, but I'd begrudge spending more than £8 for it (that's my Xmas Eve price; £5 rest of the year!)

    I had a little "tradition" going with somebody and we'd have a carvery every Xmas Eve at a particular old pub in Cornwall... but have now been informed it won't be happening this year as she's got a bloke :(

    I'll miss that meal.
  • PasturesNew
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    m00m00 wrote: »
    if people looked through his posting history they wouldn't feel too sorry for him.

    as for Parents buying houses for their children

    I did it the other way round.
    If you feel you are missing out and want to buy houses for children, I can be adopted.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    m00m00 wrote: »
    if people looked through his posting history they wouldn't feel too sorry for him.
    Thanks for the heads up.
    Found this gem straight away:
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=505264

    See in particular #14 and responses thereafter. Although the whole thread is a scream.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    What IS a carvery?
  • real1314
    real1314 Posts: 4,432 Forumite
    lostinrates wrote: »
    What IS a carvery?

    Well, if it's a Ferrari, it's very FAST! Boom!Boom!.

    If it's 7-d-w's it's very erratic.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    ds1980 wrote: »
    You are only allowed to give £3000 per year as a gift which is free of iht. £3000 more if you havn't done so before.

    £3k per parent, though, I think. So that's £6k between them.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    seven-day-weekend wrote: »
    Ah, yes I see.

    Well we have a ten-year-old car that crashes third gear and eat out at the local carvery for £3.99.

    It was my son's 3rd birthday today. So he got to choose dinner. And he is obviously an MSE-er, because he absolutely insisted on having, "rice a peas a wee-corn". So corn on the cob, rice and peas it was.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • PasturesNew
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    lostinrates wrote: »
    What IS a carvery?
    A carvery is a meal where you queue up and a chef carves you a choice of 1-2 meats from a selection of 2-4 of them. You are then handed your plate and you help yourself to the vegetables.

    In most you can only do this once. Some others you can return to the vegetables and stock up a 2nd time if you want.

    So you are helping yourself to as much/little as you want of everything rather than being handed a plate.

    I love them. I can stack really high!
  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    there is a pub i know in lancashire and they provide the BEEEEGEST yorkshire puddings you have ever seen to fill the plate so you can't get a decent amount of veggies on there as well !! sneaky - i've stopped having the yorkshire ........
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