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Finish line in sight....but I'm running out of petrol....

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  • Ellidee
    Ellidee Posts: 6,216 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Aww fanks tiggy XX
    Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Oh no, sorry to hear that DD....but I'm sure a young fella like you has plenty of time to wait for the recovery?
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    Hmmm I need a pension soon - what will get me max return with [strike]zero[/strike] little investment?
    No longer using this account for new posts from 2013
  • Dithering_Dad
    Dithering_Dad Posts: 4,554 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Snaggles wrote: »
    Oh no, sorry to hear that DD....but I'm sure a young fella like you has plenty of time to wait for the recovery?

    Another 26 years, so I'm not overly concerned. :undecided

    8K down and counting. Ouch!
    Mortgage Free in 3 Years (Apr 2007 / Currently / Δ Difference)
    [strike]● Interest Only Pt: £36,924.12 / £ - - - - 1.00 / Δ £36,923.12[/strike] - Paid off! Yay!! :)
    ● Home Extension: £48,468.07 / £44,435.42 / Δ £4032.65
    ● Repayment Part: £64,331.11 / £59,877.15 / Δ £4453.96
    Total Mortgage Debt: £149,723.30 / £104,313.57 / Δ £45,409.73
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Dithering_Dad wrote: »
    Another 26 years, so I'm not overly concerned. :undecided

    8K down and counting. Ouch!
    Ouch.....that is a bit painful. But plenty of time to ride the storm hun.

    My pension is currently shoite, but they are changing it next year to make it a lot better...touch wood.
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Gemmzie wrote: »
    Hmmm I need a pension soon - what will get me max return with [strike]zero[/strike] little investment?

    Fruit trees.
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • tigtag02
    tigtag02 Posts: 6,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    ZTD wrote: »
    Fruit trees.

    I didnt recognise you there Z
    :heartpuls baby no3 due 16th November :heartpuls
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    tigtag02 wrote: »
    I didnt recognise you there Z

    A change is as good as a rest, as they say.
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    Z - that avvy is creepy! Really? I was thinking gold...
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Gemmzie wrote: »
    Z - that avvy is creepy! Really? I was thinking gold...

    If you can get gold for [STRIKE]zero[/STRIKE] little investment, be sure to let me know where. ;)

    Why gold?
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
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