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We are in the process of buying a house. We made an offer about 3 weeks ago for a house and that offer was accepted. Things are moving forward, albeit slowly. From the sounds of it the vendors need to...
We are utterly skint. I am considering making my sister peppermint creams with dark choc for christmas instead of buying her something. I will, of course, be getting stuff for her 3 kids. tell me the...
Can you please answer a question for me? What can be done to solve the financial crisis? I mean in an ideal world, rather than as things stand at the moment. Presumably politics would have to be...
I am probably being really thick here, but how can the whole world go into recession?? Doesn't someone have to be doing better for everyone else to be doing worse IYSWIM??
I had a beautiful pair of mid calf height biker boots, bought from Hobbs about six years ago, but a couple of years back they finally fell apart. Hobbs are doing a knee length version here but because...
Http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/01/foodanddrink.oliver She's very left-wing ? but it's hard to disagree with most of what she says. I find the bit about cost per calorie very...
How bad are things, really? If we needed to get a mortgage and sell our current house? I'm prepared for it to take months - the house is part owned by a bunch of useless tossers housing association so...
With the current market being the way it is. Can you advertise your property at a lower price than what it owed on the mortgage, providing you can make any shortfall up some other way (savings or...
I need something amazing for hubby's 40th please ? TIA
My h was self employed and sub employed various contractors. Unfortunately, H's business has been wound up and is in liquidation. The company still owes various people money all of who are going mad...
It's such a comedy/drama queen like move.
I do want to go because there were some fantastic people who I really liked but life got in the way and we've lost touch. But all the old insecurities, the bullies who are now all smiley smiles will...
I don't normally come on OT but you lot seem switched on so I wanted to ask your advice if I may. My H and I bought a car back in March. It is on a 4 year loan (arranged through the dealership). There...
Odd question I know, but I suppose I'm a fairly optimistic person and find it hard to understand where the doom-mongers are coming from. Take the weather. I know it hasn't exactly been the best summer...
I'm boring myself now, every time I have a conversation I find myself saying 'can't really, we're skint' or 'can't buy it this month, we're skint'. Most people I know seem to say the same but I feel...
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Our office has had another meeting with the partner and the whole company have been asked to take a wage cut. But even after that our jobs are not guaranteed, if the company don't save enough money....
