Mundane facts about your day: Part Deux.

staffordjas

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Shhh....🤫🤫🤫 Proud mum news...... minime, who was going to uni to do a teaching degree this year, also applied for a *commercial finance apprenticeship degree with HSBC in November, after many many interviews and tests, she's through to the final interview. Everyone keep your fingers and toes crossed for next wednesday!


*Middle son qualified as a teacher just before covid, then was head hunted for a NatWest commercial finance graduate degree....he got through too after months of interviews.....the starting salary is nearly 3 times his teachers salery would have been!

I'm not sure where all my kids get their brains (but I know where they get their work ethic) from but I'm so proud of all 3!
Fingers crossed for minime for Wednesday.
 

staffordjas

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Shut up! Your always on your jolly's, holidays, meals & trips out....mmmmm....I'm swapping lives with you @staffordjas !
That's only because of sitting in our coats to save heating costs & living on beans on toast for years to survive when we got married and mortgage rates shot up from 13.5% to 15%.
Only living a decent later life now due to saving every penny we can for 40 years , only one small 7 Yr old car car between us ( which is going to have to last us), and inheritance from my parents deaths.
Hubby doesn't even have a mobile phone now to save costs. He uses mine.
 
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littleme

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That's only because of sitting in our coats to save heating costs & living on beans on toast for years to survive when we got married and mortgage rates shot up from 13.5% to 15%.
Only living a decent later life now due to saving every penny we can for 40 years , only one small 7 Yr old car car between us ( which is going to have to last us), and inheritance from my parents deaths.
Hubby doesn't even have a mobile phone now to save costs. He uses mine.
Still, I'm moving in with you.
 

Gramaisc

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Breaking news - Hubby stars in remake of Man About The House.

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staffordjas

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Still, I'm moving in with you.
We're no where near well off and living as we always have done for over 40 years.

Son had xmas presents & clothes from jumble sales. Hubby's car was sold to carpet the house ( which was still there 40 yrs later when we sold up)

We stretched ourselves to move down here, only possible because my parents left me a part of their house ( not all of it as they didn't like me) to be nearer to son , we're his only family.

Hubby's dad died in his 40's, his mum at 60.
My parents have both died and hubby is on borrowed time nearing 66 with his heart condition. I get the bus to town with my OAP pass to carry stuff back from Aldi to save money. I walk 3 miles to Lidl & Sainsburys most times to carry stuff back to save petrol money.

The one week in Paignton self catering again this year looks to be cancelled with a big water leak to be paid for.
We don't put the heating on til night.

But we are enjoying our life being near to son and seeing him more often now

So the bit of luxury of a night out in the pub occasionally is hard earned and a bonus.

Over & out .
 
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littleme

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We're no where near well off and living as we always have done for over 40 years.

Son had xmas presents & clothes from jumble sales. Hubby's car was sold to carpet the house ( which was still there 40 yrs later when we sold up)

We stretched ourselves to move down here, only possible because my parents left me a part of their house ( not all of it as they didn't like me) to be nearer to son , we're his only family.

Hubby's dad died in his 40's, his mum at 60.
My parents have both died and hubby is on borrowed time nearing 66 with his heart condition. I get the bus to town with my OAP pass to carry stuff back from Aldi to save money. I walk 3 miles to Lidl & Sainsburys most times to carry stuff back to save petrol money.

The one week in Paignton self catering again this year looks to be cancelled with a big water leak to be paid for.
We don't put the heating on til night.

But we are enjoying our life being near to son and seeing him more often now

So the bit of luxury of a night out in the pub occasionally is hard earned and a bonus.

Over & out .
Still moving in with you.....
 

EasMid

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We're no where near well off and living as we always have done for over 40 years.

Son had xmas presents & clothes from jumble sales. Hubby's car was sold to carpet the house ( which was still there 40 yrs later when we sold up)

We stretched ourselves to move down here, only possible because my parents left me a part of their house ( not all of it as they didn't like me) to be nearer to son , we're his only family.

Hubby's dad died in his 40's, his mum at 60.
My parents have both died and hubby is on borrowed time nearing 66 with his heart condition. I get the bus to town with my OAP pass to carry stuff back from Aldi to save money. I walk 3 miles to Lidl & Sainsburys most times to carry stuff back to save petrol money.

The one week in Paignton self catering again this year looks to be cancelled with a big water leak to be paid for.
We don't put the heating on til night.

But we are enjoying our life being near to son and seeing him more often now

So the bit of luxury of a night out in the pub occasionally is hard earned and a bonus.

Over & out .
But you try telling that to the kids of today. 😉
 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
Well the drive back down the M6 after the match was interesting. Patchy fog in places as we got further south, some of it really thick. As were, seemingly, all the other drivers, tailgating, undertaking, weaving as if they were immortal. By the time we got to J16, jr and I gave up and made our way home almond the A500 and A34. It comes to something when you can say that Stokie drivers are way better than those on the motorway.
 
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