07-29-2008, 12:50 AM | #1891 | |
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Wow. Honey, I've got a flat tyre [tire]. That's ok, sweetheart, lets just buy a new car. Ka-ching!!!!
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07-29-2008, 12:58 AM | #1892 |
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Well there's that, and there's also, Why couldn't she change the tyre herself?
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07-29-2008, 01:07 AM | #1893 |
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She'd been doing lat pulls and was too tired to operate the jack.
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07-29-2008, 01:08 AM | #1894 |
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oh right. I understand now.
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07-29-2008, 04:21 AM | #1895 |
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My computer arrived yesterday I am now waiting on J bobbing over and installing the OS. Might be today might be tomorrow. Gosh this exciting. The last time I bought a new computer was four and a half years ago
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07-29-2008, 11:22 AM | #1896 |
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a) her last tire was flattened on 9/11 at the WTC, you insensitive bitch b) nobody can change the tyre, it must want to change c) (write in your assumptions here) ________________
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07-29-2008, 11:25 AM | #1897 |
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c) she was two-tyred.
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07-29-2008, 11:30 AM | #1898 |
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What? And miss out on a new car? Are you nuts?
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07-29-2008, 12:11 PM | #1899 |
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BTW, I wouldn't call a Focus "little". I appreciate things are very different over there.
If I find I've won the Lottery this weekend I'll be getting either a Smart Car or a Nissan Micra! I'm happy today because I've been bargain shopping on eBay clothes. Some arrived today, the rest I'll get this week sometime. Not party clothes. Clothes for working in the office in the heat. I've been having to wear my one vest top and a top with spaghetti straps. Quite respectable, but not quite ideal for the face of the company. Picked up a couple of lightweight dresses and city shorts and blouses. I've paid approx 10% of what I would in the shops (was very ruthless in my bidding, let some lovely stuff go). Yay me! New clothes and appeased conscience and not spending all my money immediately after payday! PS - I really did need them, I'm washing and wearing the same four items at present. Last edited by Sundae; 07-29-2008 at 01:16 PM. Reason: Left off my second car choice. Doh. |
07-29-2008, 12:54 PM | #1900 | |
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The Focus is something we'd talked about for awhile but hadn't pulled the trigger. Tire replacement was merely the catalyst.
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07-29-2008, 12:57 PM | #1901 |
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I impulse bought a scented candle the other day. Just some perspective.
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07-29-2008, 01:25 PM | #1902 |
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Scented candles? You lucky bugger :p
Apart from second hand clothes, the the highlight of my week is going to Sainsbury's after work. On my list are Basics Cat Litter (the Basics range is the cheapo pikey range, but the cats don't mind) and 20 Marlboro Lights for the tuck box - which will be reimbursed by the artists at 30p a time. Everything else comes under the heading Not Necessary. Not Good For Me. Or both. The above facts are true but the grumpiness is fake - I love my new clothes and I don't care who wore them before. And I'm going home this weekend with my new haircut and new-to-me clothes. Yes they're for work, but my Mum loves to see me dressed nicely, so I might wear some of them. And she hasn't seen my new (last month) dress yet, so I'll wear that when we go out to dinner. Actually, just realised - that has been making me happy all week. Can't wait to see them and celebrate my birthday. |
07-29-2008, 02:46 PM | #1903 |
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Even happier than fun new car you say? seeing the cost savings in having the smaller, gas sipping car, mrs L was motivated to actually sit down with me and look at our budget. with a little rearranging and elimination i've managed to cut about 20% out of our monthly budget in the last 24 hours. (including the car savings) so you see, the new car actually is a money saving move, not an extravagance, in case you were wondering about my impulse buying habits.
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07-29-2008, 08:56 PM | #1904 |
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I was just wondering why she didn't change the tyre herself.
I had a flat tyre the other day. Picked up a screw outside a construction site. What a surprise. It was a good opportunity to get the kids to change the tyre though. They were surprised how easy it was and did most of the job themselves. I was very proud of them. That made me happy that day. The thing that's making me happy today is that I feel much better and seem to have stopped leaking.
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07-29-2008, 09:57 PM | #1905 | |
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Until the last line, I assumed you meant that your car had a flat tire. |
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