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  1. Me too ! Oh I love that hamster ....... they are so comical. I had two in the 1960s called Bubble and Squeak.
  2. They are too goody goody they are prepared to forgive anybody. 🤬
  3. Ha! Ha! Ha! very good Pads, very witty. 😂
  4. Last year we bought our eldest grandson a Toyota Yaris for his 18th birthday. His insurance is £3,500 fully comp ( which he paid for himself ) Up until two weeks ago he lived in Barnsley, now he's renting an apartment in Sheffield with secured car parking space and his insurance Co wanted another £700 ! He's managed to find another company who will cover him fully comp a little bit cheaper but it's still a silly amount of money. He's a very sensible person studying Particle Physics and Quantum Physics at Sheffield Uni ..... not a young tear arser but insurance companies tar them all at that age with the same brush. Unfortunately to get on the ladder and build up his own No Claims Bonus he has to grit his teeth and pay these silly premiums for the first few years.
  5. I've just Googled it and yes that's right ............. up to 15 minor faults allowed, although if you commit the same minor fault 3 times that will be classed as a major fault and a fail. Even allowing for nerves it does seem an excessive amount.
  6. Definitely a cat. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
  7. Can anybody remember the Penny Farthing bicycle above the bay window of a shop on Glossop Road years ago ? ( I think it was on Glossop Rd , we used to look out for it from the bus on our way to the swimming baths. )
  8. I wish her well too and hope that people and the press will leave her and her family alone now.
  9. The Princess of Wales has just been on BBC news giving a personal statement. She has got cancer and is in the early stages of Chemotherapy. I wish her well.
  10. Our daughter was born in 1977 and even though money was tight I stayed at home. My husband did his full time job all week plus working as a taxi driver three evenings a week until the early hours. Our son was born in 1980 and we carried on in the same way for two more years. I then began working part time on the evening shift at SR Gents Clothing Factory and my husband was able to stop taxi driving. We had to work things between us as we never had any family living near us. We saved up for things we needed often buying second hand ( which never bothered me and still doesn't as I'm not materialistic ) We did always make sure we went away on holiday every year saving all through the year for it ....... camping usually in Devon or Cornwall. I saved throughout the year for Christmas and birthdays too. We started our married life in 1974 buying a run down two bed terraced house ( where we lived when our daughter was born ) which was all we could afford, did it up and sold it. We moved another couple of times during which time I started working full time and we bought our present house ( a large three bed semi ) Although me working full time made things easier moneywise, it wasn't easy for us juggling working and bringing up the children ........ but we did it between us !! A lot of younger couples these days would never consider starting off in a small grotty run down terraced house requiring a lot of very hard graft. Too many set out wanting too much too soon ( including cars ) relying on credit cards etc. and mortgaged up to the hilt meaning that they both have no option but to keep on working. If I had my life to live again I know which life I'd choose ........ a struggle to begin with and hardly any spare cash but wonderful, precious time at home looking after our young children without a doubt.
  11. The best years of my life have been the past 52 years ever since I met my husband to be. We've been married 50 years this year and have such a close family bond with our two children, son in law, daughter in law and four grandchildren, what more could I possibly want ?
  12. Yes, charities spoil it for themselves by being too greedy and too picky.
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