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Heather,Great news all round for you all then!
Perhaps the old man won't have to brickie from dawn to dusk then??
Did you go see the rental place we told you about??
Anyways...good luck and best wishes
The rugbymads
Perhaps the old man won't have to brickie from dawn to dusk then??
Did you go see the rental place we told you about??
Anyways...good luck and best wishes
The rugbymads
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Originally Posted by ohippy
I'm surprised you haven't already started celebrating - any excuse !! Finished those essays yet ? House on the market yet ?
I can now safely say!!!!!!........
YES AND YES!!! phew, it's been a nightmare couple of weeks though, wouldn't want to do that again!!! :scared:
couldn't start celebrating earlier, had to go back to work, wouldn't look good if i breathed fumes over the kids now would it!
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Originally Posted by ohippy
Fingers crossed but it looks like everything's going to work out really well for us.
Accepted offer on house - due to exchange this week
Decided to go in September and have rented a lovely rental.
......and today, my work has announced 350 redundancies and have asked for volunteers - mmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!!
Just need a visa now![Roll Eyes](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
Accepted offer on house - due to exchange this week
Decided to go in September and have rented a lovely rental.
......and today, my work has announced 350 redundancies and have asked for volunteers - mmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!!
Just need a visa now
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Originally Posted by Clippies
Ooh that's fab! I've got my fingers crossed too for you - I love it when things just fall into place like that.
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Originally Posted by alan and sam
I can now safely say!!!!!!........
YES AND YES!!! phew, it's been a nightmare couple of weeks though, wouldn't want to do that again!!! :scared:
couldn't start celebrating earlier, had to go back to work, wouldn't look good if i breathed fumes over the kids now would it!![Big Grin](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
YES AND YES!!! phew, it's been a nightmare couple of weeks though, wouldn't want to do that again!!! :scared:
couldn't start celebrating earlier, had to go back to work, wouldn't look good if i breathed fumes over the kids now would it!
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As for breathing fumes - you never know, the children may behave a lot better whilst under the influence !!
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Originally Posted by rugbymad
Heather,Great news all round for you all then!
Perhaps the old man won't have to brickie from dawn to dusk then??
Did you go see the rental place we told you about??
Anyways...good luck and best wishes
The rugbymads
Perhaps the old man won't have to brickie from dawn to dusk then??
Did you go see the rental place we told you about??
Anyways...good luck and best wishes
The rugbymads
We've not looked at any rentals yet. As we haven't exchanged, we still haven't got a completion date. If I get redundancy though, we may live close to their school so that we can give up a car and save even more dosh.
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Originally Posted by Juliecabs
Great news all round then
My hubby is waiting to hear if he'll be made redundant too. Let's hope so
Julie. x
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My hubby is waiting to hear if he'll be made redundant too. Let's hope so
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Originally Posted by rugbymad
Heather,
Pm us if we can help with anything ref rentals etc.
Best of luck.
Pm us if we can help with anything ref rentals etc.
Best of luck.
How much longer now for you ?
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Originally Posted by ohippy
Will do - thanks m8. At least we'll have a rental reference for Oz and things aren't so panicy as we'll have plenty of time to finish everything up here. Hope to ship when we move and move into a furnished rental here.
How much longer now for you ?
How much longer now for you ?
3 weeks last sunday and then a month in the sun!
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Originally Posted by ohippy
Thanks Clippies - all I need now is your weight loss to make it perfect !
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Originally Posted by Clippies
Lol, it was bloody hard work I can tell ya ![Big Grin](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Well done
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I'm sure it was - but so satisfying eh ?
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Well done
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Originally Posted by ohippy
Fingers crossed but it looks like everything's going to work out really well for us.
Accepted offer on house - due to exchange this week
Decided to go in September and have rented a lovely rental.
......and today, my work has announced 350 redundancies and have asked for volunteers - mmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!!
Just need a visa now![Roll Eyes](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
Accepted offer on house - due to exchange this week
Decided to go in September and have rented a lovely rental.
......and today, my work has announced 350 redundancies and have asked for volunteers - mmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!!
Just need a visa now
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You lucky bugger, well you are, not so lucky for the rest of the people who work there.
Good luck
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i take it the redundancy will you bring you mega ££££££?
good for you.....take the money and run! my sis in laws boyfriend took vol redundancy from the post office recently - bought a brand new kia sedona and a minibus (hes now a taxi driver) with his redundancy payout!!!
good for you.....take the money and run! my sis in laws boyfriend took vol redundancy from the post office recently - bought a brand new kia sedona and a minibus (hes now a taxi driver) with his redundancy payout!!!
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