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When we moved here in 2005 we brought an old TV (curved screen) from the inlaws and then I bought one from FutureShop - flat screen but big box.

When mother in law moved here she brought an enormous TV - huge thing, not just big screen - that she'd bought from a neighbour for $100 around 2010. She reckons he'd only had it 5 years but I reckon it's older than the one I bought.

Next opportunity, I'm going to have a look inside the two older ones.

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After a gruelling 9 hour flight to Gatwick, my partner having a 45 min wait in the Non-EU passport line and then being asked a bunch of the same questions over and over again that make the US border guards tame in comparison, a 2.5 hour drive on the M25 and M1 with 6 different hold ups and checking in to a rather dodgy travelodge (lol)...

I finally got some good old Bangers and Mash :thumbsup:

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The first TV I bought for myself was in 2000 or so, and man was it heavy and a pain in the rear to get home. I think it was 27" but it couldn't fit in the car with the box so had to take it out of the box, and then only place it would fit was the passenger seat so I was driving down the freeway with this TV sitting in my front passenger seat.

TV's have come a long way, so much easier to move now as they don't weight so much.

Growing up we had a TV like this.




May have to get rid of the car, if we do that shall make living out here interesting since transit is so poor.

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Welcome back to the island. Hopefully, your partner is not too underwhelmed by it all.

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Cars are costly to run (on low incomes). Is cycling an option for local / day to day activity?

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It wasn't 100k, but one of my grandmothers squirrelled away quite a lot (for her) of cash in odd places. Unfortunately she later suffered from senile dementia, & couldn't remember doing it, nor where she had hidden it :(. We came across several thousands while clearing out her house, don't think anyone ever checked inside the telly ;).

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I've found UK airport security to be much friendlier than US airport security generally. However, heightened world tensions do put many places on edge.

Just before Christmas we spent 10 hours at Heathrow when it was supposed to be 1 3/4 hours transferring planes and I lost my temper with the lady at the desk who does the final check of your tickets/passports etc after she told us we were 1 minute late for check in to the ongoing flight and wouldn't make it. I called her a jobsworth and ranted at her that the reason our family was 1 minute late was due to her taking 10 minutes to process the 2 guys in front of us who had passport issues. I'm probably on a list now at Heathrow. A few minutes later the TV screens in the airport showed that flight was now delayed a half hour.

We ended up getting put in another line and we had her colleague to process us. Much friendlier guy, full of banter and suggestions on which places to eat etc in Terminal 5 before departure for our ongoing flight.

After all checked in on that flight, I went back to the first lady pointed out the delay on the flight we wanted to be on and now we were on a flight three hours later and suggested in a put on American accent 'now I hope y'all have an awesome day now ya hear'.

I have a very Alan Partridge image of the dodgy travel lodge. Hope you're partner is being open minded about the UK.

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My aunt did similar. Her daughter asked my mum and another aunt to arrange to get rid of her furniture etc. Wise old mum went through everything thoroughly. Even took out drawers and turned them upside down. She found several building society books...plus cash...taped under the drawers.

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My 90 year old single mother with dementia is doing exactly that same thing.
And nobody can find where she's stashing it all. She can't remember how much she's "worth" each month or how much actually arrives in her hands-but a lot of it seems to be leaking away somewhere :sneaky:

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Here's an amusing idea if you want to annoy your surviving rellies.
Stick batches of money (that you're not taking with you :sneaky:) inside a dozen sealed envelopes and label them randomly from number 1 to 20. Hide them, obviously :o

They'll be driven mad searching for the 'missing' 8 that don't actually exist.

I stole the idea from

http://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/comp...51._UY200_.jpg

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My mum used to fasten money to the pleats of the curtains...hidden by the pelmet. She also hid money in between the pages of books. Her jewelry was kept in a tin box on a ledge up the chimney. She used to somehow reach up behind the gas fire with a.magnet to retrieve it.

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I have a large amount of cash hidden in plain view in my house.

It's in my wife's closets, disguised as shoes.

Foolproof!

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P-p-p-p-pick up a Penguin

http://i67.tinypic.com/2m4ygjn.jpg

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Thank you :)

He's not impressed with Northampton but then who would be lol.

He did like sports direct though and said it was loads cheaper then sports check but I didn't tell them about the dodgy working conditions at the warehouses :blink:

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:)

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Take him to a pub and then for a super spicy naff-off Indian, it'll be like putting butter on a cat's paws. :thumbup:

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What a cunning lady- kudos to her :)

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Had she not heard of safety deposit boxes? ;)

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Yes and no. Yes in our downtown area, but the city is so spread out it's not a viable mode of transport to get everywhere, and it's not a viable mode to get to places like Abbotsford and Metro Vancouver which we have to go to often for medical appointments.

It's a tricky situation, rent when we got the car was 575/month and now it's almost 975/month so quite a large chunk of income now goes towards rent that we used to have as disposable income, and our income is quite a bit lower now as well, so increased rent + lower income = not a good situation.

Hopefully the stress doesn't kill me before 40, amazing sometimes how badly stress affects ones health.

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Most people give their BF/GF a trip to London, see the sights, Big Ben, Buck Palace, Houses of Parliament, London Eye blah blah- Not Beckie, ...Sports Direct in Northampton...you know how to treat a guy don't you?! :lol:

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Just got treated like a criminal at the LCBO for asking my 18 year old son if he had a preference of type of beer. I am clearly his mother, it's perfectly legal to give your own children alcohol in your own home, plus if we had driven a few Kms down the road to Quebec he could have legitimately bought it for himself.

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Our friend (89), is going through things, at one point he was just going to set fire to everything, well he is finding forgotten envelopes all over the place.

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I miss hover mowers. :(

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That's funny, I was looking for one last year - you can get them in the US but not here, from what I could see.

Much easier to use than the crappy thing I have!

:)

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What did they say?

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I bought a big badass petrol Flymo second hand when we were living in Norfolk- I had a big mound to trim :unsure:

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Hopefully snoopdawg didn't suffer any chafing.

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She said it looked great, much better when nicely trimmed
Using that was much easier than the ride-on ;)

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Suppose it's better then nothing.

Province's 'incredibly disappointing' disability rate increase panned by disability advocate - British Columbia - CBC News

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Don't I just lol

We are going to Dublin on Monday and London the week after so he will get to see it all, it's just my shopping and stocking up on certain things that are better/cheaper then the Canadian equivalent is much much more important right now :)

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Asked for his ID. I said that I was buying, not him and it was for use in the family home. The guy said he would sell it to us 'this time'.

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I took OH to Darlington on our first trip to the UK together... :sneaky:

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He sounds like a right jobsworth.
Is the law that minor can't purchase, but can be served by parents?

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I had a bit of a song & a dance at a Toronto Beer Store, with an American friend who looks like she's about 12, but is actually 29. Staff member was very shirty about the validity of accepting non-Canadian ID. We ended up walking over to the next outlet.

It's taken me years to remember/register that when visiting Ontario I can't just "pop out" to buy beer/alcohol at the corner store at 10.55pm...

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Basically the law is that it's illegal for under 19 year olds to drink but that does not apply when the alcohol is provided by the parents in their own home. The guy got upset because apparently my son touched one of the cans, he wasn't carrying it, he didn't even put it in the basket, he just touched it. It is legal for 18 year olds to serve alcohol at their place of work, so I am not sure why the touching it was such a big deal either.

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I had heard of this happening to so many people that when my son (also 18) wanted to buy a bottle of wine to give to his gf's Mum for xmas I made him wait in the car just in case. Ridiculous.

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I have never had a problem before which is why I was a bit shocked. Most of last year it was just the two of us in the house (other son at University and OH working away). My son isn't much of a drinker but he does like to try new things so we had got into the habit of checking out the weird brews at the liquor store . We pick out the ones we like the look of and share a can just before dinner. It's hardly encouraging over drinking and it has been a lovely bonding thing as while we drink our small glass each we chat about the day. I am sad that I can't really do that now without worrying about being accused of child abuse at the checkout.

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That's crazy. If it's ok for your son to be in the store (age wise) you should complain about the staff member. He's basically harassing you.

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Let your son peruse the different beers online with you, then pop in and purchase them yourself perhaps? Some you can order online too. Beer & Cider

Some people are just jobsworths, sigh.

:)

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On our way back from Quebec this afternoon . It's a 8km drive from our house. There it's legal for him to drink and in public places too.