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| posted by HKBloke 54 days ago |
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No not all i agree with you - not sure why you think otherwise. And yes we are also encouraging our parents to spend their estate - which they won't of course. Also as far as i'm concerned any inheritance we receive will go straight into the bank and be passed on as part of our estate.
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| posted by Zebedee 54 days ago |
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Agree with Smog, but few exceptions, I'd be more than happy to say lend funds to children who graduate and set up their own business, or deposit for first house....that's very common, and have to accept that it often takes years for parents to get paid back. On the other foot, I've just shelled-out GBP50K over 2yrs in legal fees for mee old Mother, which she used in a messy divorce from my Father ! Not sure one ever escapes the issue of family and money....
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| posted by Velvet 53 days ago |
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I'm just grateful that my parents are still alive so that I am able to repay however I can for all their support and encouragement throughout my growing up years. HKBloke hit it on the nail when he said it wasn't just about money.
In response to the topic, I think I would prefer to have the latter because time is too short to be so stressed out. You never know when your time is up.
"What we do in life echoes in eternity"
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| posted by The Cerne Abbas Giant 53 days ago (edited 53 days ago) |
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My Gran, deceased last year aged 91, banged on for many years about how she wished she knew when she was going to die, so she knew how much she could spend.
That said, she showed no inclination to splurge on anything other than brie cheese and garden plants. Bless her. 
Watchu talkin' about Willis?
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| posted by bunthorne 53 days ago |
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Brie cheese and garden plants would be good enough for me.
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| posted by HKBloke 53 days ago |
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3 score years and 10 init for us blokes ?
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| posted by The Cerne Abbas Giant 53 days ago |
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I'm hoping for at least 15 more than that, which given the fact that I've survived to 40 is pretty realistic. Drinking and smoking's not gonna help, and I refuse to give up those pleasures, but healthy diet and exericise I reckon will get me there.
Watchu talkin' about Willis?
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| posted by HKBloke 53 days ago |
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yes of couse 85 is not too unrealistic in this day and age - until you start to think about the long term affects of living in this place for years on end.
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| posted by The Cerne Abbas Giant 53 days ago |
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Too right Bloke. The expat life takes its toll on looks and body.
Watchu talkin' about Willis?
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| posted by bunthorne 53 days ago |
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Odd you say that. I age by 10 - 15 years the moment I step off at Heathrow - and vice versa when I get back.
Takes me a while to remember to act my age back home.
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| posted by The Cerne Abbas Giant 53 days ago |
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I must admit that I'd got to the stage where I thought OCH was the best bet for a man who enjoyed the company of birds 15 years younger than himself, but I was in Solas last night and it's just as much fun, and there's just as much opportunity.
Watchu talkin' about Willis?
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| posted by smog 53 days ago (edited 53 days ago) |
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Er, TCAG, aren't you a happily married man? I thought I'd met your missus. Or have I misunderstood entirely?
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http://smogsblog.wordpress.com for more of the same
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| posted by bunthorne 53 days ago |
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I thought TCAG was being stalked??... and then there was SharonB
Must be these young lasses wearing you out TCAG.
Better keep away from Solas, wherever that is.
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| posted by The Crone 53 days ago |
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(my puter keeps scrolling to the top automatically, continually! )
Cruisy no., comfortable life. Read somewhere that stress is the cause of 90% of most illnesses. True or not, I choose to believe it.
Without good health, there is a lot less enjoyment of life.
I know now and I hope it's not too late, for me. Yet, I have no regrets for having had an interesting/stressfilled career pre teaching kiddies.
I dream again
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| posted by jesswill 52 days ago |
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If you've got the stamina for it do the fast job, fast money lots of stress early and then go for something quieter but I must say that I would. go for the most interesting job even if it was paid less. There is nothing worst than a boring and stressful job even if it pays well in my view. The again I think it's all a matter of balance and what you want in your work/life (interesting stuff, travel, working hours, money, power...)
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