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Old 10th July 2008, 14:36   #11
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There are good bargains to be had in pawn shops - also Oxfams in posh areas are good for books
posh chsrity shop near me in Didsbury, Manchester had a box full of Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, Commodore 64, PS1, Atari Lynx, N64, Mega Drive and games for all of them.

Looks like some geeks girlfriend had a clear out whilst he was away.

Picked it all up for a fiver!!
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posh chsrity shop near me in Didsbury, Manchester had a box full of Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, Commodore 64, PS1, Atari Lynx, N64, Mega Drive and games for all of them.

Looks like some geeks girlfriend had a clear out whilst he was away.

Picked it all up for a fiver!!
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Old 10th July 2008, 15:49   #13
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posh chsrity shop near me in Didsbury, Manchester had a box full of Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, Commodore 64, PS1, Atari Lynx, N64, Mega Drive and games for all of them.

Looks like some geeks girlfriend had a clear out whilst he was away.

Picked it all up for a fiver!!
The bitch!!!!

That's where it all went!!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
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Old 10th July 2008, 19:03   #14
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Saw an advert on Facebook for "Payday Loans". They charge £20 per £100 borrowed. Am I right in thinking if I borrowed 2 weeks before payday then repayed the day it was due it'd represent an annual interest rate of 520%?
From memory I think Payday Loans APR is approx. 1355%.
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I didn't get where I was today by playing football with the other boys
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Niether did I
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and some other peoples'
BTW I was wrong with the position of the apostrophe, even if the implied following word "possessions" is plural; because "people" already is plural.

I am shocked that nobody noticed.
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