unwelcome visitors?
A week has passed since the JR and the sick feeling in my stomach has now finally passed too. The main reason for its passing though is not the passage of time but this forum. It is the best cure for sickness of the stomach and depression of the mind. Can you imagine what the last year would have been like without the forum? I see we’ve even managed a bit if humour in the past 24 hours – we are a thick skinned lot. – long may the forum and the fight continue hand in hand.
So, I’ve made my plan – and that’s where I went wrong before as I never really had one. I was mentally unprepared for last week’s knock back, allowing myself to be swept along on the tide of optimism despite my natural, ‘glass half empty’ attitude to life generally. So to defend my sanity against any more knock backs, I shall hand over what pot I have in the form of a CTD and take the hit on offsetting the mortgage – I can see there’s some maths to be done here to confirm its the best bet financially but I’m not sure I can ar5ed to continually speculate/monitor the performance of other investment options to make sure I’m ahead and not behind. Its fun when it’s a hobby but a bit more serious if your future, financial security (der?) is dependant on it. It seems that I should begin to get used to the notion that the day really, really might come when the end game is the house sale.
So, expectations duly lowered; some cash lodged in CTD (grrrrr); mind refocused on the current contract, I am ready for the long haul. I have however, one remaining niggling issue: the spectre of HRMC Gestapo goons turning up on the doorstep demanding the Playstation! The resilient and patient wife has gone back to work to contribute to the minimisation of the black hole. As a result, the kids are in the house on their own for a few hours after school/college most days. If the Gestapo turn up when they are home alone, then what? I’ve not bored the kids with the sorry details of this affair and certainly don’t want to worry them by explaining that if some meat heads turn up wanting to take away the TV, they are to give them a thick ear and send them on their merry way! Something tells me there are laws against them gaining entry if you are not present……..but we all know where presuming the law to be on our side gets us!
Anyway, I don’t give a monkeys about the TV, I can always buy another (2nd hand, black and white of course) but you can’t undo the trauma that sort of behaviour would have on the kids (or my suddenly less resilient and patient wife). So BN66 gang – do you really think this is a possibility? I’m sure I read a post or two some time ago where some of you had a visitation from the wheel-clamping, chattel stealing Gestapo thugs…….was there a promise from HRMC to play nicely after that was reported?
A week has passed since the JR and the sick feeling in my stomach has now finally passed too. The main reason for its passing though is not the passage of time but this forum. It is the best cure for sickness of the stomach and depression of the mind. Can you imagine what the last year would have been like without the forum? I see we’ve even managed a bit if humour in the past 24 hours – we are a thick skinned lot. – long may the forum and the fight continue hand in hand.
So, I’ve made my plan – and that’s where I went wrong before as I never really had one. I was mentally unprepared for last week’s knock back, allowing myself to be swept along on the tide of optimism despite my natural, ‘glass half empty’ attitude to life generally. So to defend my sanity against any more knock backs, I shall hand over what pot I have in the form of a CTD and take the hit on offsetting the mortgage – I can see there’s some maths to be done here to confirm its the best bet financially but I’m not sure I can ar5ed to continually speculate/monitor the performance of other investment options to make sure I’m ahead and not behind. Its fun when it’s a hobby but a bit more serious if your future, financial security (der?) is dependant on it. It seems that I should begin to get used to the notion that the day really, really might come when the end game is the house sale.
So, expectations duly lowered; some cash lodged in CTD (grrrrr); mind refocused on the current contract, I am ready for the long haul. I have however, one remaining niggling issue: the spectre of HRMC Gestapo goons turning up on the doorstep demanding the Playstation! The resilient and patient wife has gone back to work to contribute to the minimisation of the black hole. As a result, the kids are in the house on their own for a few hours after school/college most days. If the Gestapo turn up when they are home alone, then what? I’ve not bored the kids with the sorry details of this affair and certainly don’t want to worry them by explaining that if some meat heads turn up wanting to take away the TV, they are to give them a thick ear and send them on their merry way! Something tells me there are laws against them gaining entry if you are not present……..but we all know where presuming the law to be on our side gets us!
Anyway, I don’t give a monkeys about the TV, I can always buy another (2nd hand, black and white of course) but you can’t undo the trauma that sort of behaviour would have on the kids (or my suddenly less resilient and patient wife). So BN66 gang – do you really think this is a possibility? I’m sure I read a post or two some time ago where some of you had a visitation from the wheel-clamping, chattel stealing Gestapo thugs…….was there a promise from HRMC to play nicely after that was reported?
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