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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by chef View Post
    yeah, got my deadline complete.. just, all done and dusted now so i'm back in the uk soaking up the sun, watching far too much tv and spending far too much time in the Woodstock..
    I'm sure the woodstock was nicer before the last refurb, still it's not the Met and thats all that matters

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  • chef
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    no probs

    Did you manage to hit your deadline last week?
    yeah, got my deadline complete.. just, all done and dusted now so i'm back in the uk soaking up the sun, watching far too much tv and spending far too much time in the Woodstock..

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  • Diver
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    Originally posted by Xenophon View Post
    Peeple ar deffinitateally stoopid.
    Aaargh! Brain hurts

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by chef View Post
    yeah yeah thanks for the reminder..
    no probs

    Did you manage to hit your deadline last week?

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  • Xenophon
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    Originally posted by rootsnall View Post
    It does still dumbfound me that people are thick enough to take out these loans and can't think one month ahead

    What is even more confusing is seemingly more intelligent people running a permanent credit card debt and paying out 30%pa on quite a few grand
    Peeple ar deffinitateally stoopid.

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  • rootsnall
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    It does still dumbfound me that people are thick enough to take out these loans and can't think one month ahead

    What is even more confusing is seemingly more intelligent people running a permanent credit card debt and paying out 30%pa on quite a few grand

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  • chef
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    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!!
    Originally posted by chef View Post
    arse arse arse

    after reading this and having a look around the "cupboard of death" (open it and catch whatever falls out) for Colin Mcrae it was surpisingly clean, organised and clutter free.. turns out g'friend chef has "got rid of all them old computer's you never use, they were all dusty"..... Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, Commodore 64, PS1, Atari Lynx, N64, Mega Drive all been given away to charity while I was in Singapore.. manic miner, chuckie egg, Mario world, sonic among many more.. gone.. gutted..
    yeah yeah thanks for the reminder..

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  • TheBigYinJames
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    Originally posted by Diver View Post
    Er! so how do I go about doing that then?
    <Diver in plan B mode>
    Easy to do once, the trick is to do it over.. and over.. and over again

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  • Diver
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    The sort of people who use these facilities would not be allowed an overdraft, probably wouldn't even be allowed a bank account.

    Remember too a lot of them borrow £320 and then don't pay back anything.
    Er! so how do I go about doing that then?

    <Diver in plan B mode>

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by Archangel View Post
    or "Early Pay Day loans"

    Borrow £320 for 1 week, pay back £400

    APR - 2,639,385.9%

    Over two million percent!!!!!!!

    Makes Lloyds TSB unathorised overdraft look a bargain
    The sort of people who use these facilities would not be allowed an overdraft, probably wouldn't even be allowed a bank account.

    Remember too a lot of them borrow £320 and then don't pay back anything.

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  • Archangel
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    or "Early Pay Day loans"

    Borrow £320 for 1 week, pay back £400

    APR - 2,639,385.9%

    Over two million percent!!!!!!!

    Makes Lloyds TSB unathorised overdraft look a bargain

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  • Archangel
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    "punds till payday" based in Malta charge 2,255%

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  • Sausage Surprise
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    Originally posted by DiscoStu View Post
    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%?

    Repaid.....an old favourite that one

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    The name has been changed and I have relocated it as well!
    You should have retained the old domain and put redirects in place to avoid dribbling all your Googlejuice down the drain.

    Remember: HTTP/1.x 301 Moved Permanently is your friend

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  • expat
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    Originally posted by expat View Post
    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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