maximax8

@maximax8 (31046)

United Kingdom • Age 52

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Discussions (2004)

maximax8's Discussions

xmas early?

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 27 Nov 20

some uk folk are having xmas early. Do you think that it good then hope the whole family can be there on 25 Dec.

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5 people

Do you have a pension for your old age?

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 27 Nov 20

I am happy that I began paying into a pension last year. I am quite old as I am in my late 40s. I wish I had began my pension when I was a young person. I went to see a mortgage person. I wished to have life insurance during my...

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7 people

The benefit of pets

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 23 Nov 20

I have two little dogs which I adore. They are toy poodles. One is white with black patches and the other is light ginger. The white one is sitting next to me and the ginger one is sitting on the top of my armchair like sofa. They...

pets

dogs

gerbils

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6 people

This week in November 2020

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 23 Nov 20

This week I am doing things to make my home cleaner and more tidy. Today I worked on my kitchen. This evening I am going to write a list of how to improve my lounge. I walked down to the supermarket with a pull along shopping...

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2 people

Food prices

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 18 Nov 20

In England there used to be a supermarket compare prices website. I could type the name of the product and then see if any of the supermarkets had a deal. At the moment I noticed one supermarket is selling an item for 1 pound and...

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9 people

I am trying to improve

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 18 Nov 20

I watched a video by an American man called Tony Robbins. He is very successful and he told the lady what he did in the morning. He goes into hot water and then into cold water. He does positive thinking. He says three things he...

tony robbins

improve

teaching

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5 people

Have a plan

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 18 Nov 20

When I was 18 and 19 years old I got given 50,000 pounds from my great aunt's will. Looking back I am glad I didn't waste that money on traveling the world. I had that love of travel and I had a clever idea how to travel for...

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1 person

Save money for your family

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 18 Nov 20

I keep an eye on the savings market. I found a saving account paying 1.2 percent interest. I put 200 pounds in it. Just a few days later they closed the savings account. Now most all saving accounts have gone down. I have three...

save

bank

interest

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3 people

Having an alternative

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 14 Nov 20

With coronavirus instead of going clothes shopping I have been buying them on-line. Today my son's new trousers arrived in the post. I bought Christmas presents for my sister's children already. We booked an amazing trip for...

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5 people

What you your family members like to drink?

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 14 Nov 20

I like to drink mineral water. I like vegan milks as well. My daughter also likes to drink water, milk and fruit juices. My son loves vegan milks, fruit juice and cordial. My son eats meat, I am a vegan and my daughter is...

drinks

diets

types

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5 people

A lucky day

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 14 Nov 20

Weeks ago I lost my supermarket reward account. I am overjoyed I got the replacement card. I will be able to go there and get my points loaded onto it. Then I got a 5 pound reward from another supermarket. Usually I use that for...

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2 people

Areas we live in

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 14 Nov 20

I live in a coastal town in a 3 bedroom semi detached bungalow. I bought it using money plus a mortgage in 2010. I am delighted that in 2017 I paid off my mortgage. It is so wonderful that there is a green area of grass next to my...

homes

areas

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5 people

Lessons in your life

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 14 Nov 20

I have learned to be careful with my money as I had a mortgage which was challenging to pay off. These days I have an emergency account to use when my bank account gets low. Things can come in threes like heating, shower and a...

lessons

money

improve

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5 people

Christmas 2020

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 14 Nov 20

I have begun my Christmas shopping. How about you? I bought my oldest nephew a calendar with a Mercedes car on the front, my youngest nephew a blue backpack and my two nieces make up. I wish to know what my children want for...

christmas

cards

presents

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5 people

Budgeting

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 14 Nov 20

Can budgeting be any fun? I like to list on paper my money and my bills. It is scary in the middle of the month as I pay my regular saving account on the 16th and my pension on the 20th. From August 2010 to June 2017 I had a...

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8 people

Pet names and colors

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 14 Nov 20

I have two toy poodles. One is white with black patches. She is known as a parti poodle due to her color. I had to name her Lucky because that what her breeder called her. A week later I got my other dog and she is an a light...

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4 people

Are you a patient person?

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 9 Nov 20

When I was 5 years old 5 minutes seemed like a very long time. Time seemed like it was going faster by the time I was 10 years of age. I so wished to have money to travel when I was 16 to 18 years old. I had been working as a...

travel

money

work

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18 people

When many things happen in the same week

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 9 Nov 20

I live in England and in the winter we have a cold climate. To heat my bungalow I use gas central heating. Though it stopped working. So a heating engineer came out to fix it. It cost 118 pounds. I thought mending it would get my...

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5 people

Buying a home

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 6 Nov 20

I bought my first home when I was 19 years old. It was a small cottage in Kent. Kent is known as The Garden of England. It was in a village near to open countryside. I sold it when I was 33 years old and bought a modern house on...

house

home

buy

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6 people

Credit card debt

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 6 Nov 20

People can buy things using a credit card and then pay off their balance in the next month. Others spend a lot of money and pay a little back each other. Many people in England build up lots of credit card debts and so choose a...

money

debt

credit cards

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5 people