Army THread 9th December

[JackieClaire]

Army THread 9th December

tiptronic_ct;1223003 wrote: I'm feeling a bit blah about it, actually. The cubs have asked why my brother and his family are going on their 4th holiday of the year and how come we can't go etc. etc. etc. The eldest is fine with it, but the youngest finds it tough. There are also a lot of rich kids in their schools, with kids going on ski holidays and the like.

Oooooooooooh I get where you're coming from there, Tips.

My cousin's middle boy asked her the other day why she didn't have her name on her number plate like all the other Mummy's at school. She went ballistic. Fair enough her husband a surgeon and very well paid, but they've got 3 kids at private school, a mortgage the size of a small country's national debt and he refuses to do private work.

[Anjicia]

Army THread 9th December

Jc and tipps i havn't had a holidayt in over a year as finances were so bad this year. Hoping for a bettareer 2012 i gyess most of us are

[one2many]

Army THread 9th December

None of my kids have ever been on a plane or had a real holiday, they do get to go to Wexford with us for a week in the summer. I feel really bad about it because Adam is 12 and complains that all his friends have been out of the country on a plane. We just can't afford it.

[Anjicia]

Army THread 9th December

Hi Zen an the rest. Busy tonite. I'm trying to keep up lol

[Anjicia]

Army THread 9th December

The tread is i meant lol

[JackieClaire]

Army THread 9th December

Yo Firefoxy,

Doubt if we'll get away next year, but we've gorra a nice tent.

[tiptronic_ct]

Army THread 9th December

Firefox;1223007 wrote: Evening everyone just chillin and watchin tv. Been a quiet day i was in most of it. So bitterly cold out there.:television:
Yoo hoo Foxy

Zenstyle;1223010 wrote:

Peer pressure with the kids over the holiday period is rampant here Tipps. If they don't get the expensive stuff... and EXACTLY the right designer clothes... its not good enough. Very commercialized.

I reckon the cubs are old enough to be told about economic situations... and that you;re planning a great family holiday at home... xxx

I think I'm perceived as a miser at the moment, what with reminding them to switch off lights in empty rooms and keep their showers short :H



JackieClaire;1223011 wrote: Oooooooooooh I get where you're coming from there, Tips.

My cousin's middle boy asked her the other day why she didn't have her name on her number plate like all the other Mummy's at school. She went ballistic. Fair enough her husband a surgeon and very well paid, but they've got 3 kids at private school, a mortgage the size of a small country's national debt and he refuses to do private work.

That's the thing, JC. Mrs. T and I both have good jobs and we live comfortably enough. But bleeding hell! There are limits.

[tiptronic_ct]

Army THread 9th December

Speaking of people sounding Irish: my brother-in-law and his family have been in Dublin for a number of years. You should hear their eldest when he speaks English: like a fecking native Irishman. Luckily he doesn't speak Afrikaans with an accent

[tiptronic_ct]

Army THread 9th December

Zenstyle;1223023 wrote: Well... you are doing them a favour teaching them to value money Tipps. It doesn't grow on trees. (Gawd, sounding like one of the aulds now...)

And, to be honest, the state of the economy now... there are more people that can't afford holidays BY FAR. Can't remember my last one.

Don't let it get to you... if they complain double up on the "keep the shower short and turn off the lights" comments!!! Pavlov's goggy... )

You should have seen the youngest's face when I gave them each a chocolate and a packet of sliced biltong when they last went to the movies. I told them to only buy soft drinks, because the movie prices are a rip-off. She had a choice: go without snacks, or take the ones I provided. She was worried that people would notice. :H

[Anjicia]

Army THread 9th December

Lol i' m a Dub born an bred. Tipp were you born in SA wot part of Scotland are you from Zen? Its no harm to teach ur kids about money they may appreiciate it later in life we all hav 2 live within r means r try our best

[Anjicia]

Army THread 9th December

I never buy drinks or sweets etc in Cinemas here they outragous as well as the tickets i bring my own in my bag.

[one2many]

Army THread 9th December

Firefox;1223030 wrote: I never buy drinks or sweets etc in Cinemas here they outragous as well as the tickets i bring my own in my bag.

I am cutting coupons now and have to say i am enjoying it, I love saving a few quid.

I am gonna enjoy Christmas and then Jan I am gonna turn into the scabbiest cow from scabville.

[JackieClaire]

Army THread 9th December

Don't like going to the cinema. I've got to sit still for too long.

[Anjicia]

Army THread 9th December

Sounds lovely Zen i wud love 2 visit Scotland and many other places come to think of it.

[tiptronic_ct]

Army THread 9th December

Firefox;1223028 wrote: Tipp were you born in SA

Yep, I'm a native

I'm a descendent of the French Huguenots on my father's side: Huguenots in South Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

On my mother's side, we're of Portuguese stock, thanks to a shipwreck off the Eastern cape coast: ferreira family