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Rapid Mortgage Pay Off Concludes As The New Chapter Begins

Over the last 10 months, we have demonstrated that for the vast majority of people borrowing has become a way of life to the point that personal debt levels are at the highest they have ever been. The “safety net” of ever increasing equity in the value of homes added to the greed of over [...]

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Week 32: “I Like Driving In My Car”

The pop group Madness got it absolutely right when they sang “I like driving in my car … it’s not quite a Jaguar” all those years ago and it is still a classic tune today. The car industry is in all sorts of trouble as the recession hits harder and harder not just in the [...]

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Week 31: Home Phone Stops The X Factor

As the recession starts to bite harder, all natural control freaks like me look to save on every single expense possible and watching the X Factor last night as I write reminded me of learning the lesson the hard way. A few years back it was Pop Idol and the nation was gripped by the [...]

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Week 29 : Christmas is Coming Round Again

If you have been reading parts of this challenge, you may have noticed that I keep using the phrase, people BUY on emotion and JUSTIFY with logic. This is a known fact in sales and salespeople tend to steer the conversation around to match those emotions. I’ve seen it first hand myself when I was [...]

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Week 28 : That’s Entertainment!

It’s no good hiding your age when it is splashed all over the internet, so I will not be giving any secrets away when I reveal one of the most amazing things I ever saw, way back when was my first introduction to the seeing television shows emerge from black and white into colour. It [...]

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