I will ALWAYS line up at a staffed checkout, regardless if I have one item or a hundred. I will not check out my own groceries. I use the express checkout if I only have a few items. And I will not be lectured to by a checkout operator. So much for customer service.
This was our experience too. One wage, no alcohol, didn’t smoke, no meals out, scrimping and saving, robbing Peter to pay Paul. You need to sacrifice your easy-spending lifestyle in the early years if you want to own your own home.
When my youngest son moved into a share house with three friends he had to call a house meeting a couple of weeks in to tell them that housework and dishes don’t do themselves, and he had to show them how to cook and clean. Two of them were willing to learn, but the other moved back home to his...
Condolences to Guy. It sounds like he had a lovely bond with his mother. However, I would point out that the piece of writing mentioned is the famous poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling.
My son-in-law’s parents, together with another couple and a divorced woman, sold all their homes and bought one together. This was 20 or so years ago. It worked well for them, partly because they were long-time friends. They seemed to have worked out what worked for them in terms of everyday...
I’d be bit concerned about what might happen if one person became ill or experienced reduced mobility. Would the others find themselves in a position of having to care for that person? And what about having friends and family to visit? If two of the three people wanted to have visitors over at...
I had an email today warning me that my MacAfee virus protection was about to run out and I needed to do something about it at once. To be honest, I didn’t read any further, just deleted it, since I don’t use MacAfee.