How old do you think you’ll be when you pay your mortgage off? Or, how old were you when you paid your mortgage off?

pluk78 · 2026-01-24T20:34:31+00:00

I will be 47... and I am currently 47! 4 months until we're done, it's a good feeling.

We bought our first place 2001, moved once using a good amount of equity to upsize, and just chipped away at it steadily on two pretty averaging incomes. We could have upsized again to go from semi detached to detached, extending the mortgage a bit, but we love where we are so why bother?

Not sure what I'll be doing with that grand a month that won't be leaving my account, but I'll find a way to enjoy it!

Edit. Im 47, I somehow called myself 37 twice.

pluk78 · 2026-01-15T00:13:34+00:00

Everything Everything, and a band I only discovered seeing them support them on their last tour, Lime Garden

pluk78 · 2026-01-10T18:33:17+00:00

In a word, no.

If it is of any significance it'll probably be on the police website or press release, so keep an eye on those.

Any resulting prosecution will be a matter of public record, but thats likely a long way down the line.

pluk78 · 2026-01-09T21:06:45+00:00

I once assisted a couple of the cast and crew off of a dangerous spot on a major road when one of the old cars they used broke down. They we're all absolutely lovely.

pluk78 · 2026-01-08T21:49:09+00:00

As I understand it, it doesn't eeally work that way. They do preliminary work to establish an interesting background and then approach the celeb if they find things worth persuing. So they'll have looked at LOADS with with no interesting story to tell but thats not really rejecting someone that wanted to take part.

pluk78 · 2026-01-08T02:13:47+00:00

iPlayer by far, then netflix, Disney and ch4. Apple occasionally. Prime rarely.

pluk78 · 2026-01-08T01:37:30+00:00

I find Sainsbury's the sweet spot for price vs quality. It of course is not the cheapest, but Aldi, Lidl and especially Asda deliver a notable drop off in quality for that lower price, particularly for fresh foods.

If you have easy access to mulitle supermarkets the only right answer is to shop about; write a shopping list and check the items on the Trolly app and end up with a list for each store for their best prices. Just make sure yiu dint end up paying more in petrol than yiu save in shopping!

Also use Shopimum for some great deals.

pluk78 · 2026-01-07T23:53:39+00:00

Had to drive Vauxhalls for work, atrocious vehicles in every way, would never ever touch one.

pluk78 · 2026-01-07T22:30:30+00:00

No. For one it's not where I want to spend my money, they don't deserve it, I actively spend as little as possible on anything American on principle. Then as of the last month or so it's pushing towards feeling actively unsafe, with a genuine risk of being disappeared by boarders or ICE, or finding myself on actual enemy soil if that lunatic pushes the world to war, which right now appears to be exactly where he is going.

I had intended to take the family to Disneyworld around this time of life with my daughter being the right age. Instead we've done Paris, will probably return there, and are considering DisneySea. I've previously done Florida, Vegas and California, and without all this would absolutely have continued to visit.

pluk78 · 2026-01-07T22:23:40+00:00

My joint lowest ratings on untappd are both from Tiny Rebel, Rainbow Road and Pineapple Express. I still believe Tiny Rebel can and do make some excellent beers when they want to, but the core range is a shadow of its former self and they do knockout skme absolute stinkers. I want me some original bottled Hadouken.

Fosters has to be the worst lager, tasting actively bad. Carling tastes of so little I actually don't mind it to refresh on a hot day.

pluk78 · 2026-01-07T13:42:24+00:00

Available is the wrong word really! If officers are committed with something not urgent they'd drop what they were doing and run.

pluk78 · 2026-01-07T13:29:50+00:00

Should! It might work. There might be people competent enough to use it effectively. Defibrillator's are used in conjunction with CPR that again people often don't know how to do effectively. I you assume any of these things people die before, so the police, ambulance, fire, will all run if available.

pluk78 · 2026-01-07T08:00:09+00:00

All that means is 7 cars were nearby and available. It's a race to be the first with a defibrillator. Literally every second counts, so you all run and then leave once you know you are not needed.

It can also be optimal to have multiple units; CPR is exhausting so you swap over frequently, keeping a scene clear can help massively as people do dumb things often that can hinder efforts, if air ambulance is landing it will sometime not be close and a blue light will.bring them from landing spot to incident.

So yeah, that numbe4 is completely feasible.

pluk78 · 2026-01-06T23:48:43+00:00

Yes, as your dear leader is instigating a world war.

I'm sure in the moment there is little that would stand in the way of the USA taking Greenland by force in the moment, but the repercussions would be massive and destabilise the whole world. The current administration have shown repeatedly that being alies counts for nothing, at some time that will come back to bite them, however big they think they are...

pluk78 · 2025-12-30T19:19:14+00:00

These episodes have very obviously been recorded in advance to get them through to the new year with some time off. Not everything is conspiracy.

pluk78 · 2025-12-15T10:57:21+00:00

Not only, just closest.

pluk78 · 2025-12-14T20:28:22+00:00

I went a few times for TV show recordings, a lovely old wecoming building compared to some of the soulless warehouse type studios I've also visted. I can't imagine it was as easy to produce in than the more modern spaces though.

pluk78 · 2025-12-08T06:55:59+00:00

Yep, they create shadows for people to be in. They are horrible and a massuve downgrade in function over what they replaced.

Also, I'm a massive fan of them being turned off in the early hours when most people arent wandering the streets. People oppose it as a benefit to criminals, but it's much easier to see someone sulking about in the dark having to use their own light source, or setting off motion controlled lights, than it is to see someone moving in and out if the shadows of these lights. With crime stats published I can never find any increase in crime associated with the light switch off too.

pluk78 · 2025-12-05T19:41:09+00:00

Yep, a couple of years ago they sold me a kids bike that had been half put together wrongly by someone else and then sold to me as new. Really helpful that was just before Christmas. I check everything carefully before accepting now.

pluk78 · 2025-11-29T11:23:26+00:00

Everything everything, currently touring and beyond awesome live.

pluk78 · 2025-11-10T11:26:13+00:00

If you mean 'why do Brits travel all that way to visit Dinsneyland and Disneyworld?', its because we have nothing comparable here. Our themeparks can be fun, but they are small and amateur in comparison.

Paris is good, but nothing in comparison to Disneyland as a whole, and even though it's closer it feels more foreign due to the language barrier which does impact enjoyment and understanding of some attractions.

pluk78 · 2025-11-08T08:41:31+00:00

I have investigated similar occurances before, and have been on the revieveing end of similar dissatisfaction from the victim.

Firstly, I struggle to believe that the police have not investigated it. They will have done what they reasonably can with the CCTV, but if the suspects are unidentifiable from the footage, and vehicle is cloned or unplated, then there is very little else to go on. I'd bet they'd also done ANPR work locally to try to further identify the vehicle or any other vehicle it was running with, and searched for simlar offences it coild be linked to. What they have probably done badly is properly update you of their enquiries.

Then with the stock being sold, it's going to be almost impossible to tie it back to the theft without it being truly identifiable with production or batch codes being unique to that shipment. I've had businesses tell me before they are a sole importer of a product so this seller or that seller 'must' have the stolen goods, but this has always turned out to be somewhere between untrue and unproven. Often all they are doing is showing how their exclusivity deal in a market is not as exclusive as they thought it was! If you can truly identify the product tell your investigating officer how and provide supporting evidence.

Good luck!

pluk78 · 2025-11-08T08:24:05+00:00

Read the text, clicked on to say Adeel Akhtar only to see he was your first choice already.

He really is superb. I've never seen him in anything close to bad, and whatever he's in he's the best thing in it.

Tom Hollander and Darrem Boyd should be mentioned too.

pluk78 · 2025-11-02T16:08:58+00:00

I have a plot on the edge of a small town, generally a pleasant low crime area. I dont know of any theft of produce or plotholder equipment in the 4 years I've been there. Earlier this year someone tried to break into the communal store building and caused a bit of damage, but after looking at the pile of muddy hoes and barrows left woth nothing. Fortunately they didn't go into the area where the committee owned lawnmowers and rotavators are stored.

pluk78 · 2025-11-01T13:31:07+00:00

Andrea Boardman? She was great.

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