So - if someone said they were hard up - would you believe them even if they had an "expensive" pushchair.......

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or perhaps a brand new car???

Just sparked by another thread btw.

You see I'm sure some people must look at us and think "they can't be hard up" - after all we have a virtually brand new car (was brand new when we bought it) and a rather nice pushchair (Hauck) - would you look at me and think "they're not hard up they don't know the meaning of the word".....or what?

You see - the Hauck came about as we qualified for the SureStart Maternity grand and given taht we had virtually everything else we needed we decided to splash out on a decent on.

The brand new car came about because 2yrs DH needed a car for his work (he still does - same job) - and the repayments on a brand new car worked out cheaper than the payments on the 2nd hand car we had!

I must say I do get a little fed up of people judging "books by their covers" so to speak and I just wondered if this was a common thing or whether people realise that there is other stuff behind it.

BTW - I'm not talking about people who say they're hard up and then jet off to the Caribbean for their holidays

ooo expat that sounds fantastic . Not quite as exciting as that but I did hitch from Jo'burg to Harare with a friend once lol.

You know I still keep thinking about our "common thread" (people we know) LOL.

Filly, that's a really good point, I'd never thought of that but I think it sounds true.

It's very exciting when you're 22 with no debt and not a care in the world!

ah I was only 18 at the time. We'd actually been travelling back to Harare from Cape Town (via the "Garden Route" on the South Coast of SA) and as we were short on cash (typical teenagers at Christmas and New Year blown it all on booze and "excursions") only planned to hitch from the border (as SA isn't really the best place for 2 18yr old girls to be hitching) - but after getting a free lift from a friend of a Youth hostel owner from the South Coast to Jo'burg got there and realised we'd left our passports in the safe .

Then had to stay 3 extra nights in Jo'burg while they sent our passports up to us special delivery....mean we were forced to hitch all the way back. it was AWESOME.

Now that sounds exciting, QoQ. Just my style of adventure!

you know - when we finally get around to visiting my brother up in your part of the world I really want to meet you - you're someone I've become increasingly more curious about meeting in "RL"

We're leaving Edinburgh, though, next month! Time for the next leg of our adventure in the West of Scotland. Some pals of ours are off to Uganda for two years with VSO, so we'll be taking care of their house for them whilst they are away.

I've lived in 9 countries now, so who knows what the future will bring?

'A ship is safe in harbour but that's not what ships are for.'

awright - since i live doon the Road thesedays yes as long as we have chips n curry sauce and hibs related fun

ooo - what a bummer - well we'll have to have a trip over to the west coast then while up there (what part - if you don't mind me being nosey?)

Mmm, I'm gagging for a poke of chips right about now .

o - glasgow yep uni there long time since i went up

No,my friend isn't exactly rolling in spare cash & has a far posher pushchair than me.But she is smart & bagged a bargain from a charity shop.

Agryll, QoQ. Plenty of room for guests, though! - our landlords aren't the sort who would mind. He used to bring his students up from London in small groups every weekend in summer so they could get a holiday (he was a headmaster, hence, plenty of demand for his skills in Africa). They chose Uganda because it was closest to S. Africa of all they had to chose from, and his son-in-law is S. AFrican so they can visit the son-in-laws folks in Cape Town when they fancy a bit of a break.

If you see a mad 'weegie' chap on a motorbike in Uganda, it's probably him!

ooo it's lovely up that part of the world very of you

Yeah, I'd rather go there than Uganda .

my boyfriend tells me years ago Anneka Rice was on telly in a scottish chippy askin for chips and the fella says to her so would you like a poke anneka..LOL her drawwers were around her ankles before he could say more sauce

Hmm,that'll teach me to read all the messages before posting!

4 days before they start school EscapeFrom!

LOL!

DH is a broon sauce man, being a sad Edinbugger .

We went to the Highlands and he went to get a poke of chips and came out nibbling them.

I said, 'Wot? Nae sauce?'

He said, 'They looked at me glaikit when I asked them for sauce.'

Haahaaahaa.

I hate that stuff! It tastes like wallpaper glue.

glaikit - brammer o a word
in e'burgh chippys sauce usually broon and diluted wi vinegar -mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm o and waht about the white puddin supper wi curry sauce
weegie - wee sachets u pay for

Oh I like that quote expat. Is it from someone famous, or is it an expat special?