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  1. killerbyte

    MyBB'ers in the United Kingdom & Ireland

    oh that is lovely, you lucky bugger. For any married man dealing with hard water, dont forget a good filter on the shower or else the Mrs hair loss will be higher than normal. Once I put a filter on the shower my Mrs has left far less strands of hair in the shower.
  2. killerbyte

    MyBB'ers in the United Kingdom & Ireland

    Yeah, thats what I am dealing with. By using a Brita jug I have been able to ensure my kettle looks almost new, and my coffee machine has a Brita filter in it and I only use water from the Brita jug (so my coffee is always double filtered - LOL). Probably overkill but a new machine is £500 and...
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    Sad news ... celebrity deaths.

    NO!!!!!!!!!
  4. killerbyte

    Rand goes from zero to hero

    yeah, the Rand only tanks AFTER I have sent money back to SA.
  5. killerbyte

    Rand goes from zero to hero

    The markets read that article and decided to be very contradictory. LOL
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    MyBB'ers in the United Kingdom & Ireland

    Water pressure in our flat is terrible when it comes to hot water. My sanity is saved by the power shower. I would add that a water softener/ whole home filtration is bloody necessary if you live in an area with hard water. It will save your washing machine, dish washer, coffee machine, kettle...
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    MyBB'ers in the United Kingdom & Ireland

    The Mrs and I are currently saving up towards a deposit. We can do £24k in a year, so we want to rent for 2 more years to have a bigger deposit. Likely want to buy a property in the £350k range.
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    MyBB'ers in the United Kingdom & Ireland

    Its knowing that if you keep paying the mortgage on time then you will never be forced out. But then with the new rental laws as long as I keep paying my rent the landlord cant kick me out.
  9. killerbyte

    MyBB'ers in the United Kingdom & Ireland

    Yeah, gives you peace-of-mind
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    MyBB'ers in the United Kingdom & Ireland

    so 5 years from the day she arrived in the UK? So then 29 Oct 2030 will be the magic day.
  11. killerbyte

    MyBB'ers in the United Kingdom & Ireland

    Yeah, ILR will get us there but we want to go all the way, especially since its a shorter track for spousal visa holders to get citizenship straight after ILR (unless they decide to change the rules).
  12. killerbyte

    MyBB'ers in the United Kingdom & Ireland

    Even a spousal visa means no access to any state funds. I am going to be throwing at least another £5k to get my wife to citizenship. It will be worth it in the end, but we are funding a **** ton with those fees and her NI tax.
  13. killerbyte

    MyBB'ers in the United Kingdom & Ireland

    As always, its the few that spoils it for everyone else. The fact that my wife is here on a spousal visa has given her employer peace-of-mind knowing that she won't be going anywhere anytime soon. That is the one part of the student visa that never made sense... you are coming here to study not...
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    Bad start to the month for petrol prices

    And that is the correct way to look at things... cost relative to income. So to answer your question, 1L of Unleaded 95 is 0.05% of my personal nett monthly income, and 0.03% of our nett household income.
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    Bad start to the month for petrol prices

    You guys are only around R6.50 cheaper per litre of petrol (I used the inland price) than here in the UK (well my nearest petrol station). Every brand has their own price and it changes daily, which means we don't suffer the high prices for as long as you do, but we don't enjoy the low prices...
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