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Is it just me but....
When you really, really want something (let's say a new Morgan, but in all honesty it could be any big boy's toy) have you noticed how creative the budgeting process gets.
Head v heart. Unfortunately with me heart wins every time.
To quote Jack Kerouac
“My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.”
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Needs to Get Out More!
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Or perhaps as Oscar Wilde has Lord Darlington say in Lady Windermere's fan "I can resist anything but temptation"
Giles. Mogless in Paris.
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The phenomenon in my house is known as "man maths".
It is this process which leads one to do things like sell a perfectly good S4 Aero and buy an Aeromax, with the kind of justification that is
'well I won't need to get a new car to drive to clients then, so actually it's good value'...
(Yes I really said that...)
This is also the process that means my wife is currently hearing that a Nissan R-35 GTR is a 'sensible' family car, or that a porsche 993 C4s is a smart investment, or that a Fiat 500 Essesse is a sensible runaround.
Luckily Liz is smarter and better with money than me, so will (usually) prevent me spending money I don't have on cars I don't need.
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Excellent I bet a lot of us identify with your honesty 
2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Con Green +8 prev
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NGUNS!! Part of the Furniture
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NGUNS!! Part of the Furniture
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Me, I don't know what you're all talking about! 
Cheers
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Irish man logic just goes "Jaysus - sure what the hell, we could all be dead soon so just go on, do it"!!!!!!!
Robbie
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Part of the Furniture
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Irish man logic just goes "Jaysus - sure what the hell, we could all be dead soon so just go on, do it"!!!!!!! I wonder if that will work on my wife.  Must go now to check out a few share prices. 
Steve A11OGE Red 1989 4/4 4 seater
'A Morgan is for life, not just for Sundays'
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It doesn't with mine. But then, once the bills are paid, the little that is left of my salary is mine. has her own income...
Graham (G4FUJ)
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"Man Maths" when it comes to cars/bikes and other male toys.  "How Much!!!" when it comes a lady buying shoes or clothes.  Bud
Bud
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I did a for and againt ie For. Quick looks cracking ie Against. No room Heavy on juice ETC ETC ETC ETC The for won . 
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