By the way..you know that emerald you bought me...  

Hi Che ,thats the thing that may well worry me,we pawn someting of great sentimental value,and then find we never have the money to get it back!!it would be very sad to lose something so precious to you.

Oh yes there is definately a knock on effect all the way down the line ,and im sure that you are right in saying that we have had it too good for too long,and now we will have to go back to basics a little,and tighten the reins...but the same as you..I pray I never have to use a pawn broker.

Ruby222....Thanks for the "kudos"...I really appreciate that! Saturday nite, my son borrowed my truck, went to our only neighborhood pub......anything & everything was stolen.....have two tanks in truck....all fuel stolen...$264.00..all of my landscaping equipment....got me for nearly a $1000.00! Hurts when you are my age (or anyone's)....Things are going to get serious, just because of our dependency on fuel! Thanks for being a wonderful myLotter with great responses! Cheers & Rainbows!

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Oh well Lou,join the queue lol ive said to my children ,when I pop my clogs,they are to get a carrier bag each,and just take what ever they want !!

Yes Rose,its an ideal opportunity for those with spare money to cash in on peoples misfortune.There was something on the radio the other day which showed what a sad world we live in..there had been a lot of money lending going on in and around the city,this was bieng done by unscrupulous people,they onviously were charging exorbitant rates of interest,and inevitably there were a good few people who were unable to meet the high repayments.But because of fear of recrimination,they would not tell the authorities who their lenders were...now I find that very sad..and many owed far more than they had initially borrowed.

I could not be a loan shark, they are people who to me are not normal that they can treat people like that. The best part is, they could make a decent profit out of it by just being nice, they do not need to handle it the way they do. I would never lend off people like that, and I am hoping that I never have to have a loan again.

The money lending business is a big one,and there are enough problems with the way that some of the major banks conduct themselves ,let alone the little loan sharks having a go too!Its pitiful that someone can lend someone say one hundred pounds and then charge as much in interest again to let them repay it..its certainly a sad world..yes there are those who are in desperate need of money to cope with day to day life,..but we also have to remember the flip side of the coin where there are some who borrow to buy substances etc...and if the money lenders,loan sharks are lending to them,well they ought to be hauled over the coals!!

I think that there are many people who are just about keeping their heads above water,the soaring price hikes are hitting us all hard.But I saw one piece of good news,the supermarket giants were lowering the cost of their fuel.at last!!