"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce." - Karl Marx (German Philosopher/Father of Communism) 1818-1883
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On the plus side, I've been helping mum with her finances, since she inherited some money when her father died. Most of it's willed to me, so I have a pretty strong interest in making sure it gets high returns. Unfortunately, mum is pathologically risk-averse, and would have left it sitting around in a savings account and trickled it into cash ISA's if I hadn't kept on at her about it, but she's coming around now and has finally realised that the ultra-cautious approach doesn't pay off. I also educated her a bit about insurance, and she's cut about £100/month off her insurance bill after getting rid of the superfluous crap that she doesn't need insurance for. £10 a month, for example, was going to pay for 'accidental damages', like if she spilled paint on a carpet, which is entirely unnecessary; she has more than enough capital to pay for things on her own, and that £10 a month could buy her a new carpet every year. Now she's just insured for things that she couldn't pay for on her own, like if the house burned down, and car insurance, which she's legally required to have. I told her to change the car insurance to third-party only insurance, but I don't know if she's done that or not.
Another migraine in the making.
every time I get ready to work in the yard it starts to rain
take the pre-migraine pills, quick!
tired is good, though - perhaps you'll go to bed at a reasonable hour.
good - go to bed.
