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MONDAY, 7 OCTOBER 1974
Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch.
Quiet budgeting is going anyway, checking your balance in the car and moving retirement to 79.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- You call yourself "a bit of a foodie". You've ordered the same chicken 64…
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- You're ageing like a fine wine. Expensive, slightly sour, best kept in the dark,…
- Make your money work for you. Yours quit in 2019. It works for your…
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