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THURSDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 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
- The bins are now fortnightly. The council tax is still monthly.
- They say sweat is weakness leaving the body. Yours has decided to stay.
- You said you "thrive in a fast-paced environment". It took you three days to…
- Everyone's bringing back the dog filter. Your face has been doing the droopy-ears look…
- You "grew out of" your old friends. They grew out of waiting for you…
- Till death do us part. Not a vow. A fixed-term contract with an unspecified…
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
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