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Old 19-05-2004, 11:29
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I only catch EE in passing as my partner watches it, and to me, it beggars belief that she can actually sit and watch this nonsense, when she could be ironing my shirts or cooking me a nice meal.

Alfie is the manager of a fairly busy EE pub, and must earn at least £20k, he has no accomodation expenses, and only ever eats crisps, so why does he need to get loans from gangsters at 40% interest, and a knee-capping if he can't pay. He could get a personal loan from a leading building society/bank for £7500 over 5 years at 5.6%, which would only be £144.11 per month, and if he pushed the boat out and took 10k he could take that fat orange tart away on holiday or something, and get her off our screens. Sexiest bird in soaps, you're having a laugh.
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Old 19-05-2004, 11:49
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There was a ridiculous episode, I seem to remember, where he went along to the bank manager, and during the interview the bank manager asked him what collaterol he could offer. As he didn't own his own property he was turned down. I think maybe he didn't have a bank account either.

Eastenders is obivously about 20 years behind the times.
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Old 19-05-2004, 11:56
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I think Alfie Moon is the only 'adult' I've ever seen who has no bank account. He hides his money in tins and cupboards, but not banks. And when Kat was trying to get a loan for her father's court case, she was turned down because she had no credit history. Who has NO credit history? You have a good one or a bad one, but a non-existent one?
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Old 19-05-2004, 12:06
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Originally Posted by Soozycat
Who has NO credit history? You have a good one or a bad one, but a non-existent one?
Not many people over the age of 18, surely. Most people need a bank account for their wages to be paid into.

Although I did read recently that a lot of people who are on social security are having trouble opening bank accounts. They need them for their benefit to be paid into, but banks don't want to take them on because they're unlikely to want loans and credit cards etc and they therefore don't make any money out of them. So I guess it is possible. But Alfie and Kat have jobs, so surely the could get loans? Or if not them some other member of the Slater family, eg Gary.
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Old 19-05-2004, 12:40
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i have no credit history. i get turned down for store cards all the time because i have never and will never use my credit card. i use my debit cards, but thast's apparently not counted
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Old 19-05-2004, 12:41
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Borrowing money is wrong, have you never watched "Little House on The Prairie". That was a big "screw you" to banks.
Why should they make any money out of you whilst they sit on their fat arses all day doing nowt.
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Old 19-05-2004, 13:57
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Originally Posted by drakaina
i have no credit history. i get turned down for store cards all the time because i have never and will never use my credit card. i use my debit cards, but thast's apparently not counted
Same here. If I wanted a credit card now, I couldn't get one, lucky I don't want one really.

The eps regarding the search for the loan were so tedious that I have blanked out a lot of the - ahem - action, but wasn't one of the reasons Alfie couldn't get a loan was because he'd been 'Inside'? That and a lot of other bollox too of course. The idea that Graham could demand to be paid off in one go was equally ridiculous. It was just an excuse to provide some more gangster fodder with Andy looming over Kat 'menacingly' (about as menacing as a meringue) while twirling his waxed moustache.

However desperate you were, you wouldn't borrow money from a loan shark whose fiancee you had just stolen, and who might have a pressing reason to enjoy watching you eat a knuckle sandwich. But this is planet Eastenders, where strange and stupid things happen. All the time.
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Old 19-05-2004, 14:15
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what makes it even more daft is that the loan was the way to get Charlie out of prison and out of further trouble, yet the Slaters (except Kat) havent even been asked to help pay. And when Kelly asked if she could stay at the pub, they said no, even though they would have got rent from her.
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Old 19-05-2004, 14:22
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Originally Posted by valskey
what makes it even more daft is that the loan was the way to get Charlie out of prison and out of further trouble, yet the Slaters (except Kat) havent even been asked to help pay..
This is something my hubby asked me. All Alfie had to find was something like £80 a week to pay Andy .... why didnt the Slaters all chip in. Zoe wears a different slinky outfit daily, and the rest of the clan are always down the pub swigging G&T's. £80 a week should be a doddle to find. After all, they managed to raise £1000 in about 2 weeks for the 'Charlie appeal'. Why not have a 'stupid alfie' appeal ?
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Old 19-05-2004, 20:48
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I have no credit history either, but haven't tried to apply for anything as yet because I don't need loans, credit cards or store cards! I've got a bank account though, obviously Alfie not having one is completely unrealistic!

And as if Kat Slater would have no credit history, the sort of clothes and belongings she has - she looks like a credit card company's idea of heaven!
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Old 20-05-2004, 11:34
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*sticks hand in air slowly* - I know someone who doesnt have a bank account !
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Old 20-05-2004, 12:19
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Originally Posted by Reggie43
I only catch EE in passing as my partner watches it, and to me, it beggars belief that she can actually sit and watch this nonsense, when she could be ironing my shirts or cooking me a nice meal.

Alfie is the manager of a fairly busy EE pub, and must earn at least £20k, he has no accomodation expenses, and only ever eats crisps, so why does he need to get loans from gangsters at 40% interest, and a knee-capping if he can't pay. He could get a personal loan from a leading building society/bank for £7500 over 5 years at 5.6%, which would only be £144.11 per month, and if he pushed the boat out and took 10k he could take that fat orange tart away on holiday or something, and get her off our screens. Sexiest bird in soaps, you're having a laugh.
Yes Alfie is quite stupid. About the sexiest bird in soaps I think its wasted on Kat Slater, Karen McDonald is without doubt the sexiest woman on soap tv. Katie in Emmerdale is beautiful but for total sexiness it has to be Karen McDonald. Anyone agree???????????????
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Old 20-05-2004, 12:22
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Originally Posted by Reggie43
he could take that fat orange tart away on holiday or something, and get her off our screens. Sexiest bird in soaps, you're having a laugh.
we live in hope that sum day alfie will bump her off...
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Old 20-05-2004, 12:25
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Originally Posted by Goldilocks
About the sexiest bird in soaps I think its wasted on Kat Slater, Karen McDonald is without doubt the sexiest woman on soap tv. Katie in Emmerdale is beautiful but for total sexiness it has to be Karen McDonald. Anyone agree???????????????
i 100% agree, which idiot even nominated kat slater for that category?
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Old 20-05-2004, 12:38
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Originally Posted by superstar75123
i 100% agree, which idiot even nominated kat slater for that category?
The company she buys her fake tan from, after all they owe her a lot
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Old 20-05-2004, 12:45
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Originally Posted by Goldilocks
The company she buys her fake tan from, after all they owe her a lot
lol ....or the plasterers who plaster that slap all over her face, would love 2 c her with no make-up on....would probably be an improvement!!!!!
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Old 20-05-2004, 14:12
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i think Kat is exceptionally beautiful (without all the slap on of course) but she only wears that for her role, its all to do with the insecurity thing!!!
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Old 20-05-2004, 14:52
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Originally Posted by SexiLexi04
i think Kat is exceptionally beautiful (without all the slap on of course) but she only wears that for her role, its all to do with the insecurity thing!!!
Really insecurity? She must be pretty insecure in real life too. Any time she is seen out and about as Jessie she is covered in orange fake tan and loads of slap too
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Old 20-05-2004, 14:55
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I have never seen her with as much makeup on as she wears on the show, she is still really attractive though make up or no! Well she has got something about her or why would everyone be talking about her, could it be a case of all publicity is good publicity i think she is brill and so is Alfie, they should be together forever. i dont like what they have done to Kats character instead of making her into something decent they have gone all the other way, although if it was a case of sleeping with someone who i already have or my husband being killed or crippled i know that i would do the same thing...wouldnt you?
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Old 20-05-2004, 15:13
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Originally Posted by SexiLexi04
I have never seen her with as much makeup on as she wears on the show, she is still really attractive though make up or no! Well she has got something about her or why would everyone be talking about her, could it be a case of all publicity is good publicity i think she is brill and so is Alfie, they should be together forever. i dont like what they have done to Kats character instead of making her into something decent they have gone all the other way, although if it was a case of sleeping with someone who i already have or my husband being killed or crippled i know that i would do the same thing...wouldnt you?
Probably would but why didn't she just tell Alfie what she did. I know he wouldn't have been happy about it but surely it has to be better coming from her rather than Andy and is home videos?? Its not as though she slept with Andy because she fancied him is it? And is she so stupid as to believe him when he said Alfie would never find out. It was so obvious that he would tell him even a blind man could have seen it.
Re: all the slap and fake tan as Jessie, any time she is pictured in any magazine she always has an orange tint as far as I can see.
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Old 20-05-2004, 15:18
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i know, that story line is really unbelievable cant believe she actually fell for it but must admit i did feel really sorry for her when alfie showed up with the money.
All the slap and fake tan is a bit too much but without it she looks beautiful, although i can understand why some people dont agree with me.
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