You can have a mortgage at any age... if you have the income. Many pensioners are on a fixed income (pensions etc.) and actually are a better bet than those in jobs that are traditionally transient (such as seasonal work).

I know someone that took out a mortgage in their 70s to release money to pay for a trip to Australia. Interest only - it will be paid off when she dies...

I must say, although I am sceptical this is the main reason he is broke, because we don't know how much he has been paying etc, this story bought a lump to my throat.

He is a lovely man

How convienient this news story is on the day of the final :yawn: ST Bez time I gather it is now.

So Bez is a useless horrible druggie is he?

As I've been saying all along, he's a good bloke.

Hope this puts an end to all the rubbish some forum members have been saying about him.

Bez to win.

I felt it my duty to take my life into my own hands and venture over there to post the article

There is (quite surprisingly) a lot of support for Bez over there - I thought it would be die hard Kenzie fans

Actually it surprised me too !


I`m obviously not in touch with the youth of today

Should it not be "hear here"?

No it shouldn't.

Oh yes it should

First it wasn't ment that seriously.

Second:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...UK%7CcountryGB

Third: I have seen so many variations of HEAR HEAR

I started to get curious.

Imagine the post being said in a VERY lighthearted, I could have made that comment/ typo too kinda way.

I wouldn't wonder if they say BEER BEER.

I know their are many variations of "hear hear" but if you think about it only "hear here" makes sense. I have seen both written in the Guardian though.

I think the only thing we can agree on is that "here here" is wrong.

See, we all make mistakes "I know there (not "their")

The google stats test

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...UK%7CcountryGB
9080 hits

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...UK%7CcountryGB
65

I leave it to you to interprete this data.

I would say some MPs probably don't know either.

putting a bit money to one payment is not paying someones mortgage

From all that he's said his 'broke-ness' predates the end of 2003 and i'm pretty sure that when his official bankruptcy was first mentioned it was reported as having been before that time-frame also?

lmao - i am flattered to see my spelling mistake has become a new topic of conversation here (got that one right).