Monthly Archives: May 2011

A lot of tall women have a hunch, or the hint of one, the shadow of some adolescent shyness that made them stoop to seem smaller, but you stand tall at 5ft 11in. We live in a world where a lot of the most famous women, and certainly the most famous wives, have pinched, Botoxed features, their boredom and unease written in their surgery scars. You are an antidote, a warm face in a cold world.

A Love Letter To Michelle Obama From Cira Cochrane (Guardian)

Then you might like to read the thread on Ask About Money concerning a property purchased at the auction, which begins thusly:

Recently paid my deposit at an auction for an apartment – in the meantime my solictor has indicated that he can not certify the title, required for the bank loan.
He is of course being smug (probably rightly so) and indicating that I should not have signed up for anything without a solicitor previously viewing the docs and not willing to provide much advice on what will happen next. Does anybody have experience of a similar situation? I know I am probably screwed, but  Is there anyway I can get the deposit back? Is it likely they will chase me for closure on the full amount if I can’t get the bank mortgage?

Ouch.

Ask About Money
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