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I’ve seen this movie before – it didn’t end well", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2019/01/29/100-mortgage-backed-by-bomad-ive-seen-this-movie-before-it-didnt-end-well/", "published_at": "2019-01-29T17:59:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-98bc-7189-aa7b-78f953146a87", "title": "Unitising my portfolio shows I sucked last year", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2019/01/11/unitising-my-portfolio-shows-i-sucked-last-year/", "published_at": "2019-01-11T14:37:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-98bc-7189-aa7b-78f953fb21fd", "title": "New year, New You, New hope", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2019/01/04/new-year-new-you-new-hope/", "published_at": "2019-01-04T12:11:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-98bc-7189-aa7b-78f95454ff0e", "title": "Odd Christmas sales and consumerism", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/12/12/odd-christmas-sales-and-consumerism/", "published_at": "2018-12-12T11:18:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-98bc-7189-aa7b-78f954afa8a9", "title": "Anti-FIRE – the YOLO train-wreck edition", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/11/25/anti-fire-the-yolo-train-wreck-edition/", "published_at": "2018-11-25T23:00:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-98bc-7189-aa7b-78f954fee663", "title": "Run towards the light, not away from the darkness", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/11/22/run-towards-the-light-not-away-from-the-darkness/", "published_at": "2018-11-22T22:46:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-98bc-7189-aa7b-78f955954ee5", "title": "What Colour is your Parachute", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/10/16/what-colour-is-your-parachute/", "published_at": "2018-10-16T09:51:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-98bc-7189-aa7b-78f95691ad10", "title": "FIRE in the news, liar, liar, pants on FIRE", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/09/27/fire-in-the-news-liar-liar-pants-on-fire/", "published_at": "2018-09-27T18:22:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-b338-72a3-b635-a6af3fe1cb8a", "title": "There be a rumbling and a sound of clucking chickens in the air", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/08/13/there-be-a-rumbling-and-a-sound-of-clucking-chickens-in-the-air/", "published_at": "2018-08-13T12:23:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-b339-70c5-8d7e-8aab69e82cf5", "title": "Battening down the hatches and exploring the opportunities of Brexit", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/06/28/battening-hatches-opportunities-brexit/", "published_at": "2018-06-28T19:28:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-b339-70c5-8d7e-8aab6aacc3aa", "title": "The concept of financial freedom is an unattainable chimera", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/06/22/the-concept-of-financial-freedom-is-an-unattainable-chimera/", "published_at": "2018-06-22T10:20:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-b339-70c5-8d7e-8aab6b895ca6", "title": "Shares beat housing, even in Blighty", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/06/18/shares-beat-housing-even-in-blighty/", "published_at": "2018-06-18T17:12:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-b339-70c5-8d7e-8aab6c805eec", "title": "Trending now – automate your spending with subscription shopping", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/automate-your-spending-with-subscription-shopping/", "published_at": "2018-05-23T10:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-b339-70c5-8d7e-8aab6c8ea77d", "title": "BofE’s Ben Broadbent inserts hoof in gob, message gets tossed in can", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/ben-broadbent-inserts-hoof-in-gob-message-gets-tossed-in-can/", "published_at": "2018-05-16T15:30:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-b339-70c5-8d7e-8aab6d320015", "title": "Retired accountant fails to understand interest only mortgage, loses house", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/05/02/retired-accountant-fails-to-understand-interest-only-mortgage-loses-house/", "published_at": "2018-05-02T19:40:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-b339-70c5-8d7e-8aab6d58274d", "title": "getting under the skin of Brexit", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/brexit/", "published_at": "2018-04-12T15:53:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-b339-70c5-8d7e-8aab6dc17ee3", "title": "Escaping the avaricious paws of Interactive Investor – again", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/escaping-avaricious-iii-again/", "published_at": "2018-03-26T12:13:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-b339-70c5-8d7e-8aab6df77794", "title": "Millennials can chill about not having massive savings", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/03/01/millennials-can-chill-about-not-having-massive-savings/", "published_at": "2018-03-01T12:12:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-d154-7184-976f-5967796e760e", "title": "The Global Auction – why learning isn’t earning any more in the West", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/the-global-auction-why-learning-isnt-earning-any-more-in-the-west/", "published_at": "2018-02-08T19:40:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-d154-7184-976f-596779f0456c", "title": "London is a different country – they do things differently there", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/02/01/london-is-a-different-country-they-do-things-differently-there/", "published_at": "2018-02-01T00:03:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-d154-7184-976f-59677a3ce4e8", "title": "Time for market timing?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/ftse100-closes-on-high-time-market-timing/", "published_at": "2018-01-03T09:47:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-d154-7184-976f-59677adace19", "title": "Mankind is hard-wired to work, sez Nick Boles", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/12/30/mankind-is-hard-wired-to-work-sez-nick-boles/", "published_at": "2017-12-30T16:02:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-d154-7184-976f-59677b64a850", "title": "Simple Living in Suffolk is no more", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/12/29/simple-living-in-suffolk-is-no-more/", "published_at": "2017-12-29T16:02:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-d154-7184-976f-59677b82c6be", "title": "Winter solstice thoughts on reinventing oneself in retirement", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/winter-solstice-thoughts-on-reinventing-oneself-in-retirement/", "published_at": "2017-12-21T17:13:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-d154-7184-976f-59677c266229", "title": "UK FI/RE folk are fortunate compared to other Europeans", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/12/04/uk-fi-re-folk-are-fortunate-compared-to-other-europeans/", "published_at": "2017-12-04T09:58:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-d154-7184-976f-59677c60725c", "title": "Taking back control", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/11/29/taking-back-control/", "published_at": "2017-11-29T09:28:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-d154-7184-976f-59677d2ec167", "title": "iii take an Ermine for a ride – again!", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/11/27/iii-take-an-ermine-for-a-ride-a-second-time/", "published_at": "2017-11-27T10:15:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-d154-7184-976f-59677d6bdb15", "title": "Why does getting super-rich mean a taste bypass?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/super-rich-taste-bypass/", "published_at": "2017-10-26T19:13:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-eab2-73e0-aad2-ed66e00e00fe", "title": "Investing for Brexit", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/10/20/investing-for-brexit/", "published_at": "2017-10-20T22:02:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-eab2-73e0-aad2-ed66e07f3c3a", "title": "So what does all this Brexit baloney really mean then?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/brexit-baloney-mean-then/", "published_at": "2017-10-16T21:47:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-eab2-73e0-aad2-ed66e16952fa", "title": "Cheques checked the recipient’s name – BACS & CHAPS use untested numbers", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/cheques-chaps/", "published_at": "2017-10-05T16:30:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-eab2-73e0-aad2-ed66e211529d", "title": "Toxic car finance could work out the best way to pay for a new car", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/10/02/toxic-car-finance-could-work-out-the-best-way-to-pay-for-a-new-car/", "published_at": "2017-10-02T16:07:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-eab2-73e0-aad2-ed66e2d2b3a5", "title": "Michaelmas – a good time to get out of Britain’s favourite asset class", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/09/30/michaelmas-a-good-time-to-get-out-of-britains-favourite-asset-class/", "published_at": "2017-09-30T00:46:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-eab2-73e0-aad2-ed66e329ee94", "title": "A FIRE approach to air conditioning", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/06/21/a-fire-approach-to-air-conditioning/", "published_at": "2017-06-21T08:37:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-eab2-73e0-aad2-ed66e3f8ba86", "title": "Over 50s are big spenders on home and lifestyle into retirement and beyond", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/06/16/over-50s-are-big-spenders-on-home-and-lifestyle-into-retirement-and-beyond/", "published_at": "2017-06-16T22:18:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-eab2-73e0-aad2-ed66e492e472", "title": "workers will retire from five million jobs in the next 10 years", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/workers-will-retire-from-five-million-jobs-in-the-next-10-years/", "published_at": "2017-06-14T16:36:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe7-eab2-73e0-aad2-ed66e4afc9af", "title": "Sowing the wind in the summertime and the 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2022

A trip to the Great Wen in the Ides of Marchoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2022
Dolmens and doldrumsoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2022

2021

Ground Control to Major Tom–turbulence aheadoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2021
Safe haven by Mark Spitznageloriginal ↗
7 Nov 2021
Ermine abroad – first the smartphone came for the workers, and now it’s come for meoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2021
Ill fares the landoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2021
Taking the Great out of Britain – welcome to your new Brexit vehicle insigniaoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2021
Fintech Fantasyland – Raisin and Coinbaseoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2021
Welcome to the Weirdoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2021
Brexit dividend at last – labour shortages are a feature, not a bugoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2021
The Coming Gilded Age and Vanguard’s mustelid indigestionoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2021
Crab House Cafe, Dorsetoriginal ↗
12 May 2021
Die With Zero–FI/RE, the YOLO editionoriginal ↗
11 May 2021
Coiled spring and missing Claworiginal ↗
16 Apr 2021
coiled spring – or cautionary tale – a strange yearoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2021
Imbolc – return of the spring and a new beginningoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2021

2020

Sovereignty delivered early on the longest night of the yearoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2020
early retirement isn’t boring. Brexit and Covid areoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2020
on paying for an arts educationoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2020
This won’t be over by Christmas in Brexitlandoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2020
Strong in these padawan, recency bias isoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2020
winter is comingoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2020
holidays in the sun are not a human right, peopleoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2020
fancy fintech’s fishy funoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2020
Priapic solstice perambulations in pursuit of weedoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2020
ermine egging on the economyoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2020
a walk on the wild sideoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2020
At some point during this bear market I realized that I probably shouldn’t keep doing thisoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2020
The Ermine considers returning to workoriginal ↗
29 May 2020
It’s a dirty job, Dom, but somebody’s gotta do itoriginal ↗
26 May 2020
What will we do with our world when this is over?original ↗
22 May 2020
I’ve got a sneaking admiration for Donald Trumporiginal ↗
6 May 2020
This is your captain Warren speaking – it’s going be a long night. Three out of four engines are on fire, the fourth is running roughoriginal ↗
4 May 2020
Musings on misadventure and market madnessoriginal ↗
1 May 2020
buying into madnessoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2020
Hedging is not just about moneyoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2020
Developing a buying policy for the bear marketoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2020
Of natural beauty and interesting marketsoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2020
Shiny shiny starts to gleam as fear risesoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2020
Sonos to Earthlings: All Your Base Belong to Us. We’re with Trump on the environment, BTWoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2020
extreme FIRE and how to live welloriginal ↗
6 Jan 2020

2019

A Friday the 13th frightoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2019
passive investors, are you destroying your children’s world?original ↗
28 Nov 2019
Crafty Klarna card bites savvy studentoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2019
Bear markets are a bastard when investing at a fixed time in lifeoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2019
Two Factor Security shouldn’t involve a mobile phoneoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2019
DB pension options – an object lesson in the power of inflationoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2019
Monzo, metal cards and bullet journalsoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2019
Work is not a job, and the web of lifeoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2019
FIRE is for the Few, not the Manyoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2019
School’s not even out and the silly season is well underwayoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2019
Playing With FIREoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2019
All you cash belong to Zuckoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2019
an engineering cameo at the Royal Bath & West showoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2019
Brexit – not in my name, thanksoriginal ↗
4 May 2019
97% off annuity rates – with Class 2 NI contributionsoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2019
In praise of the Flexible ISAoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2019
Through the Brexit looking glassoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2019
O tempora o moresoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2019
Red and White dragons fight under the edifice of Brexit as the end of the ISA year approachesoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2019
Dutch Brexit humour from outside the nuthouseoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2019
Will the last UK finance blogger please switch off the lights on their way to Twitteroriginal ↗
31 Jan 2019
100% mortgage backed by BOMAD? I’ve seen this movie before – it didn’t end welloriginal ↗
29 Jan 2019
Unitising my portfolio shows I sucked last yearoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2019
New year, New You, New hopeoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2019

2018

Odd Christmas sales and consumerismoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2018
Anti-FIRE – the YOLO train-wreck editionoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2018
Run towards the light, not away from the darknessoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2018
What Colour is your Parachuteoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2018
FIRE in the news, liar, liar, pants on FIREoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2018
There be a rumbling and a sound of clucking chickens in the airoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2018
Battening down the hatches and exploring the opportunities of Brexitoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2018
The concept of financial freedom is an unattainable chimeraoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2018
Shares beat housing, even in Blightyoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2018
Trending now – automate your spending with subscription shoppingoriginal ↗
23 May 2018
BofE’s Ben Broadbent inserts hoof in gob, message gets tossed in canoriginal ↗
16 May 2018
Retired accountant fails to understand interest only mortgage, loses houseoriginal ↗
2 May 2018
getting under the skin of Brexitoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2018
Escaping the avaricious paws of Interactive Investor – againoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2018
Millennials can chill about not having massive savingsoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2018
The Global Auction – why learning isn’t earning any more in the Westoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2018
London is a different country – they do things differently thereoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2018
Time for market timing?original ↗
3 Jan 2018

2017

Mankind is hard-wired to work, sez Nick Bolesoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2017
Simple Living in Suffolk is no moreoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2017
Winter solstice thoughts on reinventing oneself in retirementoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2017
UK FI/RE folk are fortunate compared to other Europeansoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2017
Taking back controloriginal ↗
29 Nov 2017
iii take an Ermine for a ride – again!original ↗
27 Nov 2017
Why does getting super-rich mean a taste bypass?original ↗
26 Oct 2017
Investing for Brexitoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2017
So what does all this Brexit baloney really mean then?original ↗
16 Oct 2017
Cheques checked the recipient’s name – BACS & CHAPS use untested numbersoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2017
Toxic car finance could work out the best way to pay for a new caroriginal ↗
2 Oct 2017
Michaelmas – a good time to get out of Britain’s favourite asset classoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2017
A FIRE approach to air conditioningoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2017
Over 50s are big spenders on home and lifestyle into retirement and beyondoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2017
workers will retire from five million jobs in the next 10 yearsoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2017
Sowing the wind in the summertime and the living is easy…original ↗
9 Jun 2017
How work is stealing leisure from usoriginal ↗
10 May 2017
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