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"https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/why-you-shouldnt-break-the-ice-on-the-birdbath-with-a-hammer/", "published_at": "2013-01-16T20:18:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-c1c9-723e-bb60-8116761ab8f1", "title": "The Art of Getting Promoted", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/the-art-of-getting-promoted/", "published_at": "2012-12-21T13:00:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-c1c9-723e-bb60-81167646b843", "title": "What part of the End of the World do preppers not get?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/what-part-of-the-end-of-the-world-do-preppers-not-get/", "published_at": "2012-12-19T16:16:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-c1c9-723e-bb60-8116770c1492", "title": "The ONS has discovered you get richer as you save", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/the-ons-has-discovered-you-get-richer-as-you-save/", "published_at": "2012-12-14T12:40:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-c1c9-723e-bb60-8116778b5964", "title": "where did we lose the basic skills of self-reliance to cope with financial austerity?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/where-did-we-lose-the-basic-skills-of-self-reliance-to-cope-with-financial-austerity/", "published_at": "2012-11-20T22:31:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-c1c9-723e-bb60-81167885f1e1", "title": "Christmas is a time for … getting into debt and polluting the world with low-grade plastic tat?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/christmas-is-a-time-for-getting-into-debt-and-polluting-the-world-with-low-grade-plastic-tat/", "published_at": "2012-11-12T16:54:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-d2ff-724a-b063-1abc4b88e684", "title": "Local council leaders frame the Ermine as a victim!", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/framed-as-victim-by-counci/", "published_at": "2012-11-09T18:40:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-d300-738a-9c68-07edea0df503", "title": "The next recovery won’t improve living standards for most people", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/recovery-wont-improve-living-standards/", "published_at": "2012-10-26T13:18:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-d300-738a-9c68-07edea882765", "title": "Tighter Lending? Interest-only mortgage timebomb? That was set ticking years ago", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/tighter-lending-interest-only-mortgage-timebomb-that-was-set-ticking-years-ago/", "published_at": "2012-10-24T13:09:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-d300-738a-9c68-07edeb5b7462", "title": "Saving money on heating – 2", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/saving-money-on-heating-2/", "published_at": "2012-10-22T21:57:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-d300-738a-9c68-07edeb917f8b", "title": "Saving money on heating", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/saving-money-on-heating/", "published_at": "2012-10-13T11:17:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-d300-738a-9c68-07edec84304e", "title": "Osborne – workers of the world unite – and take the shaft?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/osborne-workers-of-the-world-unite-and-take-the-shaft/", "published_at": "2012-10-08T15:42:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-d300-738a-9c68-07edecbe8b82", "title": "Finally Debt-Free, and it feels good", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/finally-debt-free-and-it-feels-good/", "published_at": "2012-10-07T18:17:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-d300-738a-9c68-07eded523e17", "title": "Tell Sid…about the Direct Line IPO", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/10/04/tell-sid-about-the-direct-line-ipo/", "published_at": "2012-10-04T10:11:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-d300-738a-9c68-07edee4010f0", "title": "Don’t Just Sit There Moaning about TV, Do Something", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/dont-just-sit-there-moaning-about-tv-do-something/", "published_at": "2012-10-03T14:04:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-d300-738a-9c68-07edeec6ee25", "title": "What’s a worse investment than Cash? Standard Life Managed cash!", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/whats-a-worse-investment-than-cash-standard-life-managed-cash/", "published_at": "2012-09-29T09:40:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-db2a-718c-bab1-cb4f5f43aab8", "title": "General Education fail with Magna Carta on Letterman, Dave", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/general-education-fail-with-magna-carta-on-letterman-dave/", "published_at": "2012-09-27T10:02:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-db2a-718c-bab1-cb4f600611ab", "title": "an offer you can’t refuse?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/an-offer-you-cant-refuse/", "published_at": "2012-09-25T16:04:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-db2a-718c-bab1-cb4f604b5b75", "title": "What I learned at the Blog-Up Meet in Leeds", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/what-i-learned-at-the-blog-up-meet-in-leeds/", "published_at": "2012-09-24T14:50:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-db2a-718c-bab1-cb4f60ebdc5a", "title": "the redeeming value of sitting on your hands and doing nothing in the market", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/the-redeeming-value-of-sitting-on-your-hands-and-doing-nothing-in-the-market/", "published_at": "2012-09-20T10:43:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-db2a-718c-bab1-cb4f6150c0fa", "title": "Where have the decent, middle ground consumer products gone?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/where-have-the-decent-middle-ground-consumer-products-gone/", "published_at": "2012-09-17T09:48:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-db2a-718c-bab1-cb4f6163dc40", "title": "Agency – it’s what matters", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/agency-its-what-matters/", "published_at": "2012-09-15T11:48:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-db2a-718c-bab1-cb4f61d0abd7", "title": "net worth fears and intentional living reflections", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/net-worth-fears-and-intentional-living-reflections/", "published_at": "2012-09-12T09:27:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-db2a-718c-bab1-cb4f61e33cd2", "title": "getting perspective at some ancient stones", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/perspective-prehistoric-stones/", "published_at": "2012-09-05T13:01:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-db2a-718c-bab1-cb4f622a56a1", "title": "in the battle between virtual reality and reality, real reality always wins…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/in-the-battle-between-virtual-reality-and-reality-real-reality-always-wins/", "published_at": "2012-08-15T09:00:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-db2a-718c-bab1-cb4f62ab57d6", "title": "The Olympics was a fantastic show, Well done Britain, Well done London – let’s not extrapolate about competitive sports, Dave", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/the-olympics-was-a-fantastic-show-well-done-britain-well-done-london-lets-not-extrapolate-about-competitive-sports-dave/", "published_at": "2012-08-13T07:46:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-e8c9-72c9-a4de-249e0b3e4ee2", "title": "25 years of bike lighting improvement, but why doesn’t Tesco allow kids to change their batteries now?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/kids-not-allowed-to-change-batteries/", "published_at": "2012-08-11T14:05:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-e8c9-72c9-a4de-249e0b50857e", "title": "Facebook Becomes Evil", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/facebook-becomes-evil/", "published_at": "2012-08-07T16:10:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-e8c9-72c9-a4de-249e0bf52219", "title": "Why does it take so long to move an ISA?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/why-does-it-take-so-long-to-move-an-isa/", "published_at": "2012-08-03T23:01:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-e8c9-72c9-a4de-249e0c3c8bf3", "title": "Now that the jet stream has moved to its customary position", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/now-that-the-jet-stream-has-moved-to-its-customary-position/", "published_at": "2012-07-23T11:33:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-e8c9-72c9-a4de-249e0c63b778", "title": "Ladbrokes Double Vision – more betting capacity needed for the recession!", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/ladbrokes-double-vision-more-betting-capacity-needed-for-the-recession/", "published_at": "2012-07-21T07:47:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-e8c9-72c9-a4de-249e0d0a3d55", "title": "Sharesave and Employee Share Incentive Plan – becoming an ex-employee", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/sharesave-and-employee-share-incentive-plan-becoming-an-ex-employee/", "published_at": "2012-07-19T14:57:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-e8c9-72c9-a4de-249e0dd88791", "title": "Thank you DVLA – sometimes an Ermine needs a kick to live intentionally", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/thank-you-dvla-sometimes-an-ermine-needs-a-kick-to-live-intentionally/", "published_at": "2012-07-13T11:14:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-e8c9-72c9-a4de-249e0e8eaeb3", "title": "The Guardian is telling me I’m living in poverty. Oh and a family needs £36k to get by these days", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/07/10/the-guardian-is-telling-me-im-living-in-poverty-oh-and-a-family-needs-36k-to-get-by-these-days/", "published_at": "2012-07-10T21:48:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-e8c9-72c9-a4de-249e0f05ebd7", "title": "Government Guarantee against Stock Market falls – Mis-Selling Scandal ahoy", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/government-guarantee-against-stock-market-falls-mis-selling-scandal-ahoy/", "published_at": "2012-07-09T09:43:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-e8c9-72c9-a4de-249e0f4a524b", "title": "We need to work less, like those feckless Germans", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/we-need-to-work-less-like-those-feckless-germans/", "published_at": "2012-07-04T13:39:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-f584-738b-b5e4-9fb14469df73", "title": "The Ermine is Retired", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/06/30/the-ermine-is-retired/", "published_at": "2012-06-30T14:39:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-f584-738b-b5e4-9fb144aedad0", "title": "Tesco – enthusiastically and tackily football mad", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/06/10/tesco-enthusiastically-and-tackily-football-mad/", "published_at": "2012-06-10T17:31:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-f584-738b-b5e4-9fb145442a7c", "title": "Interactive Investor wind their necks in about exorbitant charges", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/interactive-investor-exorbitant-charges/", "published_at": "2012-06-07T19:16:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-f584-738b-b5e4-9fb1457f75d9", "title": "Preparing for the Harvest with Elderflower Wine", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/preparing-for-the-harvest-with-elderflower-wine/", "published_at": "2012-06-03T19:27:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-f584-738b-b5e4-9fb1463f3dca", "title": "Retail Distribution Review ISA Reflections", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/retail-distribution-review-isa-reflections/", "published_at": "2012-06-02T14:44:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-f584-738b-b5e4-9fb146e53f71", "title": "The Ermine takes the shaft from the RDR and the FSA", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/the-ermine-takes-the-shaft-from-the-rdr-and-the-fsa/", "published_at": "2012-05-31T20:19:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-f584-738b-b5e4-9fb1474fda88", "title": "Ermine in the City – Westfield, a Cathedral to Wants, not Needs", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/ermine-in-the-city-westfield-a-cathedral-to-wants-not-needs/", "published_at": "2012-05-28T21:21:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-f584-738b-b5e4-9fb1480bdd05", "title": "Treuhandanstalt for Greece – the first glimmer of a solution?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/05/26/treuhandanstalt-for-greece-the-first-glimmer-of-a-solution/", "published_at": "2012-05-26T21:08:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-f584-738b-b5e4-9fb148810348", "title": "Grexit – ambulance chasing opportunities ahoy?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/grexit-ambulance-chasing-opportunities-ahoy/", "published_at": "2012-05-24T00:18:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-f584-738b-b5e4-9fb148a9f983", "title": "Dysgenic fertility. People really are getting dumber over the years", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/dysgenic-fertility-people-really-are-getting-dumber-over-the-years/", "published_at": "2012-05-21T19:34:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-029b-71ae-9cbe-4caffd3ca5ca", "title": "Robert Peston’s Great Euro Crash programme", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/robert-pestons-great-euro-crash-programme/", "published_at": "2012-05-19T16:58:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-029b-71ae-9cbe-4caffd68a03e", "title": "Fat Cat wants no Restrictions on Cream", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/fat-cat-wants-no-restrictions-on-cream/", "published_at": "2012-05-15T06:01:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-029b-71ae-9cbe-4caffdae9d6a", "title": "Back to Basics – What we learn from Milling Grain", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/back-to-basics-what-we-learn-from-milling-grain/", "published_at": "2012-05-14T11:11:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-029b-71ae-9cbe-4caffeaa4673", "title": "LOLcat lulz in your LOLs Dave", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/lulz-lols-dave-cameron-lolca/", "published_at": "2012-05-12T18:26:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-029b-71ae-9cbe-4caffeff4304", "title": "Where an Ermine learned his first ideas on Finance and What He learned", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/where-an-ermine-learned-his-first-ideas-on-finance-and-what-he-learned/", "published_at": "2012-05-06T11:09:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-029b-71ae-9cbe-4cafffdb4c7a", "title": "In Search of a Small Biz Accounting Program", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/in-search-of-a-small-biz-accounting-program/", "published_at": "2012-05-05T11:13:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-029b-71ae-9cbe-4cb000406bc6", "title": "Bank of England to the assembled Punters – Next Time It Will Be Different", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/bank-of-england-to-the-assembled-punters-next-time-it-will-be-different/", "published_at": "2012-05-03T21:56:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-029c-731b-9ba9-17a6a04f3dc6", "title": "Monkey with a Pin – in a world of chancers and charlatans, is it Game Over for the Private Investor?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/monkey-with-a-pin-in-a-world-of-chancers-and-charlatans-is-it-game-over-for-the-private-investor/", "published_at": "2012-04-29T13:25:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-029c-731b-9ba9-17a6a056d7cb", "title": "Tax, Early Retirement and the Laffer curve", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/tax-early-retirement-and-the-laffer-curve/", "published_at": "2012-04-27T17:16:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-029c-731b-9ba9-17a6a0e05fa3", "title": "towards a long term investing strategy", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/towards-a-long-term-investing-strategy/", "published_at": "2012-04-13T16:30:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-090d-7339-95ba-3ffa34ad4288", "title": "Five tips to Save Money and Retire Early", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/five-tips-to-save-money-and-retire-early/", "published_at": "2012-04-11T10:09:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-090d-7339-95ba-3ffa35159603", "title": "The Buy to Let conundrum", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/the-buy-to-let-conundrum/", "published_at": "2012-04-04T16:05:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-090d-7339-95ba-3ffa351a8405", "title": "Retiring Early – a high-level view. It’s not all about the money", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/retiring-early-a-high-level-view-its-not-all-about-the-money/", "published_at": "2012-03-29T08:33:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-090d-7339-95ba-3ffa35e87be3", "title": "Clearance at last to begin the Final Approach to early retirement", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/clearance-at-last-to-begin-the-final-approach-to-early-retirement/", "published_at": "2012-03-24T19:01:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-090d-7339-95ba-3ffa36d2b1d1", "title": "Obama and Dave, what is it about peak oil that you don’t get?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/obama-and-dave-what-is-it-about-peak-oil-that-you-dont-get/", "published_at": "2012-03-16T10:45:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-090d-7339-95ba-3ffa378c77d0", "title": "Don’t fight the tape, Dave, the NewBuy Mortgage Guarantee will cause untold pain", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/dont-fight-the-tape-dave-the-newbuy-mortgage-guarantee-will-cause-untold-pain/", "published_at": "2012-03-12T09:01:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-090d-7339-95ba-3ffa37d310a5", "title": "Your Standard of Living may take a hit, your Quality of Life doesn’t have to", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/standard-of-living-quality-of-life/", "published_at": "2012-03-07T14:03:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-090d-7339-95ba-3ffa384603d9", "title": "Employee Share Options, model theory and the Greek/Irish Default Conundrum", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/employee-share-options-model-theory-and-the-greekirish-default-conundrum/", "published_at": "2012-02-29T16:38:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-090d-7339-95ba-3ffa38490c6b", "title": "Middle Class Finances – Death by A Thousand Cuts", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/middle-class-finances-death-by-a-thousand-cuts/", "published_at": "2012-02-25T19:20:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-090d-7339-95ba-3ffa38ec8da2", "title": "I was too poor to live in London, so I moved out. What’s so hard to understand?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/i-was-too-poor-to-live-in-london-so-i-moved-out-whats-so-hard-to-understand/", "published_at": "2012-02-17T11:13:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-162f-712a-b44d-4eab5016662f", "title": "Why the Demise of the Interest-Only Mortgage isn’t a bad thing", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/why-the-demise-of-the-interest-only-mortgage-isnt-a-bad-thing/", "published_at": "2012-02-11T14:05:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-162f-712a-b44d-4eab50cc17a4", "title": "A Feckless Family Fruitlessly Frittering Financial Future Away", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/a-feckless-family-fruitlessly-frittering-financial-future-away/", "published_at": "2012-02-01T19:15:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-162f-712a-b44d-4eab518de1ba", "title": "How to use Sharesave Redux", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/how-to-use-sharesave-redux/", "published_at": "2012-01-30T21:02:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-162f-712a-b44d-4eab519ab801", "title": "2011 ISA investment review – rough waters but maintained speed and heading OK", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/2011-is-review/", "published_at": "2012-01-29T17:54:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-162f-712a-b44d-4eab5216cfbb", "title": "students are increasingly studying subjects with little employer demand for some bizarre reason", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/students-are-increasingly-studying-subjects-with-little-employer-demand-for-some-bizarre-reason/", "published_at": "2012-01-26T14:27:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-162f-712a-b44d-4eab5228a425", "title": "An Interesting Taxonomy of Personal Finance approaches from Moneysaving Challenge", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/an-interesting-taxonomy-of-personal-finance-approaches-from-moneysaving-challenge/", "published_at": "2012-01-21T11:05:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-162f-712a-b44d-4eab5236a4ba", "title": "How to Use Sharesave Save As You Earn schemes", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/how-to-use-sharesave-save-as-you-earn-schemes/", "published_at": "2012-01-20T23:59:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-162f-712a-b44d-4eab527d07b4", "title": "Life Cycle Financial Planning", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/life-cycle-financial-planning/", "published_at": "2012-01-13T20:38:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-162f-712a-b44d-4eab535a722b", "title": "It’s time to buy", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/its-time-to-buy/", "published_at": "2012-01-11T10:22:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-162f-712a-b44d-4eab5415cb83", "title": "Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/goodbye-2011-hello-2012/", "published_at": "2011-12-31T17:56:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-2750-715b-b038-0c22894dfd59", "title": "How I Got Away With Not Saving For a Pension in my 20s", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/how-i-got-away-with-not-saving-for-a-pension-in-my-20s/", "published_at": "2011-12-28T11:51:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-2750-715b-b038-0c2289e9d78a", "title": "The Magic of Compound Interest is Vastly Overrated", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/the-magic-of-compound-interest-is-vastly-overrated/", "published_at": "2011-12-23T00:28:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-2750-715b-b038-0c228ac68199", "title": "Financial freedom is having options, not just having money to spend", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/financial-freedom-is-having-options-not-having-money-to-spend/", "published_at": "2011-12-13T00:11:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-2750-715b-b038-0c228b1416a9", "title": "Britain ejected from the EU – exit ramp engaged", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/britain-ejected-from-the-eu-exit-ramp-engaged/", "published_at": "2011-12-10T09:59:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-2750-715b-b038-0c228b434608", "title": "Merv presses the Panic button – incoming fire observed from all points", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/merv-presses-the-panic-button-incoming-fire-observed-from-all-points/", "published_at": "2011-12-02T11:59:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-2750-715b-b038-0c228bef5fd4", "title": "Coding is the new Latin – so what have our kids been doing in ICT for the last 20 years FFS?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/coding-is-the-new-latin-so-what-have-our-kids-been-doing-in-ict-for-the-last-20-years-ffs/", "published_at": "2011-11-28T12:46:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-2750-715b-b038-0c228cef4dec", "title": "Angela, the Euro and Forbidden Planet", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/angela-the-euro-and-forbidden-planet/", "published_at": "2011-11-25T13:03:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-2750-715b-b038-0c228d6e6cd9", "title": "Just leave the housing market alone, Dave", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/just-leave-the-housing-market-alone-dave/", "published_at": "2011-11-22T09:36:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-2750-715b-b038-0c228e21990c", "title": "Early Retirement is all about Spending Less, Not Earning More", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/early-retirement-is-all-about-spending-less-not-earning-more/", "published_at": "2011-11-17T22:52:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfea-2750-715b-b038-0c228e42d9e2", "title": "Where are the leaders who will save Democracy in Europe", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/where-are-the-leaders-who-will-save-democracy-in-europe/", "published_at": "2011-11-12T15:11:12+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2013

So how did this early retirement lark work out in the endoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2013
Help to Buy = Moral Hazard. What on earth could go wrong?original ↗
22 Mar 2013
Cait Reilly was out of order about Poundland, but not half as out of order as the Governmentoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2013
Europe, Swiss move to limit banker bonuses and control fraud, Boris howls and Osborne takes it in the neckoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2013
In praise of meatspaceoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2013
SIP and Sharesave Employee shares and Capital Gains Taxoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2013
I have always wanted to do this, in every office job I had…original ↗
13 Feb 2013
the real thing that we’re missing with the horse for beef swap is…original ↗
10 Feb 2013
Money can’t buy you love, but it can buy you happinessoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2013
a hat tip to Monevatororiginal ↗
1 Feb 2013
A look back at three years of a high yield portfolio and a look forward to 2013original ↗
29 Jan 2013
Scandinavian invasion – Waxwingsoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2013
The cost of playing the Lottery has gone up – it’s still a guaranteed shafting so why the fuss?original ↗
18 Jan 2013
The wheel of the year turns, and a pause for reflectionoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2013
Why you shouldn’t break the ice on the birdbath with a hammeroriginal ↗
16 Jan 2013

2012

The Art of Getting Promotedoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2012
What part of the End of the World do preppers not get?original ↗
19 Dec 2012
The ONS has discovered you get richer as you saveoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2012
where did we lose the basic skills of self-reliance to cope with financial austerity?original ↗
20 Nov 2012
Christmas is a time for … getting into debt and polluting the world with low-grade plastic tat?original ↗
12 Nov 2012
Local council leaders frame the Ermine as a victim!original ↗
9 Nov 2012
The next recovery won’t improve living standards for most peopleoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2012
Tighter Lending? Interest-only mortgage timebomb? That was set ticking years agooriginal ↗
24 Oct 2012
Saving money on heating – 2original ↗
22 Oct 2012
Saving money on heatingoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2012
Osborne – workers of the world unite – and take the shaft?original ↗
8 Oct 2012
Finally Debt-Free, and it feels goodoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2012
Tell Sid…about the Direct Line IPOoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2012
Don’t Just Sit There Moaning about TV, Do Somethingoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2012
What’s a worse investment than Cash? Standard Life Managed cash!original ↗
29 Sept 2012
General Education fail with Magna Carta on Letterman, Daveoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2012
an offer you can’t refuse?original ↗
25 Sept 2012
What I learned at the Blog-Up Meet in Leedsoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2012
the redeeming value of sitting on your hands and doing nothing in the marketoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2012
Where have the decent, middle ground consumer products gone?original ↗
17 Sept 2012
Agency – it’s what mattersoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2012
net worth fears and intentional living reflectionsoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2012
getting perspective at some ancient stonesoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2012
in the battle between virtual reality and reality, real reality always wins…original ↗
15 Aug 2012
The Olympics was a fantastic show, Well done Britain, Well done London – let’s not extrapolate about competitive sports, Daveoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2012
25 years of bike lighting improvement, but why doesn’t Tesco allow kids to change their batteries now?original ↗
11 Aug 2012
Facebook Becomes Eviloriginal ↗
7 Aug 2012
Why does it take so long to move an ISA?original ↗
3 Aug 2012
Now that the jet stream has moved to its customary positionoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2012
Ladbrokes Double Vision – more betting capacity needed for the recession!original ↗
21 Jul 2012
Sharesave and Employee Share Incentive Plan – becoming an ex-employeeoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2012
Thank you DVLA – sometimes an Ermine needs a kick to live intentionallyoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2012
The Guardian is telling me I’m living in poverty. Oh and a family needs £36k to get by these daysoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2012
Government Guarantee against Stock Market falls – Mis-Selling Scandal ahoyoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2012
We need to work less, like those feckless Germansoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2012
The Ermine is Retiredoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2012
Tesco – enthusiastically and tackily football madoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2012
Interactive Investor wind their necks in about exorbitant chargesoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2012
Preparing for the Harvest with Elderflower Wineoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2012
Retail Distribution Review ISA Reflectionsoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2012
The Ermine takes the shaft from the RDR and the FSAoriginal ↗
31 May 2012
Ermine in the City – Westfield, a Cathedral to Wants, not Needsoriginal ↗
28 May 2012
Treuhandanstalt for Greece – the first glimmer of a solution?original ↗
26 May 2012
Grexit – ambulance chasing opportunities ahoy?original ↗
24 May 2012
Dysgenic fertility. People really are getting dumber over the yearsoriginal ↗
21 May 2012
Robert Peston’s Great Euro Crash programmeoriginal ↗
19 May 2012
Fat Cat wants no Restrictions on Creamoriginal ↗
15 May 2012
Back to Basics – What we learn from Milling Grainoriginal ↗
14 May 2012
LOLcat lulz in your LOLs Daveoriginal ↗
12 May 2012
Where an Ermine learned his first ideas on Finance and What He learnedoriginal ↗
6 May 2012
In Search of a Small Biz Accounting Programoriginal ↗
5 May 2012
Bank of England to the assembled Punters – Next Time It Will Be Differentoriginal ↗
3 May 2012
Monkey with a Pin – in a world of chancers and charlatans, is it Game Over for the Private Investor?original ↗
29 Apr 2012
Tax, Early Retirement and the Laffer curveoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2012
towards a long term investing strategyoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2012
Five tips to Save Money and Retire Earlyoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2012
The Buy to Let conundrumoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2012
Retiring Early – a high-level view. It’s not all about the moneyoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2012
Clearance at last to begin the Final Approach to early retirementoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2012
Obama and Dave, what is it about peak oil that you don’t get?original ↗
16 Mar 2012
Don’t fight the tape, Dave, the NewBuy Mortgage Guarantee will cause untold painoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2012
Your Standard of Living may take a hit, your Quality of Life doesn’t have tooriginal ↗
7 Mar 2012
Employee Share Options, model theory and the Greek/Irish Default Conundrumoriginal ↗
29 Feb 2012
Middle Class Finances – Death by A Thousand Cutsoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2012
I was too poor to live in London, so I moved out. What’s so hard to understand?original ↗
17 Feb 2012
Why the Demise of the Interest-Only Mortgage isn’t a bad thingoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2012
A Feckless Family Fruitlessly Frittering Financial Future Awayoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2012
How to use Sharesave Reduxoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2012
2011 ISA investment review – rough waters but maintained speed and heading OKoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2012
students are increasingly studying subjects with little employer demand for some bizarre reasonoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2012
An Interesting Taxonomy of Personal Finance approaches from Moneysaving Challengeoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2012
How to Use Sharesave Save As You Earn schemesoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2012
Life Cycle Financial Planningoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2012
It’s time to buyoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2012

2011

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012…original ↗
31 Dec 2011
How I Got Away With Not Saving For a Pension in my 20soriginal ↗
28 Dec 2011
The Magic of Compound Interest is Vastly Overratedoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2011
Financial freedom is having options, not just having money to spendoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2011
Britain ejected from the EU – exit ramp engagedoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2011
Merv presses the Panic button – incoming fire observed from all pointsoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2011
Coding is the new Latin – so what have our kids been doing in ICT for the last 20 years FFS?original ↗
28 Nov 2011
Angela, the Euro and Forbidden Planetoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2011
Just leave the housing market alone, Daveoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2011
Early Retirement is all about Spending Less, Not Earning Moreoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2011
Where are the leaders who will save Democracy in Europeoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2011
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