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It's Thursday.

Now, I like Thursday.

I like Friday better, but the end of this month is like bills, bill, the same as everybody

else.

You all get to that stage where you go, oh, have you got any bills coming in? Have I got bills coming in? I've got a VAT bill to pay, which actually I never complain about. I only complain about the fact that, you know, I've got an accountant who can do it. I just need to supply a figure. And he then says, this is how much you owe them. And then you sort of look at it. And I've been really good this month, actually, mainly because I've not been here. So I've not been spending money.

In fact, I've been very good at not spending money.

Very, very good at not spending money.

So we should better cover the VAT bill.

Then I've got the car tax, no, insurance.

The tax doesn't come up till next year.

MOT I've got coming up on Monday so that's that'll be over

and done within an hour and it's just all comes at the same time doesn't it? All comes at the same

time and some people say oh you're always moaning about it. No I'm not only in your old dreary

little mind am I moaning about it. I'm just telling you facts you know and the fact is the

alpaca's still alive although as all the farmers are now saying, we don't

want bovine tuberculosis, thank you very much indeed. And anybody who thinks that this is okay

to not have this animal put to sleep is living in Cloud Cucculan. Bovine tuberculosis can run

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