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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Sounds like he wasted all that money. A £500k bungalow? JFC with a million bucks I could buy a prefab house and a lot to plop it on and live the rest of my life until I inevitable drop dead from heart disease. Also RIP Bob. I wouldn't be surprised if whoever hit him didn't even realize it.

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago (8 children)

A million dollars spread out over 12 years is not amazing money.

It's not like he got a million dollars and could have bought the house outright. He took out a mortgage because he had a respectable middle class income for 12 years.

I could live if a million GBP for the next 40 years and even buy a house too.

I know this because I am not going to earn that much over the next 40 years.

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