From: Jo 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Useless son dug a deep hole and cannot get out! Do I bail him?
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:38:52 GMT

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:17:51 +0000 (UTC), M Holmes
 wrote:

>Jo  wrote:
>
>> He owes about L13k but the settlement yesterday would have been
>> L10650. so assuming he gets the top dollar for the car L8. I'd need to
>> lend him L2600 +L1000 for an old banger.
>
>Is he close enough to work to cycle? A 19 year old should manage 5 miles
>each way easily.  It's a lot cheaper and healthier and it'd save
>insurance and road tax.  It'd also give him some time to think about
>debt as he cycles around. 

Lol