Any punters living in Birmingham Area interested in a Pie, Pint and jaw, one evening in a pub in Birmingham area.
Personally interested in small time investing(gambling), developing an appetite for CFDs. Also developing an interest in Charting or TA.

I use Sharescope, Moneyam, Barclays, Comdirect and IC

Noted.

Nice to see some interesting Micros in this years list http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=282167

.... but could they have thought of a 'better' name than Black Dog Freddy !

PS: An 11 billion high speed rail link between Birmingham and London could use new platforms built deep underneath New Street Station.

http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/tm_headline=163-11bn-rail-link-could-go-underneath-new-street%26method=full%26objectid=21473177%26siteid=65233-name_page.html

... but ....
returning to financial market matters:

Staffordshire trainee accountant gambles away 44m of council money on stockmarket (and this was from a time when markets were 'stable'):

http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/tm_headline=staffordshire-trainee-accountant-gambles-away-163-44m-of-council-money-on-stockmarket%26method=full%26objectid=21473158%26siteid=65233-name_page.html

"CIPFA has acknowledged that the low risk transactions authorised by Mr Pate were carried out at a time when the market was stable and that there was no risk to the councils capital sums."

..Didn't here about that on the National News did we, I suppose because of the above, big news though I would have thought.

I hope those attending tomorrow will bring some coinage to put in my hat. Preferably gold. I need something to feed my kids with.

Fred.... will these do...?.... (well, they're gold and you can eat 'em):

Milk Chocolate Coins 55mm Gold Sovereigns

http://www.chocolatebuttons.co.uk/erol.html#36878X38251

Luxury Milk Chocolate Gold Sovereign Coins. This 55mm gold foil coin has Queen Victoria (Jubilee head) on the front and the classic St. George and dragon design (dated 1892) on the reverse.

These coins are produced for Chocolate Buttons using the finest milk chocolate (min 28% cocoa), wrapped in quality foil and finished using the latest computerised 3D moulds that give an incredibly detailed and realistic look.

Hat and chips?

This seems to have been the 'event' this evening:

A major railway station was evacuated after reports of a fire in a train.
Smoke was seen coming from a train at about 1840 BST at Birmingham New Street station, British Transport Police said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7548207.stm

PS: Well, I did tell you earlier that whenever I'm near a railway station something seems to happen that delays trains!!

.... and now the bad news....:

A brewery chain employing 1,000 people in north-west England has gone into administration.

Cains Brewery, based in Liverpool, makes a range of 11 ales and lagers and runs more than 100 pubs nationwide.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7547909.stm

Cains has won a number of awards for its ales, most recently the World's Best Fruit Beer in the World Beer Awards 2007.

Its beer is also the official beer of the 2008 Liverpool European Capital of Culture.

Said New Street hitch hindered my travels. Got so near yet so far......

Another time!

Hindered mine as well, home at 10.15pm (1h.30mins longer then usual)...I blame Chris -):

Shame about Cains, the Brewery should survive though In some form I wager.

Battle of Britain loco (Tangemere?) at Waterloo
held up my train on the way home from the pub.

Luxury with 28% cocao?
Like calling a beer of less than 5% IPA.
mac.

Chris' Durian strikes again...........................

Stan>...I blame Chris -):

I agree. At least you got home (eventually) .....But if you'd stayed for another half you'd still have been home at same time.....

Hope Fred got home safely ..... ?

KING of the faggot Richard James, who pioneered boozy bus tours of the Black Country, is going back on the road to save the regions great real ale pubs.

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/08/08/faggots-supremo-hits-real-ale-trail-97319-21493261/

I did get home. Enjoyable afternoon. Think we talked more about the Birmingham Fruit market than the main market. Probably just as well.

Look forward to next meet.

Re- that Richard James story, how about we conduct our next meeting "on the move" with Richard -):

Good to see Fred back on form.

No way! it is bad enough to contain you lot now, without real ale and a driver.

-):

Stan, We mentioned Vedanta in passing on Thursday. I am not certain how interested you were in them. There was an article in Saturday's FT about their connection with quarrying in India. There have been some disruption to developments and the locals and environmentalists. Check it if you are considering S or L.