Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Don't worry Dave, even if the voters don't support you "We the Bankers and Tax Dodgers do".

And you can watch Georgie Boy and Me on the come dancing show to celebrate.

What has the tory under its present leadership lowered politics and said "democracy" to?

Is that SUPERCAM or SUPERSCAM?

why have the tax avoiders not been charged . ever one who has put money in tax avoidance must be charged and made to pay back double what they should of paid

but alas the are conservatives so they will not be charged and not pay it back
the con party for the cons

the conservative party silent on the issue the sleaze party who only go after
the poor on benefits which is correct but must be for all cheats

If the Euro continues to drop : it will be viable to buy new cars abroad once again !...

The car dealers in the UK then join together, in what can only be described as a 'fashionable way', and collectively refer to such cars as 'Imports'.

They then further unite and say, "We don't touch Imports".

Then, because they have made it hard for a punter to sell on an Import into the trade, the value of these cars drops excessively.

Thus the initial saving is lost later when the seller gets a low trade in value.

But how about selling such Imports back to the trade out of the UK? That might be the answer to rescue the lost value at 'trade in time'.

At this time, one then has to consider the Euro/GBP relationship once again. So the whole thing is a bit of a gamble and does require a lot of thought.

I imported a new Land Cruiser out of Cyprus years ago, saving myself £6,500 and also earning good profits for:

1. My car dealer in Leicester.
2. His agent in Cyprus.
3. The agent's Cyprus Toyota dealership.
4. The importer in Cyprus who supplied the Toyota dealership in Cyprus

Amazing, eh? Back in 2000 this new LC cost me 'roughly' a mere £27k in total. I think they are now around £58k in the UK???

HSBC HSBC files.

HSBC files show Tories raised over £5m from HSBC Swiss account holders... Oh you don't say.

Is it still running EL?

I kept it for 4 years and so obviously, I've had a few more motors since then. But I would think so, Max.

Thanks EL.

I was asking as with the cost of repairs to modern motors seem to preclude hanging onto them for too long.

A small example:

My wifes general trash hauler (ford mpv) developed a fault with the interior lights/dashboard lights.

Took it to kwik-fit for them to have a look, and had to take it back when their diagnostic guy was in, he couldnt fix it, and said go to fords.

Usual palaver, they want you to book it in and leave it all day so the computer diagnostics can work (£90+vat)

Sod that, looked up the fault on the net, sure enough, there's a fix to reset the electronics....pull the fuse, count to ten, put fuse back in....one minute all told, and £90+vat saved.

I suspect this is why you don't see too many 10 year old cars on the road, they are simply too expensive to repair.

fred - as you may have gathered, i'm not around at the moment
may get stuck into the alan johnson book next, and i'm sure you right that it makes good reading regardless of one's politics
what have you done with hays?

I thought you had gone on holidays with Hays.

I hope you like the book. It is apolitical and reflects the period from the 50s 60s and 70s in which he grew up.

No bitterness in it, but amazing how people grow in spite of the soil their roots were planted in.

can someone keep an eye on international news as something nasty (ukraine?) may be afoot
Dow has quickly dumped 100 points

i currently have very poor connectivity

Does Haystack go skiing/snow boarding?

Manuel.

FTSE indices closed mildly lower as cautious investors continued to assess the Greece-Euro zone face off over its debt burden. Resources stocks were the main drivers lower all day, but were at least partially offset by a rich seam of blue-chip corporate news.

FTSE 100 closed down 10.95 points, or 0.16%, to 6818.17. FTSE 250 was down 26.14, or 0.16%, to 16,632.6. At 4.43pm, WTI crude was down 2.36% to $48.84/bbl. Brent lost 2.75% to $54.88/bbl. Europe's DAX and CAC 40 were lower on the Greece spectre.

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Suppose the above applies to DOW.

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UKRAINE basically unchanged but horrendous.

report on dow is well after london close
prob jitters re ukraine and of course crude is slipping again - march wtl is barely above $49.00

And the chances of another Con party government!

The level that Dodgy Dave and the tories have brought "democracy" to.



Never mind with Dave's Slush funds, sorry Con party donations they will try to buy themselves out of self created trouble.

PS, How much an hour does he get paid as a tennis coach?