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.

Fred , now a working class/retired snob

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Hung Parliament. Labour short by 13

Greece is interesting.

If they decide that the offer of the EU is not satisfactory and opt for asking Russia (who is in economic difficulties itself) for loans, and the loans are based on Russia having military bases on one of the Greek Isle, I think there maybe a lot more squawking than we are having at the moment.

certainly the threat of russia in the med is not an unlikely card to be played, and thus a very interesting thought of yours - unlike most of your other stuff i'm afraid :-)

Manuel,

Unfortunately you are not maturing like good port.

I would think you miss the contents of my postings by scanning.

Sometimes I question why I send epistles to the great unwashed.

Anyway, the market doesn't know what to make of Ukraine or Greece.

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Serious question has the oil market bottomed out or has it got further to go.

Looking for a 2 year long.

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Today is 'Pancake Day'.

This is how Raymond Blanc makes them:

Best ever pancakes from Brasserie Blanc on Vimeo.

Today is 'Pancake Day'.

This is how Raymond Blanc makes them:

Best ever pancakes from Raymond Blanc on HD Vimeo

fred - if you didn't just skate past my posts, you'ld have noticed 56663 from yesterday :-)

oil
it very much looks that Saudi is cutting back on oil production, regardless of what they may be broadcasting
in the last 2 months Aramco, for which read Saudi Oil, has pretty much stopped developing new or even existing wells
while there will not be a sudden surge in crude prices, the effects will slowly filter through
i'ld still bet on it settling at perhaps $60/70, though longer term Saudi will want it back above $85 as that is the sort of level around which their budget is structured

pancake filling
instead of boring old sugar and lemon try this ......
philadelphia cheese or similar
stem ginger in syrup
fresh raspberries

chop up some stem ginger
whip it into the philly adding some of the syrup

put a dollop inside your pancake and add some fresh raspberries

it's stunning, and better still if you can make the philly + ginger mix the day before

Or try a galette, stuff whatever you like into them.

http://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/recipes/galettes-de-sarrasin/

ah yes .... galettes are excellent and very versatile, but better with savoury than sweet
my recollection is that there is still a good proportion of white flour, though that's no good if you're gluten intolerant

mozarella, tuna, anchovies and tomato
chicken in a good white sauce with sweet corn
loads and loads of possibilities

they're best if made on the big 30cm+ round steel plates
then fill, form into a flat parcel with the filling in the middle and griddle with some butter until moderately crispy

Talking of maybe taking advantage of the Oil price rise, do any of you use a good "liquid ETC" ?

do you not mean ETF?

Could do, but as Oil is a commodity I just thought it would be an ETC rather then a ETF.

confess i have no idea as i've never tried them

Yeh, ISF is a good one for the ft 100, lots of liquidity and no stamp duty.

Stan,

Have a look at BRNT. ETF

Was interested and keeping an eye on it.

But would like to see China growht up and some resolution of Ukraine and ME. but the latter may push price down.

i think .....
china - you'll have to wait until at least the back end of this year

ukraine - likely to get much nastier

ME - depends on quite what you mean, but i think oil will be at $60/70, and probably nearer to $70 by year end or even earlier