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.

Concentrate on the knowns and you may have a chance.


Read Paul Mason's:

Postcapitalism

A Guide to Our Future


It may make you wonder!

so are you optimistic for 2016?

Not enough to go on yet.

But, already I feel I am suffering from information overload.

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Reality says I did reasonably well last year but I am thinking of placing tightish stop losses on all my portfolios.

Unless, I get stopped out first!

stop-losses always worry me, especially with indices, as spikes can easily crucify

Natalie Cole snuffs it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35210812

Re stop losses, Set a stop loss we were always told when I started trading but agree easier said then done.

Why Corbyn can sit back and watch the con party implode over the EU.

(However, the problem seems to be for many, is that Cameron, Osborne and his neo-cons are taking some of the country with them.)

Guys.....talkin' cricket....there might be a decent bet on England to win the second test match in South Africa......odds are good (for the moment)...and we seem to have batting stamina ...a quality England didn't always have in the past....hope I don't jinx a superb performance overall so far !....

The best and worst performing stock markets in 2015

Dave's new year pressy from Comrade Corbyn...




Jeremy Corbyn 'planning to replace Hilary Benn with Emily Thornberry' in reshuffle

Friends of the Labour leader have told The Sunday Telegraph that Mr Benn will be offered another job and Ms Thornberry will take his place as foreign secretary






By Kate McCann, Senior Political Correspondent

10:00PM GMT 02 Jan 2016



Jeremy Corbyn is lining up Emily Thornberry as his new foreign secretary to replace Hilary Benn, in a reshuffle of his shadow cabinet expected next week, the Sunday Telegraph understands.


The Labour leader is planning to appoint Ms Thornberry, the former shadow attorney general, in place of Mr Benn who openly defied him and backed plans to bomb ISIL targets in Syria according to friends of Mr Corbyn.


Mr Benn is expected to be offered another job in the shadow cabinet although it is not clear if he will accept an alternative position.



More:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/12078520/Jeremy-Corbyn-planning-to-replace-Hilary-Benn-with-Emily-Thornberry-in-reshuffle.html

A cheerful cartoon.

Wishing you all a good year for 2016.. especially Fred for his continued education of the right wing extremists on here.

if fred ever learnt that it's quality not quantity that was more effective - ask any advertising agency - then some might pay at least some attention to his perpetual stream of diatribe

asking him to post anything balanced would be like asking the russians, chinese and americans to collaborate in sorting out the multiple disasters in m/e

Happy New Year Stan! You really need to get out more, who needs enemies when you have Fred for a friend LOL!!

As states the advert for the neo-con party who have bought or bribed the media.

Needle stuck again. Fred, is like a Dansette record player from the sixties, stuck in Mono.

England performing......double century...and single century.....batting stamina :(good indian name for an auntie)....

Jeremy Corbyn 'planning to replace Hilary Benn with Emily Thornberry' in reshuffle

I think Corbyn is a sleeper planted by the tories to destroy the Labour party , just like the Police planted officers to spy on the Greenham common women. Mine you sleeping with Diane Abbott went beyond the call of duty

hoho ..... but good watching isn't it, and it really wouldn't matter which country's team was batting

weather is just so vile today that am just trying to keep myself occupied indoors with the cricket and making some minestrone of kinds

cooked off a couple of lamb breasts yesterday so have some nice stock; soaked (pinto) beans o'night and and cooked those this morning
after that, it was just a case of putting it all together with assorted veg and a bit of chilli and shall now let it simmer for a couple of hours
shall add the thoroughly de-fatted breast meat for the last 20/30 minutes, but it'll all be better tomorrow anyway

Hope England win....they will perhaps declare....