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

Hope everybody has got home Ok.

The Wellington is a bit noisy. Couldn't hear what I was saying. Generally I don't understand my emissions.

Fred.... Home safe .... left the establishment about 18.20.... yes, the acoustics did make it somewhat noisy - but your emissions sounded OK to me. Enjoy your jellied eels.....

Just walked In, Yes agree acoustics make It hard work (especially when everyone speaks at once) -): ..lets see what our old venue Is like now that the smoking ban Is now up and running In March.

Got back in good order, almost to the minute the same travel time as the outbound trip.

Good to see a couple of new faces and hear some fresh ideas from the more established members of the group.

Pub well up to the mark I thought. Well kept mild and with trading facilities provided - even if it did interfere with the beer listings at one point.

It isn't the acoustics, it is the diverse local and not so local accents. At one point at the bar I heard one of the natives mention "free beer". Turned out it was nothing of the sort; he was referring to the three beers missing from the display! I rather think we were keeping some of the locals awake at the end............. Maybe feared/hoped we were plotting the revolution...........

Forgotten what the Anchor was like on a chilly night, and with the buses revving up outside?

Dow futures looking very positive at the moment. All good fun.

Fred / 55 .... this is the mention of the Qantas repair:

Qantas' most serious incident up to this week was on Sept 23, 1999, at the old Don Mueang airport. A Qantas 747-400 jumbo jet arriving from Sydney, Australia, aquaplaned and ran off the runway and onto the airport's golf course between runways.
No one among the 407 passengers and crew was injured. The airline spent more than $100 million to repair the demolished airliner in order to keep Qantas' reputation for never having had an actual airline crash.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=124968

It's not the same plane Is It?

Shades of Geo Washington's axe!

Further to what some of us discussed yesterday, I see Fidel is now available................

Talking about EZJ:-

easyJet says acquired GB Airways Feb, March load factors seen at above 85 pct
AFX


LONDON (Thomson Financial) - easyJet PLC said the load factors of the recently acquired GB Airways for the months of February and March are expected to be over 85 pct and that the February load factor for main business is in line with the previous year.

The company sees the total February revenue per seat up 3-5 pct with forward bookings for the Easter season looking encouraging.

The low-cost airline said its current trading in core business is consistent with that outlined on Feb 7.

On Feb 7, easyJet said it continues to expect its FY pretax profit to increase by around 20 pct, and said forward bookings are holding up despite economic uncertainty.





TFN.newsdesk@thomson.com

ukn/jfr


Interesting chart. Head a shoulder previouslu now followed by double bottom.

But I am reading 55's tealeaves again.

For Chris, came across this on MAM/L2:-

The auction process occurs regular at opening and closing of the markets and sometimes intraday auctions are called if a stock moves 5% or more in one trade. The "sometimes" is interesting!

Did you appreciate the article re the background to the Shropshire - Marylebones?


Fred, so how does GB load factor compare with EZJ's?

From recollection the load factor is slighly lower, but have to wait to overall figures when they are being punted by EZJ, therefore efficiency should be improve and add to bottom line.

The market seems to like them today.

55011 - Thanks. Haven't looked at the mag yet - but will do so tomorrow....

Interesting magazine. I see Fraser Eagle (Grand Central's parent company) are to become the main sponsor of Accrington Stanley FC. And to free up cash for other stuff then Fraser Eagle are moving their taxi operations administration to Malta....

PS: Steamy Affairs seems to have gone under:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7250000/newsid_7255200/7255234.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1

Plans to run trams through Birmingham city centre may have hit the buffers because of funding fears.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7255900.stm

Well It's nice to see some countries going In the right way transport wise, even If the Bone Headed British have not.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7254630.stm

It is strange how many of the oil producing countries that camels are still the main method of transport for the mass of people!

I say bring back the camels to Birmingham!

as in .... Metro CAMMELL Weymann ... whose Birmingham facility finally closed in 2005 - thanks to the French (and the Laird Group who split up the company to sell it off).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Cammell_Weymann

Headlines
Wrexham set to join Virgin Trains network
Virgin Trains' Chief Operating Officer Chris Gibb last night (February 19) announced that Wrexham will join the Virgin Trains network later this year.

Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the All-Party Rail in Wales Parliamentary Group, held at the House of Commons, Chris Gibb confirmed plans to run the Wrexham-London Euston service from December, 2008, subject to the completion of the West Coast Route Modernization work.

The Virgin Trains service will run on Mondays-Fridays with a departure around 0700 from Wrexham. The return journey will leave London at 1810. Journey time between Wrexham and London will be around two-and-a half-hours.
The service is being introduced on a trial basis, and more services on weekdays and weekends have not been ruled out if it is successful.

Plans to introduce the through service have been welcomed by Wrexham MP Ian Lucas who said: "This is a tremendous vote of confidence in Wrexham".

Chris Gibb added: "The service would be operated by modified Super Voyager trains, with a first class service which is comparable to that provided on our Pendolino trains." He added; "The Wrexham trains will run at 125mph with tilt operational over the West Coast Main Line between Crewe and London..

The operation of this through train has been made possible through the allocation of a fleet of diesel Super Voyager trains to Virgin Trains, which will be used on the new hourly London to Chester service. The Wrexham train will be an extension of one of the Chester services.

Virgin service "looks" undoubtedly faster so will win on speed.. but then we have the all important "cost factor" in an Area of low wages. Probably room for both but only time will tell of course.

Low wages!! What about all the wealth in Selly Oak?

Morton's Fork comes to mind.