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

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.

Selly Oak nowhere near Wrexham..who Morton's Fork?

Morton's Fork is an expression that describes a choice between two equally unpleasant alternatives (in other words, a dilemma), or two lines of reasoning that lead to the same unpleasant conclusion. It is analogous to the expressions "between the devil and the deep blue sea" or "between a rock and a hard place."

PS: Tried The Anchor for the first time this lunchtime. Food is quite good value. Fairly Quiet. (And The White Swan just down the road from it was even quieter). Here's the new Anchor website:
http://www.anchorinndigbeth.co.uk/

....and the earliest reference to Morton's Fork?

Also, unrelated,-

Pete Waterman defends Rugby rail fix Feb 21 2008


COVENTRY pop tycoon Pete Waterman will return to TV at 7.30pm tomorrow for a programme about the region's railways.

The rail enthusiast will travel across the West Midlands on the West Coast main line meeting passengers and celebrities.

On BBC's Inside Out programme he will try to convince passengers they have never had it so good on Britain's railways.

It came about after he wrote an article for a national newspaper criticising those who jumped on the bandwagon' in criticising the delays caused by over-running repairs near Rugby station during the New Year.

He said: "We should be grateful that they have re-laid what was the worst kink in the rail network [at Rugby]. We nibbled at the problem for 40 years but no government has been brave enough to tackle it until now."

Birmingham's Bullring market has beaten stiff competition to be named the best outdoor market in England.
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7264259.stm