anything under 7 cheap cheap cheap. good div. just paid. chart looks sick

Hilary,

you forgot boxers.... absolutely no need for special occasion boxers for tabas ;o)

M&S are useless for slippers, Hil - crap, in fact.

I'm afraid there aren't too many geriatrics in our Waitrose down the road, so I only shop online with 15% vouchers, when I get the urge - not only do they colour code your order into bags, but they have these cute shoe-hats that they keep threatening to use - they'd put the groceries away if I let them! And their bags are huuge, so much better to re-use.

Oh yes - and M&S had the gall to tell me that I'd have to pay for the bags for my groceries. It wasn't the 5p, it was the principle - so I held up the queue whilst I packed everything into their teeny bags that they were obliged to make available. I'm sick of all this carbon footprint nonsense - they have effin big notices up everywhere telling everybody just how green they are - and then they send you (as they just have me) vouchers to the value of the points you've earned - in denominations of 1-2. So I've received three, where one would have been just dandy.

And as for bras - well, any girlie underwear for that matter - M&S is a definite no-no.
The pink lacey thingies were just about ok ;)

Tabby - there's no fashion shops on la croisette, or 'Cannes front' as you so eloquently put it. Only hotels, street cafes, restaraunts and apartment entrances. At the far eastern end there's also a few chandlers and supplies shops.

True.

The designer shops are in the Rue d'Antibes which is parallel to the Boulevard de la Croisette.

Hi Haystack,

Tabs won't answer, he's glued to the X-Factor, its Take That week and I can sure see where he's coming from now.... They are all wearing and endorsing M&S! There sure will be a rush on menswear tomorrow!

My money is on the sock department ;o)

Are they the socks that people shove down their M&S underpants to appear to be top investors?

Only in the extra wooley winter (cold front) collection ;O) ))))

The cotton collection just don't cut it on any front ;o)

GausieI have virtually lived in or around Cannes for many yearsthis is taken from receipts of purchase this year.Chanel.. 5 Boulevard De La Croisette. Louis Vuitton 22, Boulevard De La Croisette.Dior 38, Boulevard De La Croisette. Tele..04 92 98 98 00...La Croisette is also the most famous shopping area in Cannesso I think you have Gurggled instead of Goggled
If you walk along the front as I so eloquently put itpast the Marina.look out to your right at the magnificent Sea Princess.carry on past the Grand Auditorium [film festival] the carriageway is the N98 you will come to private beach areas owned by Le Majestic No.10.Le Grand No.45.Carlton No.50 all of which we have had short stays atfunny enough Gausie all the above places didnt seem too bothered as we paid our bills.
Whilst we are on the subject of designers if you travel a few miles back along the coast to Thule-sur-Mer just past you will come to Miramar. You will find built into the red rock a terracotta coloured Bubble housewe have lived next doorthe house belongs to Pierre Cardin..
Lets us go back to the Marina where there are Boules courtsice cream hutsand best of all for you aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.Macdonalds
And Haystack.you havent got a good record at getting shops right.have you?

all i can say about Cannes is that it is seriously over-glamourised .... evn the much-vaunted covered market is rubbish ..... from a city point of view, give me Nice every time .... as for Provence, i would much rather be around Les Baux / Maussane / St Remy ..... much much pretttier with plenty of good walking and restaurantas at realistic prices.

Cynic I understand what you are sayingyou are one of the more interesting posters that I enjoy readingCannes is beautiful by nightit is romanticcolourfulwith a real good feel factor.that whole coastline is a picture postcard from Port Grimaud to Mentonnotice I just avoided St.Tropez.Provence is like judging a fine wine with a cognacboth equally fantastic but of different valuesBormes-les-Mimosas is truly picturesque mountain village that blew us awaycascading bougainvillea and a beauty only seen by the very lucky.
Your comment on Nice I can understandespecially now the new Trams are in operation up that long main Ave. Jean MedecinThere was once a lovely M&S that was always busybusmans holiday for usI just think it is too mucha proper working Citynevertheless we always go a few times every year and I end up with red rings round the fingersgreat underground parking top end of Promenade des Anglais and turn left at MacDonalds [Gausie] middle lane and straight under.
What is your take on Gausies and Haystastack no shops on the Boulevard De La Croisette. Comment.have they ever been there or what? Dolce&Gabbana
Louis VuittonDiorChanelGucci.Christian Lacroix.to name but a fewthe wife has told me there is a Zarabig deal and I know there are plenty of shoe shoes in the Rue d'Antibesbut WTF!

i spent half a day in Cannes a couple of summers back when we could not get the villa we wanted in Maussane (we found an alternative in a village whose name i forget near Mougins .... half a day in Cannes was quite long enough, and i felt the place was more like Blackpool or Bournemouth than a supposed centre of chic ...... but really you cannot lump the rest of the coast to the east with Cannes, other than that hideous place Monaco, which i think is the epitome of grossness, making Cannes look positively tasteful and charming.

Sold mine.

dil

keeping mine for the time being.

Gausie.have you been to Cannes?.I doubt itany comments on your La Croisette embarrassing statement?.
M&S took more money on 20% day in just the morning than they normally do in a week in some storeswise decision Gausieif you do opposite to Dil rule of thumbyou will make money!

no one ever went broke taking a profit .... personally, i would not be at all surprised to see FTSE falling away once "dear heat" has made his announcement .... 2.5% cut in VAT will make FA difference to spending .... only support is likely to come from CITI being massively bailed out

The reason I sold tabby is I won't be able to watch them much this week ... busy busy .

GausieI thought the aim was to buy lower than you sell.
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dil

keeping mine for the time being.
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Still you are a good tax payer..

Gausie..here is a plan.buy six figures worth stick them in your favourite hiding placeforget about them.take a look in five yearsand buy the wife an Aston.either Villa or Martin

Gausie - 22 Nov 2008 09:09 - 236 of 248
Tabby - there's no fashion shops on la croisette, or 'Cannes front' as you so eloquently put it. Only hotels, street cafes, restaraunts and apartment entrances. At the far eastern end there's also a few chandlers and supplies shops.

Still waiting? By the way you spelling of restaurants is incorrect.dont bother me I do it all the timebut you tend to pick me up!

Do the maths tabby ... he got to be well in profit at current level ... bookie my butt you can't count.

Hes a good tax payer like you Dil.but you both tend to use that word, smallits always a small profit or small lose.I am exactly the same with my day tradescan never make muchbrake level over a long period.my long term investments are a hugely different story.

Still waiting Gausie.

Tabby

I'm not here to educate you - though heavens knows you need it. In spades. If you want to come on a course then let me know and I'll try to fit you in next time I run one. ;-)

The aim is to get out with either small losses or large profits. That's what proper traders do. Your strategy for both MDX and MKS (being, so far as I'm aware, your only declared positions), seems to demonstrate you're aiming to do things the other way around. You hold on for grim death, happy to risk a 100% loss for maybe a 10% gain in many years time.

I'm not knocking buy and hold as a strategy. If done properly it works well - but only when you hold the ones that are going up and dump the likes of MDX and similar crap. You, I'm afraid, don't have a clue how to buy and hold sensibly.

You well know that you should have let your MDX go well before 35p. And deep inside, on MDX, you know you've done your dough. Maybe in many years you might get some of your money back - but the wiser players such as Dil and Al are laughing at you and are possibly even thinking of buying in to MDX around the 5p - 10p levels. On the risk/reward calculation they run the same risk as you of losing the lot - but simple maths shows that they have a far far better chance of doubling or trebling their money than you have of even retrieving yours.

You make a lot of noise, Tabby, and you're and excellent example to any novice players who might be looking in of how not to do it. You sir are the Mr Bean of the investing world.

G