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.

this dow is most difficult index ive tried to master, always get it wrong,
short term trades that is.
so why try? walk away.
hmmm yep but its fun pitting witts etc. for very small amounts.
try this, wait until im absolutely convinced its going up and then sell it, and vice versa.
what?
and lose money?....
regards ( to myself)
jkd

A couple of years ago my car doorlock
was broken and the tax disc stolen.
Police took all details and issued me
a piece of paper (cime number)
Looked at it when I got home.
It said "Lost in street",

Hi Tyketto,

Yes that's one example, (there are many more). After all could you prove it was stolen and not lost in the street, prior to the break in. Perhaps the break in was just so he/she could look round your car. Yer right.
They would probably record your crime as minor damage, which several years ago if the value/damage was less than (if my memory serves me right) 200 was recorded differently and did not count on the figures for damage. The amount was classed as insignificant, although to me and most ordinary normal thinking people damage is damage.
Just another quick example.
A person enters a sports changing room and breaks open all the lockers.
Several years ago the number of lockers entered (items stolen from each) would result in number of crimes, IE 10 lockers= 10 crimes, which made sense. Not any more. This would be recorded as 1 crime with a main crime number, but each victim would be given a separate individual crime number.
Yes it sound a pathetic way of looking at things but if they can find any way not to record a crime, or reclassify to a minor level they will.

Results....John Lewis sales ahead.

The John Lewis Partnership has halted a run of recent poor trading at its 26 department stores.

The CEO stated that trading had improved due to all the tax payers money that our MP's are spending.
According to a friend in the Press Association, Gordon Brown is considering a press release stating this as a reason why the JL list should be retained, and that their allowances re this list should increase. He wants to convince us that if more of our money is spent there the more profit for JL, resulting in higher Corporation Tax, therefor the country benefits.
After all it's worth a try, he does seem to believe the general public is stupid enough to believe anything.

Amazing Stuff:

Very interesting and extremely clever.

Pinched from another site, as a link so no prob re-posting.
It's said to be a sort of Tongue in Cheek to Shorting, although most will recognize many used traits.


http://boards.fool.co.uk/Message.asp?mid=11147432

2 very interesting articles on skynews.com this morning.

First one is a survey of those in the property game (estate agents etc.). They are reporting that they still have many potential buyers who are simply waiting. When asked why, they say because the media tells them prices are falling and they should wait. The prophecy is therefore self fulfilling. There is also a comparison with the 90's crash, when media was not available 24/7 and the internet was not widely used which seems to point to the problems being worsened by the media, though obviously not caused by them.

Second one is a regional "ad lib" survey of CBI members and the like. The responses of local CBI and CoC secretarys is that most of their members are predicting a slowdown in the economy and a reduction in trade and saying they think that due to what they are reading in the press. When asked about their own business, many are bullish and even predicting growth and hiring more staff.

One is left to wonder whether this slump would be more of a blip if not reported as sensationally and whether we are seeing a lie become the truth because people believe it.

I think that appears to be the modern trend, with a sort of loop of bad news, and once in that loop it's hard to reverse direction, gloom follows gloom talk follows more gloom and so on. As to many being bullish re their own businesses, I'm sure many posters follow the director buys/sells etc, and noticed that those buying far out weight those selling, meaning that there is a huge percentage of business leaders/owners out there who strongly believe that their companies shares at the current levels are a bargain. The percentage of buys over sells are far higher than the average. OK I appreciate those in the know don't always make the right decisions, but it does show as already said in the previous post, confidence in these companies, if not in the financial markets as a whole.

As to reporting things in a sensational manner, hoping that the more often you report something the more likely it is believed, now that's a well used Government ploy, unless of course it's a message that they don't want us to take note of (the burying bad news type).

There's a lot to learned from the saying "no news is good news" it would seem!

Perhaps, Greek, the good ship Murdoch has started a trend of reporting their own power over the people. If this is the case, then it may be a start of the circle being broken.
You never know our luck!!!!

Yes could be. Also Warren Buffett has started dipping his toes back in the water, and whilst excepting that he does not always get the timing right, I would not mind being right half the time that he is. I'm only a few billion behind him in my portfolio value.

Duplicate post

Duplicate post.

Why not go for the accumulator?

New Border Control Agency Employed Illegal Immigrant.

The above agency who are responsible for tracking down illegal immigrants, and has recently been 'naming and shamming' companies that employ illegal immigrants has admitted employing an illegal immigrant as a cleaner in one of it's own offices.
A bit like the fiasco of employing some as security guards, in Scotland Yard, Whitehall and in protecting the PM's car.
Whoops.

An owner of a Lamborghini in Qatar has flown his prized supercar to London and back for nothing more than a scheduled oil change.

so this is what our money is being spent on!

'Our money?'

Elton John, after being asked whether the astronomic bills for the flowers for his homes were reasonable, said "I like lots of flowers."

The point being, that if it's his money, then he can spend it on what he damn well likes.

For today's dose of Very High Quality Culture, turn on your sound and click on

Swan Lake Ballet - a la Cirque du Soleil

Tip: This keeps getting better and better, so do keep watching after the frogs have done their bit.

Also, when the download starts, don't maximise your picture window, but do stretch it about a bit if you don't have a wide screen monitor, so as to remove any wide screen distortion.

Enjoy.

Fantastic clip. Unbelievable strength and skill.
The wife and I are giving it a try tonight