Soul Reaver

I work in the knowledge economy and I go where the knowledge economy needs me which at the moment is Germany but last year was Dubai and the year before that was Salzburg. Hmmm I have not worked in the UK since 1998

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Are you taking over from cgnao Injin

My my how sentiment has changed in just a few short weeks. Labour are well and truly over as a party. Until of course the stupid English forget and vote them back in again in 20 years time

It amazes me how quickly these businesses seem to fall on hard times! Did'nt they put anything aside for a rainy day when they had ten years of booming sales.

Losing the we are better than eveyone else Britian is great crap would be a great start

I was walking through Munich on Saturday and walked past a shop. Nothing out of the ordinary there you might say. But this shop sells>>>>> wait for it....... POPCORN Yes in multiple colours and that's ALL it sells The modern world has allowed people to have all sorts of aspirations towards business which is great. But a lot of these people have no idea what they are doing.

Does the UK need defense anymore? It's not like anyone would want the place is it

So Fred was right then "Boom, Bust and the DEPRESSION of 2010" Has a man ever lived his whole life in a time of peace, prosperity and security

The banks were only pandering to peoples greed. What about personal respoinsability? Do you blame the bank or do you blame the stupid people that are so greedy and stupid they don't stop to think about their personal finances!

I am bullish that I will have snow in Vail when I go at the end of this month

I agree Greg. All these anecdotes are meaningless in the grand scheme of things. A cash millionaire might decide to buy a new farm but that does not mean that the economy is now "alrighty then" it just means he is cash rich and outside of the norm.

Sadly most young people don't have the life experience to show them that its all a brainwashing game and that there can never be enough high paying jobs to satisfy the aspirations they have been brainwashed with.

But we have had a period of real growth! Growth in debt and not wealth

Yes You can I have 4 rifles myself. 1. Join a home office approved club (need references) 2. Become a probationary member 3. Do all their courses 4. After 3 months become full member 5. Apply for your FAC and the calibres you would like to shoot 6. Wait for the Police 7. Visit from your local firearms officer to discuss safety and location of your gun cabinet 8. Get FAC 9. Buy your guns and ammo 10. Go shooting

None of you are fecked! Having a British passport enables you to settle most places in the world. Better move now though before they stop letting you in

Dont mention beans Melchett or this will rapidly turn into a tin foil hat thread

This guy sounds like Cgnao

As usual One of the only commentators that knows what he is talking about. Linky to His Blog

Where do they drag this crap up from. So they had a meeting and decided to monitor the banks and then they nominated some civil servant to do this and he rang all the banks and asked them to give him their balance sheets from 2007 and their weekly their balance sheets from now on. He then trawls through all this data and matches it against the banks balance sheets from 2007! As if the banks are going to do that And as if labour could even set something like that up in the first place and it run properly

Well that's ok then. The thing is this all takes TIME. It has only just started unfolding (mainstream) and like a train leaving a station it takes time for it to gather pace. There are also a lot of people that do not need to sell their house and take a loss and they will either keep it on at a silly unrealistic price or remove it and resign themselves to staying put. my landlord (mates) still has his on at 310 even though he is offering me 240 now! Rent has also depressed in this area as before xmas 5 bed townhouses where around 1250 and now they are mostly at 900 to 950 (mine is 950) Personally Im not interested in the curve down Im interested in the terminus. I will be looking at prices entering 2010 and not really before that point and that is when I will make my decision based on if I believe there is still more downwards movement expected. If I think not then that is when I will decide to snap up some bargains. Of course calling bottom is a personal thing and can only be validated in hindsight.

You have a lot to say for yourself Sealaw and sadly most all of it is utter ******ing ****** My landlord offered me his 5 bed for 240k now down from 320. The last offer was 250k. But of course there is no crash and no deflation in progress is there

He probably believes that if he states it often enough it will be so

I would say it's you that lacks imagination myself! It's Luxury It Moves around and stops at different places It's exciting being on a ship It's different You feel special What's so special about staying in a luxury hotel stuck in one place as opposed to that?

You do realise that not Everyone in the world is skint or in debt don't you? There are many many people that can do all sorts of things without having to borrow the money!