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From: wessie on 22 Jul 2010 13:13 darsy <darsyx(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:8852b7e2-54be-488d-a45c-93e71611e142 @z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com: > On Jul 22, 2:51�pm, wessie <putmynameh...(a)tesco.net> wrote: >> JD Sports, Argos, Asda & >> Morrisons have built shops nearby which suggests they have come to the >> same conclusion as me... > > slightly embarrassingly, the nearest "big shop" to me (as opposed to > the Somerfield in the petrol station down the road) is now a Lidl. > Fortunately it's only another 2 minutes further to get to M&S and > Waitrose. > Odd demographics associated with Lidl & Aldi. Very popular with the tight fisted middle classes. Often see them next to Sainsburys & Waitrose
From: Salad Dodger on 22 Jul 2010 13:59 On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:36:08 GMT, ensmjc(a)bath.ac.uk (M J Carley) wrote: >In the referenced article, SaladDodger <salad.dodger(a)gmail.com> writes: >>On 22 July, 09:26, ens...(a)bath.ac.uk (M J Carley) wrote: >> >>> So bribing politicians is the fault of the politicians but not of the >>> people handing over the bribes? >> >>If the politicians stood by their (socialist, in this case) >>"principles", then no bribe would take place. > >Tony Blair made a point of saying he wasn't a socialist. I notice you make no note about his "principles". Or the motives of many MPs.
From: Salad Dodger on 22 Jul 2010 14:12 On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:27:44 GMT, ensmjc(a)bath.ac.uk (M J Carley) wrote: >In the referenced article, Salad Dodger <salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> writes: > >>Banks will do what they can, within the laws and regulations imposed >>upon them. > >They were being deregulated, not regulated. By a chancellor who had pledged to end boom and bust. > >>Out of interest which banks fucked up? A select few, or "all of them"? > >Name the ones which didn't. I can't think of a major bank which has >not been bailed out one way or another (I'm with the Co-op which >hasn't but then it's not a major bank). Lloyds wasn't fucked until its CEO got conned into bailing HBOS. If HBOS' loan book had been valued at a realistic carrying value, rather than using their own somewhat optimistic view of loan loss provisioning, then Lloyds wouldn't have touched them with a barge-pole. >Which banks did not get into the business of CDOs et al? Very few, if any. Then again, many did very well out it, thank you very much. As did many fund management organisations.
From: R C Nesbit on 22 Jul 2010 14:21 M J Carley spoke: > You are assuming that the property developers try to build lots of > houses and then compete on price to sell them. They charge whatever > they can get away with. So how come, around here at least, a new development comes on the market, and houses are bought and put up for sale, often within weeks, and always at a higher price than the developers lists. -- Rob_P UKRM(at)indqualtec.co.uk uppercase(d) BBIWYMC#1 BOG#11? MRO#31 IBCDBBB#1(kotl) FJ1200, CCM130 Benelli Cabriolet (gone) Looks like Rab C Nesbit.
From: Salad Dodger on 22 Jul 2010 14:35
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:30:02 +0100, Andy Bonwick <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: >Go figure. While we're on the subject, if you and the missus are heading west at the weekend, could you stick a copy of the local rag in a pannier for me? TIA. |