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Wellwoll,

"Andy K just read your post too-equally funny."

Happy for that. Hope you clicked on the music, as well.

But object to the calling me 'Andy' bit. Reserved for close friends.

Tardigrade,

"Greta has Asperger's syndrome which is the highest functioning state of autism. Her ability is to see through most of the BS that exists in the world."

Yes. But only to extent is that true.

'Asperger's syndrome' is one where the person exhibits other character-traits (excitability, fixations on particular subjects, inability to listen to others' views, and so on) and that's why it's considered a sort of 'abnormality' these days.

Aka a 'disability', which is of course a get-out clause for whatever eccentric behaviour one wants, gets you a prioritised parking-space, and whatever.

However, one doesn't have to be 'aspergic' to see through the BS...

Meanwhile....

There are people working 12-hour shifts on the Aoka Mizu currently producing oil for the company's profit.

And others on the Transocean Leader drilling rig currently drilling 'surface hole'

Yup.

Tardigrades are strange creatures.

Tardigrade,

"the mammoth tardigrades that I believe are on their way to Earth right now! They look like asteroids from a distance."

No doubt you have a copy of 'Eon' by Greg Bear on your bookshelves?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdJVWZu9nSA

Thereby I refute Greta Thumbsuck's negative and poisonous popularity on the world stage.

Tardigrade,

"While Greta is a great advocate of combating climate change"

Yeah. Utterly FANTASTIC thing to have on one's CV. Like King Canute (Knut, choose whatever spelling you like) went down in history for turning back the tide...

Hey! Before moving to the town of Niort (where I live), I lived in the idyllic Dordogne area. And was an avid speleologist (aka potholer, or caver). I'm currently holed-up in the northern Dordogne as a 'halfway-house' before heading down to Périgueux for the 70th anniversary of the SCP, one of the oldest cave-clubs in France. Of which I held the rôle of vice-president (no giggles, please), for 15 years, despite my perfidious Albion nationality.

The Dordogne area is not only a cavers' paradise, but it's intrinsically linked with 'prehistory'. And in caves there have been found Mammoths' tusks, evicence of cave-bear, and also early 'civilised' man, who lived on the meat of reindeer, mammoths, and such.

Around 20,000 years ago, when such little 'tribes' subsisted, it was effin' cold in the Dordogne! Not like it is now. The paintings in some caves are a record of it, although there are far better 'scientific' records.

CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT NEW.

The 'popularity' of Greta Thumbsuck is to my own mind simply an example of the inability of later generations to accept change.

But of course, as a 65-year-old, I'd be bound to say that, wouldn't I?

'Ang on. 'C'est vraiement toi' by 'Telephone' has on the radio. Got to hit 'send' so I can rush to the stereo and turn up the volume...

slipanchor,

"Sorry if have put the dampers on anybody's weekend. "

You haven't done so for mine! A (maybe incorrect) interpretation of the day's end is no sweat. But we rely on you as a 'senior shipwatcher' (alongside 'laserdisc' on adfn) so keep 'em coming.

daltry,

"To see a blue figure is a rare thing."

No it isn't. But it's rare to see a 'blue day' which gets one really excited!

Personally I think the last couple of weeks' share action to be due to our 'favorite' major shareholder and a few other trader who love saying how much they're 'behind' HUR every step of the way. The pattern is woefully familiar.

SIPP,

An interesting O/T topic!

"The bottom line is that we, by and large, have all had teenagers that stopped eating meat, for example, thought their parents were idiots and threw strops regularly."

I have no offspring (of which I'm aware), but I was like that as a teenager. Except there was no way I considered not eating meat. Despite having a close friend who was strictly vegetarian, as had his family been for generations. It caused no problems, he didn't 'preach' about it, he dined occasionally with myself and parents, ate the vegetables, declined the meat. No big deal.

"Greta knows NOTHING. That's the bottom line and she had created a millstone aims her neck for the rest of her lifetime."

Especially with the picture published in the Times of her during her rant. Ugly little spoilt brat. (Though the same might have been said about Michael Jackson decades ago. Didn't wreck his popularity, though, did it? Beware.) From the sort of circles I move in, most 16-year-old young ladies are considering their university courses and how to get laid. Not necessarily in that order. She hasn't a chance of either.

" Good luck booking a holiday abroad in the future."

What? With Thomas Cook? No chance of that now. But what's that got to do with anything? Maybe a demise in package-tourism might make airports the sort of places I might want to use once again.

"The world has gone Fuc k in g barmy. "

You've only just noticed? And 9/11 was a 'tipping point', even if it had nothing to do with environmentalism.

"And the press doesn't help."

Of course not. All they want is a good story to pay the wages.

(Though PS: please be less liberal in your criticism of 'the press'. Because of the tree-huggers I have to be scrupulous (ie take more time) in my choice of truck-racing photos I send to the magazine. No smoke.)

...out of the freezer and degrost yourself every weekend?

LW,

Yup, I had the same login problem this morning, gave up and (as I'm travelling, again), hit the road. Now on phone. All seems ok.

Do you get out of the free
zer

Longwait,

"I fear that if I sub-let part of the freezer to you (which in any case would involve removing the drinks bar) we could be freezing at cross purposes."

Ah. If it involves removing the drinks bar, forget it. Other than adapting a Tardigrade attitude to this share (involving freezing, being put under terrible pressures and so on) I find that drinking a lot helps to enhance one's survival abilities.

Plus I guess your freezer hasn't got enough space to fit a poker-table either, to pass the time.

Thank goodness we'll know the result of Warwick West will be out before Christmas. That way I'll have a good idea as to which is the best idea: jump into the river and drown myself, or instead go to Vegas and plonk all my money on red.

Longwait,

" you have stated categorically that you intend to sell most of your holding when the price hits 100p."

No I haven't. My sights are a lot lower than 100p these days.

This has got to be the funniest thread-header I've read here in ages.

'Falling knife'? Just because of a dip back to 42p from 47p for no particular reason? Even while most O&G shares are taking a bit of a beating at the same time?

Just people (possibly one of HUR's major shareholders) doing their usual trading stuff.

And people questioning why members of the BoD shouldn't suddenly buy more shares, maybe to 'bolster' the SP? C'mon kiddies, the duty of the BoD is to ensure the company's business flourishes and grows, not to keep some disgruntled PI's happy.

Seem to recall reading in a national paper recently about a CEO buying more stock in his own fertilizer-mining company simply to slow the rout...

But this isn't a rout based on inability to find funds to get a project to first-phase fruition, because it's already beyond that stage, and 'first phase' appears to be running fine!

In fact, it ain't a 'rout' at all.

Plus the PI 'base' of UK AIM-company investors is only a tiny percentage of those who actually are financially 'blue' and do something other than just shove their money in the bank. Earning essentially nothing, sure, but at least supposedly 'safer'. Supposedly.

Other than the usual traders, I can't help wondering how many small PI sells might not be people who are in SXX trying to pay an electricity bill.

Plus operationally, HUR is now in a risk period (imho) until we see a flare on WW, given the WD result. So buyers (apart from day-traders) will be few and far between. imho.

There's no falling knife. But might inquire of Longwait as to whether he might sublet me a corner in his freezer...

yyami,

" what are we to do? "

Who's 'we, Tonto?

Me, I'm not doing anything. Just holding, and watching.

"You haven’t got a ******* clue have you ?"

Who are you referring to, Biffa?

;;;they don't hold shares for a long time, but trading like that isn't 'shorting', except if one goes back a century or so. And even back then, it was done on credit. 'Shorters' don't necessarily 'hold' any shares at all.

feelinlucky,

"I get that you don't mind it ADUK"

You get me wrong. I find 'shorting' (per the proper definition) abhorrant and somewhat immoral as a part of the financial system.

Also I would like to see the finish of it, though I believe that signing a petition to that end is of much use as signing a petition to stop sea-levels rising.

I DON'T however believe that the last few days' drop in the HUR SP has anything to do with actions by those holding 'short positions'. Instead, simply by traders buying low, selling high, and rinse-repeat. These people may be 'short' in th

Cebo,

"Ignore the clowns that constantly force their point multiple times (Geo1 etc). "

I think that's a bit unfair. As I posted earlier, I'm giving Geo101 the benefit of the doubt, and don't believe him (or she) to be a deliberate 'deramper', because some of the questions were semi-valid. Especially if they're from someone relatively new to this BB and the HUR story.

Questions like that are worthwhile in a way. A bit of doubt is sometimes a good thing, driving one to go back and check how watertight one's own opinions are. Bit like looking again at one's cards to check one's actually holding two diamonds rather than a diamond and a heart. They're both red. One might have made a mistake at first glance.

Myself, I've gone back over a few things, including re-watching the CMD presentation. First the Lancaster bit, which I then paused and went out for a drink to get away from the screen. Then came back and watched the Warwick Deep bit. And have now paused again before Stobie's bit. Which I may not bother with tonight. Plus looked at other documents today.

And reached the conclusion that although I could follow Geo101's line of thinking, nevertheless I just cannot accept his implication that Hurricane and RPS have somehow got things wrong regarding OWC depths. And also that although I still haven't found 7z's TVD, it still remains roughly 250m minimum above the (low-case) OWC. So the water-cut is 'perched water'.

Or to quote Biffadog,

"Although sometimes I don’t think HUR sell themselves as well they might, I think they are scrupulously honest when it comes to reporting on operations and assets."

So other LTH's, don't start worrying if adoubleuk engages in geological converstion with someone you instantly dismiss (wrongly, I think) as a 'deramper'! Anyway I have a long spoon in my cutlery-drawer, kept specially for occasions when I sup with the devil. Sometimes his menu's more interesting than dreary old steak pie followed by tart and custard.

As for the SP? Anyone here prepared to hold their hands up and admit to having sold everything today at a terrible loss?

...................................................

Nope. Thought not.

Now, hands up those who are hoping for a 'spike' in the near future to sell some at a nice profit.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(OK, been trampled in the rush before I could even raise my own hand.)

This is now a classic 'trading' share. And those with enough shares, or a good line of broker credit, can 'walk the price down' quite easily , on small volumes, hoping (no, certain) to buy back in cheaper. Nothing to do with 'shorting', and nothing illegal unless it's based on inside info.