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Ha ha beejay yes or the bakelite receiver had been smashed a frustrated user not able to get through.

Mind you it was free to ring the operator for a number.

Ah but do you remember pressing button A and then button B and then putting your money in when whoever answered. Button C if you wanted unused coinage at the end.

We didnt have mobile phones etc to empty our pockets.

OLD WOW ............. true :)

Sky Princess on Saturday 2 weeks up to Tromso and beyond, looking forward to it.

Newbury friday on the way down for overnight stay.

Which just goes to show, without an ordinance the show gets cancelled :)

In full agreement regarding mortgage rates and people struggling, it's not very nice but take a loan out and it has to be paid or else. Botbot1202 4 -8% that's cheap money we were in the 14-15% bracket when we moved to where we are now, it didn't stay there to long but it was scary stuff and made me realise if I can manage those rates I can overpay and did, cleared the mortgage in no time and saved a fortune in interest. Second time I'd done that, we were mortgage free on the house before by the time I was 25 or 26 can't remember to long ago.

All this nonsense about gov help is pie in the sky, did we get any help, not a chance.

As for not being able to afford a cruise, good the prices may come down :)

I'm an old 65 botbot, a sheltered start to life :).

Saturday afternoon itv sport with a bit Mick McManus and Jackie tv Pallo followed by the football results, had stay ultra silent while the pools coupon was being checked.

Dickson of Dockgreen, evening all.

I agree botbot1202 but don't tell them your name Pike.

That and Z Cars.

Bhants, no doubt it will recover over time and it's been a great one to trade since the covid19 crash. My only doubts regarding future sp levels kicks in when I look at the 5yr chart and where it was heading pre crash, was it starting to bottom out at £30 ish or did it have further to fall, we will never know. That was pre dilution and debt. Just putting it out there for thoughts.

No he's only a small player roadie:):):):)lol

Thanks bobot, it's just money tucked away for the long term,10yrs mimimum. I get great satisfaction knowing I'm not going to lose money on his fee :). Sometimes we question our decision especially when we have made more gains with one share, this one, with a lot less capital and all for the cost of a Halifax isa fee, not the cheapest but handy.

I'll start charging the wife a fee, second thoughts she does pay for the cruises.

Regarding the our IFA I will have a word with him to see if it can be changed. Obviously all the investment commissions can't be altered but his annual fee can be which we were asked at the time and chose to fund with with the growth ( yeh right).

I do, they take it from my bank account not the isa or am I missing something.

I dont mind the odd suck on an egg, I usually get things wrong.

Botbot1202 I have my Halifax share isa fees taken from current account as for our indy financial advisor he takes fees from our investments along with every other man and his dog.

I know not many are considering a princess cruise amongst the posters, just as a heads up anyway, setting up the medallion app that they use is an absolute nightmare to get to the green lane and ready to board :( which eventually we managed to do :). Only to be told this week, unless you take up their offer of a $10 charge per medallion to be posted to you you will be moved down to the blue lane and so bigger queues to embark taking longer:( and our priority boarding has disappeared, Oh well, cruising has certainly changed in the last 15yrs since we started.

Holo using the app say for the main restaurants allows you to walk in at the time you have booked with a fifteen minute window to allow you to get there once called or you can Q for a table. Entertainment is the same in the theater minus the fifteen minute window.

Holo not all the p&o ships us the app, the ones that do it essential otherwise your back of the Q so to speak

Remembering the days you weren't on a cruise ship, bot.

We are on the Sky Princess a week on Saturday up to fjords, looking forward to it. First Princess cruise in Europe the other being Australia which is a different ball game altogether. Wife's a bit miffed at this moment in time as you get free pizzas or a three course meal in Alfredo's, from August 19th the day we get on its $14.99 for the three course and 12 for a pizza, nickel and dimeing. The yanks are going mad about it.

Na he sounds more like a mankini kind of guy