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Oh Dear.

May I swap my Bollinger for dos cervezas, por favor.

Hi casio_kid (or is it casino_kid now?). RD?

A pint of Bollinger, por favor garcon.

Up, up and away

In my beautiful, my beautiful balloon.

...by Friday.

My new analyst has emphasised the importance of positive thinking. I will also win the lottery, sleep with a super (duper) model, and buy a detached cottage in Sussex. SORTED.

Yes - my accumulator is looking a bi dodgy. As Meatloaf so eloquently put it - " nought out of four is sh*te".

Or was it the third?

N.B. It was only 100,000 to one before that fourth bet.

Labour to win 200 seat majority.

England to win Euros.

IAG to hit £2 by August.

Me to defile Ms Minogue (by Xmas).

Which is most likely?

I had a word with my old mate William Hill, and have placed a fiver on an accumulator at 3.7 billion to one.

Sorted.

.T9Rat - call me cynical (and many people have), but I see that if the Air Europa deal doesn't go through, the shares purchased under the ongoing buyback can be used to "satisfy share awards to executives". So perhaps they are quietly confident that it won't go through, but can be used to further enhance their own unjustified, bloated bonuses.

Just saying.

Tru dat, mutha**cker. Over the last year, RR (which I was holding, but sold) up over 200% - IAG (which I continued to hold) - down slightly). FFS.

On the bright side, at least my final journey to Beachy head will include a couple of hours in "The Tiger" in East Dean - one of the finest pubs in the country. That's after a few hours in Alfriston - the best village in Britain (in my humble opinion - and I did live there before my life went t**s up). Have a sniff online - just gorgeous.

Life goes on - or does it?

Every silver lining has a cloud.

Oh Dear! I seem to have kicked off a bit of a political brawl, despite the fact that I don't even recall making that post. I blame the Smirnoff. Once again, a message to you youngsters - "DON'T DRINK AND POST".

Laughoutloud - according to you, the last administration "bankrupted the country".

Absolute bilge - the national deficit in 2010 was about £700 billion. today it's about £2.6 trillion. Even if you factor in inflation and Covid, that's still a staggering increase. Compared to today, we were in a healthy financial position back in 2010. Still , you clearly adhere to a right-wing Tory dogma (aka "I'm alright Jack - f**k everyone else). Look around you - the country is f***ed. The phrase "Broken Britain" is not mine, but it is true. And the Conservatives did not spend "the next 10 years getting us to 0.5% interest rates". For a start, BOE interest rates are supposedly independent, and anyway, that was driven by the financial crisis of 2008.

Some people know the price of everything, and the value of nothing. I suspect you are one of them.

PS - I was in GDR, but had the sense to get out a while back.

Oh dear! Against my better judgement, I have just watched a little of the political "debate" between these two half-wits. Embarrassing wouldn't get close to it. Shameful might be closer.

I honestly despair. I wouldn't give either of these two f***wits a job flipping burgers. If this is the future (and one of them will be) we are all doomed. They have clearly learned nothing from the debacle of the last few years.

In two days time, it will be the 80'th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Those few survivors from that must wonder why the hell they bothered.

I feel genuinely embarrassed/shocked/scared. Rarely have I felt more disconnected from the country I (currently) live in. Truly shocking.

Shame on all of those involved. My vote goes to Basil Brush - a rare voice of sanity in a mad world.

34 year old woman stabbed to death on a beach in Bournemouth, in what used to be tranquil Dorset. Just another victim of knife crime. Used to be a black eye or chipped tooth, now it's stabbed to death.

Just one question - what the hell happened to this country?

PS - apologies for straying off topic, but WTF?

According to an article just out from the journalistic geniuses at The Motley Fool, the dividend at IAG has been restored after a three year hiatus! Great news! Can't understand why the share price hasn't shot up. Seriously, how do these c**tins get away with it?

"... people in power are a joke these days.... look at UK -clowns springs to mind..." Sund - an apology please. My great-uncle was an actual clown, in an actual circus, and he was a sound bloke (RIP). I find comparing him and his like with the corrupt, incompetent charlatans in charge today highly offensive.

Ha ha ha....

Fordm - yes, £1.87 seems a long time ago, even though it wasn't (£5.91 at EZJ!). Think both of these prices will return, but (as is true of much in life), it's all about the timing.

As for my potential moonlighting activities - beggars can't be choosers. Everything is available at the right price. Including me.

Down 10% here in 2 weeks. Even worse with my EZJ - down 20% in 7 weeks.

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in".

If this carries on I may be forced to rent myself out in Kemptown (again), and I'm getting a little old for that. Then again, a niche market often attracts a higher rate. "Every cloud has a silver lining". Or as an IAG investor might put it "every silver lining has a cloud".

"easily drops 5p in a day, takes weeks to recover".

Spot on. The only guaranteed way for this to rise substantially is for me to sell all of my holding. Then it will be off like a rat up a viaduct.

Robbren- fair enough - we speak as we find (or should do). My personal experience, having been there multiple times, is clearly different to yours. That's called a difference of opinion, which you used to be acceptable, or even commonplace - but apparently no more.

All the best.