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but nothing else

And suspenders.

Possibly stockings.

In lingerie.

Minogue.

Or Kylie.

"£2- £3 by summer". Really?
That'll be about the same time I move in to my Sussex mansion with my lingerie model wife.

Given that we dipped to £1,32 ish earlier, I am reasonably happy at closing price. Of course, if you had told me we would be at this point a few weeks ago, I would have headbutted you. C'est la vie.
PS - Beachy Head. I had no intention of jumping, but it was so windy I almost took an involuntary leap. I prefer the slower suicide route - ie. drinking yourself to death. And should you choose that route, there is no better place to do it than Sussex. Officially "pub paradise". Just my opinion.
True dat.

Skindle - guess where I'm going later? Beachy Head. Not planning on jumping, though - a walk along the cliffs, and then a few pints in 'The Tiger'. Nice.

I remember a few years ago when an American environmentalist/film-maker, and his girlfriend, were killed by a grizzly bear while they were studying bears in Alaska. What went wrong? people asked. Well nothing, really. It's a bear.
Same thing now with lots of financial issues and "scandals" of varying types. What went wrong? is the wrong question. They do exactly what they're supposed to - reallocate money from oiks like us to the rich. Job done.
And people call me cynical!

LLoyds -" the totalitarian impulse of the left grows by the day.."
Congrats - you are the winner of the "Quote of the day" award.
Unfortunately, "the left" would now appear to include the current "conservative" government.

Skindle - so pessimistic bruv.
I agree 100%.
If it wasn't for the inspiration provided by the humble OSCAR/BAFTA recipients, I'm not sure I would be able to continue.
God bless 'em all.

fordm - you are, metaphorically at least, on fire today. Did you see that us lucky folk here in the UK will soon be having a test "energency" message sent to our mobiles, in order that we can be forewarned and "protected" from various random events in the future.
How reassuring - God only knows how I made it to this point in my life without it.
I've said it before, but it's worth repeating - George Orwell was a genius.

fordm - LOL. Nice to have someone else on this board as cynical/pessimistic (realistic?)/downbeat as myself.
Let the ranting commence! We could all have a "rant-off". My money's on me.
PS - Just to cheer everyone else up even more, don't forget that today is the third "birthday" of our lockdown lovechild. They grow up so quickly, don't they? Unfortunately, something appears to have gone wrong at the conception, and little "Lockie" suffers from severe psychological, emotional and financial problems. I still love him/her/they/it though.
Happy Birthday Lockie! Bo**ocks to the cake, where's the vodka?

US rate rise 0.25% - indices up slightly.

Meant to also point out that Powell/Bailey both fail to acknowledge that we have supply side inflation, caused mostly by excessive money printing and soaring energy/fuel costs, and not demand side,-like rising wages, and people going nuts with their credit cards.

You could throw a rock in any direction and hit a bunch of eminent economists who think that Powell and Bailey are useless. Reacting too slowly to the looming threat of inflation, and then overreacting, raising rates too high, too quickly. It may help bring down inflation, but on top of everything else, could easily cause a recession. Still, if you're already stinking rich, a recession doesn't really affect you, does it?
Anyway, FED decision not until after COP for us today - BOE not till tomorrow - so we will just have to wait and see how things play out tomorrow. At least the latest banking crisis seems to have abated - for now at least.
Still,, the share price here is fairly flat, and overall, my little portfolio is , surprisingly, slightly ahead. And lets face it, in a world of unrestrained, rampant capitalism and greed, that's all that really matters, right? F*** everyone else.
A little early for a rant, but it helps me feel better, especially as I no longer get to have a good old Covid/lockdown rant, such as I used to enjoy.

Another "rollercoaster" type of day, but at least it looks like we'll be on the right side of it today. All these ups and downs are making me feel a little nauseous. Could do with something a little more stable ( ie. small, incremental gains) for a while.
Might get off the rollercoaster and have a go on the dodgems instead.

There's been too many rate rises in a short space of time - that's contributed to some of the problems we are now seeing. With the current (still volatile) situation, would it not be better to let things calm down for a while?
Do you really need more rate rises right now, when higher energy prices and bills are already doing some of that work?

Nice to see that (after an ugly start) things seem to have improved/stabilised.
Now we just need the Fed to behave themselves on Wednesday, by not raising rates, and the BOE to follow suit on Thursday, and we might yet end up having a decent week.
Unfortunately, my faith in those 2 organisations is, to put it politely, limited.