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Puddin, I am surprised your post has been removed and I never reported it. The imo and imho 'words' are recommended to reflect more accurate postings.

Only puddin would talk about recent rises when the reality is there was a hefty unnecessary drop which is in the process of recovering. I suppose nobody ever buys him a drink which gives him the glass half empty personality?

Agreed - lots of information but most folk should be able to understand it without having to research the ins and outs of the business. And the presentation fits my screen one page at a time which is a huge bonus. Well done whoever prepared it. 100%

10mtpa or 20mtpa won't necessarily be a 1:2 ratio will it? Supply and demand might mean a better price for 10mtpa than for 20mtpa per unit/pro rata?

Fred he is probably referring to 'insiders' ..... found this ..... In the case of top executives, they also frequently need to give a 30-day notice of a desire to sell or buy stock. This notice is public information.

Should the Telegraph report be factual I really don't think farmers are going to worry much about revising their storage facilities for the next 100 years. It might even be a sensible approach if it results in efficiencies. Woolybac might have a view on this?

I cannot possibly say but Prudential Insurance would not be inappropriate.

JTD the new government is only 5 weeks old so talk of a 3 month delay is not as serious as you make it sound. The outgoing PM looked to be a brilliant guy and my take was that he may have delayed a decision on CBM policy so the new PM could make it and act with a full heart. Our board is not as dependent on the Govt's whims and are looking outside the country for alternative agreements which should spur the Govt into action soon if they want to be a major player.

Zimbabwe plump for 600 megawatts whilst Botswana dither around a 10 or 100 megawatts decision. Which one is most prudent? That is a genuine question because I don't know.

++++++ Zimbabwe�s Biggest Coal Miner Plans $1.5 Billion Power Plant Godfrey Marawanyika July 16, 2014, 4:00 PM GMT+1 Makomo Resources (Pvt) Ltd., Zimbabwe�s largest coal producer by output, said it plans to spend $1.5 billion on a 600-megawatt power plant and will also start exporting the fuel to steelmakers in southern Africa. +++++++ Not South Africa as I first thought but largely domestic steel in Zimbabwe itself - presumably one of our potential customers? I found a map of power lines , existing and planned here ... https://mybroadband.co.za/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=402774&d=1479913145

ah! thanks for heads up :O)

I did not think AVN were dealing with end-users , preferring to negotiate with middle men who knew their markets and the local trading rituals better than AVN.

Oh dear! I thought it was a flat race (which has more prize money) :O)

big - Barclays brought in a bunch of programmers from Bangalore who continued to be paid peanuts back in India - totally insufficient to live over here. To facilitate this, Barclays paid for their accommodation, taxis, meals etc whilst they were here. I told them I had just been offered �16k pa to work at a local software house which I thought they'd realise was an insult but, to my amazement , they said how very good that was ...... The banking system has now been dumped but it was a form of Basic with 2 character variable names that ran under an interpreter - very handy for overnight support - you could ask the operator to print a variable name on the operator's console and GOTO ' line number' but truly antiquated! Going back quite a few years and have lost touch with what they do now!

Northern - TSB were pushed off the TSB/Lloyds system now they are separate businesses. It sounds like Lloyds made them go before the TSB replacement system was ready ..... Don't know whether Lloyds had a choice in this or if they were given a deadline too?

I was getting Microsoft SQL errors because the number of arguments did not match in retrieving chat. I think they must use the same software house as TSB. A reboot of my laptop may have helped because the chat reappeared after the expected long wait for a response.

I once told how I receive AUD dividends periodically and invest them in TOU/ASX , avoiding FX conversion costs. It was so easy on TDW - dollars bought shares and commission , in GBP, identical to buying TLOU on AIM. Over a week ago I tried to do the same on II , the cowboys that have taken over TDW , and I am still waiting for a reply to a query. II have a mandatory charge of �22.50 p.q. which is used exclusively on trading charges .... i.e. unavailable to trade! I entered my limit trade and the commission showed as $36 (�20) whilst their charges are supposed to be �10 or �6 for frequent traders ... chance would be a fine thing! I declined to accept the trade and asked if they would use my GBP trading credit to cover the $36. After several messages I am still waiting for Walt Disney to respond on his Mickey Mouse operation. Today I compared buying TLOU on AIM with different settlement currencies :- 1. GBP allowing for FX conversion (loses �4+) - commission was �10 2. AUD - commission was $18 - begging my original query! So trading on the International market seems to cost �20 , but settling with AUD on UK market costs �10 Bring back TDW!

Buzz posted this link on 27th March - sorry if you have all seen it.

Did find this video ..... interesting to hear GG say Botswana started all this decades ago ... Tony sounded positive ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeHgfbVLeLI

Spent ages trying to find the video which of course does not exist. Tidd published his conversation with Colm here on 21st March and paragraph 1 ...... "1. Why did you not run with the mid and downstream EIA n parrallel whilst waiting on the RFP? The EIA process cant be started until the precise known locations of wells have been agreed which was to be agreed post Seismic. Negotiations need to be made with farmers for certain areas of land where transmission lines are to be run and approvals need to be in place following applications to sub land and regional land authorities. These are now in place and so the EIA can proceed. The orientation of the wells has also changed following the seismic and coring work, these are now to run SW as opposed to NE due to the direction of the cleats in the coal. By changing the positioning the horizontal wells that are drilled in to the seam can maximise the natural fractures and permeability better in the seam which should in turn give better desorption rates and higher gas flows."