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250, if you are going (hopefully not driving the bus, 'tannoy in hand') you must come & say hello...you can expound on your 'window's' theory...that is if you are not traveling incognito ,like Desert Fox on the last trip! Don't mind me if suddenly I start to back away...it will only be the bright light of your countenance & Stella intellect that mere mortals such as I cannot endure for more than 5 minutes...sending your Geolgist emmisary would be an act of mercy & very much appreciated your Emminance ...we are surely not worthy of the real thing!

Crude....backs away in supplication................

250, I hope if you are attending the TE-9 trip you are not on my bus banging on for 6 hours about the demerits of a trading plan...it would be like that sketch from 'Airoplane' when passengers can't take anymore & queue up to kill themselves...have to rename you Ted Striker...lol!

Lovely weather out here in Lanzarote...looks like I picked a bad week to quit sun tan lotion!

What a nice birthday present for me James & co...cheers! Even the wind has dropped almost completely here in Lanzarote...I feel its going to be a good birthday!

dloughlin, I wouldn't bank on it - if anything Tenerife has even more of your tattoo chav bete noirs & is nearly as windy! Let us know how you get on next year...if we are still here.................................

Cheers, Crude

Coughlin, difficult to argue against the points you make but there is more to Lanzarote than wind, chavs & tats! There is Caesar Manrique & his cultural influence; the volcano; museums & markets plus of course plenty of sunshine & heat! It's also conveniently close & makes a change from the Caribbean...

gsbricky, I know it well...but alas it is too windy for Famara today!

After a nightmare visit to Gatwick North Terminal at 3am Tuesday morning (never seen he place so busy》 I'm now safely camped out at our friends villa in Costa Teguise & it's forecast 29% today, albeit windy, like yesterday. But I have my new Galaxy tab & this is the 1st time I have 'roamed': sure beats traipsing around for a Wi-Fi signal! Can't beleive in another 6 weeks I'll be back this way in Morocco! Life is starting to get very interesting again...

Southern cross, any mention of Enron pricks my ears up! I read that excellent book...'The Smartest Guys in the Room' & saw the play about Enron twice at Chichester Festival Theatre...in two succesive years, as it proved such a success the first time around! Those 'Raptor Accounts hiding all the losses; the delusional but inspirational CEO Jeff Skilling & the charismatic criminal genius that was Enron CFO, Andy Fastow...I have never read anything quite like it...but to Enron employees it was anything but a 'story'...therein lies the tragedy of Enron! If feĺow Sound investors have never read the saga of Enron...I highly recommend it!

Of course I endorse there are absolutely no comparisons to us...JJ would have to go some to compete with Andy Fasow....

Crude

Good spot Shaun...Saturday 20th October is what I really meant...been a long hot day!

PNE, I will break my silence (been far too busy to post lately) to say that I have booked my flight out of Gatwick on Sunday, 14th October & am staying at the Hotel Ibis, Oujda...returning to Blighty on Saturday 15th! I can't wait to get back out to the 'Desert of Destiny' & meet up with some old chums...interrogate a few staffers & generally soak up the atmosphere of what could be a hugely momentous TE-9. The news today was very encouraging & what I (& most here) have been waiting for...some news on that seismic campaign. We were not disappointed as a little more light has been shed on the wider permit area & what the Paleozoic might promise...bring on the next CPR!

Viper, a wise man once commented that 'an investment is a trade gone wrong'. Maybe some LTH bought shares to trade & got bogged down in 'investment'...but since those 'boggy' days they have managed to crawl out of the morass & probably feel that if they were to sell now, may think - 'a trade is an investment gone wrong'!

Crude...trade, investment? Vesting is what ultimately counts...

Ducati...'world-class potential' is all it is right now. From a private investor perspective, we don't currently have access to any seismic results beyond the TE-5/6/7 location...the rest of the Belgium/Wales size permit area is almost a mystery to us. Until those very delayed CPR's are published, we can only base our continued investment on company guidance, which states all technical research is in line with expectations...or words to that effect! Like many others here I would very much appreciate some more signs regarding our comprehensive seismic survey...hopefully before we drill TE-9. But regardless of that, I am in for the duration, come what may. We will hopefully have good indications of the first two wells before I set off on my circumnavigation of the world in January - when I will be at sea for 4 months on a lovely relaxing world cruise. Prior to that, of course, I will hopefully attend the TE-9 trip & one other personal company related activity before donning my sailors' cap!!

Cheers...Crude

Think you might be right there Lelo. Yes it is the same Hotel but I don't think the rates have been finalised yet. In any case I haven't booked my flight ticket yet.

I'm only waiting for the 'special' Hotel rate that Sarah is negotiating for us to make my booking for the TE-9 site trip. Only trouble is, gee whiz - if it takes as long as the GSA I might need a flight ticket refund...lol!

Crude...but apart from that.......................................anyone thought that maybe we could hire Ariel Nomads whilst out in Morocco & do some serious off-roading? No, not in Tendrara...nothing there - but maybe in Oujda? Wouldn't it be fun..............

MK, true to say I am in a minority with my views in the South Downs Society...but like politics, you have to stand up & say what you mean & if that means risking being a pariah I make no apologies!

Crude

MK, admittedly, if it was literally 'in my back garden' I might have a different mindset...that of J R Ewing springs to mind! But I do love my county to bits & am a member of the South Downs Society - a Sussex Downsman to the bone! I have no problems with extracting the mineral wealth of our county if it benefits us locally & the country generally! If there prove to be problems with the first exploration/production licenses then we can always reconsider...

Cheers...Crude

Lucky, I have no problems with the 'fracking' industry. Down here in beautiful Sussex we were the first instigators of industry, when man first mined flint. We have the largest concentration of Neolithic flint mines in the UK...on my doorstep! In late medieval times, Sussex again preempted the industrial revolution with the advent of iron ore mining in the Weald, which provided Henry 8 with his ship's cannons! I dare say we will have a third industry down here in innovative Sussex when the oil industry really takes off...but when all said & done what will the landscape legacy be? The Neolithic miners left not much more trace of their industry than a few large craters in the ground; the Medieval iron industry left a few hammer ponds - but after all the oil & gas has been extracted in this latest 'industrial revolution' I doubt there will be much more evidence of the latest batch of hydrocarbons that have been harvested...
I say drill, keep the lights on & enhance the balance of payments...the scaremonger stories of the 'frac' industry came from the early days when every cowboy in town wanted to drill his way to a fortune...like some stud without a condom or a care!

Crude

Nice find Jordan. I'm sure we also will be proud to announce it!!

It simply took ages to find a level playing field on the 'High Atlas'but now one has been found & the 'end stick', whereby the result can be determined, has finally been planted by the adjudicators, croquet can now finally commence!

Crude.......who doesn't love a game of croquet....I have a lawn, lawn set & everything!

Crude...lol!

14: The 'progressive' Saipan rig crew are on strike because there are too many steps up to the drill platform...they want a lift installed & the rig painting pink...one butch tool pusher commented that the stair ballistrade was so rough & greasy he almost broke a fingernail - but on the plus side said there was no shortage of lube! Judge Rinder has offered to 'intervene' with the Tool Pusher!

Crude