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I wonder how many he has lost over the years? Food tasters that is.

Oh here we go. One-upmanship. Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, whatever next.

"We don't all live pampered, hedonistic lifestyles, you know."

Why not?
The closest I got to pampered is changing nappies...

Potty, stop bragging. Black Tower indeed! If you wait you may be able to uncork the Lambrini...

All the whiners that went on about b-b and others that wrote about other things than IAG (me) have gone off to whimper in a corner as they realise talking about IAG did nothing to elevate the sp
Morning bobbins!

Ed1, well said.
Too much hypocrisy if it is from 'our side' that does these deeds. The Taliban has the right to defend their land, yet we labelled them terrorist? And how many Ukrainian women are selling their kidneys to just survive, families selling their little girls to survive. Selling your 5-7 year old daughter is as bad a rape or infanticide in my book. yet do not see Ukrainian families doing that.
So, while Putin is disgusting and we should be doing what we can for Ukraine, let us not forget 'we' have committed the same if not worse crimes.

"hobnobs ARE biscuits."

Thank you. Now let's leave it at that. I do not want to hear anymore from you on the subject bobbins!

bobbins, you strike me more of a Fanta kind of guy. Had your tea and biscuits yet?
Oh and a 'LU' brand 'hobnob' IS a biscuit and available in the UK now too

*£250k

That seems like a decent thing to do. Lead from the front.
To be fair, at his position for such a global company, £25k for housing costs and COLA is not that much.

bobbins- .... peasant! I really don't know why I bother!
Nor is jaffa 'cake'

bobbins, agree.
On other news, I tried a 'LU' branded chocolate hobnob the other day, you really must give it a go.
None of that salt and fat reduced rubbish you endure in the UK either. ;-)

bobbins, I am not pessimistic, just on the side of reality of what and who Putin is and how much or little the west can influence him without force.
I am at a low average as I dumped nearly all 3 weeks ago and got back in when 112-115 so ave is about 130 now.
But as I have lost bundles last year I remain in, to at least claw back my losses.
So, still in it at the moment. I have resigned to the fact that this may be a really really LTH...

Sundezena, like you I am holding, but as each day goes by, it is becoming clearer that this will be long and protracted. Putin just does not care, about anything other than his own goals.
He even threatened his own people.
At least history makes for good reading as we seem unable to learn from it...

There is no ceasefire coming. Putin is stalling for time. He is massing weapons and re-enforcements, these are coming from China via another route.
He told Turkey that he is willing to work on issues. Just another stalling tactic by Putin
Remember when Trump collapsed the Turkish Lira? Do you think they owe us any favours? China needs Russia's resources, it has turned Africa against the 'west', but that was our fault for being arrogant and we are still doing that. China is in South America. Any one thinking that Biden will have any sway on Xi Peng is deluding themselves.

NATO is amassing huge amounts of troops and weapons along it's Eastern flank, no this is not going away for some time yet.

"220p by the Summer"
Summer of..? 2023/2024? Very unlikely to happen this year, that is an 85% jump on today's sp.

What is happening? Seemed like such a 'good' start this morning.
The sp is like a ball stuck in weir, bobs around, spins, goes towards the edge then at the last second goes under, only to reappear at the other side spinning again...

"FFS! The masks don't do anything anyway. When spend so much resource just pi.ss.ing people off with this crap?"

b-b, stop it! Of course they make a difference, do you think the British government lies about this stuff?
Anyway, wearing a mask means I get away without shaving for days and no one notices and could care less about shaving.

And yet the stock markets react as if it were a sudden surprise announced today!! Rigged much?

It needs to be in a digital format, on a smart phone.
I could care less about Italy, cannot stand the country.