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Back in the 80s, a lovely but ditzy young woman served behind the bar at my local. She would choose her star sign daily, depending on which horoscope suited her mood best! Life was so much simpler then!

MAQ3 - See the RNS 07/02/20 - SLA to commence a share repurchase programme to run from 10/02/20 to 30/09/20 at a max cost of £400m - shares purchased to be cancelled. SP responding well.

LEVIS - 04.55. - ' For, failed establishment player Obama........."Barack of the Queue"
Superb bonny lad, will 'borrow' it for use down the pub and possibly claim it as my own. Hope you don't mind and keep em coming!

If you get out, why on earth would you want to get back in? Better to put your money on a favourite at some race meeting than on here. At least you would have a chance of winning then. You buy into AIM and you're gambling, pure and simple. At least the bookies don't claim the money you give them is an 'investment'!

The two virus cases had been staying in a hotel in Yorkshire when they became unwell and are in Newcastle because they are in the city's RVI at one of only 4 National Specialist Treatment Centres. The NE hasn't a great deal going for it (except for friendly, stoical people, great beaches and superb fish n chips/curries in North and South Shields) but if you've a medical emergency, Newcastle's RVI or Freeman hospitals are where you'd want to be.
Lloyds is a hold and a buy if I had spare funds!

FTSE down 1.5%, AV down 1.0%. With the Global Media having a fearfest, do you really expect this share to soar. It needs evidence of things changing for the better first Aviva-wise. Get real and stop concentrating on the SP as much you fellas.

Three guys claim to be listening to the BBC cricket feed whist working at a gold mine in Burkina Fasso. Tempted to text in and ask them what they know about our little project! Lol!

Think we did get it right, it was the politicians defying the electorate's mandate that failed the October coin. The electorate solved that problem in December of course and given a level playing field, the UK can get things as 'right' as anyone can.
As for your 'will anyone be better off', you only seem to quantify this in a financial sense, which possibly explains you choosing a career which would give you very early retirement on a pension the likes of which an average worker couldn't dream of. To each their own I suppose, but I for one already feel better off knowing that in a few days time my country and it's people will be free from the constraints of the EU super state, and able to once again make our own way, with successes and failures, in the big wide world.
People such as yourself will always denigrate the UK and it's people's efforts and forecast many hazards we may experience going it alone again, but rarely put up a fact based argument of the benefits of remaining in the EU especially when considering how the EU are finally confessing how it sees it's future.
One could even justifiably ask 'what has the EU ever done for us?
Lloyds definitely a hold, if only because where else in these fractious times would you put your money? Limited downside, greater upside and a healthy regular dividend while your waiting. Pip, pip!

Eccles - you probably believe that all of the EU 'Grants' we receive are their free money too - acts of pure kindness!

TFE - you make a good point about the EU being highly motivated about their future 'fishing rights' in UK waters. Even the Brussels Elite can't fail to have noticed what happened in the UK when the voters decided enough was enough with many of our politicians. Anyone who has toured the EU can't help but have noticed how their markets have huge relatively cheap fish counters (they luuuuurve it!) compared to our expensive counters if any counters at all! Make them really pay for UK produce and heavily publicisethat it is all down to their politicians intransigence. You can preen yourself and posture all you want but mess about with the things that really matter to Joe/Guiseppe/Jose Public's food and you're heading for big, big trouble.
Food for thought!

Agreed Rebess - that is how I recall it. There may be some confusion because I understand we have been told that CEY are carrying out works/exploration outside of the 3 sqkm zone without Government interference. It would be good if CEY could confirm the true state of affairs here and what they propose to do about it. A £1b+ company with indeterminate legal rights is unusual (?) but then again END seemed relaxed about the situation - or maybe they were happy with just our cash?

Calisto - I doubt if you will ever find Jammare and Tranter/White Lady/Newchurch in the same room!

I can see on Google that they were supposed to be subject to the same deadline but why are they emailing?

A few friends have mentioned they've started receiving emails from the 'ambulance chasers' saying that PPI isn't fully over and suggesting that they can still make a 'Plevin' claim. Anyone else heard this or can comment?

Just been reading an article dated 21/02/2004 from the Observer where they say a report they have seen given to President Bush from the Pentagon asserts that 'Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural disasters..
A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world.'
Well admittedly it's colder here (NE) than in Southern England, but Siberian it aint and defo not underwater. As for the riots, since Sunderland were relegated, it's all been fairly quiet.
I gather most articles of this type which effectively rubbish previous 'experts' predictions have been deleted. Apparently and unfortunately for the 'experts', Google has an archive cache where they are mostly still available. Next time you see the message'Error 404', it could well mean someone is trying to hide something from you. The truth will out though!
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2004/feb/22/usnews.theobserver

Nucky - are you the same disaffected doomster (slightly different name) who used this BB a couple of years ago to repeatedly say you had/were going to sell this share never to come back, but always seemed to have a holding? Deja vu all over again as Billy Connolly used to say.

Asp1 - I'd paid on Friday though I've noticed the Just Giving site seems to take a while to update.

Whilst awaiting any news whatsoever concerning our project, one's mind can conjure up many fanciful theories. One that came to mind for me concerned SOLG's offer for BHP to loan some of their technical staff to assist in the preparation of the PEA. This would obviously be 'due diligence' by anything other than by name - good news for SOLG as it could help an early bid for the Cascabel project!
Alternatively, if those technicians were of a mind (heaven forbid) they could make allowance for any number of problems with the project development to suggest a much lower buy out price as being true value. Meanderings of a cynic admittedly, but in the absence of news to the contrary, or indeed any news at all, one can't help but to speculate.
I hope my first scenario is the more likely and remain an LTH.

Been to the pub briefly and someone has taken my last year's punt, so this year I've worked out scientifically that 88 will be the lucky number for me if you please Mr Asp and many thanks for running the competition again and for your thoughtful and measured postings throughout this quite turbulent of years.

Unvrkw - it's the other way round. These RNSs are Aviva notifying changes in their holdings in the companies mentioned.