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Cheers mate,seems overdone and all that,holding long anyway,annoyed at the timing of the update but what the hell,roll with the punches.....hope things okay with you.

Oh no,not again!!! At least the directors are sharing the "pain".

Back to the 50,s!!!!

Yes mate, we,re happy gridders when theres a six in front!! My target add prices for glaxo and astrazen are 1150 and 28 quid depending on the div timeline,although glaxo is less of a consideration as they are quarterley(19p of late). TCG,saw them dip earlier but they came back okay, in at b/e ranging from 172-192 in different accounts but thankfully all under 2 quid unlike many folks i know!! VOD are a strange share,sat in the 120-130 range for ages then bang, we,re in 160-180 tight range. Would like more as i think they could move into a 2 quid range but wont add anymore unless i see them very close to 160 and am in funds. BP,no worries there,oversold on fear still,will come good.

Cheers bud,just sitting on these in case they "do a blinkx" type of rise,if you,ve got enough of these type of things,some will come good,scattergun i know but thats how i tend to play these days!!! Not in solo but have bigger plays in aex,nrrp,angm,vog(who hasnt!!!),atc,ope,tnz,rxp plus a load of cosalt-esque forgetabouts(till they rocket lol!!!). More into the bigger stuff too,cable world being a current biggie and the usual yielding suspects i,m always banging on about on bby of course! Glad you,re doing well,catch up soon mate.

Sounds like an early start there bob! Yes the cheap flights are something else,havent really taken advantage as can rarely take more than a day or two here and there with own(demanding)business and dont like leaving the dog. Luminar is the kind of thing i would have in my self-styled "recovery" fund. Have got 20 or so "small" holdings of all manner of things based on chance more than anything which i,ve more or less left to see what happens,things like col,tnz,ukc,tni,gon,jpr,dixons etc etc,resisted the urge to include yell,dont know anything about lmr except they seem to be right at the bottom. If i,d kept everything i was holding at the end of 2008, i,d be quids in now...but i didnt so the rec-fund is the next best thing...its really on a law of averages that more will survive than not and hopefully there could be a couple of runners in there. On these,my last trade was in at a smidge under 45 last week but i sold 48ish,so i guess i,m waiting for that entry again but in case they get going without me,at least i,ve got a few k in the rec-fund. 39 would be a big buy in/average down for me,but its the great unknown as ever!! Retail i,ve got the obligatory sainsburys and tescos,in case the qataris mount that t/o and the growth overseas thing,respectively. Often have m&s but not currently.Keep looking at debenhams but cant see it. HMV,not in my rec fund but thats because i lost a packet on woolies but i have held them a few times. Catch up soon guys.

Well,well,it seems we have more than one match beyond our interests in CW ken!! SirBob,similarly mate. Have a few of these and have regularly dabbled in larger amounts between 45 and 49 and recognise they are pretty under-valued but so many are these days,reckon the key to these getting back up will be consolidation in the industry with cost savings attached and hope to be fully-loaded before they finally decide to leave the 40,s behind. Good results and growing volume means its one to watch carefully but have seen them test that 50 and bounce back quite often of late. Also have some UKC but am less confident in them so wont be adding,from the little i know of them,the black stuff and the land values are enough to keep me there but the bounce back may have been speculation on the peel holdings stake? I noticed you hold WIN too,bought at 139 but havent added yet,will sit on mine and hope they cough up on the divs(add if they go below a quid,which i sincerely hope they dont!!!). At the other end of the newspaper spectrum,i hold JPR(yes i know...) but read in the torygraph late last year some snippet about "cost saving synegies" between trinity and jp,but not sure if any merger talk would be a trigger for a rise here,or there? Anyway,hope you have a great easter and fingers crossed on our cables too ken.

Good plans there,also have BP recently into my sipp and setting them up as scrip divs.Have a large position in TCG too,excellent yield and longterm anything below a couple of quid should be winners. I also carry a lot of GSK,BAe systems,AZN and VOD which are all doing some pretty impressive numbers on the buybacks recently(a refreshing opposite of most of my aim holdings,which issue more shares and dilute with frightening frequency!!!). I see my grids as a sea of tranquility amongst most of my holdings really,anyway happy easter and hope your 10-year plan pays off mate.

Bought these yonks ago and forgot about them,glad we,ve moved in the right direction mate,along with the "grimsby" ones i have a sneaky suspicion we have a few more matches!!! Lets hope we see a sound recovery and growth here,good luck all and happy easter!!

Sure is mate,hopefully she,ll get a good lead into the sixes before the final!! By the way,if you,re looking to build up your holding and not have the divs as cash,worth enquiring about "scrip dividends" mate,ask your broker or bonz when he next pops in,good luck!!

I do like it when she flirts with a 6 and ends with a 6!! Onwards and upwards mate,not one i look at too often but always happy to observe on a good steady day!! Here for the yield,profit is a welcome bonus....GLA!!

Nice bounce,overhang clearing? More please!!! GLA

Just remember them being considerably higher than there are now mate,so rather unscientifically,bought some,bit of a scattergun approach on the specs/recoveries but holding bigger quantities in stuff like vog,optare,nrrp,angm....not to mention the main holdings of yielders and those awful tenon things that thankfully have bounced up from 30,i was was beginning to think they were going to be going down another 30p!!!

Just tucked a few away in my self-styled "recovery fund" a month or so back mate, 5ish,not playing them as such...hopefully we,re starting to "recover"!!!!

Added a few more today,the drop from 60-odd seems overdone to me but at least theres about 5% yield on the current price. Without going into specifics,i cant recall seeing so many director buys on the way down without a decent bounce,managed to "achieve" a 38p average but at this moment in time,it doesnt feel like much of an achievement!!! I take small solace from the fact it didnt stay below 30 for too long but where it goes from here,i havent a scoobie,good luck to all holders!!!

Have a small amount of these,hopefully we,ll be turning the chart "upside down" from here mate!!!

Interesting "buys" popping up all of a sudden?

Thanks to hsbc,we,re back down again i see,banks eh!?

I just get the feeling they,re "settling" down a bit from all the growth previously? Theres a useful link on iii about expansion north of the border,dont think they,ll ever be an exciting one to own but reckon they,re under-valued at the current levels...i,ll "borrow" the link mate... http://business.scotsman.com/business/Change-of-direction-boosting-RSM.6744800.jp

Evening mate,have been buying since 45,along with the directors!! I see them as a good recovery play,the yield is becoming more favourable,seem sensible ones purely on the basis that accountants dont normally take wild gambles in my opinion!! Just above the year low.like so many but i,m reasonably relaxed about them for what its worth!!