Member Info for jamesmaggs

Only have 7 acres currently so self-financed it all and didn’t want folks with clipboards sniffing around telling me what to do. I’m really not bothered when they go wrong as sometimes they go right too and frankly mate, shares are so unpredictable with sentiment so often the main driver that no amount of research can guard against. Just a big mix suits me fine....except when they stop paying divs grrrrr!!

Not viable for them unless it’s big as in 5plus acre fields for the machinery etc,I’m only doing wide field edges plus a main ‘home paddock’ now as most of the ground is trees which I’m only lightly managing and let the cover grow around them after six years as the trees are big enough now plus it helps the wildlife with large leave-alone areas(and my fuel bill!).

Kenny did you have to mention staffline lol!! Just bought the rights on them,a true disaster for me as they cancelled the divvy as well as dropping through the floor. I’d like to think costain have a somewhat healthier balance sheet,mind you maybe these firms should go back to building houses rather than all this fancy stuff they keep getting involved in!
Cheers for the heads up on aex Langtro,probably already got a few like that. My best tips at the moment are some mega-boring investment trusts like EDIN, ASEI and PLI....if you’re still awake, look good but they’ll never double or halve. Some stocks have also taken a Woodford hammering so have been following a few of them recently. Not really much else except took profit on Telford homes and xlm so the latter must be a buy now I’ve sold lol.

Already dipped my toes into costain as it’s more of a healthy balance sheet than its peers. Usual fears of low margin work,potential div cuts circling but my view is overdone on sentiment with clln,interserve gone and kier drop. Cost the boring one but won’t go crazy on them. Bby aka the old girl recovered from bad times but nowhere near the 3 quid I always went on about whereas cost looks well cheap under 20(in old money pre-cons)...imo! Don’t know the other one,all my penny stocks seem to be in the Falkland Islands area,well mostly but I’ve got s bit of a mixed bag....commonly known as scattergun approach lol

Seriously bud, 60-80k second hand,only the councils can afford that kind of kit!

Makes my 3 grand cub cadet look like a right bargain!! Mind you I didn’t go for the collector,only the long grass as hay would have value cut twice a year but the plot too small to monetise against the equipment needed. Just cut and feed to the all important trees with the comfrey etc.

And they’ve still got the best kit too bud, those ride on mowers they use with the front cutters are the same price as modern ponced-up landrovers....but infinitely more useful!!

It’s happened bud,mostly nettles and brambles on the edges,great fun unless you snap the drive belt!!

Not sure even listening to music would be a good idea,I’ll just be distracted and end up in a ditch when the guitar solo kicks in!! It’s a bit like the radio in the truck...so many complications but did manage to locate radio four and so left it on that. I reckon I’ll stick with the Isuzu rather than the Skoda....I think our generation see that brand somewhat different to the youngsters lol

Sorry to hear that bud,hopefully it’ll be back on the road at some point. Upgraded my lawn mower recently to a cub cadet and the bloke was going on about the Bluetooth facility on it.....aside from the fact I’ve no idea what Bluetooth is,why on a tractor mower...bizarre how all this nonsense tech finds its way into proper kit these days and why would anyone think you can mow and talk with all that racket going on anyway?!!

Don’t believe you!! How’s the landie going? Someone said to me the other day they’re bringing out a new defender but I suspect if they do it’ll be some ponced up model with a huge price tag! I loved my old defender particularly when climbing up a hill dragging a tree trunk,can’t imagine the modern ones doing proper work like that!

I haven’t really noticed but I don’t really post that much this time of year as it drains the battery too quick going on the net when I’m offgrid. There have been odd times I’ve looked in and if it’s on a go slow I just google finance the prices and leave it at that. Was just looking at trades on imperial brands and quite staggered by the amount of dosh that changes hands on these big caps!

Doing okay thanks mate,some up,some down but divs finding their way through the maelstrom so I’m happy! Weather too dry after being too wet and all water butts empty! Yes found you okay as have saved this ticker on the watchlist so can get straight to it and using the ‘desktop version’ on the phone so it’s more or less like the other site. Biggest difference I’ve noticed is the length of the risers and fallers columns now! Don’t bother with the laptop these days as it’s about ten years old and takes forever to start up so just use the phone and an iPad if I’m at home on WiFi

Evening all,hope everyone doing okay?

Thinking of you in there bud.

It’s all in the big mix mate,some up,most down,then up. My biggest irritation on them apart from losing a shed load is the divvy being cancelled...mind you with hindsight if they’d maintained it I’d have kept the lot and lost even more aaarghhhh

He still hasn’t forgiven me for the comment that my Isuzu pickup is better off-road than my last landie lol

I’m thinking of bagging it up and taking it to drax! Mind you the ‘chop and drop’ with the comfrey I’ve planted round the fruit trees seems to work well....and the bees love the stuff!

Similarly mate! Sold a lot at a loss when they chopped the divvy at 178,kept a few and bought some back just under a quid. The one thing I can confirm is that I’ve lost money on the damn things and I can’t imagine anyone has made on them either! So many reasons why they should bounce but the bottom of the bucket just hasn’t held!

Well mate I’ve upgraded to a cub cadet from the john Deere recently and so far so good. I’ve got a couple of old ‘bangers’ too which come out to play on occasions too and if all else fails it’s the brushcutter!! Hope he’s doing okay bud.csn you tell him I sold my Keller now but will revisit if/when 5ish.