Member Info for jamesmaggs

AA and I will sneak up with our chainsaws and get those branches for you in minutes!! Coal does last longer and burn hotter. I'm thinking you're in a smokeless zone to burn those,I use good old fashioned house coal that smokes more than me!!

No I have gas but only use it if its white on the ground,whilst I'm fit and able to do the heavy work I prefer to do logs and coal and the house stays warmer anyway as the heat lasts in the stonework whereas central heating only works if you have it on constantly which I'm too tight to do apart from anything else!!

Not averse to digging holes but never that deep!

The problem with that kind of wood is its expensive and over-seasoned so it burns too quick! I get coal delivered in a serious quantity to last the winter, brrrrrr....it's coming!!

Haven't got time to watch tv when we're doing it for real langyy!! Missed countryfile too as travelling late last night. Red day across the board today I see. I've burned beech before,quite a hard one that. Liquidity a big issue on some of the tiddlers if the makers are facing the wrong way on any of them. Surprisingly I had a small issue selling some POG recently when they'd only take 5k at that time! Never had a problem shifting big stuff though.

Gives me plenty of time to think when driving so quite relaxing really mate. Weston has a huge main beach and they do events there but I mostly go to the quiet dog-friendly one nearby. Switching off now...night and night Lego and langyy....

A43, Npton weekends, Weston super Mare during the week...variety or what!!

I'll wave if I go back Oxford/Swindon tomorrow pm mate!

Did anyone bale in time?

Actually I think I've still got a handful of vog but they're worth bugger all so unless I reload they're going into the graveyard account! Are you near Salcey?

Yes but I'm keeping an eye on both.

Night folks.

Cheers mate. Plus the company on here is great.

Lost track and interest in them mate,one dilution too many maybe? Range res in danger of following that route or a good re entry price?(sold my lady lot at a loss and bought more mwana!!).

If you're referring to hmv I had them on/off in the good times but went for a tiny amount at the death for the dead cat bounce that surprisingly didn't happen...annoying that! I have got a few odd scrip shares knocking around in the sipp, morrisons,huntsworth,chesnara off the top of my head. The intention is to get the broker to move them to a graveyard account with the delists etc so I don't have to look at them everytime I look at the sipp!!! I tend to post on here as opposed to lots as I don't like 'not returning calls' which is inevitable if you're here there and everywhere!!

I have in the past but luckily I have a supply of free stuff from a garage so I just use that mate.

No worries mate,good luck with whatever you do. Every now and then someone pops up moaning that bby itself( the old girl) doesn't get mentioned much but I've been posting on here for years and its always been a friendly board past and present. If anyone ever wants to talk about bby they're more than welcome by the way ha ha!!

And if you want to build up the holding over a period of years before taking as cash most companies will do scrip/drip shares,often referred to as reinvests...the costs associated are minimal. I've got all my sipp ones on reinvest and main on normal but if you're in a nominee it's easy as your broker should do all the corporate actions as part of the nominee fee. I'm not sure how it works with certificate holdings on costs though.

Proximity of the ex div is well worth looking into bud. Quarterlies are my favourite clearly but I have as much in azn as gsk. Most quality recovers the SP after the ex and rises before and a lot of folks I know trade this rather than going for the div or grab the div and sell on break after. IMO divs are the only true profit as you get money without selling any shares!

I'd spread it on sectors,pharmas,big oil,tobacco,supermarkets,banks etc etc,Glaxo a good choice as a quarterly payer so the ex doesn't get the price hammered. No one can predict any major retrace in the market but good shares on a bad day or at the bottom of ranges. Look at the year graph on shell B, sub-21 for example. Glaxo with a 15 in front,HSBA 650-680. The quarterlies are my favourites to buy and hold. Set buy in prices but if you pick your own from different sources then its easier as ultimately its your dosh and any holder is biased!!