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Have a good time Smart: you deserve a break from the stress and tension of following the ups and downs of the ITX sp over the last few months, weeks and days : trust by your return the 128p to 132p roller coaster will have been broken one way or the other. ATB

As Mrs M is aware I am a simple man. As I see it Bought Value today is c £120k above sold value and my holdings of one year ago are 500% up. My entire holding is 130% up and as previously reported I have taken a sum out for the 20% extra that Rachel from Complaints demanded for the start of the school year (for which I was castigated by one friendly poster). Haven't studied the minutiae of the days action in detail (apologies Esduk) but on balance I think I will hold a bit longer. ATBALTH

So Elsol, in amongst the jargon you are saying ITX shampoo is good for people going bald or who have dandruff. I look forward to the TV Ads. And what on earth is the "detoxification of hair" and please explain : "morph alot (sic) going forwards in unexpected ways". So in future we are to believe ITX will be back to 4p but in ways that we know nothing about as yet. Hmm, no wonder the market and the punters all too familiar with AIM are not elbowing to get aboard but an intriguing strategy nevertheless. Going forward when all is said and done and in the fullness of time I await the beep-beep of the biological clock: where do I get one of those ? ATB

Arkham: with respect the shares have been in many bottom drawers for the last five years gathering dust and losing value. Your recommendation will be 10 years in the drawer. The copious list you mention is, indeed, of great interest but as J.M. Keynes remarked "In the long run we are all dead". The list seems to be of great interest to some but not to the market or to those who take products off the shelves. "Green" gets many column inches but without massive subsidies very few punters. And I have to say again that the "green" products on the shelves cost more as does our electricity from windmills. I'm holding to hopefully cut losses but without much enthusiasm or optimism of a return to 11p even by 2030. Perhaps if Mad Ed were invited to join the Board ITX could make headlines and generate a household and personal cleansing revolution along the lines of Let's Stop Oil. Hoping to be proved a greenmoaner and we all get back to 4p soon. ATB

Very shrewd as is obvious you are esduk. My flash of insight was over a few beers with an ex Geography teacher colleague - much maligned for their lack of academic rigour - who kept holding forth about "rare-earths" to the utter boredom of the company. Being rather more politically aware than many present I remembered the expression and put it before the grandchildren who seemed to know all about magnets! Regretted my immediate punt at 37p - another lesson learnt - but followed the story and have similarly been able to wipe out all Covid hit/failed losses. The Good Lord looks after His own! (Stand-by for the backlash now that spiritual matters have been brought to the board!) ATB and again, many thanks from many for your researches. I know DYOR is an AIM mantra but I, amongst others, rely upon yours, so no pressure. Be back Tuesday at 0700 o'clock hours for RNS time.

Your last post just cheered me up even more than most of them do esduk: I started my AIM experience with WSG and the Fooler but have been too embarrassed to admit it til now! After the Westminster security deal I was hooked, so now much relieved to know that I was in such good company. I still have a few for old times' sake as a constant reminder of the perils of AIM and the life-style charlatans who abound there. Then I discovered MKA...........and the rest is history. ATB

As ever AJP many thanks for a well researched and exhaustive reply and for respect for my post which, though a little tongue in cheek was serious none the less. I have to say that apart from "Palmolive" I have never heard of any of them and Mrs M does fill the house with all sorts of cleaners, soaps, shampoos, anti-stink, clean this clean that, stuff. I use Fairy Liquid - love the advert of the little bloke - and Timotei, sadly you don't see that advert today. I have to say also that on my odd visits to Waitrose I am not aware of the masses in the household goods and personal hygiene aisle studying the small print on items seeking a "green" alternative. I do hope this is not interpreted as "deramping": should the sp fall again to 99p I have no intention of adding but after the initial interest of c4years?ago I fear that the BOD have bored us, and the market, to death. As I have remarked previously the whole business reeks of the chemistry lab where pupils fell off their stools through sheer boredom and inertia. I understand that a meeting is coming up; perhaps a warm-up comic or someone with personality to enthuse the punters and convince them that the Broker's back to 5p is a really exciting prospect and not to be missed as a once in a lifetime opportunity and will save the planet. Ask the little Fairy Liquid bloke to do a turn! ATBALTHs

I would be interested to know from anyone, despite the long and impressive list of stuff from AJP (for which many thanks) using ITX acids, whether punters are taking the finished products off the shelves and paying good money to use the shampoos, soaps, dishwashing stuff, and who are they and where are they and are they so enamoured with the finished products that they will continue to use them, more of them, and recommend them to others. Yes, I am a simple man!

WOS: don't be too harsh on us punters or "retail investors" for our sells. Many on the BB are looking forward to a little mortgage relief or an earlier retirement by holding - and good luck to them - but there are some facing e.g a new school year and a demand for payment now. Thanks to Rachel from Complaints 20% is a big hit in six months and the progress of MKA has provided a windfall at a most opportune moment and cannot be missed. It will get many through this year and the coming rises will ensure future years. My last comment in this vein was derided in one quarter but, as ever, many thanks to those whose observations and erudite comments will enable many to hold and gain before having to make the next sell. ATB

Hand Up! (How do you do those picture thingies) and all those who got in at 37p four years ago when Songwy was a hole in the ground: and here's hoping that others managed to "average down" as the term goes at 5/6, 8/9, 16/17p Mind you in most of my other punts "averaging down" meant "throwing good money after bad"!

Have a good one Esduk. Just found out the footy season has started (it's summer FGS) so radio silence til Monday. As ever, ATB.

Enjoying the commentary Esduk. Fills the hole left by Test match special! ATB

Absolutely agree biffa: well said. A shandy and good humoured chit chat along with shrewd analysis: what more could us mere punters require. ATB

Sales esduk were 07/07 and 14/07. Both as I recall appeared as such and failed to plunge the market into depression but provided a bit of ready cash. Good luck with the villa S10 and with the washing up if there is no dishwasher. They are available from Poland, Sweden and Romania according to my helpful posters. ATB

Thanks for your enquiry esduk: no, by no means sold up and continue to look forward to your posts and those of the other erudite pundits. My point was simply to answer the oft made point on here i.e why on earth would a pi sell now/ you are feeding the IIs etc. Clearly some a) have little sense of humour, b) don't really understand the above the line/ below the line decisions to be made in a household budget WOS, c) and no tears please Sp, not a drop, we are all doing nicely and will continue to do so. ATBALTHs

To those who can't understand the sells: as posted I've been here since 37p Nov '21 - before Rachel Thieves from Complaints who with her cohorts has vilified my hardworking and aspiring grandchildren who happen to attend a school of their equally hardworking and dedicated parents. Fees, now suddenly increased far in excess of those planned for have to be met in the coming two weeks. Having increased my holdings at 5/6, 9/10, and 17/18p I find that I have a means of finding the necessary sum to pay the bill and thereby our relieving the burden on the state still further. Were there to be another means of doing so without forfeiting what I believe to be further gains from MKA I would happily adopt them. That I am feeding the appetite of the IIs I have to accept in the understanding that to those who have more, more shall be given. I wish well to those who are able to hold for the duration.

This is where all LTHs were hoping to be four years ago! Well done all who have held. Trust you have all added at 5/6; 10/11; and 15/16p - opportunities I, for one, did not foresee. Mrs M lost interest in the dishwasher and has been diverting her housekeeping allowance in the last couple of weeks and is becoming most interested in the rare earths saga, as are the grandchildren who have topped up their Junior ISAs with their pocket money. Many thanks as always to all erudite contributors on the BB especially esduk. Got a feeling that we may be near the end of the beginning but certainly nowhere near the beginning of the end. ATBALTHs

Before I make judgement I would like to know how previous predictions have paid off: beer and wine infused, crystal balls, r in the month et al. As previously stated I suspect not too well if still relying on LSE BBs for erudition. Still looking to recoup my first punt of four years ago and Mrs M looking forward to her new dish-washer: Miele, but many thanks to those who have recommended Polish, Swedish and Romanian models. ATBALTHs

Share: I believe that the people who have been able to accurately answer your type of question i.e where will the a sp be in two years time? are most unlikely to be on an LSE BB on a Saturday morning. Had I been successful in answering such questions for each of my portfolio over the last few years I would certainly not be here reading LSE! ATB

Some very interesting week-end reading: many thanks to all contributors. This could be the week where I recoup my original 37p punt: was hoping for last week so I could order Mrs M's dishwasher. Thanks to the contributions I might try to hold off selling for another 4 years or so especially as my original stake is mixed up with all the additions at 5/6p and 9/11p and Mrs M enjoys her time in the kitchen and a new dishwasher might have different buttons. ATBALTHs