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But you are casually insulting fellow investors Lyndon. Keep it classy m8.
Also I will echo Dips comments re Max. Your work over the years is very much appreciated. It's like with Mac over in EUA, can't fault your optimism and your ability to research puts my own to shame. Keep doing you fella.
GLA.
Lyndon. You got something to say then say it . Fairly confident I've being here longer than you so shove that noise ya melt. If I'm feeling shafted by a new CEO that's my prerogative. Now do the investor thing and show me in 2000+ posts where I've done the amma investor but secretly a trader thing. You can't and won't.
Ya see. This is what I meant by the CEOs 1st act has split the shareholder base. I'm showing my misgivings re the BOD, not individual investors. You, Lyndon on the other hand...I hope you have a pleasant day.
Thanks Dips, I had tried to compose a similar email but could not hide a tone of disgust so binned it for now. I'd wager that after Bluejay Rod is going to have little patience for PIs snapping at his heels but that said if there is still nothing from the new CEO by Friday then it's going to cement, in my mind, that our new CEO has firmly pulled the BOD in the direction of large shareholder and II concern only going forward. That may be great for those getting in today but people caught out by the spike? Still potential for them to be sat starring at paper loses despite a raft of good news for quite some time to come.
Snowflake, guess I'll hog the board just for that now eh Lyndon. Oh wait. I'm not that kind of person and heaven forbid I vent some frustration. Some people...
Lol, same here dude. 1.35 million. Was dang close to 2 million at one point but, well. Joys of wage cager living. I'd take 10% of that and still have a serious step up in life. Here's hoping :)
Well myself I'm just enjoying being able to walk without a walking stick again. Hurt like just walking to the local shops to collect a script that could not be fulfilled (yayyy, now I can't get my dressing changed professionally) in the end but twas nice to get out in the sun for 15 minutes. For those who keep up with the innane ramblings of a burger flipper; a personal status update.
It was just 2 days ago I was being prepped for surgery. Surgery that I ducked because I let a surgeon take a small stick and stick it (CONTENT WARNING, DON'T EAT 'N READ THIS!) right into my perianal abscess with zero painkillers in system. It allowed him to determine that A. I was not exaggerating when I said I had developed a butt orange ie clementine/jaffa (most are grape sized at worst). And B I would not, hopefully, need surgery after all as this triple chambered behemoth of an abscess had drained 2 of the chambers fully and naturally. Which surprised the surgeon (honey beats antiseptic if you ask me). Finally C. That abscess had being growing down my leg, into my groin and radially across my right buttock, if that thing had burst all at once or antibiotics took longer to kick in I could have lost the leg if I survived the sepsis. Survive all that and lose a chunk of my right buttocks to surgery. Needless to say I should have being hospitalized on the 31st.
So basically ladies and gentlemen I've being in an unexpected life and death medical situation since the start of the month. And what's worse is friends and family are aghast at the 1st GP's diagnose. No issues once I saw a different GP but, well. There's a GP, a bunch of doctors and one surgeon asking why I was sent home with just a 2 week sick note and some antiboitics and nothing else on the 31st. Not even good painkillers and stomach acid controlling meds.
I've being brought well and truly low and best part is Statuary Sick Pay means I may well have to kiss goodbye to that final 5k in trading at some point in the next few weeks, I'm pretty screwed financially by this butt orange saga. Down to a large marble now at least. And to think it was just the other week that I did 50 mile on my bike in 2 days no problem, on top of 2 twelve hour split shifts.
Moral of the grim story. Never take life for granted and be prepared for the worst in life. If not for friends and family I don't know what I would have done.
Just to be of EUA note. Personally I am not expecting anything until November, not sure why others think there will or should be before then. I agree with the notion that the BOD are being advised to be tight lipped and below the radar by their NOMAD and also LB's excellent put up or shut up notion as per DFS. For those thinking nothing has happened with EUA since, like, forever. Watch the videos others kindly put together. The company has demonstrably progressed.
GLA.
We've not seen volume like this since May:)
Goldstinger, the (wounded) burger flipper salutes your attitude and logic. It's certainly why I am here despite really needing an injection of capitol (SSP so next months pay cycle is screwed). Still, managed a walk to the shops in the sun which was nice and now I see more blue on the old PF. Happy days.
GLA.
Caveat. That is delayed LSE data so take with pinch of salt as to actual breakdown of numbers. You'd need to know ask/bid at time of publishing and even then it depends on a bunch of other stuff. It's a ****show if you ask me trying to figure this stuff out but figuring out a rough MIA can be a handy tool I've found for sniffing out potential inbound large after hour buys/sells.
GLA.
Indeed. I think the long slide from the highs and the time being rangebound has tainted some peoples views of Bill. Sure his speaking skills left a lot to be desired, the Capstone JV left a lot to be desired but other than those 2 things I personally have nothing but praise for BOD for not simply treading water for 2 years but actively pushing EH, Munni Munni, Hanc0ck,Brockman,Vivash. Although maybe the focus given to Mexico and Greenland was misplaced but hey. Can’t win them all.
Also not sure how I did not see your message the other day Norm. My apologises. All I can say is I don’t need to sell any for a few weeks yet but it’d be a crying shame to have to sell down here as opposed to where I could have sold on the infamous spike plus who knows, I may pull a rabbit out the hat and not have to sell. We’ll see. Keep it real mate.
WTF is going on… got woken up by a phone call from the doctors. They’ve gotten a letter from hosipital saying they need to set up district nurse appointment to change my dressings. They aplogised for unasked for early call, told them it’s fine and gave them what they needed.
Checked LSE with blurry eyes and low and behold, UFO RNS. That’s 3 for 3 doctor interactions and UFO RNS. This is becoming a Jungian Synchronicity and I aint complaining.
Happy to see the top dog properly motivated, always good when you hear talk of realising shareholder value and know that that statement will mean something to the BOD on a personal level. One of the reasons I’m still in EUA tbh. Now if Bill were to buy his shares and then sell that tranch to pay for the next lot I’d be a bit concerned as to their timelines but given the stated interest in munni munni one assumes Rod’s ambitions with UFO are more long term than that.
Anyway, I’m going back to bed. Hopefully
GLA.
That's some fine fathering 5x5, top respect for that. (Mine was a right kn0bhead, legally changed my last name when I was 5 after a broken promise, step dad is my dad tho.) I hope your son does not suffer through another such episode again.
Allwinnerspaid. I appreciate it, for a scientifically focused child I sure do have a lot of spiritual leanings these days.
myavian. Absolutely and guess who has IBS thanks to being a terribly fussy eater as a child. In my defense the kn0bhead father in question force fed me mashed up left over sunday dinner. To the point I puked cos he was going to fast. He gave a whack across the head, mashed it all up and forced it into me. Mam said I changed from typical kid to a bacon butty, toad in the hole and turkey dinosaurs diet overnight. Veg? Texture issues, fruit? Texture issues. Fibre? Wheetabix with spoons full of sugar across the top. Utterly terrible diet for years, my mam tried her best but when up against childhood trauma what's a mother to do.
So yeah. I may have shot myself in the foot with that one re complications. I didn't break those bad habits until my mid 20s and even now at 34, it's a conscious effort to do the 5 a day thing and there's many things that texture wise just make me bork (cooked onion is my nemesis but oh my if I don't relish the crunch and flavour of raw red onion now). The sheer irony of me being a chef lol.
Right, enough rambling from me. It's time to actually play a video game now I can lay down with a keyboard and mouse a cross my lap and not cry in agony. Good luck and good health all.
PS. Is there anything better than the feeling of fresh bed sheets? Yes. Fresh bed sheets after thinking you were going to be laid in a hospital bed that night either recovering or awaiting surgery; having spent the past 4 days leaking into your bed despite best efforts. Gosh darn it if this has not being a kick up the arse (ba dum tschhh). Don't take life for granted as well as have plans and provisions for unexpected bouts of egregious ill health (and economic downturns, very glad I did a 3 month provision type shop just before my health fell off a cliff).
Hey there people. Good news, I dodged surgery if only because I tanked the mind numbing pain of a doc sticking a tiny stick with scoop in my abscess (no painkillers in my system at all BTW) and determing A, it was genuinely huge compared to most cases and spreading in all direction across my butt, leg and groin but also it had naturally fully drained and B. No point in even a surgical cut and clean that I would have been knocked out for.
Seems I'm on the right path, could still go backwards and there are complications to these conditions (fistula) but I think the GP who initially just gave me antibiotics and a 2 week sick note, nothing else(not even advice to stockpile absorbent pads, micropore tape etc should it burst) is going to be getting into a spot of bother cos, well. I was in a bit of a life and death situation for 72 hours as the antibiotics kicked in. The different GP I saw today, what a difference. He took one look at the abscess and was on the phone to local hospitals surgery people and explained things to me.
Anyway. Thanks for the concern ladies and gents, it's being one of the most medically difficult episodes of my adult life honestly speaking and it came out of nowhere. Just 2 weeks ago people at work were saying how fit and healthy I looked. Also get this for some lovely coincidence. Decided on 30 I must go see GP in morning. Next morning? 100% Offtake RNS. Yesterday I am basically told by my best mate, get your F'ing self to the doctor ya eejit, I aint ever seen you look like this. This morning? "Acquisition agreement boosts Han**** Development." Correlation does not necessarily equal causality however that's a pattern right there.
My sick note runs out on the 14th. Gonna need to double check things with a GP visit....
GLA.
Oh the irony of that typo as I sit here in James Cook Hospital wondering if I'm going in for surgery for a perianal abscess or if it's the much more simple draining process.
The irony of course being I am an exceptionally patient person however this unexpected and frankly brutal medical issue (most are grape sized, I grew a butt orange...) leads me to having to entertain selling the 100k trading position in the coming weeks as opposed to sometime next year.
It's that or credit card debt so I can pay my bills next month given money lost to Staturary Sick Pay.
Anyway. I thoroughly concur with the notion we should puch back on talk of selling IOCA. If I hear talk of selling IOCA from the BOD I would be exceedingly unimpressed and indeed pushback against such,imo,qq short sighted thinking. Unless of course the BOD wangle a deal to good too turn down but with AA I doubt it.
Anyway. Consultation time. GLA. Sorry for the butt orange mental image :P