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I think it was patent to everybody that jjb was on its last legs - even the ordinary man in the street who doesn't follow the fortune of shares. That's why ambulance chasers late on the scene like beaky bet a buck looked so pathetic trying to preen their feathers with their expert knowledge on the bbs lol. It was just a case of when the last placing or cva would be done and I never saw it as an investment - just a trading opportunity with the inevitable volatility such a dire situation presents though if you have a heart of any kind then you are hoping it can hang on in there for as long as possible for the staff and their kids and to prevent more shutters going up in the British High Street. I got one of the last safer trades there when it was a near certainty the share price would get a lift when it was announced that the CEO was stepping down. It was the first and last time, I bothered with jjb. There was a whole lot on risky trading going on thereafter but not for me thanks especially with people posting rubbish about knowing for a fact that Dicks were coming with a takeover bid and even a guy who's been on this bb saying I've heard something but I can't say what. Run for the hills when folk say stuff like that imo. You need to watch out for the cowboys on the bbs. They say a bad share needs no deramping and if people suddenly start to post negative stuff before the results or a trading update and the like and some folk put unintentional inaccuracies on bbs for sure but seldom apologise and some are plain deliberate. Next they did more than most to put the nails in the coffin of Lerose , a high quality ladies clothing manufacturer in East Kilbride, by ending a big contract and going instead for supplies from cheaper labour from abroad. Murky business this trade and commerce and even the professions. There's a guy probably thinks we are out to get him but he's an old man whose greed for money is making him work on when he should be retired and he's becoming a bit wandered. Treated his staff badly for years especially some of the females, overcharged clients and spoke down to them and then wonders why they head for pastures new. Trading and investing is like retail - some people are eager and quick to learn and overtake some of the old guard in no time. Tilly'll hopefully keep you company until I get back.

I think education and/or work is a route out of poverty. Personally, I would welcome the axing of HE course fees in England and Wales and I would reinstate student grants and do away with student loans. If you did all this then poorer students could work truly part-time hours again rather than nearly full time hours in shops, restaurants and hotels etc. for poor pay. Would you accept a hike in your stamp duty, income tax and national insurance to lift lots more children out of poverty. Probably not. I would but I'm powerless to do anything as the nation has spoken in terms of casting its vote and has the coalition government of its choice with the minor partner abandoning most of its policies and pledges in the process. The most I can do is host an evening meal here for one or two, donate to a few charities and take my clothes and furniture to the chairty shops. I see you have been a busy boy on the tesco bb. I'm not buying in there or any other supermarket until the number of supermarkets has been trimmed down and perhaps not even then. I've a decent enough diversified portfolio for now and will look at more short-term speculative trades at the end of next month or earlier only if I can free up the time. Fools rush in and sometimes it works but often better to take your time, ask the relevant questions and then take the plunge. I had a very late night last night with this tennis etc. lol I wondered if city might be Fergus since he is Canadian or beaky bet the buck with his 2 cents worth at jjb, tcg, hmv, gmg, pfd. Mind you I thought jjb was going to pull through in the year of the London Olympics and bought some in the July. Beaky alerted me to the chief executive standing down in the july and I got out on the news. Appointed an interim only replacement, had cvas, plenty of competition and placings galore and never bought back in but felt for the guys left in there and beaky's merciless winding up along with would you believe it captain fantastic who's calling himself something else on the tesco bb these days. I'm from one of these estates you talk of and as strong as they come. There's no way I would every let a bunch of cowardly custards lord it over me. Maybe speak after the hols

You used to hold shares here. Can I ask when you first became disillusioned. Do you know the cost of a season ticket or just one off entrance to a football match. Would you say that between entrance to the stadium, programme, souvenir, scarf, tammy, etc. pie and bovril and maybe one or two kids grown up or otherwise and after match food or pint, it all adds to be an expensive hobby. Not really within the grasp of anybody living in penury nor I suppose is a sky sports package or the bt thing bonz has. As somebody who works/ed in retail, you probably worked most Saturdays and no restricted Sunday hours up here so you perhaps never been to a football match. It might not be your bag (geddit) anyway lol and can shop workers afford such a hobby. Who is going for these pay day loans would you say and why? Is it that people haven't got enough state benefits or wages to live off. Have they squandered the electricity money on spread betting, wine, men, song, cigs not that I'm being judgemental. People fall into dire straits for all kinds of sad reasons. But what do you want to happen here. It looks like you would like to see spd in the gutter and some families' livelihoods depend on this company continuing to chalk up decent sales levels. I speak to a few dads and now another mum on these bbs. It's clear that dealing in shares has brought some of them enough wealth to afford to buy their children designer clothes and send them to private schools and I don't grudge people their luxuries in life but what about the mums and dads who are less well off who want to buy budget stuff for their kids at spd. You're an earl. Did you ever have to wear hand-me-down clothes three of your cousins had worn and then pass them on to a family with six children for them to get use of them for even more years. Did you ever have to wear grey (Earl Grey geddit) clothes from the "parish" that some of your class mates were wearing so everybody knew the source. Did you ever buy your clothes from a flea market which some local authorities have shut down in favour of charirty shops oft visited by Opium on the tesco bb. I suppose spd puts a bit of affordable luxury into the lives of many and food on the table of others but you want to take that away along with a roller skates from santa. Seems there has been some political quip today about Scotland having to borrow from wonga and that Sir Tom Hunter has been organising info on the referendum thing. I think he is regarded as a philanthropist who does a lot of charitable stuff and is an acquaintance of Mike Ashley - haven't they done deals together. Anyway like all good women, I have some tasks to be getting on with and charity begins at home and I've two kids needing clothes and food on the table now. Goodnight.

I got an old lady - in her nineties a sympathy flower. Waited until all the buzz would have quietened down as at the time you often run out of vases which tells you that there is still a lot of good around this planet of ours though often hidden from view on these bbs. Must be very difficult to lose your parnter of 70 years or more. LOL the florist contacted me on the morning of the funeral to say the undertakers had a few guys with the same first name at that point of time and needed clarification of surnames which of course we had done at the point of delivering the wreath which was outwith the florist's zone. And dropped off a baby gift and will be afternoon teaing with the mums-in-law at different times of course. Off at the Ayr gold cup weekend. Sister is a smoker. Those menthol or Saint something or other with the gold circles. She is coming with us but goes for a ciggie between every course and always makes friends. Sometimes she just kind of wanders off for a puff and we can't find her when ships are about to set sail and the like. I liked the sliced coconut in sainsburys, the peeled pineapple in asda. Never have enough sharp knives but these are great for pensioners. Might be in tesco tomorrow and will look for this coconut milk.

I know the feeling! Was a poster bob the builder used to say he had access to stuff at rbs hq. He was an optimist as well but got it right sometimes. LOL I need to stop reading these bbs as I nearly typed optomist.

I am glad to hear you are not accusing me. Lse did not contact me about any misuse of the bb and, at the time, I commented simply that lse were right to curb the off topic out of respect to holders. I once held shares in a company where the bb was turned into an off topic circus by posters we both know. What I said at the time is exactly what you have just said so there is no disagreement between us on this matter. When there is no news which is the majority of the time, I think it is only natural that people will stray into talking about other shares and other things but bby had issued a trading update or something and I was thinking of buying in ( thank god I didn't at the time) and I came on here to find nobody to discuss the trading update with. Obviously it is up to the folk doing the complaining to contribute something relevant themselves and perhaps they have which is more than can be said for somebody who openly complained about sidmadrid and I discussing dge on the appropriate bb!!! I wouldn't say I led an exotic lifestyle - just a hectic one typical of most households these days which included a bit of typing at 50 w.p.m. one of my few skills apart from the cooking, the shopping and cleaning - a bit like yourself really. You were maybe right not to post your short term trade on the tesco bb as it would not have inspired or done much for the morale. dam ned if you do da mned if you don't sort of thing. As I have nothing new to say about bby and I don't want to upset anybody I'll leave it at that but I might look in from time to time to read the posts which might include yours about your holding here though to be absolutely candid - like you I couldn't really care less I do miss lego as we often chatted on various bbs late at night saying everything and nothing really. I think I was one of the last he chatted to on the bbs same as mgb7 so I feel sort of privileged as they were both good eggs. Goodnight.

And it wasn't me who complained to lse about the amount of off topic on here before though for some reason some jumped to that conclusion. Why would I have complained when I used to chat to lego and others on here about non bby stuff on the odd occasion. It was possibly a trader who had some insight into the big news which broke or a long term holder here. Traded this share a few times. Could have done a whole lot better but could have done worse as well. Good luck to those who hold.

Well done on your Tesco you old sly puss. I didn't know you had them when you posted to me on the bb in the wee small hours last night. Lots of lulls here but you do expect the bb traffic to get busier when there is a lot happening as there has been here of late. Not holding so I'll leave you to it. Pinkers certainly offers much to ruminate on.

Good day for tcg I'm told but haven't had time to check. I used to examine my conscience and I was so good that I used to have to spice up my confessions. Never have broken no 6 and I not coveted anybody's wife yet either. I have used coconut milk tinned in cooking but need to look for the water which is a thirst quencher. Have to dash to orthodontist new strings orange and black for Halloween.

Tilly It's good to see another lady on the bbs. Some of the men can get a bit aggressive and every now and then things need calming down and a lighter touch. Well I treated my family to some Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games official merchandise as I was originally from Glasgow and it was another proud sporting moment for our city. Some thought Billy McNeill, the first captain of a British football team (Celtic) to raise aloft the European cup and John Greig who lifted the European cup winners cup with Rangers would be asked to bring the Queen's baton into Hampden Park but nobody could complain when the most successful Olympian Sir Chris Hoy was given the honour. Steve Redgrave is a complete star as well and suffered from diabetes I think just in case people in England think I am not being fair. The official merchandise shops were very very busy and I bought the Harris tweed official purse for my daughter in the Balmoral Castle shop - but those sort of things are quite pricey and a once in a life time. I tried to get gym sacks for their return to school but the official merchandise shop and website were sold out of many lines before the games even ended and the whole thing was wound down much too soon in my opinion. My sons slazenger t shirts from spd have washed really well and and I think I could have bought a truck load of them for the price of a Glasgow 2014 t shirt which I've still to wash so I can't comment on that angle. Earl if I ever have cause to visit the rbs bb, I'm going to ask the poster brigadoon what he knows. We had a chat about the goalkeeper, the later Ronnie Simpson, once who was called affectionately "faither." I have some wonga from here but I am a bit concerned if this is filthy lucre. My second husband is a gers supporter and plays his cards very close to his chest (a big sleekit sly puss) so I can't say what position he might adopt. NUFC and spd are two separate identities. I'm a Sting fan but he's no Richard Thompson. I need to dash - just in and now just out. Orthodentist busy mum. I'll leave u2 to get acquainted.

In a hurry so please excuse the typos but as long as you get the drift.

There you have. The person shorting the fres revealed and it wasn't new kid, robert, you or I. Go go get him tiger. £20 by March. It seems jackdawsson is the only person to believe in report live trades on lse so I can exclusively reveal to you that I'm not old any in the old dear at the current time. Good bb here now - much improved and we have you to thank Hughsie well done to your sir. I tip my hat to yer.

Nothing grabbing me from a buying point of view today so going to keep my money in my sporran and be patient like the guys on rbs bb and off to enjoy my day out in Lanarkshire now. North side much posher lol

Didn't you chide me one weekend for spending too long on the tesco bb and I said oh it'll soon be as quiet as a mouse on there and Opium will be talking to himself again. Couldn't have been more wrong. And you said you thought I was drinking too much lol. My problem is I don't drink enough water and get dehydrated but I'm going to look out for the 57 varieties of this coconut milk in tesco which oddly enough I'd never heard of till Opium raised the subject. All that spending in the Barra co-op and no divi! Anyhow pity you hadn't warned me about the evils of chasing the Wonga. We don't have a Saturday or Sunday Mass now - not used enough - but think I can go to Benediction or Novena on a Tuesday and I'll pray for redemption of my lost soul and ask him to hear my Confession. Talking to too many strange men on bbs. I'm off on a nice mission to help others now though so I can be saved.

Am I too late to come to the ball. I've been put off another share big time (will not say which) but it's maybe not for me after all. All over the place today Motherwell for starters so might catch you later or ra morra.

The toon fan on the rbs bb isn't a Mike fan but he didn't say the things you have.

Enjoy your day at work. Guy on Sainsbury bb reckons baseball bats and caps are the way to stop the rot there. He might be right. There's a toon fan on the rbs bb isn't a fan either but he say all the things you have. Anyhow I'm a Celtic fan and I'm off to Confession.

than on some 250 stocks so you might be right about this waking up. No I am not up at this time dealing on a foreign exchange just watching the tennis and will not be around tomorrow. So have a nice day ya'all

What kind of retail experience do you have Earl. I imagine you own something like Acorn Antiques. I'm definitely more Miss Brahms than Miss Babs. No student grants and course fees in England so the shop staff are often students throughout the week and not just on Saturdays these days and studying to be doctors and the like so I can't take your lacking calibre quotation too seriously. Girl in Kilmarnock branch said Mike had visited when I asked her and she didn't have a bad word to say. Son got his football boots 3 sizes too big to impress the girl he fancied in Silverburn - his problem not hers. He'll grow into them as my mother would have said. Older female assistant in Paisley quite pleasant and helpful too. Come to think of it , the only surly sales assistant I've encountered in recent years was in the listed sweetie shop in East Kilbride - an older woman. She was even worse when I told her I was a shareholder as I was at the time. I remember you posting on there about it having raced away out your reach from 10p to £1.70 or something. Unless you know the guy personally, you are judging him based on press reports. Think somebody told me that they read that he was dining with a lot of posh people and he had impeccable manners and settled the bill which is generally what the aristocracy leave folk to do in my experience. Nigella remarried and put her second spouse on an egg diet - but these morganatic marriages sometimes don't work out and I think she found her handsome young journalist was a hard act to follow. Ten years is a longer recovery time so maybe you would fare better. Bed time for me.

Not held sainsburys for years, morrisons never and never made much on tesco other than a divi and sold last year. I saw the news about see - well done. I might have been critical of the supermarkets for longer than anybody else but I'm not cruel. They are all asking where Opium is today. Remember a bb where I was highly praised by a poster one week and absolutely hated by him ever since when I managed to get shot of a rotten retail share. He was a Lord or something too or so he made out so that's why I prefer rough diamonds. Only thing I posted was news links and a baying mob - much like the one the tesco bb has now - was asking sarcastically where I was one day. Sickening really when you are at a hospital with one of your children on the operating table. That said there are a few nice people on the bbs too but they are probably in the minority. Wonder if that is a reflection of society in general but not in my experience I'm glad to say. Goodnight Murray in action.