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I first bought these on the day Andy Murray went out of Wimbledon this year I think which was the only day there was rain on my fortnight's holiday in Scotland. Have to confess to trading them well a couple of times since then. Can't remember where the original funds came from but sports direct I think when I heard Mike Ashley was supporting the Rangers cause lol. I think that was the week we had the guy come on the cup bb complaining about off topic and I was waiting with baited breath for his or her insight - ended in big anti-climax as usual with these moaners on the bbs same at dge, bby etc. etc. LOL denis joined us on the bb to talk about his property near Disneyworld lol. You were mentioning Etal I think. Nice part of the country and been to there and Norham Castle on way to Lindsifarne or Harry Potter castle - gardens amazing. Hope the girls are enjoying the school hols. Schools back up here for a couple of weeks now and nearly half term already lol. Couple of breaks lined up this and next month. Son wanted to be left at home but not responsible enough for that yet whereas I'm sure his younger sister would be fine. He was okay when I said it was Paris rather than another Scottish island lol and their cool auntie is coming with us. Kids do seem to enjoy the buzz in cities. Didn't manage the Edinburgh Festival this year as a bit too busy. Tell the girls, I'm just about to finish my Ted Baker scrub and handcream. Beautiful scent and packaging all pink with butterflies. More on topic, son off with school mates to don their white coats for a day at a taster lab session at Strathclyde uni. Wish I'd done something practical like that to begin with rather than mincing around Gilmorehill. Was supposed to attend a talk later on the history of Scottish independence but think I'll just stay in and watch Murray instead. atb.

Feint heart never won fair Lady. I looked at Mossissey in the video and he is starting to show his age like Cliff after years of clean living. Dog lover too judging by the video. New kid will be wondering which miner I went for . Jack be nimble Jack be quick Jack jumped on mogo's pogo stick - well done to you there. Nigella would have done you a magic mushroom stroganoff.

How do you know I don't prefer a bit of rough.

This needs to be brief as I've had too many late nights watching the tennis from usa. I can't see how you could be concerned about the rights' of workers on one hand and then say that they were low calibre individuals and unskilled people who served you. That's so inhumane. The bags are being sold in most shops now in an attempt to be kind to the environment. The spd ones are sturdy enough to carry picnics etc. By and large, I think sales assistants in most shops do a reasonably good job for, as you say, little reward and have to deal with a few really awkward customers like some of the folk you come across on these bbs. I also think it is unkind to refer to people's appearances etc. and their private lives in a critical manner. You mentioned your parents' divorce and the effect on children. My father died when I was six and one parent families were very unusual then and I couldn't believe it when history repeated itself and my children's father died when one of them was even younger than I had been - but times had moved on and I wasn't the only lone parent at the parents' evenings. I don't usually do aims but found a gem of a share in pres last year and did post but kept reasonably quiet about my serendipity as I don't go in for all this boasting and ego massaging that seems to go on on these bbs. I like a good debate too but there are so few posters around now who can do that without throwing about insults or feeling threatened. I honest to god can't find anything of value in listening to somebody saying I bought such and such yesterday and sold them or I opened a short and closed it yesterday. Would you say you derive any/much benefit from "participating" in these bbs. I have spoken to one or two individuals off these bbs and if I say that they weren't nice people and just leave it at that you will get my drift. The person closest to me has had a lot of success with shares recently and I've had a good spell too not necessarily with the same shares but spd was one of the ones we both had some success with. I really should start taking more heed of people I know rather than total strangers on a bb. Good luck with see and your other investments. I'm off on my holidays soon.

I can handle myself on these bbs and didn't take your posts on the tesco bb seriously. I really don't know what to make of you though with your ads for you see shares on here and what appears to me to be your blatant deramping of other shares - presumably intended to boost your own wallet. I take a very dim view of many retailers as you know but I would never take a cheap shot at their sales assistants on a bb because I am a really classy lady who has never forgotten her humble roots. It is not the first time I have been dining out at a restaurant - national chains and otherwise - and the students waiting on me have been told to go home without pay as it's quiet. I have to confess that I haven't stopped eating and asked for my bill but I have spoken to the staff and maybe found out that they've had travelling expenses to get to work and I've made sure they got a decent tip from me before they have departed. I know for a fact that hotel chains will often tell weekend waiting staff not to turn up for work if there is not a wedding on that week as they are not needed and I know that politicians debate about the minimum wage etc. - some claiming that if it is raised then it will lead to increased unemployment. In most of the jobs I have done, I have had a contract of employment that indicated that I had to let my employers know if I took on other jobs. All I'm saying here is that spd might not be alone in what it does and it seems to have a bonus scheme for staff. I remember being a committed investor in a rotten retailer and didn't get any shareholder discount but the staff got a decent discount. There's an ethical dilemma in just about every aspect of investing it seems to me e.g. do you invest in tobacco, alcohol, bookmakers, companies where staff die now and again in the course of their work, do you short sell stock. Fortunately, retailing is a relatively safe job except in the supermarket joke about the guy Arty who does 2 contract killings (one a witness) in the supermaket at the vegetable counter and the headlines read Arty chokes 2 for a £1 in whereever - the one we posted on last night I think. Oh my conscience can be clearer than a lot people I've come across over the years and that's enough for me. Cheer bye.

Not too bothered about anybody's weight or marital status if they can do their job well. If you have encountered any prejudice in the job market or elsewhere because your parents had split up then that's a pity but times are changing and, with over a third of marriages ending in divorce these days, nobody would even give it a second thought. Anyhow I'm no trained counsellor but there is help out there for you if you need. Do take care of yourself and your dad. Goodnight.

I'm in holiday wind down mode so going for divis and stuff I can take my eye off. Did you go for morrisons like you said. Made some headway with first reported sales growth in months there. Not surprised with all the big money off vouchers they have been doing to secure customers over blocks of 5 weeks - is it profitable though? and down today with tesco profit warning. Seldom in Marks for non-food these days but was impressed with the assistant in the killie branch with the hand held computer trying to secure my custom by checking out all the different school skirts offered on-line (not for me I might add lol) went for the jersey elasticated waist from debs as daughter is a bit skinny and skirts fall down when she runs for the bus. blt - hubby did fres and I'm doing a bit of research into manipulation of certain 250 ones but have to say some people shout manipulation when they are expecting a penny profit after 30 minutes when patience would bring them £2,000 profit after a few months. Well that was my experience in February anyway. Have a good weekend all.

Your typing isn't always accurate either. Take it some are from the phone Can't stay up watching Murray any longer. Maybe just straight sets tonight. Got some precious metal just in case there is an escalation. Have a good weekend.

Ah Opium - I best hide in the attic with my diary and my feta and chard tart.

My mother used to sing a very risque song about Lulu the Zula gal of mine! But I think you'll need to start calling me Nigella or something again as I was looking on the rfc bb and it seems there was a Lulu on there but she got banned. Not sure if she was winding them up but I'd rather not incur the wrath of that lot especially as I'm a good 'tic fan. This programme about the tsar spotted - haven't seen it. Knew the son had haemophilia and that there were rumours that one of the daughters had survived. Rus thinks Opium is Rasputin lol. Do you think all the stories about Rasputin surviving all the stuff that's supposed to have been done to him are fable. Got my shortlist for my October break and definitely lots of trips with a world war one connection in mind on the 100 th anniversary of the outbreak. All kicked off with the assassination of that Franz Ferdinand (feel a song coming on better not) Glaswegians but preferred th Kaiser Chiefs. And he was in one of these morgantic marriages. Think I've been in a couple of them myself mind you lol and I definitely felt like the superior one though the mother-in-laws definitely thought I was the inferior one lol. Series 4 episode 6 of Downtown Abbey. I've raced through that in 2 weeks and starting to get a bit fed up with Mr. Bates.

Was there another story about Ukraine last night and the Russians in a new area or something. Anyhow feta and chard tart with potatoes for tea with fresh produce bought from Geilston yesterday including tarragon, onion, long beans and chard which I hadn't even heard of before. Seemingly I've to use the leaves as well as the stock. If I was really Nigella then I would know how to make puff pastry as well as short crust without checking a recipe from Nigel somebody of the Guardian on-line.

rbrand - I've given up reading the tesco bb. LOL I think it was when I read all the stuff from the posters whom I recognised from the rsa bb where I certainly found your own posts along with a few others to be fairly honest. I remember rustybucket cautioning folk on there about the rights issue and you thought it would be worthwhile for folk. I did go for it and the shares were immediately in profit but I had bought for the divi originally and they had axed it so sold. Certainly cannot complain about the divi here at the current level which is maybe why the institutions are adding and buying in. Poor sunnybeachboy! Don't think he is the worst on the tesco bb maybe seifert will be giving him some good vibrations soon.

Good morning gerry. It certainly helps to have a healthy dose of scepticism were shares are concerned - even the ones we hold. I have got to say that I have been with you on several bbs now and found that you seldom say anything good about any company - even when the share price is on the rise. Personally, I find that a bit tiresome and believe in giving credit where it's due. I have detected that you are slightly less negative about morrisons and tesco than some other shares and yet they are the ones that have been on a downward ski slope for a long time with no respite in between like some of the others. You say you enjoyed wakeup's posts but she was putting constant strong buy recommendations on both bbs and was generally trying to trash my opinion in a very aggressive and confrontational style because I am a humble housewife and she was a fund manager who knew it all! But I'm not just a humble housewife and nobody's canon fodder. I actually help run a business in between posting on these bbs. Anyhow as I've said to you before it's your choice to keep holding falling stocks and keep moaning about them. I know from the rsa bb that you are not an amateur investor but work in the field attending conference calls and the like. There were a few posters trying to put holders off participating in the rights issue there as I recall but those rights shares made an immediate profit for me though I was looking for a divi so sold. Report out says morrisons and tesco are among the most likely to trim the divi along with bby. Think it's really is about time, I left this bb. I only looked back in after I sold to engage with a holder, AJ, and noticed that the price was still rising and you were still making a meal out of an incident.

It's a local holiday weekend in Ayrshire for the Ayr Gold cup. Loads of companies issuing profit warnings this year but they come without warning as the companies are obliged to update the market as soon as they become aware of anything of that nature so hope this is a positive sign.

to Scottish referendum date. Neither date suited me as not going to be in country. Don't know many companies who bring bad results out early mind you.

Loads of companies not benefiting from the strong pound earlier in the year but nice increased divi to come here shortly. Fits the bill for many looking to the long-term.

The share price still does well despite your deramping here, at debs and bby .....

Did you say something about timing. I'd need to stay at home more often than I do and husband definitely should. Why are there so many sailors on these bbs reminds me of that Pet Clark song my mum used to sing to my dad. Underage drinking? LOL you can vote in a referendum on Scottish independence and be married with a child but you can't legally drink a shandy. The holiday company charging full adult price for 11 year olds for next month's break yet they need to share a family room or twin room with an adult. You still invested in tcg or is that a silly question? Summer returned here today. Need to go watch the bhoys. Nice little outing planning for tomorrow so wont be looking at the shares - well maybe first thing.

I spoke too soon and Poppy is on a roll this aft. I think he is putting folk off buying tesco shares. Interesting about the multiple id thing. One of things I do like about iii, is that they have been asking people to provide id before joining for a while now. Pity though their bbs seem to be unfairly moderated and folk get away with posting complete fallacies about companies and extremely abusive posts on iii without much action being taken. lse, on the other hand, assume that somebody is using a multiple id if they post from the same ips address as another person. The reality is that a husband, wife and grown up child could all have their own portfolios and not be able to join this site if another family member has already joined. You'll get professional crooks on these bbs posting up their email addresses (against the rules) and inviting people to contact them. You do so at your peril because they will then use every trick in the book to gain information from you and use it against you if they can. In the early days, I fell for this but I was quick to cotton on and started to feed the person(s) concerned a load of bull as I realised there was something amiss when they were emailing me 6 or 7 times at 4 in the morning. My husband says he's not bothered about not being able to post on lse as he really doesn't have the time. The laugh is though that we are not professional traders who would back each other up at every turn. In fact, I have been very critical on lse of some of the companies he is invested in and we have a laugh about it. Sometimes I have no idea what he is invested in and vice versa but, of late, we have started to pick some of the same stocks more frequently than in the past. My son I don't think will be trying the share dealing. He wasn't partaking of the free beer on holiday in February but another boy a year older was. My son tried a little alcohol on Friday night and suffice to say he intends to abstain in future like your good self, his uncle Brandy lol.

Anne Frank would have had a job hiding from Poppy but I think he is on holiday as he has reduced his output. I read somebody trying to attack somebody on the bbs with something like if you have 35,000 posts you must be getting paid but lol defending somebody else who has 90,000 to their name when they are here now and again lol. New big investor at cup then and kestrel increasing. Your uncle Matlot's a shrewd one right enough.