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glutton for punishment, lol, sigh. this is pretty frustrating, tbh. but i think there may now be a pricing opportunity, linked with the s/t fears in the investor community about effects of a clinton win on pharma pricing. i think clinton will probably win, but doubt she will be that fierce with big pharma or new development pharma, rather she will target smaller players who are trying to price gouge on products which are already developed & being traded between pharma cos. companies on the inter-co market. i'm also thinking that £ fall may be providing an opportunity.... WPCT owns stakes in a fair few UK small companies, but where the value, *if* there really is long-term value (!) resides in the intellectual property potential which will be valuable in the wider international markets (& potentially floated / sold off in these) rather than simply in domestic ££ denominated. might turn out to be entirely wrong, and hinges a lot whether woody & team are actually picking some decent IP prospects, but anyway, in for penny, in for pound, added. (not in hope of any short-term rise!)

well, mithchum was a proper bad-boy with a fine disregard to the hollywood hypocrisy re drug-taking. ... i would be very happy to stick 'on the waterfront' on my own top films list too, not so much because of brando tho' he was OK, more the whole atmospherics, pacing, and i am a big fan of both karl malden & rod steiger. (how about, 'in the heat of the night' as another great? steiger's best, imv)

as grumpy says, all just guesswork at this stage. sometimes, part of the mess is uncovering just how much mess there actually is. -- it may have taken AR this long to find out. sometimes, depends just what steps others took to very actively hide stuff. new shareholders will want to be very, very watchful that there is no fancy footwork to defer or fudge the loan repayments from B/S. meanwhile, i don't read johnnyisalive as claiming that B/S is a fictitious company. simply that he doesn't see much evidence that it's anything that special ... noisy about its ambitions, but demonstrated outcomes still sparse. (but all a bit academic now from NEW holders' perspective, since that deal just ain't happening.)

plumper, unfortunately for holders, it looks like delisting is coming very soon. from the RNS on 30th sept: "On 9 May 2016, given that the proposed acquisition of Big Sofa Limited would constitute a reverse takeover under the AIM Rules, the Directors requested a suspension in the trading of the shares pending publication of the required AIM admission document. In the event that such a document is not published within six months of suspension, trading in the shares will be cancelled."

in suspension already, so nothing will show.

likes 'em.

pretty bad for holders. what happens now re all the money that they have loaned to big sofa?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx15s_HAkgU

i hope it goes without saying that i mean the european (long) cut of once upon a time in america. best ever opening scene of any film, of course, is once upon a time in the west.

hmm. today, i think it would be night of the hunter once upon a time in america forbidden planet ... but on a different day it might be a different selection.

too hard picking top three films. ... so much good stuff out there. night of the hunter virgin spring wizard of oz yojimbo alien once upon a time in america ben hur (original) solaris (original version) seventh seal forbidden planet sweet sweetback's badass song institute benjamenta crouching tiger hidden dragon apocalypse now

so much for seeing 248-253 "within the next month", lol.

not warming to mr amtz ...

sure, just 'cos woody wants summat don't mean he's right about the issue.

"...the new girl might like to get it tailored and cut the cloth so as to be more mobile. Would you be happy with half the divi?" .. speaking of woody, that is pretty precisely what he has been saying he would like from GSK in future ...

nah, pretty slow!

deutsche seem a bit keen. (wonder if they've still got a few astra in the cupboard to shift before they go bust?)

certainly, woody is hardly setting the world on fire with short or medium gains, is he? to be fair to the guy, he was very, very explicit about the long-term nature of investing here, so i guess people have got what they signed up for, but even a tiny bit of zing would be nice.