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Sorry to be asking, but what the heck is going on here? I just came on to check my ERIS holding and was very surprised to see the volume of both trades and chat and the sp increase, but without my being able to see any explanatory RNS.

Eight for Eck! My dear father, Mr Keeper, tried to get everyone in the village to cast an individual vote for Eck. But somehow the Jeb Bush Patent Voting Machine seemed to malfunction, so that Miss Wemyss, Mr Patel, the Grimms and Champion the Wonder Horse were denied the chance to exercise their rights of suffrage. Sir Jasper is at this moment penning a missive of outrage to his good friend, Lord Palmerston. Lady Juanita has chained herself to the gates of the Hall, bearing her placard 'Votes for Eck'.

Now, we have April trades and February trades, but no March trades. I reckon all this back to the future stuff could be a ruse, from the grave, by ol' John Zachary to offload some of his surplus stock during the lockdown.

A buying opportunity would, it seems, Mr Rocket, have been espied amongst The Quality of the village. We hear from the more indiscreet members of the serving staff that Sir Jasper is communicating, via the new telegraphic equipment, the voluminous attractions of investing in Scotgold Resources to his fellow Old Harrovians and his chums in the Gentlemen's Fly Fishing Fraternity. Though, since there are said to be more than forty rooms in the Hall, it is somewhat strange that Sir Jasper is conducting this communication from the boiler room.

Mr Rocket, transport logistics in South Worcestershire are bearing up but are under some strain. Champion the Wonder Horse ate the first face mask that we tried to put on him, thinking it was a rather shrunken nosebag. Mr Patel has instituted an 'Only Two Persons at a Time' policy, which this morning led to a rare combination of Mrs Grimm and the Hon. Basil (Mark 1). Sir Jasper, we hear, is isolating himself in the Hall. This is no great hardship really, because even three months will not be long enough for him to get round to the neglected task of counting all his money. We are all well in South Worcestershire, I am pleased to say, and my dear parents, Mr and Mrs Keeper, join me in hoping that all of you and your families keep safe. I am in the process of embroidering a sampler with those very sentiments.

It's got to be, glen. That's only sensible. Otherwise only about a dozen categories of work would qualify, and the economy, as well as what remains of social structure, would cease altogether. BTW, would you count the work of the Samaritans as "essential"? I sure would.

Secretspud, you are spot on about the "biggest issue". I have been saying for at least a month (and even louder now) that when this is all over (or even well before) the NHS is going to have an absolute epidemic of mental illness to cope with.

"What they think they are achieving I do not know".
There's an awful lot of thrashing around in the dark. A tale from yesterday, one of the building societies is "centralising services for the safety of our staff". So the two ladies in our small branch in our (as yet) safe little town are now having to travel - by public transport! - into Carlisle, where there are lots of virus cases. For their safety!

Much rejoicing in the village! The Hon Basil (Mark 1) has been safely returned unto us. Even Sir Jasper, not known for displays of emotion, other than bellowing at the servants, has been seen in the grounds of the Hall embracing his wayward (yes, Mr Rocket, we got the word in somehow) son, using a pair of 'Dr Montefiore's Patent 2-metre Arm Extenders'.

So, Mr Rocket, "Lack of news leads to inventive, wayward and amusing posting", eh?
Methinks the Reverend Grimm would have some wrath to pour down on he who dares to post amusingly. Wayward? Certainly not Miss Wemyss, a figure of purity and rectitude, if ever there was one. On the other hand, the arms above the entrance to the Hall do bear the motto 'In Waywardness We Endeavour'. And inventiveness? Surely the honour here must go to Champion the Wonder Horse, who has discovered that a quad bike is not only a less exhausting way of hauling boats along the canal, but enables him to put good social distancing between himself and their occupants.

Hello R, sorry you are going to be locked down. Ludicrous in my opinion to be arbitrarily locked down because of age. Whatever happened to '70 is the new 50'? At least here in Scotland (so far) the Mighty Nicola has held off from having army snipers in the bushes, ready to shoot down any 70-year old who's popped out to the car to retrieve their spare glasses. All the best, y

Judy, our good friend Eck, who, like myself, is steeped in the Waters of Cynicism, will no doubt agree that it's not a matter of If the RNS announcing a delay in production until 30th September is issued, but When. Ne'er mind, this time next decade we'll all be millionaires!

If "this could easily turn into a bear market", plus ca change. My portfolio has been in bear territory for over 10 years. It's all a matter of long-termism and patience.

I don't get the corona effect at all. For this to cause serious price slumps you have, surely, to subscribe to one of two scenarios: 1) That corona is going to be around this time next year, and the year after that, and..., or 2) That the fundamentals of your company are so weak and vulnerable that it cannot survive beyond a six-month time-frame anyway. The Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 only lasted 12 months, without the benefits of modern medical science. But there's nothing the markets like more than sheer panic.

For myself, I do like the idea of supporting Scottish projects. Even though I'm only very marginally "Scottish". Not only am I an Anglo-Welsh incomer, but I've only come in as far as DG13. Another 5 miles and I'd be in DG14 and in danger of being sucked back into England on the tidal Canonbie Canal. Anyway, in all seriousness, I have bought a very modest holding in ERIS. Because I want to do it all over again... wait 10 years for anything to happen! I believe I'm not the only SGZ LTH to have put a foot in the ERIS camp (I've even seen the illustrious CP52 over there), so clearly there are friends who similarly are prepared to wait what could become half-a-lifetime for a return, rather than put their money in a Post Office Savings Account.

Hi, Judy, fear not. Many of us on here were in the red for nine or ten years! It's within a relatively micro amount of time of coming good now, so this should reward both old-timers and newcomers alike. Your 'one day' has sometimes seemed like 'sometime, never' to lots of us. But we're still here, so welcome to our ranks.

Maybe, good doctor, you've been in AIM as long as I have. For sure I've learnt one absolute truth about AIM, which is Good News = Price Goes Down, Bad News = Price Goes Down, but not by as much as if the news had been Good.

Your memory serves you well, Mr Rocket. It is indeed the Dog & Duck. But only be good fortune. A merchant type from London, called Mr Wetherspoon, appeared some time back, expressing a desire to buy our much-loved Dog & Duck and rename it Boris's Boozer. We were aghast. And what a rude man. He strutted about the pub, exclaiming "Those ridiculous samplers will have to go". But fortunately at that very moment we were saved by the unlikely person of Sir Jasper himself, who strode in and thundered at this thoroughly unpleasant fellow, "Be gone, Wetherspoon! Get yourself back to London. Find other things to do, like Question Time, and leave our Dog & Duck alone!"

So, the gloomy Hon. Basil (Mark 1) has been spied in the grounds of the Hall. Back from the remote (Benidorm) public school to which he had been sent in disgrace by Sir Jasper.

Ah, Mr Rockhead, we welcome you to 1870. My dear father, Mr Keeper, will wave in respect as you sail serenely past on the canal. But we would rather you tarried awhile and enjoyed South Worcestershire hospitality. Perhaps you might like to visit our lovely Methodist Chapel and be entertained by Miss Wemyss' 'Queen' tribute act (Yes, she is far-seeing) on the harmonium? Though I suppose a man of your elevated status would be staying with Sir Jasper at the Hall.