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Yes, HH, I appreciate that we are skating on thin ice by being so Off Topic. We are in danger of having the crowd descend on us, telling us not to divert matters from the searing heat of UFO news. So this is my last comment in this thread too. Just to say, what wonderful opportunities you have had to get 'up close and dirty' to railway archaeology. And also to say that, just like you, I have never been into 'train spotting' in the least. I follow a number of railway Facebook groups, again solely for the architectural interest, and My God, what 'anoraks' there are out there! I once saw a brilliant definition of same by someone who said "This is the sort of man (almost invariably a man) who can tell you that the windscreen wipers on D Class ABCD numbers 1000 to 1234 hinged from the bottom, while those on numbers 1235 to 1300 hinged from the top".

HH, it's funny how we all have different interests. And it makes the world a richer place for it being thus. I have always had Zero Minus interest in Geology. And, despite History being my academic subject before the late Jimmy Carter became President, ancient archaeology has always left me cold. "OK, so it's a pile of old stones, right?". But... show me an abandoned railway goods warehouse from the nineteenth century... Bliss! :)

I don't dispute what you're saying, Helx2. News will come. Good or bad. It's just the pace of news that grinds us down. I seem to remember Max suggesting a big "news flow" starting in autumn 2023. I guess it's all a matter of perspective. If you're a paleontologist, then 1066 seems like only yesterday.

I know what you're saying, wents, but in a way it isn't "only money". It's loss of all credibility for those of us who naively believe that the management of a company does its utmost to succeed. It may not do so, through some combination of ill luck, drastic change of circumstances, or even lack of the right skills or adaptability on its own part. But to fail because the management just does nothing is a concept which we naive fools would never have envisaged.

That's essentially it now until 6 January. So enjoy the holidays and look forward to April with the hope of some news going into Q2. Happy Christmas all.

Dear Max has come up with no less than three upbeat headlines today. Nippon Steel, Korea's $38bn and now Saudi Arabia's $1 Trillion City. All of which is wonderful, but provokes me - yet again - into my Gucci handbags analogy. I've said several times that if there was a sudden huge global upsurge in demand for luxury handbags, how would this benefit me with my holding of shares in a factory that showed no signs of ever producing a single handbag?

Everything's always worth a punt, dvh. But with caution as to how much you punt, as I'm sure you're sensible enough to appreciate.

Unclejim, "Run" may be slightly overstating the contribution that the BOD has made to the existence of UFO from January to December.

No, not till after Boxing Day, Bishop. 27th December is traditionally the time of year for promising "an announcement in the coming week about the new executive management team, who are expected to commence in early January".

You too, TAD. I think for all intents and purposes things have wound up here now for this year. As you say, let's hope for something positive by end of Q1 next year.

Thank you to those of you who have summarised as far as possible what we have got out of the AGM. I am slightly alarmed by the reference to November 2027. Can someone please explain for the benefit of the ignorant where this rather far horizon springs from? Thanks.

10 out of 10 for perhaps the best thread title of the year, Max. "You can trust me, my dear, I'm a Nearologist" :)

Don't know about that, 5x5, but our friend The_Bishop could be in line for preferment, as they call it in the Church of England, which is expecting to have a new CEO in place in the first week of January.

Tomorrow, 14 December, will be one year from the announcement of the Native Title Agreement, "a key milestone on the pathway towards the development of Hanc**k Project". I feel rather sorry for the Nyiyaparli People, who must be wondering when all these royalty payments are likely to flow.

This whole scenario just laps around you after you've seen it all for years. All I can say is that it's sad the the company's inadequate communications once again sow panic where none may be warranted. If the "unforeseen circumstances" mean that a truly price-sensitive happening is imminent, that may be one thing and they cannot spell out too much more. But if it's nothing more than the electrician just phoned to say that Thursday's the day he's coming round to change all the sockets, that's another. Why, oh why, do they leave things hanging in the air?

I've BEEN ready for years, Mr Moon. I'm at this moment in the hallway by the front door, sitting on my suitcase which has been packed since before they invented suitcases.

Well done, dav37, I see you have already identified "the usual deadheads" in the nine trading days since you became a member. Personally, I'd have thought it would have taken a rather longer timespan to have experience of each and every poster on here and to get the feel for their varying stances on the company and the share performance.

I hope you're right, MyIPA. People have been saying "next week we could see something" on here since before Chamberlain returned from Munich. :)

The funny thing is, though, that there is not a great deal of evidence of "weak, moaning and whining" people actually selling. I suspect that most of them are, like me, just sitting tight, in hope that the scenario will one day change to a brighter one, or fall into the camp of "not selling because there's no point". I hope for better things, as one might hope for Rachel Reeves appearing as Lady Bountiful at the Old Folks' Luncheon Club.

Well, yes, AIM is bizarre, which is something many of us can agree upon. The more demand you have, the more you drop the price is an unusual practice in most fields of commerce.