IMF in global 'meltdown' warning !!

Pobby

Thankfully as someone who quite enjoys living life low ( as opposed to low life ) I have spent some of the day working out our retirement finances. In fact, if it was indexed linked, we could get by on state and serps but even living life low it wouldn`t be a lot of laughs. So have some plans to start using cash savings to boost which should give us another up to 5 or 6 years years after retirement and hopefully by then things would have returned to normal so we can cash in pensions/ investments.

But who can tell. After hearing the imf report I am not totally confortable.

Microstar_2

amcluesent wrote: »

Whatever, there's a very big 3-way play going down between the private banking cabal, international socialists and mohemmedans.

You left out Opus Dei. They are co-ordinating it all, with the assistance of Ruth Kelly (I thought everyone knew that.. ).

neverdespairgirl

scousethife wrote: »

Aye the rich are seen as a sucecess in life, but all the wealthy people I know arnt particularly happy and neither are those around them.

All the rich blokes I know are having afares and all their wives know they are.

The rich men I know are not generally like this. For them, though, they enjoy what they do and the money is a welcome side-effect.

Realy

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

The rich men I know are not generally like this. For them, though, they enjoy what they do and the money is a welcome side-effect.

I think you are both right as there are people like that in life. They are just people afterall happy or sad.

tomstickland

moanymoany wrote: »

only on this board could I find kindred spirits.

Time for a special house price board hugs thread.
:easter_ba :kisses:

fc123

ad9898 wrote: »

I'm not sure he has 2 billion in cash, I'm pretty certain Bernie Ecclestone has that in cash though, read it somewhere but can't remember. On another note I heard on the radio yesterday that Abramovich (Chelsea owner) has lost 12 billion:eek:, I'd say that was serious even for him

He's negotiating to buy the debt at a much reduced price though.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/retailing/article4926315.ece

I reckon the cash is under his boat...in waterproof bags attached with ropes.

Not good for UK choice.....Tescopoly in Fashion is going to get worse...watch prices rise as one player controls nearly all the fascias available in The Shopping Centres.

On the plus side...Landlords are foooked. P Green can pay whatever rent he wants as, if he shut all his stores in one centre, there aren't enough alternatives to fill them.

An Oligopoly scheme.

On the whole...pretty good news for moi

If one thinks everything is a little samey now...wait until he consolidates the supply base.......Mao suits have nothing on what's to come.

fc123

tomstickland wrote: »

Time for a special house price board hugs thread.
:easter_ba :kisses:

I second Moanys comment. I wonder if I am actually the mad person, fretting over nothing.
I mentioned Bauger (to the young mosaic staff who popped in for chat...because the shops were so quiet) and gave them a cutting from The Times (when I am a really old lady, I will give them a shrub cutting too).

They had absolutely no idea.

Though they wondered why they were all put on sale 10 days ago as October is ususally peak month for Full Price sales.

Bauger/Mosaic need to churn some £££.

neverdespairgirl

tomstickland wrote: »

Time for a special house price board hugs thread.
:easter_ba :kisses:

Boring hugs. Have some of these. :kisses3::kisses2::grouphug::dance:

Generali

scousethife wrote: »

Aye the rich are seen as a sucecess in life, but all the wealthy people I know arnt particularly happy and neither are those around them.

All the rich blokes I know are having afares and all their wives know they are.

The reason is he wanted to get rich to get a lot of shags and she wanted a rich bloke at any cost.

And tats what happens when money is your goal rather than hapiness

The people I know that have worked to get rich (as opposed to the inheritors) all have this boast that they work xx hours a week and don't have time to do anything (like get to know their children) as if that's a good thing.

I have a cousin and he's probably the most successful bloke I know. He works about 3 months a year and makes about £30-40k. A good living but not incredible riches. He spends his time looking after the kids, sailing his dinghy and spending time with his mates.

GDB2222

Generali wrote: »

I have a cousin and he's probably the most successful bloke I know. He works about 3 months a year and makes about £30-40k. A good living but not incredible riches. He spends his time looking after the kids, sailing his dinghy and spending time with his mates.

You can define success in different ways. I suspect that nature's definition is the number of off-spring you have.

I was thinking of starting a sperm bank. I would tell prospective customers that they could choose between Nobel Prize winners and other desirable stock. In reality, they would all get my semen, watered down a bit to make it go further. I would become the father of maybe 10,000 children, and clearly by far the most successful bloke that's ever lived. :cool: