Icesave Veterans Association

st

I lived in and worked in germany for 5 years and still today work for german companies -and have many friends over there.
they are say Brown is crazy -however the one main point is that Germany does not have the vast huge debt that Uk has and i mean both personal debt with credit cards,mortgages ,loans etc etc that we have and was encourasged when nu Labour came in and Brown relaxed the BOEs grip and control on the policeing of our Banks -they went crazy with low interest rates and crazy mortgages and property prices went out of control -pure capitalism without thought.
property in germany has risen by only marginal 1 or even below 1% plus most Germans rent and do not have the "must have" mentality and are careful with their money -same as italy ,italian banks have basically escaped all this crisis as they have not sub primed etc.

to conclude Brown now has saddled uk with huge debt and will takes years to pay off -yes he gave us our icesave money and agree was political only and maybe the Tories would have caved in who knows -if not well we all risk when we deposit our money whereever.

harrowing_3

Splendid anagram, by the way I'm only Scottish by blood, so not sure if that makes me blather a lot...

amistupid

harrowing wrote: »

Splendid anagram, by the way I'm only Scottish by blood, so not sure if that makes me blather a lot...

Ever considered a complete Scottish blood transfusion, you'll not even have to pay for the tea and biscuits.

harrowing_3

st, agree with some of your sentiments but governments cannot legislate against personal greed. A lot of people saw equity in their homes increase dramatically and thought :idea: "heh new kitchen and conservatory", without keeping it in the forefront of their minds that it all has to be paid back !

amistupid

st wrote: »

I lived in and worked in germany for 5 years and still today work for german companies -and have many friends over there./quote]

I was stationed out there in Osnabruck for 3 years, enjoyed the people, their life style and the food and drink. Have always threatened to return but never got round to it.

st

amistupid wrote: »

st wrote: »

I lived in and worked in germany for 5 years and still today work for german companies -and have many friends over there./quote]

I was stationed out there in Osnabruck for 3 years, enjoyed the people, their life style and the food and drink. Have always threatened to return but never got round to it.

was once in Osnabruck nice place-yes the beer and food and really friendly helpful people when i first went not sepaking much language they could not help enough they were great -is just a pity the "sun" football mentality exists here and the famous beach towel thing .
I was there 2 weeks ago and would move tomorrow back as woulld by wife also .:beer:

jr12_2

are icesave having aproblem reseting some peoples passwords

st

harrowing wrote: »

st, agree with some of your sentiments but governments cannot legislate against personal greed. A lot of people saw equity in their homes increase dramatically and thought :idea: "heh new kitchen and conservatory", without keeping it in the forefront of their minds that it all has to be paid back !

true harrowing and agree with you fully but look at the mess we are in now

harrowing_3

beach towel thing is true, but the Brits, Russians, French, Polish all do it too!

amistupid

jr12 wrote: »

are icesave having aproblem reseting some peoples passwords

Have they still not sorted you out mate.