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1929:The Great Crash - on BBC2 tonight

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  • PasturesNew
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    Thanks. Just spotted this. Phew, just in time.

    Cheers OP. That's my Saturday night's entertainment sorted

    And cheers to Alan for bumping it so I didn't miss it.
  • mewbie_2
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    Unfortunately I can't watch it as I don't have independent viewing rights in our house.
  • PasturesNew
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    mewbie wrote: »
    Unfortunately I can't watch it as I don't have independent viewing rights in our house.
    You need a man shed. I'm a great believer in the fact that every man needs a shed of his own. Bit of carpet, comfy chair and a radio.... or TV these days.
  • PasturesNew
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    Oh, they used margin calls in the stock exchange crash.

    Most stock purchases were leveraged, 10% deposit, borrow 90%, buy stocks ... with the market falling the lenders wanted them to bring in cash immediately. Lenders sent out telegrams asking for it.
  • Generali
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    mewbie wrote: »
    Unfortunately I can't watch it as I don't have independent viewing rights in our house.

    Sounds like Chez Generali.

    I wear the trousers in the relationship.....when Mrs Generali lets me.
  • mewbie_2
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    You need a man shed
    Every shed I have come across starts off day one as a nice new space and by the end of day two is absolutely full of stuff that might one day be required, but not right now it isn't.
  • Cleaver
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    mewbie wrote: »
    Unfortunately I can't watch it as I don't have independent viewing rights in our house.

    Mrs Cleaver wanted to watch the Sex and The City movie that someone bought her for Christmas on DVD. I put my foot down for once and she's watching it in a bit of a mood in the bedroom on her laptop with her headphones in.

    I'm enjoying watching a programme about financial doom and reading / writing on a forum about financial doom at the same time. It's a doomfest.
  • casper_uk
    casper_uk Posts: 88 Forumite
    "Don't worry, we're in a global economy now" and massive injections of cash to restore confidence! Blimey starting to sound like today not 80 years ago!
  • Cleaver
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    casper_uk wrote: »
    "Don't worry, we're in a global economy now" and massive injections of cash to restore confidence! Blimey starting to sound like today not 80 years ago!

    I wonder if the editors of the programme had the same line of thought when they included that bit?

    Interesting show though.
  • Generali
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    Cleaver wrote: »
    Mrs Cleaver wanted to watch the Sex and The City movie that someone bought her for Christmas on DVD. I put my foot down for once and she's watching it in a bit of a mood in the bedroom on her laptop with her headphones in.

    I'm enjoying watching a programme about financial doom and reading / writing on a forum about financial doom at the same time. It's a doomfest.

    Doomtastic!
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