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Weak pound reaping rewards!

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  • Spartacus_Mills
    Spartacus_Mills Posts: 5,545 Forumite
    phil_b wrote: »
    Oh crikey, we'll be a third-world country soon, battling in the streets, hording weapons and killing wild animals for supper. Best refresh my sewing skills etc.


    Noah's Castle all over again !!!!
    "There's no such thing as Macra. Macra do not exist."
    "I could play all day in my Green Cathedral".
    "The Centuries that divide me shall be undone."
    "A dream? Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next. "
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    nearlynew wrote: »
    Try wiping your @rse with numbers on a screen big boy.


    gold may not have any intrinsic value, but as money it has no better rival.

    I think I would rather convert that worthless paper into a house to live in icon7.gif
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • Spartacus_Mills
    Spartacus_Mills Posts: 5,545 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    I think I would rather convert that worthless paper into a house to live in icon7.gif

    Can't eat a bar of gold.
    "There's no such thing as Macra. Macra do not exist."
    "I could play all day in my Green Cathedral".
    "The Centuries that divide me shall be undone."
    "A dream? Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next. "
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    I think I would rather convert that worthless paper into a house to live in icon7.gif


    Of course.

    But a house cannot fulfill the requirements of money.
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
  • stonethrower
    stonethrower Posts: 340 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    Some good news icon7.gif

    The biggest sterling devaluation since the collapse of the Gold Standard in the 1930s is starting to reap rewards, economists declared yesterday, as fresh figures showed a dramatic improvement in Britain's current account and household balance sheets.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6868271/Weak-pound-starting-to-reap-rewards.html


    Its working so well the UK is the last major country in recession
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    Spartacus_Mills wrote: »
    Can't eat a bar of gold.

    Yes you can......

    http://www.ediblegold.com/ediblegoldfacts.asp


    And you can even spend it when you !!!!!! it out.......
    Ingesting edible gold leaf and edible silver leaf
    Generally speaking, there is no danger in ingesting Edible Gold. Gold is an inert metal that simply passes through the intestinal system. Edible Gold will pass out of the body after about 24 hours unchanged without causing any harm or reaction on the body.

    How cool is that?
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    nearlynew wrote: »
    Yes you can......

    http://www.ediblegold.com/ediblegoldfacts.asp


    And you can even spend it when you !!!!!! it out.......



    How cool is that?

    Dr Karl (an Aussie who is on BBC Radio 5, ABC and also on the radio in the US) claimed last week that the maximum amount of gold you can consume in a lifetime is 1g. More than that could risk your health.

    No idea if it's true but he is a very entertaining fellow and I suggest you check him out.
  • Spartacus_Mills
    Spartacus_Mills Posts: 5,545 Forumite
    nearlynew wrote: »
    Yes you can......

    http://www.ediblegold.com/ediblegoldfacts.asp


    And you can even spend it when you !!!!!! it out.......



    How cool is that?


    Errr, very cool indeed :eek:

    If I may be a little pedantic I did say a bar of gold rather than leaf.
    "There's no such thing as Macra. Macra do not exist."
    "I could play all day in my Green Cathedral".
    "The Centuries that divide me shall be undone."
    "A dream? Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next. "
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    edited 23 December 2009 at 1:27PM
    I use gold leaf a fair bit ...when feeling extravagant, and with the cakes I sell.

    There is a big range of expensive stuff you can eat if you want to....selfridges food hall has an expensive whacky food section, for example.
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    Spartacus_Mills wrote: »
    Errr, very cool indeed :eek:

    If I may be a little pedantic I did say a bar of gold rather than leaf.


    Can I suggest that in this case your pedantry has blocked out your sense of humour.
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
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