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Blanchflower: House price rises reflect unreliable property data
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Rather correct my errors than cover my pride. Not a common triat these days, what with pride, and all that.0
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bernard_shaw wrote: »I'm attempting to massage sentiment.
I'm taking a position and ramming it down people's throats.
Nothing wrong with that.
I don't necissarily believe anything I quote, but I'll quote it if it supports my self interest.
I want a cheapo house.
And there you have the bear position neatly summarised.
No amount of misinformation too large, no amount of propaganda too much, no lie too outrageous to tell, so long as I get a "cheapo house".
:T“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
C'mon Hamish, bit of enterprise and all that. How many posts do you think I would need to make to get say a tenner off the price of a new build?HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »And there you have the bear position neatly summarised.
No amount of misinformation too large, no amount of propaganda too much, no lie too outrageous to tell, so long as I get a "cheapo house".
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bernard_shaw wrote: »So I had a 'wee lookie' and found these photos from your hometown. It seems very nice.
Man those are very selective pictures, not at all representative.
A quick google image search finds much nicer pic





And a favourite personal one from my own collection, very near where I used to live. Yes this is in the city.
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What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach.
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That's a rubbish crazy golf course. Too big, no windmill, and where's the kebab van?IveSeenTheLight wrote: »
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Been saying for years all data relating to house price data, isn't worth a carrot.0
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That's a rubbish crazy golf course. Too big, no windmill, and where's the kebab van?
Nothing crazy about it, that's Royal Aberdeen, the sixth oldest golf course in the world, only 5 minutes from the city centre.
Golf's not my biggest passion in sport but let me tell you, I've played the course a couple of times and it is very challenging:wall:
What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach.
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I bet it is absolutely bloody wonderful.IveSeenTheLight wrote: »Nothing crazy about it, that's Royal Aberdeen, the sixth oldest golf course in the world, only 5 minutes from the city centre.
Golf's not my biggest passion in sport but let me tell you, I've played the course a couple of times and it is very challenging0
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