Should this forum be renamed?

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Ignore Economic Influences To Your Own Market That Do Not Fit In To Your Own Particular Way Of Thinking Board




Sums it up for me & fits in very well with the OPs recent history.

Loughton_Monkey

Yes

It should be split into one thread called "Debate the Economy", and another called "Sad thread for anoraks who want to post every web article ever produced on house prices".

That way, we could avoid this tedious nonsense. A month in House Price terms, is probably the equivalent of about a year in Stock Market terms. Now anyone stupid enough to watch the FTSE go up 125 points (like it did today) and start predicting it will be 8,000 by Christmas, or 5,200 by January 15th would qualify to be committed to Broadmoor.

-We have had a general Financial crisis.
-House prices have dropped.
-Property is a very long term investment (and a place to live).
-They will rise again in the longer term.

Live with it, and get a life.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Loughton_Monkey wrote: »

or 5,200 by January 15th

Interesting you say that.... Perhaps the 15th Feb or March :rotfl:

chris_m

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

Interesting you say that.... Perhaps the 15th Feb or March :rotfl:

I'd hedge my bets and say January - just not which January :rotfl:

Really2

Graham_Devon wrote: »

I imagine a vein in the forehead growing bigger and bigger as the posts go on

Graham, please stop thinking about any of my veins getting bigger.:eek::)

IveSeenTheLight

Yes

Graham_Devon wrote: »

To be fair, I save the skills soley for ISTL, Really2, and Hamish.

Thanks Graham, made me chuckle this morning.
What's so funny? you may be asking.
The description that you believe it's a "skill" you have.

LOL, thanks, I'll be chuckling all day at that one

IveSeenTheLight

Yes

Interesting that almost two thirds think that there is a decent debate in here.

FTBFun

What about "Argue about House Prices, Try and Debate About the Economy but Eventually Just Argue, and Some Bloke Going On About Silver"?

Bit long mind.

Really2

IveSeenTheLight wrote: »

The description that you believe it's a "skill" you have.

LOL, thanks, I'll be chuckling all day at that one

It is, it's a "Special Skill", in School speak.

lemonjelly

purch wrote: »

The first rule of the School of Devonian Economics is to argue with anyone you perceive to have a different opinion, no matter what they say or what point they are making.

GD will be professor emeritus one day, but we are all guilty of doing it from time to time.

FTBFun wrote: »

What about "Argue about House Prices, Try and Debate About the Economy but Eventually Just Argue, and Some Bloke Going On About Silver"?

Bit long mind.

Both the above are in the running for lemonjellys truest post of 2010 competition...

My tuppence worth. Instead of renaming the board, why doesn't every regular get a new username & we can have our own advent calendar style try to work out who is who?:D