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Heh heh, love the embedded links in the Telegraph today
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"Cynics may scoff but repossession really is bad business for lenders – and Mr Cole’s prediction two years ago that the 1990s housing slump would not be repeated has held good so far.
Plenty of people who dream of snapping up bargains after a house price crash accused him of wishful thinking at that time but events since then suggest they were the ones doing the wishing while he did the thinking."
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ianmcowie/100018553/house-prices-may-be-falling-but-householders-are-digging-their-way-out-of-debt/
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Plenty of people who dream of snapping up bargains after a house price crash accused him of wishful thinking at that time but events since then suggest they were the ones doing the wishing while he did the thinking."
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ianmcowie/100018553/house-prices-may-be-falling-but-householders-are-digging-their-way-out-of-debt/
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“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”
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”
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Was that, ahem, story really in today's telegraph? Or just a pwoperdee-friendly blog on its website?FACT.0
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You can hardly accuse Cowie of being "pwoperdee-friendly".
He's acquired a bit of a cult following on hpc after some notable "pwoperdee pwices are too high" rants...“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
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It's a blog...
Translation, someone attempting to flatter themselves.0 -
It's a blog...
Translation, someone attempting to flatter themselves.
I'll remember to quote that next time any of you crashaholics post anything from one.;)“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 -
My eyes! My eyes! Damn you Hamish, firstly you lured me to this thread by not mentioning house prices, then I innocently followed you down a dark lane to that place that shall remain unnamed.
Oh the shame...Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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vivatifosi wrote: »My eyes! My eyes! Damn you Hamish, firstly you lured me to this thread by not mentioning house prices, then I innocently followed you down a dark lane to that place that shall remain unnamed.
Oh the shame...
Oooooops. :A:“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
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