Quit everything , and start again over 50?

Smodlet

Well done on the 1lb... how much is that in euros, today? Hope you enjoy the frock. What follows is utterly irrelevant to anything on this thread or this board, so feel free to ignore and apologies if it bores.

If I had the first idea how to post pics on here (with AC's permission, of course) I would do so. He's Nietzschean, OK? A race of genetically engineered humans, bred to be resistant to pretty well all human diseases, with an incredibly strong survival instinct, including the urge to produce offspring to continue their oh, so superior genes. The females choose the males, never the other way around (presumably there is no rape, even between rival "prides" (nationalities would be the closest analogy)) and alpha males have many wives and numerous children. Inferior males are not selected so their genes die with them. They are a very warlike species; most prides survive through conquest, most often of human planets, which they routinely enslave. The luckier worlds are those from whom only tribute is exacted.

Other than that, they are all too human, prey to the same emotions, drives, sufferings as the race from which they were created. Crucially, they are no more (or less) intelligent than humans so can be outwitted by their genetically inferior counterparts; hence, a whole lot of potential fun.

Andromeda (a Star Trek spin-off) which spawned this race began with tons of potential on which it failed to capitalise, as often lamented by the actor who played this character, Keith Hamilton Cobb. Thank goodness for imagination.

anna_1977

haha I had The Terminator in my mind

Smodlet

Eeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

another_casualty

2 viewings tomorrow , and feedback on Monday .
I still live in hope

lessonlearned

Smodlet.....sounds interesting. I love Sci Fi type what if scenarios.


Well people back to the job in hand......just had an interesting chat with "Oliver" who was to show me round the bungalow tonight. We've had to cancel the viewing because they can't get keys...........:rotfl:

Not Olivers fault ........Oliver sold my house and remembered me so we had a bit of a chat......I told him he sounded harassed today. He said it had gone "mental". People panicking like crazy, pulling out of sales, rescinding their offers. said it was carnage........

So........brace yourselves, it looks like a bumpy ride.

No doubt we will have a few weeks of mayhem and then it will all calm down again.

My own personal view, based on past experience, is that, if there is too much volatility in the stock market and subsequent pressure on the banks then they might be forced to rein in lending for a while. This might lead to a "mortgage famine" or quotas. If this were to happen then inevitably it would slow the housing market down a bit.

Given the absence of a crystal ball we will just have to wait and see........

I have given up watching the coverage on TV - too much hype and hysteria for my tastes.

A curry, a glass of vino and maybe a nice film tonight.......

Smodlet

OH and I watched a bit of it, late last night, then I went to bed because all these people, David Dimbleby, Naga What'sherface, et al, could do was waffle pointlessly... the money they get paid just to say, "no-one has a clue" over and over. I'd do it for a tenth of their salaries. I really resent paying the TV licence fee every June (wall to wall sport, yawn, where is Doctors?) but this, on top of endless tennis, without all the other b*ll*cks! Give me strength! And a freaking refund! Yeah, yeah, you don't have to pay it if you watch only catch up, yadda, yadda... try reading the terms of the licence, (equipment capable of receiving) to say nothing of the fact Auntie is gonna vary the terms to include catch up sometime soon.

All it boils down to, it seems to me, is, still no-one has a clue. We'll just have to wait and see but, on the face of it, so far, imho, the rich have more to be worried about than the poor. Maybe this is the closest this nation will ever get to the revolution it has been needing for centuries. Methinks it will all come down to a pint of inferior beer: It will froth over like crazy, make a bit of a mess, settle down far too quickly, go really flat and end up worse than when it started, for everyone, especially the poor, who always get the thin end of the wedge. It will be a big disappointment away from which the rich will walk and the poor will end up cleaning up their mess, as always.

gallygirl

Smodlet wrote: »

Methinks it will all come down to a pint of inferior beer: It will froth over like crazy, make a bit of a mess, settle down far too quickly, go really flat and end up worse than when it started, for everyone, especially the poor, who always get the thin end of the wedge.

:rotfl: That's the best analysis I've heard so far, and unfortunately probably the most accurate
.

Smodlet

Thanks, GallyGirl! Let's hope I'm wrong but... what me, cynical? Bitter, you say?!? No, no, no, this is a pint of inferior lager. Bitter is supposed to be flat and warm, apparently, and look as if it was poured a week before you ordered it.

P.S. :beer:

another_casualty

Had a great acupuncture session this morning.
While watching a tedious first half of euro footie , I looked at the reports of the viewings of my property .

I must say , that I am not so despondent now.
A few second viewings, a couple of viewings which are bearing me in mind, a couple of viewers who love the flat ,and it has only been on the market 5 weeks.
Congratulations to brexit , so now things will move again

Smodlet

So now you've had acupuncture, you're not feeling so prickly? Good point. Today is a good day to buy some flowers, AC!

LL's experience seems to be more than most of ours combined, so am sure she is correct in her assessment of the situation.

I imagine most people looking for a £400k property in London are either cash buyers or already have a mortgage in place for their current property, do you think? Still struggling with the idea many FTBs can borrow that much, even in London, but what do I know?

If they already have a mortgage, do they still have to apply for another one and jump through all the latest hoops or can they just transfer it? Forgive ignorance; it is, thankfully, some time since I had to know these things but I appreciate it is harder now than it has ever been.

Somewhere on another thread, someone was citing the 2008 slump, which we survived. This got me to thinking about the '80s/90s slump, which I recall being much worse; 16-18% interest on mortgages, etc. Let's hope for some stability soonish. After all, the really rich, as opposed to the amateurs who have yet to get as far as offshore banking, will be just fine so we can all sleep soundly, now.