HPC-TheCountOfNowhere

caronoel

mystic_trev wrote: »

I've never been to Northampton's chic French quarter.

Just ask for Danny the Reculver at the Moulin Rouge.

You'll recognise him easily. He's the one with the huge chip on his shoulder

Crashy_Time

Jason74 wrote: »

In one sense, I agree with much of this. The level of interest in what is posted on HPC is imho getting a bit silly now (and yes, I can see the irony of me saying that while posting on an HPC related thread). Yes they have collectively been consistently wrong in recent years, the facts speak for themselves on that score. But if people there want to hold onto that view, that's their perogative, and I think there is much more to why they have been wrong than the common view on here would suggest. I'm not sure what constantly raising issues about their posts adds to the debate.

Indeed, I would suggest that the increasing focus on HPC is part of a wider fall in standards of debate on here recently, driven in large part imho by one or two very bullish posters (not that there's anything wrong with being bullish, it's just a case of how you go about it) who, while long registered, appear to have become much more active on this board in the last couple of Months. If that trend continues, there is imho a real danger that this board becomes effectively just the "equal and opposite reaction" to HPC, which would imho be a real shame.

But for all that, the Count of nowhere comes across as a thoroughly hateful individual based on his HPC posts (like you say, I do not know him, so he could be completely different away from the keyboard), and appears a key factor in why HPC has in recent years declined from a lively debate site to effectively a "safe place" for the disaffected to rant unchallenged (something that probably does them no favours longer term imho). His outright abuse of anyone with a different line is way beyond the pale, and I suspect far beyond anything that would be tolerated on here.

Given the above, the Count is "fair game" for ridicule imho, especially as he appears to like coming on here for the odd potshot every now and then (although the posts are so ridiculous I'm not ruling out the idea that the poster of that name on here is in fact a spoof). At the end of the day, if you dish out the kind of abuse he does, you have to expect some back in return.

So you seriously believe that HPC got it wrong about the eventual collapse of the debt system and what that means for the world economy with the type of economic news we are hearing lately?

Crashy_Time

caronoel wrote: »

To keep wise old owls like you away from normal people

A better question would be; how long until the main board is full of falling house price stories? My bet is not long.

Jason74

Crashy_Time wrote: »

A better question would be; how long until the main board is full of falling house price stories? My bet is not long.

Maybe. But wasn't that your bet last year too. And the one before that. And..............well you get the idea :j

caronoel

Jason74 wrote: »

Maybe. But wasn't that your bet last year too. And the one before that. And..............well you get the idea :j

Mercifully, his rent hand increased over this time frame. Unlike the rest of the rental market in the UK. A common theme for all the crashists.

padington

Crashy_Time wrote: »

A better question would be; how long until the main board is full of falling house price stories? My bet is not long.

You need to stop betting. It's obviously a problem.