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Woops, I made a little mistake there. I described Colebatch as a banker, but it seems I the word I was actually looking for was... Wanker?
Go back to drinking champagne with Giles and Tarquin
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ok so now you are really are making it up as you go ...
False quotes? Really?  Is that really your response? Tell me you are kidding ...
You didnt expect a free shot did you Nath? You didnt expect to waltz in, throw a molotov cocktail at me and not expect to get some stick back, right? You can take it as well as give it ??
Or not?
OK I give up mate.
Besides ... Austin, Chas and Millie want some more caviar. Someone has to call the bloody butler you know.
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Woops, I made a little mistake there. I described Colebatch as a banker, but it seems I the word I was actually looking for was... Wanker?
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Nath,
Are you high, posting this drivel?
Colebatch can be a knob sometimes - like we all can - but I think his discussion on this topic has been pretty informed (ex-banker, perhaps, Walter?) and accurate about the way things are - not necessarily the way we think things ought to be.....
I don't like banks as I don't like the way they do business and I don't like bankers, of the ones that I have met, as they were snide, arrogant and generally thoroughly disingenuous people. But I haven't met all of them and some might be OK. Being able to keep an open mind is one of the biggest lessons I've learned from traveling over the years - you should try it.
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Originally Posted by Nath
Woops, I made a little mistake there. I described Colebatch as a banker, but it seems I the word I was actually looking for was... Wanker?
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I thought about deleting your post, quoted above, because of it's offensive nature. I haven't because Walter is able to counter your (chemically induced?) rantings in an appropriate way. Your post also helps to show how measured and mature your utterances are(n't).
I've met Walter. I think he's a good bloke. Have you? Please also read all the good and current information he submits here and on ADVrider. I sent him a couple of PMs the other day regarding a Siberian question I had. He replied virtually by return. Excellent, in my book.
How are you helping to make the (HUBB) world a better place?
Please don't EVER misquote people. Thanks.
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Talk tough or act tough?
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Why do you think governments talk tough against the banks but actually in reality protect the sector?
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Well, I, for one, am following every word that it is uttered by the UK government about banking, and the latest is:-
BBC News - Osborne backs break-up of banks that fail to reform
Tonight, the representative (chief exec I think he is) of the British Bankers' Association (BBA) was quite agitated about "the electrification of the ring fence" (see the link for the context).
I surmise that the government is not protecting this sector in the way that the banks would prefer, but time will tell.
During interview, the BBA guy openly accepted their responsibility and complicity for fiddling the LIBOR and the government intention is that the British taxpayer does not pay the fines that are on the way for those involved on both sides of the Atlantic - in a separate media item this was summarised as some 20 banks located in 3 countries which conspired to commit criminal fraud.
Along the way, it is reported that Lloyds' bank has broken ranks from the BBA.
We live in interesting times.
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All banks hold the vast majority of us to ransom!
I would like to do without them, or find one with morals!
What utter scum they really are!
Insurance companies and stock brokers run a very close second! |
Center justifying your text annoys me something chronic  . What's wrong with the default left-margin-justify?
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