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Anyone making money (or losing money) due to the war?

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    #41
    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    You mean Ghost of Tarbera or Jimmy Tarbuck?
    Either? Both?

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      #42
      One of my shops has sold an unusually high number of Ukraine/Scotland lapel pin badges, so I'm £35 minus expenses ahead for this war. Boom !!
      When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....

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        #43
        I've been offered a very nice contract at an investment bank, but I'm very apprehensive to accept it given the ominous market conditions due to the war and the result of the economic sanctions to the global economy.

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          #44
          Lots of volatility, commodities and miners up, defensives holding, and European stocks getting crushed.
          I'm alright Jack

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            #45
            Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
            Think we are all losing at mo. Received £20k recently following some legal decision over the teacher's pension I have from the late missus's job. With all the expired savings accounts must have £30 to £40k in cash but just not sure what to do with it at the moment.
            Sure we've been here before so forgive the repeat. Take one of your lady friends, maybe the mad one, to Monaco and put it all on red/black!
            But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger

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              #46
              Originally posted by DealorNoDeal View Post
              I'm glad I got our heating oil tank filled a couple of weeks ago. It was 66p/litre then; now it's 88p.
              Now heading for 120p/L.

              https://www.boilerjuice.com/heating-oil-prices-england

              When the oil price shot up back in 2008, we had a lot of oil thefts in our area. No doubt that'll be on the rise again.
              Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.

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                #47
                Originally posted by DealorNoDeal View Post

                Now heading for 120p/L.

                https://www.boilerjuice.com/heating-oil-prices-england

                When the oil price shot up back in 2008, we had a lot of oil thefts in our area. No doubt that'll be on the rise again.
                Filled up at £1.70 with Diesel this morning
                Make Mercia Great Again!

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                  #48
                  Originally posted by BlueSharp View Post

                  Filled up at £1.70 with Diesel this morning
                  Why? It seems to be £1.55 a litre at some supermarkets. If people are filling up at BP, the local showing as £179.9 right now, then they need to start filling up their tanks in a more sensible manner. BP garages are the most expensive across the UK and yet queues still form at them. It is mad.

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                    #49
                    Originally posted by agentzero View Post

                    Why? It seems to be £1.55 a litre at some supermarkets. If people are filling up at BP, the local showing as £179.9 right now, then they need to start filling up their tanks in a more sensible manner. BP garages are the most expensive across the UK and yet queues still form at them. It is mad.
                    When I checked on Friday the local BP garage was cheaper than Shell.

                    I spend about 2 years doing a route where I drove pass 6 petrol stations. While all the Shell stations would be expensive, one of the BP's would fluctuate between being the most most expensive and cheapest. The Esso was the only one that was consistently one of the cheapest.
                    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                      #50
                      Originally posted by agentzero View Post

                      Why? It seems to be £1.55 a litre at some supermarkets. If people are filling up at BP, the local showing as £179.9 right now, then they need to start filling up their tanks in a more sensible manner. BP garages are the most expensive across the UK and yet queues still form at them. It is mad.
                      Because I don't live in the same area as you?
                      Last edited by BlueSharp; 7 March 2022, 11:24.
                      Make Mercia Great Again!

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