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TIIIIIIMBERRRRR <insert lumberjack smilie here>Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostGold's getting a hammering now.Comment
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Why good? You only drive a sh!tbox Peugeot!Originally posted by AtW View PostOil is down - good!Comment
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Markets chickened out - thought we might close below the 4,900 today, might have seen some real falls then. I expect we will be back to 5,200 before the end of the week. I would lend you a fiver but I expect you would only gamble it away againOriginally posted by MarillionFan View PostCan someone lend me a fiver?
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Transport costs (food in your supermarket) drive overall inflation and at every stage middlemen add their %-tage on top of costs to maintain their profit margins.Originally posted by Churchill View PostWhy good? You only drive a sh!tbox Peugeot!Comment
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I'm a contractor, I don't care about the little people.Originally posted by AtW View PostTransport costs (food in your supermarket) drive overall inflation and at every stage middlemen add their %-tage on top of costs to maintain their profit margins.
I'll rephrase that. I'm a contractor who knows how to survive when all this goes tits up.
AtW, you'd better be buying those tins of beans and Gold because come the revolution I'll be round yours to collect
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You are obviously a very selfish person but you have tulip for brains - when businesses faced with raising costs they'll be cutting expensive contractors first.Originally posted by Churchill View PostI'm a contractor, I don't care about the little people.Comment
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Yup, come the revolution we ex-Vikings might revert to type.Originally posted by Churchill View Post
AtW, you'd better be buying those tins of beans and Gold because come the revolution I'll be round yours to collect

Oh, just remembered, AtW's ancestors were probably Vikings too
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You think?Originally posted by AtW View PostYou are obviously a very selfish person but you have tulip for brains - when businesses faced with raising costs they'll be cutting expensive contractors first.
Personally I'd be sacking the deadwood permies. No skills, no ambition, no drive. If they had, they'd be contractors.
Btw, read this... http://www.nodegree.co.uk/ it may open your eyes.Comment
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Everyone knows that contractors get the chop first, especially big mouthy ones like yourselfOriginally posted by Churchill View PostYou think?
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