The 80's

[Buffoon]

I'm beginning to wonder whether we are back in the 80's again

Check out the Alex cartoon in the telegraph. He has gone back in time in a dream to see Gordon Gekko in Wall St.

[wendigo100]

If I remember the 90s well, wasn't that the time Thatcher left in 1990, the Major government then eventually collapsed under sleaze and gave way to a NL landslide. The housing market bubble burst. Black wednesday saw interest rates saw to 15%. Sterling got routed on the money markets, etc, etc.

not inconceivable, similar things like this will happen again.

Then, it was sudden tax reductions in the late eighties which fueled the house boom. This time it is the relaxing of lending controls.

But it was the Tory attempts to get into the Euro which fecked the pound and tipped us into recession. There has been no such trigger under Labour so far.

[Kyajae]

If I remember the 90s well, wasn't that the time Thatcher left in 1990, the Major government then eventually collapsed under sleaze and gave way to a NL landslide. The housing market bubble burst. Black wednesday saw interest rates saw to 15%. Sterling got routed on the money markets, etc, etc.

not inconceivable, similar things like this will happen again.

An after thought. I viewed a three bedroomed semi detached house in 1994 on the market for £43k (yes, those were the days) It was £1k above the mortgage I wanted to take out and I asked the seller if they would consider dropping to £42k. That's when the seller told me he had £11k negative equity on the house and coudln't go any lower.

So a quick math will tell you the mortgage for him was £54k and he'd lost £11k or 20.4% of the house value. Some people today could still get seriously burned.

[Kyajae]

Should that read Liverpool fans disgracing themselves in Europe?

Also, England win the Ashes

If I remember the 90s well, wasn't that the time Thatcher left in 1990, the Major government then eventually collapsed under sleaze and gave way to a NL landslide. The housing market bubble burst. Black wednesday saw interest rates saw to 15%. Sterling got routed on the money markets, etc, etc.

not inconceivable, similar things like this will happen again.

[Clippy]

Should that read Liverpool fans disgracing themselves in Europe?

Also, England win the Ashes

Fair point - as an LFC fan myself, I was embarassed by their behaviour.

[Clippy]

Remember what happened then in the 90s?

Aye, but doesn't seem to be any sign of the bubble popping just yet.

People have very short memories (or actually, only remember what they want) and yes, times, trends etc are cyclical:

Politics
Fashion
Entertainment

[Clippy]

I cant access that Rambo link from work...Websense says 'tasteless' (wtf?)

So..someone please tell me...is Rambo really coming back? Is Sly doing it again?!!

Definitely cheesy, but worth a look to see the old geriatric Stallone in action (actually looks gorier than the previous ones)

Google Rambo 4 trailers to find an alternate source or use a web proxy service to view it.

[wendigo100]

I'm beginning to wonder whether we are back in the 80's again:

Rampant house prices
Liverpool FC in Europe
The return of Rocky earlier in the year
The return of Rambo later in the year (http://tinyurl.com/2uw5ja)
Michael 'Tarzan' Heseltine on Question Time last night

Somebody pinch me!

Should that read Liverpool fans disgracing themselves in Europe?

Also, England win the Ashes

[Kyajae]

Time is eroding that too (that's my exscuse and I'm sticking to it)

Remember what happened then in the 90s?

[Clippy]

Life goes round in cycles. Some of us (including you) have long memories

Time is eroding that too (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it)

[Kyajae]

I cant access that Rambo link from work...

It's as cheesy as the first 3

[Burdock]

I cant access that Rambo link from work...Websense says 'tasteless' (wtf?)


So..someone please tell me...is Rambo really coming back? Is Sly doing it again?!!

[Kyajae]

I'm beginning to wonder whether we are back in the 80's again:

Rampant house prices
Liverpool FC in Europe
The return of Rocky earlier in the year
The return of Rambo later in the year (http://tinyurl.com/2uw5ja)
Michael 'Tarzan' Heseltine on Question Time last night

Somebody pinch me!

Life goes round in cycles. Some of us (including you) have long memories

[Clippy]

I'm beginning to wonder whether we are back in the 80's again:

Rampant house prices
Liverpool FC in Europe
The return of Rocky earlier in the year
The return of Rambo later in the year (http://tinyurl.com/2uw5ja)
Michael 'Tarzan' Heseltine on Question Time last night

Somebody pinch me!