Sunday, May 31, 2009

Old/broken wooden boat

Anyone got an old or damaged wooden boat they no longer need? Can collect. If so, please get in touch: mail(at)mikehadley.net

Thanks

Mike Hadley
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26 comments:

Anonymous said...

I know of a ship that is sinking fast and the rats are leaving its called the labour party

31/5/09 4:46 pm
Anonymous said...

I thought they were being made to walk the plank. At least it does not have one at the helm which is more than I can say of another organisation.

31/5/09 10:37 pm
Anonymous said...

Thats not nice Im sure Nick Clegg is a very nice man

1/6/09 8:23 am
Anonymous said...

It never crossed my mind to think of him as a rodent.

1/6/09 9:26 am
Anonymous said...

More as an underweight Paul Merton.

1/6/09 10:27 am
Anonymous said...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8077101.stm

2/6/09 1:38 pm
Anonymous said...

Well, who'd have thought it. The economy may be expanding now. Those much derided forecasts may be right after all.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8538820

3/6/09 1:50 pm
Anonymous said...

mmmm intersting that IMF still thinks we are in the c££p never mind our dellusion leader thinks it all started in America. hopefully he will get his sorry a$$ handed to him on a plate after thurs elections. the end of this corrupt inane lying cheating pox ridden govt is nigh.

3/6/09 5:44 pm
Anonymous said...

Would that be the IMF mentioned in this recent report:

"The government has received an unexpected boost over its handling of the economic crisis after the International Monetary Fund praised its "bold and wide-ranging" actions since the recession began."

(http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/iraq/politics/imf-uk-bank-bailouts-success-$1297198.htm)

or were you referring to another one?

3/6/09 7:25 pm
Anonymous said...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8076483.stm

3/6/09 8:51 pm
Anonymous said...

This is an interview with David Blanchflower who says there are tentative signs of recovery but it may still go horribly wrong. Not exactly a refutation of the reports of signs that things are starting getting better.

While we are looking at BBC reports theres one saying:

"UK consumers were more optimistic last month about the future than they had been for six months, according to the Nationwide Consumer Confidence index."

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8080479.stm)

What would destroy a recovery is the election of a government that stopped pumping money into the economy and we all know who wants to do that. Brown and Darling have done exactly what the IMF thinks is the right course of action for this crisis, decisions denounced by the opposition front bench who still think the patient can be bled to recovery like a gang of medieval barber-surgeons.

3/6/09 9:42 pm
Anonymous said...

well you hang on to the thought that gorgon is doing the right thing and that darling is a good chancellor, sales are up due to many things mainly the good weather, also those with money are picking up sale bargains as in the housing market, all tho I do beleive mortgage offers are down ?.

If gorgons team are do so well why is it generally accepted that balls will be chancellor by next week if it aint broken dont fix it?

This govt is rife with corruption and should go but if you beleive they are right so be it.

just keep taking the meds and plz dont dribble every where.

3/6/09 11:03 pm
Anonymous said...

Oh ye of little faith!

What goes around comes around and all that...


You say 'This govt is rife with corruption and should go but if you beleive they are right so be it.'

I say - what's new? Is human nature not fallible?

Remember what the Tories did last time? No? Think again!

4/6/09 1:02 am
Anonymous said...

A question to readers. I always enjoy grammaticaly challenged anon's recital of right wing sound bites but they never seem to have much of a connection with the facts. The question is: would anon's contribution be better or worse if it was based on verifiable facts? Its glory is that it is so detached from anything as prosaic as a nowledge what goes on in the world beyond the blogs and journalism that support his,or her, view of the world.

On the question of grammar, I suspect that anon was educated locally and was on the receiving end of a system the tories at county hall imagined was an acceptable educational system. Having failed to teach him to use his own language they are fortunate indeed to receive his continuing endorsement. Then again, perhaps his education worked very well indeed.

4/6/09 11:21 am
Anonymous said...

Mercy me! I should know better than to put typos in a remark about someone else's grammar. Nemesis! Comeupance! Sackcloth and ashes!

4/6/09 11:23 am
Anonymous said...

well i was edukated in a reform school served 3 years and so what. why do you assume that i vote tory? perhaps they are too left wing perhaps i vote libdem? all i know is that this blog is inhabitted mostly by left wing idiots who preach their righteous ways to us less fortunate people and dont say that i have no life experience i have lots thanks.
but perhaps i can join you lot and be good at spending money that dont excist. i wont be about for a while. been a naughty boy gotta serve the time but hey ho who gives $%%4

P.S go write an article for the gazzette they seem to be preaching righteous BS lately

4/6/09 12:40 pm
Anonymous said...

"tho (sic) I do beleive (sic) mortgage offers are down"

Not according to the FT which says "several months of lending data show growth in mortgage approvals."

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8173b334-50f2-11de-8922-00144feabdc0.html

Are you a member of the flat earth society?

4/6/09 12:51 pm
Anonymous said...

What the hell is wrong with being; Righteous?

1. Morally upright.
2. In accordance with virtue or morality.
3. Morally justifiable.

and makes him/her think that we are more fortunate?

Still, with luck, s/he´ll be in a liberally minded place and can have time to reflect on her/his behavior. Her/his inability to accept other peoples views - responding with a reasonable argument is so much more intelligent than than ranting, assuming and name calling.

Ye gods, s/he may even find the time to study.

Wouldn´t that be nice!

4/6/09 2:57 pm
Anonymous said...

Are you a member of the flat earth society?
However, most economists believe that the housing market remains some way off from robust recovery. Banks are still leery of granting mortgages, and deposit requirements for the key first time buyer market remain close to all time highs.

Howard Archer, economist at IHS Global Insight, said “We remain sceptical that house prices have bottomed out. Significantly, it is not uncommon for there to be months of rising prices when house prices are still trending down.”

During the 1990s housing bust, sharp falls in prices were often interspersed with occasional gains. Prices fell by 11 per cent nationally during 1991 and 1992, but there were five monthly price rises in this period.

The rise in house prices this month comes after falling prices over the past three months of between 1.8 per cent and 2.3 per cent.

Prices in the three months to May compared to the previous three months – which smoothes out votality in the monthly figures – were 3.1 per cent lower, albeit a slower pace of decline than the 5-6 per cent recorded consistently between last June and this January. The rise in May left the annual drop in prices at 16.3 per cent, less than the 17.7 per cent year on year drop in April

The house price to earnings ratio – a measure of affordability – fell to 4.36 in May 2009, the lowest level since January 2003 but still above the long term average of 4.

The levels of transactions also remain extremely weak. Mortgage approvals have been rising but remain almost 60 per cent their long run average, and below the level that some economists believe is consistent with stable prices. This weak level of activity has led some analysts to question the accuracy of some housing price data, due to the smaller sample size of sales taking place.

“We believe that the pick up in actual house purchases is likely to be be gradual and fitful for some time to come given ongoing tight credit conditions and still relatively poor economic fundamentals,” said Mr Archer. “Sharply higher and rising unemployment, very low wage growth and an unwillingness of many people to commit to buying a house when they still have serious concerns about the outlook are all factors that are likely to continue to weigh down on the housing market.”
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009

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what ever is the earth round then?

4/6/09 4:13 pm
Anonymous said...

Just looking at one market doesn´t prove a thing.

Look around, nearly all commentators are beginning to say that generally, probably, maybe, the rates of decline are slowing.

Of course, the decline isn´t linear, but then neither will be the recovery.

One market worth looking at is the jolly old pound. It´s been a little weakling for quite some time. Just recently it´s started to rise. Why? cuz all those currency speculators (mainly foreign) are beginning to think that we may come out of the recession quite quickly.

No the earth isn´t round, its spherical, although it´s not cuz it´s a bit flat at both the N and the S Pole.

4/6/09 4:50 pm
Anonymous said...

You lot are just really really silly.
The recession will be over very soon as the gov´t have just had a huge influx of cash.

What has caused this you may ask?

MP´s repaying their expenses, of course!

4/6/09 6:23 pm
Anonymous said...

I despair of you lot. The original poster asks a simple question and 20 comedians reply with off-topic rubbish. Is Swanage View now the plug-hole of daft bigots?

4/6/09 9:46 pm
Anonymous said...

"i wont be about for a while. been a naughty boy gotta serve the time but hey ho who gives $%%4"

The way things are going you may some interesting company. Might even get a labour mp to share your cell. Sounds like what the yanks call a cruel and unusual punishment.

4/6/09 10:00 pm
Anonymous said...

sorry but old broken wooden boat does seem to encompass being up a certain creek without a means of propulsion.

5/6/09 12:06 am
The Postman said...

still want an old wooden boat, don't care what flag it flies

5/6/09 6:23 pm
Anonymous said...

Dear Mr The Postman.

I´m just back from Somalia and I bought back a wooden boat. You´re more than welcome to it, so long as you can dispose of the rusty old tanker that´s moored to it.

5/6/09 8:54 pm

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