It’s known as a ‘Full English’ so not that much of a stretch to homily call it ‘patriotic’ in a headline. Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
At least he’s not falling for and promoting fake paedo news today I suppose
Why did your wife need to have a gold or diamond ring? I am asking rhetorically of course because that's what people do.
But it's a triumph of marketing over logic.
Because it's pretty, romantic, something she will appreciate, something that lasts and something she'll wear every day for the rest of her life.
Which will be worn more - one £1000 ring or 10 £100 dresses?
Romantic? Getting something from H Samuel or Tessier? Zero imagination or romance.
Just think of all the amazing original things you could have bought her instead of following the crowd.
Surely it depends upon the lady? Incidentally how I proposed was (AFAIK) original to go with the ring and something I knew she'd appreciate. Part of romance is understanding your other half surely?
I'm sure it was the most romantic thing ever. But for someone as rigorously analytic and logical as yourself doesn't the idea of giving a wife a diamond ring "because that's what people do" seem a bit off?
"Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself..."
For a country with such advanced planning for invasion prevention, I expected better of Switzerland:
"There is no hand sanitiser anywhere in the country. Pharmacies have been licensed to make their own, but the ingredients have apparently run out too."
Glad to see that the Coronapocolapyse hysteria continues unabated. It’s almost Diana-esque.
In other news, markets continue to rally, but I’m sure that’s no more than other selling opportunity for some. Whatever the circumstances, they are always correct.
This is going to be an interesting week on the markets.
Last night the Nikkei closed slightly down yet the Dow had its best day ever, yesterday, and is rising this morning in pre-trading, as is the FTSE.
The expectation is that central bankers, after their conference call this afternoon, will come out with more specifics on their "all measures necessary" comments yesterday. Whether this helps the economy is a moot point, but if there is more easy money it is likely to help the markets. And of course the US administration has particular reasons to do so.
So we have a tussle between financial action (or at least promise of action) to float the markets, and a likely worsening stream of medical news, especially from the US, that will be pushing them down.
How this will play out is anybody's guess. I'd hazard that the lift from yesterday may carry through today and perhaps longer, but when the shock that west coast America is in the same position as northern Italy hits the media, markets will surely fall again. So for traders, there should be opportunities.
As I keep saying, the timing needs to be spot on and frictional costs together with tax will make playing the peaks and troughs very challenging.
For example, what would you do this minute given the possible stock price paths you have outlined in your post.
As we used to say when we were pricing derivative products for corporates: "are your views really that complicated?"
I am mostly trading on the spreads; my holdings (free of tax in ISAs and SIPP) have been defensively positioned for some time and the selling I did last week and previously was at the margin. I have some cash to invest if the time looks right.
On the spreads, last week I was unusually lucky in that my timing was very good, and the profit is in the bank.
Right now I have taken the smallest of sell positions with the Dow back to 26,650, on the basis that more bad medical news from the US seems only a matter of time. But this may go underwater if the central bankers win investors round this afternoon. If the market soars I would be looking to take a new sell position this evening or tomorrow morning.
It’s known as a ‘Full English’ so not that much of a stretch to homily call it ‘patriotic’ in a headline. Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
At least he’s not falling for and promoting fake paedo news today I suppose
Bit mawkish nonetheless from the Telegraph. It appears to be painting the rather silly image of ruddy yeoman Frost, gorged on English sausage, marching into battle. If our lot are relying on this kind of spin, then it doesn't fill me with confidence.
Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
Never. He complains about polarisation and generalising about politics, and yet he's just as much a rabble-rousing loudmouth as someone like Richard Littlejohn.
It’s known as a ‘Full English’ so not that much of a stretch to homily call it ‘patriotic’ in a headline. Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
At least he’s not falling for and promoting fake paedo news today I suppose
BTW has anyone suggested that we might be slightly better prepared as a country because of no deal planning done over the last 18 months...
Why do people stockpile toilet paper? Is its supply chain particularly vulnerable or is it just a cliche?
There are those old enough to remember the toilet paper shortage of in the early 70s. This was around the time of the winter if discontent and suddenly toilet paper just disappeared and it rook weeks for it to return.
The grimness of newspapers torn into strips...
Something that could rescue the newspaper business? At least temporarily.
It’s known as a ‘Full English’ so not that much of a stretch to homily call it ‘patriotic’ in a headline. Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
At least he’s not falling for and promoting fake paedo news today I suppose
Bit mawkish nonetheless from the Telegraph. It appears to be painting the rather silly image of ruddy yeoman Frost, gorged on English sausage, marching into battle. If our lot are relying on this kind of spin, then it doesn't fill me with confidence.
Surely they (the Telegraph) are playing to their audience. Or perhaps they were being droll. It would have been funny if the Graun had used it.
It’s known as a ‘Full English’ so not that much of a stretch to homily call it ‘patriotic’ in a headline. Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
At least he’s not falling for and promoting fake paedo news today I suppose
It’s known as a ‘Full English’ so not that much of a stretch to homily call it ‘patriotic’ in a headline. Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
At least he’s not falling for and promoting fake paedo news today I suppose
It’s known as a ‘Full English’ so not that much of a stretch to homily call it ‘patriotic’ in a headline. Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
At least he’s not falling for and promoting fake paedo news today I suppose
The likes of O’Brien and his disciples are so think skinned, touchy and humourless it would make me feel sorry for them if they weren’t so unlikeable. Fall for every bit of fake news that fits their confirmation bias, refuse to admit their frequent mistakes, assume the worst of their political enemies, the list goes on.
Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
It’s known as a ‘Full English’ so not that much of a stretch to homily call it ‘patriotic’ in a headline. Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
At least he’s not falling for and promoting fake paedo news today I suppose
It’s known as a ‘Full English’ so not that much of a stretch to homily call it ‘patriotic’ in a headline. Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
At least he’s not falling for and promoting fake paedo news today I suppose
A risible response to a risible tweet garners an equally pointless piece of frothing. Get some lives, the lot of you.
Is that the guy on LBC? the LBC guy is unlistenable to.
Yes. He used his show as a vehicle to promote fake news that a now convicted fantasist was the victim of establishment paedophiles, refused to apologise when the truth emerged, then wrote a book called ‘How to be Right’!!
Update: Eurostar same density as usual. People on laptops and reading The Times. A few coughs.
Except...Someone across the aisle huddled under the table in a Hazmat suit with tins of baked beans and hexi blocks scattered around him, mumbling something about "exponential growth...why don't they take me seriously...soon no one left...damn you PB..."
Update: Eurostar same density as usual. People on laptops and reading The Times. A few coughs.
Except...Someone across the aisle huddled under the table in a Hazmat suit with tins of baked beans and hexi blocks scattered around him, mumbling something about "exponential growth...why don't they take me seriously...soon no one left...damn you PB..."
It’s known as a ‘Full English’ so not that much of a stretch to homily call it ‘patriotic’ in a headline. Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
At least he’s not falling for and promoting fake paedo news today I suppose
Bit mawkish nonetheless from the Telegraph. It appears to be painting the rather silly image of ruddy yeoman Frost, gorged on English sausage, marching into battle. If our lot are relying on this kind of spin, then it doesn't fill me with confidence.
If there is one respect in which the UK - and indeed the Anglosphere - is unquestionably better than the continent, it is that of breakfast. I've never understood how Europeans who prize highly the experience of, and the skill inpreparing, the second and third d meals of the day put so little effort into the first.
Update: Eurostar same density as usual. People on laptops and reading The Times. A few coughs.
Except...Someone across the aisle huddled under the table in a Hazmat suit with tins of baked beans and hexi blocks scattered around him, mumbling something about "exponential growth...why don't they take me seriously...soon no one left...damn you PB..."
Cancelled a longstanding 4.1 lay on Biden for the presidency (Ladbrokes Exchange) to lay him for the Democrat nomination at just over evens, which looks better value to me.
NB I'd backed him for the nomination at 12, thanks to a tip from Mr. B.
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
Tomatoes although necessary I appreciate in a full English, are nevertheless always eaten begrudgingly.
Tomatoes are excellent. The bigger problem is that there is no acceptable vegetarian substitute for bacon. (I am not vegetarian, but have given up on pork. Pigs are just too soulful to eat.)
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
I don’t think I have ever had one. But it’s fair enough to describe a dish named after our country as ‘patriotic’ for an easy headline. Why would people get bothered by it?
It’s known as a ‘Full English’ so not that much of a stretch to homily call it ‘patriotic’ in a headline. Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
At least he’s not falling for and promoting fake paedo news today I suppose
Bit mawkish nonetheless from the Telegraph. It appears to be painting the rather silly image of ruddy yeoman Frost, gorged on English sausage, marching into battle. If our lot are relying on this kind of spin, then it doesn't fill me with confidence.
If there is one respect in which the UK - and indeed the Anglosphere - is unquestionably better than the continent, it is that of breakfast. I've never understood how Europeans who prize highly the experience of, and the skill inpreparing, the second and third d meals of the day put so little effort into the first.
Here's a story I heard on radio 4 a few years ago but the internet seems to know nothing about
Churchill decided in 1940 that there was no way a war could be fought or won without proper marmalade, so he sent a destroyer to Seville to escort the oranges over.
The Sevilleans had never believed that the English wanted their inedible ornamental oranges to make some kind of weird breakfast only jam and thought this was a cover story and that they actually used them to make some secret weapon of war (their oil is highly flammable). So when Churchill did that, they knew they had been right all along.
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
The sprinkle espresso on their yoghurt ?? The breakfast affogato ?
Tomatoes although necessary I appreciate in a full English, are nevertheless always eaten begrudgingly.
Tomatoes are excellent. The bigger problem is that there is no acceptable vegetarian substitute for bacon. (I am not vegetarian, but have given up on pork. Pigs are just too soulful to eat.)
Waitrose fake streaky bacon is nice. I had a Linda McCartney burger yesterday, and it’s been so long since I had an actual beef burger it might as well have been the real thing.
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
I don’t think I have ever had one. But it’s fair enough to describe a dish named after our country as ‘patriotic’ for an easy headline. Why would people get bothered by it?
What irks people (and "irk" is, I think, the mot juste) is the completely brainless pandering to all of the typical Telegraph readers' worst instincts. It's the "Two World Wars and One World Cup" school of Brexit.
Of course, it's best ignored, like most of the Telegraph's output.
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
The sprinkle espresso on their yoghurt ?? The breakfast affogato ?
I feel I should make a comment but am too helpless with laughter........
BTW has anyone suggested that we might be slightly better prepared as a country because of no deal planning done over the last 18 months...
Why do people stockpile toilet paper? Is its supply chain particularly vulnerable or is it just a cliche?
There are those old enough to remember the toilet paper shortage of in the early 70s. This was around the time of the winter if discontent and suddenly toilet paper just disappeared and it rook weeks for it to return.
The grimness of newspapers torn into strips...
Something that could rescue the newspaper business? At least temporarily.
I ain't wiping my ass on no Guardian....
It feels like a more appropriate use than actually reading it.
Tomatoes although necessary I appreciate in a full English, are nevertheless always eaten begrudgingly.
Tomatoes are excellent. The bigger problem is that there is no acceptable vegetarian substitute for bacon. (I am not vegetarian, but have given up on pork. Pigs are just too soulful to eat.)
Waitrose fake streaky bacon is nice. I had a Linda McCartney burger yesterday, and it’s been so long since I had an actual beef burger it might as well have been the real thing.
The LM sausages are quite acceptable, so I might give your advice a try.
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
I don’t think I have ever had one. But it’s fair enough to describe a dish named after our country as ‘patriotic’ for an easy headline. Why would people get bothered by it?
I'm sure it was the most romantic thing ever. But for someone as rigorously analytic and logical as yourself doesn't the idea of giving a wife a diamond ring "because that's what people do" seem a bit off?
I actually did put some analysis as to why a ring was good value in my earlier post but you ignored that and just highlighted the word "romantic". So OK setting aside the romance I'll say more clearly why it is analyticially good value . . .
I am analytical and don't care for jewellery, barring watches before I was married I'd never worn any ever in my life and even watches were purely functional - from the point I started carrying a phone to the point I got a smartwatch I stopped wearing watches too.
But I do care for my wife [then girlfriend] and I want her to be happy. So I am investing my money in her happiness. So I need to think about her, what she wants and what she desires. She does like jewellery, she does like pretty dresses, nice perfumes, flowers etc - the girly cliches. She always wears her earings, she likes to wear nice bracelets or pendants or necklaces - she appreciates that stuff - and I appreciate her being happy. And if she's happy, then analytically that makes my life happier.
So analytically if I'm investing my money in her happiness then what gets the best return on investment? As I said before a ring may cost 10x more than a good dress or a nice necklace etc . . . but would she be happier with 1 good ring or 10 dresses or necklaces? The one ring to rule them all (sorry) will be worn hopefully every day for the rest of her life, she will see it every single day, she will look at it more than any individual thing else I ever buy her for the rest of my life. Its the one object more than any other her friends, family etc will look at with her.
I would rather invest in one good ring to make her happy for the rest of our lives together than 10 dresses or necklaces or other objects that end up in a closet or jewellery box only to be worn on special occasions and only if she chooses one of those specific items instead of another on that day.
It is 9 years since I proposed and nearly 7 since we got married. That means her engagement ring has been worn now for roughly 3400 days. Divide the cost of the ring by 3400 (and counting) and its great value compared to most other similar things I will ever buy her.
Analytically rings give one of the best returns on investment of any gift you will ever purchase.
It’s known as a ‘Full English’ so not that much of a stretch to homily call it ‘patriotic’ in a headline. Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
At least he’s not falling for and promoting fake paedo news today I suppose
Bit mawkish nonetheless from the Telegraph. It appears to be painting the rather silly image of ruddy yeoman Frost, gorged on English sausage, marching into battle. If our lot are relying on this kind of spin, then it doesn't fill me with confidence.
If there is one respect in which the UK - and indeed the Anglosphere - is unquestionably better than the continent, it is that of breakfast. I've never understood how Europeans who prize highly the experience of, and the skill inpreparing, the second and third d meals of the day put so little effort into the first.
Chorizo and fried egg with pan con tomate in the side and churros to follow is the finest breakfast known to man. Add chips and filthy red wine to drink, and it becomes the finest lunch.
Does anyone know if Boris Johnson and the government are planning any commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the Royal Navy’s stunning performance at Mers-el-Kébir?
If the government isn’t making any plans then Boris Johnson is disgracefully unpatriotic.
Interesting question about the virus - will the British press rediscover a collective sense of responsibility or will they continue down the “sensationalist” route? Dare I say it we might be thankful for an impartial national broadcaster from where to source our news - let’s hope they at least rise to the occasion.
One feature of this Government appears to be a belief that there is a large pool of local labour which is readily available. First of all there was Priti Patel talking about a large number of 'under-employed' people who could take over the work of 'low-wage jobs currently done by immigrants. Now there's an army of volunteers ready to help the NHS. NHS staff are of course, just as likely to be affected by coronavirus as anyone else. Naive, irresponsible, or what?
Thick stupid over privileged morons
There are, every year a considerable number of people who leave the medical profession, or go part time. They do not, overnight forget everything or become useless...
For example, in my local practise, at one stage there were three lades (out of 4 doctors) approaching 35 without children ... I have received apologies for the insults I got for pointing out statistically what would happen next.....
1 is part time (childcare) , and the other 2 married and quit to look after their children.
The part timer is upping her hours again and tells me that the other 2 are in contact with the NHS about volunteering over the current matter.
It’s known as a ‘Full English’ so not that much of a stretch to homily call it ‘patriotic’ in a headline. Don’t wallies like James O’Brien ever just think ‘I disagree with them politically but I’m not going to make a prat of myself by forcing an angry opinion out of it’?
At least he’s not falling for and promoting fake paedo news today I suppose
Bit mawkish nonetheless from the Telegraph. It appears to be painting the rather silly image of ruddy yeoman Frost, gorged on English sausage, marching into battle. If our lot are relying on this kind of spin, then it doesn't fill me with confidence.
If there is one respect in which the UK - and indeed the Anglosphere - is unquestionably better than the continent, it is that of breakfast. I've never understood how Europeans who prize highly the experience of, and the skill inpreparing, the second and third d meals of the day put so little effort into the first.
Chorizo and fried egg with pan con tomate in the side and churros to follow is the finest breakfast known to man. Add chips and filthy red wine to drink, and it becomes the finest lunch.
He's right though in that Italians, who love the art of cooking and eating more than most, are satisfied with rushing out of their homes after a coffee and, perhaps, a quick bite of dry croissant.
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
I don’t think I have ever had one. But it’s fair enough to describe a dish named after our country as ‘patriotic’ for an easy headline. Why would people get bothered by it?
What irks people (and "irk" is, I think, the mot juste) is the completely brainless pandering to all of the typical Telegraph readers' worst instincts. It's the "Two World Wars and One World Cup" school of Brexit.
Of course, it's best ignored, like most of the Telegraph's output.
It’s probably just a joke, to make their readers smile while hoping some lefties get wound up by it
Why read a paper if you’re closed minded enough to know before you do so it’s going to make you angry? You’re just going to repeat the same prejudices on a daily basis and end up like @vonPyotr on Twitter! Better to accept that you disagree, and view it as a window into a worldview you don’t share
Anyway I will be intermittently live blogging from the front line today. Not quite in @BJO territory but I am currently sitting at St Pancras waiting to go to La France.
People here seem unfazed.
My flight last night was as full as it ever is. One person wearing a mask - they looked full-on twat. Which neatly brings me to the photo in today’s Times (I use online so can’t give page numbers). Do look out for it.....
BTW has anyone suggested that we might be slightly better prepared as a country because of no deal planning done over the last 18 months...
Why do people stockpile toilet paper? Is its supply chain particularly vulnerable or is it just a cliche?
There are those old enough to remember the toilet paper shortage of in the early 70s. This was around the time of the winter if discontent and suddenly toilet paper just disappeared and it rook weeks for it to return.
The winter of discontent was 1978-79 not early seventies. I'm guessing it was not that wiinter which had the "great toilet paper shortage". I was 10 then, the ideal age to find everything to do with urinating/defecating unbelievably hilarious, and I have no memeory of it at all.
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
I don’t think I have ever had one. But it’s fair enough to describe a dish named after our country as ‘patriotic’ for an easy headline. Why would people get bothered by it?
What irks people (and "irk" is, I think, the mot juste) is the completely brainless pandering to all of the typical Telegraph readers' worst instincts. It's the "Two World Wars and One World Cup" school of Brexit.
Of course, it's best ignored, like most of the Telegraph's output.
As Henning Wehn says, "What is it with this 'two world wars, one world cup?' I don't remember America ever winning the World Cup!"
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
I don’t think I have ever had one. But it’s fair enough to describe a dish named after our country as ‘patriotic’ for an easy headline. Why would people get bothered by it?
Glad to see that the Coronapocolapyse hysteria continues unabated. It’s almost Diana-esque.
In other news, markets continue to rally, but I’m sure that’s no more than other selling opportunity for some. Whatever the circumstances, they are always correct.
This is going to be an interesting week on the markets.
Last night the Nikkei closed slightly down yet the Dow had its best day ever, yesterday, and is rising this morning in pre-trading, as is the FTSE.
The expectation is that central bankers, after their conference call this afternoon, will come out with more specifics on their "all measures necessary" comments yesterday. Whether this helps the economy is a moot point, but if there is more easy money it is likely to help the markets. And of course the US administration has particular reasons to do so.
So we have a tussle between financial action (or at least promise of action) to float the markets, and a likely worsening stream of medical news, especially from the US, that will be pushing them down.
How this will play out is anybody's guess. I'd hazard that the lift from yesterday may carry through today and perhaps longer, but when the shock that west coast America is in the same position as northern Italy hits the media, markets will surely fall again. So for traders, there should be opportunities.
As I keep saying, the timing needs to be spot on and frictional costs together with tax will make playing the peaks and troughs very challenging.
For example, what would you do this minute given the possible stock price paths you have outlined in your post.
As we used to say when we were pricing derivative products for corporates: "are your views really that complicated?"
I take the view that I’m not clever enough to do this. I hold the view that I bought funds or shares because I saw them as good and there’s been little to change that. Hold, long term and reinvest.
Does anyone know if Boris Johnson and the government are planning any commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the Royal Navy’s stunning performance at Mers-el-Kébir?
If the government isn’t making any plans then Boris Johnson is disgracefully unpatriotic.
Isn't that a bit like celebrating every Saints day?
If we were doing commemorations of anniversaries of stunning performances through our history we'd never stop doing them. Better to have a few meaningful days to remember our history with, most especially Remembrance Day.
I'm sure it was the most romantic thing ever. But for someone as rigorously analytic and logical as yourself doesn't the idea of giving a wife a diamond ring "because that's what people do" seem a bit off?
I actually did put some analysis as to why a ring was good value in my earlier post but you ignored that and just highlighted the word "romantic". So OK setting aside the romance I'll say more clearly why it is analyticially good value . . .
I am analytical and don't care for jewellery, barring watches before I was married I'd never worn any ever in my life and even watches were purely functional - from the point I started carrying a phone to the point I got a smartwatch I stopped wearing watches too.
But I do care for my wife [then girlfriend] and I want her to be happy. So I am investing my money in her happiness. So I need to think about her, what she wants and what she desires. She does like jewellery, she does like pretty dresses, nice perfumes, flowers etc - the girly cliches. She always wears her earings, she likes to wear nice bracelets or pendants or necklaces - she appreciates that stuff - and I appreciate her being happy. And if she's happy, then analytically that makes my life happier.
So analytically if I'm investing my money in her happiness then what gets the best return on investment? As I said before a ring may cost 10x more than a good dress or a nice necklace etc . . . but would she be happier with 1 good ring or 10 dresses or necklaces? The one ring to rule them all (sorry) will be worn hopefully every day for the rest of her life, she will see it every single day, she will look at it more than any individual thing else I ever buy her for the rest of my life. Its the one object more than any other her friends, family etc will look at with her.
I would rather invest in one good ring to make her happy for the rest of our lives together than 10 dresses or necklaces or other objects that end up in a closet or jewellery box only to be worn on special occasions and only if she chooses one of those specific items instead of another on that day.
It is 9 years since I proposed and nearly 7 since we got married. That means her engagement ring has been worn now for roughly 3400 days. Divide the cost of the ring by 3400 (and counting) and its great value compared to most other similar things I will ever buy her.
Analytically rings give one of the best returns on investment of any gift you will ever purchase.
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
I don’t think I have ever had one. But it’s fair enough to describe a dish named after our country as ‘patriotic’ for an easy headline. Why would people get bothered by it?
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
I don’t think I have ever had one. But it’s fair enough to describe a dish named after our country as ‘patriotic’ for an easy headline. Why would people get bothered by it?
Never had a full English breakfast??? Seriously?
I’ve never had a breakfast with baked beans on it, can it be ‘full’ without them? In the past I’ve had Sausage, Bacon Egg, mushrooms and toast if that counts. I don’t really eat red meat now so it was all a long time ago
Does anyone know if Boris Johnson and the government are planning any commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the Royal Navy’s stunning performance at Mers-el-Kébir?
If the government isn’t making any plans then Boris Johnson is disgracefully unpatriotic.
Isn't that a bit like celebrating every Saints day?
If we were doing commemorations of anniversaries of stunning performances through our history we'd never stop doing them. Better to have a few meaningful days to remember our history with, most especially Remembrance Day.
It’s the last time we gave the French an absolute hiding.
Anyway I will be intermittently live blogging from the front line today. Not quite in @BJO territory but I am currently sitting at St Pancras waiting to go to La France.
People here seem unfazed.
My flight last night was as full as it ever is. One person wearing a mask - they looked full-on twat. Which neatly brings me to the photo in today’s Times (I use online so can’t give page numbers). Do look out for it.....
When I see people wearing masks I am sorely tempted to go up to them and thank them.
Glad to see that the Coronapocolapyse hysteria continues unabated. It’s almost Diana-esque.
In other news, markets continue to rally, but I’m sure that’s no more than other selling opportunity for some. Whatever the circumstances, they are always correct.
This is going to be an interesting week on the markets.
Last night the Nikkei closed slightly down yet the Dow had its best day ever, yesterday, and is rising this morning in pre-trading, as is the FTSE.
The expectation is that central bankers, after their conference call this afternoon, will come out with more specifics on their "all measures necessary" comments yesterday. Whether this helps the economy is a moot point, but if there is more easy money it is likely to help the markets. And of course the US administration has particular reasons to do so.
So we have a tussle between financial action (or at least promise of action) to float the markets, and a likely worsening stream of medical news, especially from the US, that will be pushing them down.
How this will play out is anybody's guess. I'd hazard that the lift from yesterday may carry through today and perhaps longer, but when the shock that west coast America is in the same position as northern Italy hits the media, markets will surely fall again. So for traders, there should be opportunities.
As I keep saying, the timing needs to be spot on and frictional costs together with tax will make playing the peaks and troughs very challenging.
For example, what would you do this minute given the possible stock price paths you have outlined in your post.
As we used to say when we were pricing derivative products for corporates: "are your views really that complicated?"
I take the view that I’m not clever enough to do this. I hold the view that I bought funds or shares because I saw them as good and there’s been little to change that. Hold, long term and reinvest.
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
I don’t think I have ever had one. But it’s fair enough to describe a dish named after our country as ‘patriotic’ for an easy headline. Why would people get bothered by it?
I’ve never had a breakfast with baked beans on it, can it be ‘full’ without them? In the past I’ve had Sausage, Bacon Egg, mushrooms and toast if that counts. I don’t really eat red meat now so it was all a long time ago
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
I don’t think I have ever had one. But it’s fair enough to describe a dish named after our country as ‘patriotic’ for an easy headline. Why would people get bothered by it?
What irks people (and "irk" is, I think, the mot juste) is the completely brainless pandering to all of the typical Telegraph readers' worst instincts. It's the "Two World Wars and One World Cup" school of Brexit.
Of course, it's best ignored, like most of the Telegraph's output.
As Henning Wehn says, "What is it with this 'two world wars, one world cup?' I don't remember America ever winning the World Cup!"
The USA have won the World Cup four times 1991, 1999,2003 and 2019.
I’ve never had a breakfast with baked beans on it, can it be ‘full’ without them? In the past I’ve had Sausage, Bacon Egg, mushrooms and toast if that counts. I don’t really eat red meat now so it was all a long time ago
Because its pretty and the way it reflects the light is pretty. Because I knew she'd appreciate it.
Depreciated over our lifetime it costs a tiny fraction of a penny per day that she will wear the ring, so the better question is why not a diamond? What could I better buy her that she will appreciate more for a fraction of a penny?
Does anyone know if Boris Johnson and the government are planning any commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the Royal Navy’s stunning performance at Mers-el-Kébir?
If the government isn’t making any plans then Boris Johnson is disgracefully unpatriotic.
Isn't that a bit like celebrating every Saints day?
If we were doing commemorations of anniversaries of stunning performances through our history we'd never stop doing them. Better to have a few meaningful days to remember our history with, most especially Remembrance Day.
It is reassuringly British that our two most remembered military triumphs are Dunkirk and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
I don’t think I have ever had one. But it’s fair enough to describe a dish named after our country as ‘patriotic’ for an easy headline. Why would people get bothered by it?
Never had a full English breakfast??? Seriously?
I’ve never had a breakfast with baked beans on it, can it be ‘full’ without them? In the past I’ve had Sausage, Bacon Egg, mushrooms and toast if that counts. I don’t really eat red meat now so it was all a long time ago
Yes. You can hold any component and it remains full.
Not eating red meat renders your avoidance of a full English totally understandable.
There might be a touch of value backing Biden ( 4.7 ) in the presidential market, his implied price is 2.3 which looks too long. Sanders implied price is 2.4 which is probably fair.
I expect Biden will get a boost in the next batch of H2H polling vs Trump.
I am increasingly of the view that bacon is only good between heavily buttered slices of bread. On a breakfast plate it is perennially disappointing.
You could burn it, American style? I got quite fond of their crispy bacon on my trip.
If you ever stop to think how many rashers one typically gets in America it would scare the living daylights out of you.
Once, in Kentucky, I asked as a first course for potato skins. There were 18 half potatoes. Not the skins the whole thing. Nine potatoes, covered in loveliness, as a first course.
I regularly have a full English breakfast. I do not expect that to make the newspapers. Is the suggestion that the UK negotiating team is going to have such furred arteries that they are going to collapse in the face of the elite Brussels team that has prepared with zero fat yoghurt sprinkled with flax seeds and double espressos?
I don’t think I have ever had one. But it’s fair enough to describe a dish named after our country as ‘patriotic’ for an easy headline. Why would people get bothered by it?
Never had a full English breakfast??? Seriously?
I’ve never had a breakfast with baked beans on it, can it be ‘full’ without them? In the past I’ve had Sausage, Bacon Egg, mushrooms and toast if that counts. I don’t really eat red meat now so it was all a long time ago
Yes. You can hold any component and it remains full.
Not eating red meat renders your avoidance of a full English totally understandable.
Depends if you classify pork as white meat or red meat.
Mr. Observer, bacon butties are delightful (with tomato sauce, of course).
I don't really have breakfast, beyond a chocolate bar. I was amused to discover, upon reading Ian Mortimer's Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, that my earlier than usual lunchtime (11am) is in keeping with medieval customs.
I am increasingly of the view that bacon is only good between heavily buttered slices of bread. On a breakfast plate it is perennially disappointing.
You could burn it, American style? I got quite fond of their crispy bacon on my trip.
I understand from Jamie Oliver that we eat back bacon and our American cousins prefer streaky. That might be why we need to add fat in the form of butter.
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"There is no hand sanitiser anywhere in the country. Pharmacies have been licensed to make their own, but the ingredients have apparently run out too."
Get some lives, the lot of you.
I expect to be carrying liability on Hillary all the way to the convention.
Short of death I don’t think there’s anything that could convince punters to keep their cash away from her.
The mutual outrage generation is all a bit exhausting.
Except...Someone across the aisle huddled under the table in a Hazmat suit with tins of baked beans and hexi blocks scattered around him, mumbling something about "exponential growth...why don't they take me seriously...soon no one left...damn you PB..."
https://twitter.com/skynewsniall/status/1234756508304498688?s=20
NB I'd backed him for the nomination at 12, thanks to a tip from Mr. B.
(I am not vegetarian, but have given up on pork. Pigs are just too soulful to eat.)
Churchill decided in 1940 that there was no way a war could be fought or won without proper marmalade, so he sent a destroyer to Seville to escort the oranges over.
The Sevilleans had never believed that the English wanted their inedible ornamental oranges to make some kind of weird breakfast only jam and thought this was a cover story and that they actually used them to make some secret weapon of war (their oil is highly flammable). So when Churchill did that, they knew they had been right all along.
The breakfast affogato ?
Of course, it's best ignored, like most of the Telegraph's output.
I am analytical and don't care for jewellery, barring watches before I was married I'd never worn any ever in my life and even watches were purely functional - from the point I started carrying a phone to the point I got a smartwatch I stopped wearing watches too.
But I do care for my wife [then girlfriend] and I want her to be happy. So I am investing my money in her happiness. So I need to think about her, what she wants and what she desires. She does like jewellery, she does like pretty dresses, nice perfumes, flowers etc - the girly cliches. She always wears her earings, she likes to wear nice bracelets or pendants or necklaces - she appreciates that stuff - and I appreciate her being happy. And if she's happy, then analytically that makes my life happier.
So analytically if I'm investing my money in her happiness then what gets the best return on investment? As I said before a ring may cost 10x more than a good dress or a nice necklace etc . . . but would she be happier with 1 good ring or 10 dresses or necklaces? The one ring to rule them all (sorry) will be worn hopefully every day for the rest of her life, she will see it every single day, she will look at it more than any individual thing else I ever buy her for the rest of my life. Its the one object more than any other her friends, family etc will look at with her.
I would rather invest in one good ring to make her happy for the rest of our lives together than 10 dresses or necklaces or other objects that end up in a closet or jewellery box only to be worn on special occasions and only if she chooses one of those specific items instead of another on that day.
It is 9 years since I proposed and nearly 7 since we got married. That means her engagement ring has been worn now for roughly 3400 days. Divide the cost of the ring by 3400 (and counting) and its great value compared to most other similar things I will ever buy her.
Analytically rings give one of the best returns on investment of any gift you will ever purchase.
https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1234647767064158208?s=20
https://twitter.com/ChangePolls/status/1234690376868302848?s=20
If the government isn’t making any plans then Boris Johnson is disgracefully unpatriotic.
For example, in my local practise, at one stage there were three lades (out of 4 doctors) approaching 35 without children ... I have received apologies for the insults I got for pointing out statistically what would happen next.....
1 is part time (childcare) , and the other 2 married and quit to look after their children.
The part timer is upping her hours again and tells me that the other 2 are in contact with the NHS about volunteering over the current matter.
Why read a paper if you’re closed minded enough to know before you do so it’s going to make you angry? You’re just going to repeat the same prejudices on a daily basis and end up like @vonPyotr on Twitter! Better to accept that you disagree, and view it as a window into a worldview you don’t share
If we were doing commemorations of anniversaries of stunning performances through our history we'd never stop doing them. Better to have a few meaningful days to remember our history with, most especially Remembrance Day.
#GoodMuslimBoy
Both yellow pages and independent bookshops are things that the internet have pushed in to the category "nostalgia".
American bacon is the devil's creation. You'll be advocating covering it in maple syrup next. *shudders*
Depreciated over our lifetime it costs a tiny fraction of a penny per day that she will wear the ring, so the better question is why not a diamond? What could I better buy her that she will appreciate more for a fraction of a penny?
Not eating red meat renders your avoidance of a full English totally understandable.
https://twitter.com/JulianBKing/status/1234188246378217472?s=20
Sanders implied price is 2.4 which is probably fair.
I expect Biden will get a boost in the next batch of H2H polling vs Trump.
Once, in Kentucky, I asked as a first course for potato skins. There were 18 half potatoes. Not the skins the whole thing. Nine potatoes, covered in loveliness, as a first course.
I don't really have breakfast, beyond a chocolate bar. I was amused to discover, upon reading Ian Mortimer's Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, that my earlier than usual lunchtime (11am) is in keeping with medieval customs.