Concrete Jungle

I started out wondering about houseprices, now I wonder if the UK is the place for me over the next 10 - 20 years. Houseprices seem almost trivial in comparison to the bigger picture.

I managed to add a bit more physical to my stash on the latest dip, it just turned up in the post.

Trainee QS, North West.

Back to my parents house while I finish my degree if the worst comes to the worst. After that depending on the employment situation in the UK, who knows.

Things looking grim here (construction related) hardly any work on and not much on the horizon. So much so that I have applied for a part time job working evenings / weekends in a local shop. If I get the job it should help keep the wolf from the door should the worst happen, or I can add the extra money to my savings / investments. Quite a few people I know have been made redundant / facing redundancy in 2011 and from talking to them and what I see it looks like this year will be grimmer than 2007, 2008, 2009 or 2010. I don't know if I really want to buy/stay in the UK long term.

I have asked for silver for Christmas again, no one bought me any last year.

And alert the PTB to the fact that I distrust their fiat currency, fractional reserve banking and hold physical silver and possibly gold?

Gold mentioned at about 8:45 on Radio 4 this morning, the royal mint has seen sales of gold coins increase 400% on last year and silver coins are up 20% on last year. The R4 guy was at pains to point out gold is in a bubble, volatile commodity, you could lose a lot of money on gold, strange investment pays no dividend etc. If only Pravda had similarly cautioned about property in such a way.

It is looking like time someone raised the margin requirements for silver AGAIN.

I am not sure if this has been posted before. I just logged on to Tesco.co.uk and right at the bottom right hand side of the screen something caught my eye. https://www.tescogoldexchange.com/ Tesco have started up a cash for gold operation, curiosity aroused I checked the price Tesco will pay for 1kg of 22 carat compared to Hatton Garden Metals for 1kg 22 carat. Tesco quoted online £18,030.00 plus 18030 clubcard points? Compared to HGM £24,605.39 and no clubcard points! Just over six and a half grand difference as I have no idea what clubcard points are or are 'worth'!

A bit of info for GEI on fake silver, ebay and China. http://www.china-mint.info/fake-coin-images.html http://www.china-mint.info/fakechinesecoinsellers.html http://chinese-coins.blogspot.com/2009/01/...-with-only.html Finally images of fake bars can be seen at http://about.ag/LeadFilled100OunceBars.htm

Silver has clawed back about half of yesterdays smackdown already!

A couple of silver snippets. http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/fil...t%20Lawsuit.pdf Followed by Thanks for the Silver: An Open Letter to JPMorgan and HSBC

Thar she blows $28 breeched. Does anyone else feel slightly apprehensive or is it just me?

Marr seemed desperate to paint gold as only for feverent tin foil hat nutters and maniacs, you could say he has been perusing GEI. Not the sort of thing nice, normal, rational trusting folk buy according to Pravda.

Can we finish today above $1400?

Wow $27 just got smashed.

A new site to buy and sell silver oneoverspot, doesn't look like it will be up and running for another hour and a half. http://www.oneoverspot.com/ Might be of interest to anyone looking to buy / sell physical silver.

The £17.99 rounds had all run out yesterday when I fancied a bit more physical, the price for the other rounds in tens looked a bit steep even considering the recent slip into the VATable band.

Realist Bear = Edwin Trueman. That screen shot of RB gold threads is fantastic!

I have just been researching the author of the article and reading some of the comments below it. Someone is certainly spooked at the current gold price. While the article is generally laughable, perhaps we can gleam that the opposite of what it purports to be the way forward is actually the way forward.

America should open its vaults and sell gold

A fence to keep out wild boar needs to be very strong a determined large boar will get through standard cattle / sheep and deer fencing either by going through or under it. To stop boar digging under your fence bury it a foot under ground, snout wires will also help prevent boar going under your fence. Do you know what species of deer are raiding your garden? The height of the fence depends on what species of deer you are trying to keep out.

Does anyone know how he is taking the news?