Lordwolfsbeard

£39

£35.

£30.
Barmaids ruin.

£30.
Barmaids ruin.

Now where would be the fun in that?    It's way better to force them to write and threaten millions of households every month.  It hastens their demise.  And it also gives them less idea who the weaker targets are.  By not declaring, I'm feel that I'm doing my bit for society, for the vulnerable elderly who get pressured into saying something that the machine can use to prosecute them wrongly.  The goons prey on people who get nervous or confused, stitching up those who don't know how to shut them down properly.  It's a disgrace in the modern world, to have such organised thuggery stalking our streets with the blessing of parliament.
It was about five years ago that I got fed up with all the threatening letters, and I actually did contact them to officially let them know that I don't require a TV licence.  But within only 3 months, they just started up with their threatening letter campaign again.   That really annoyed me.  Forcing people to declare innocence is wrong, but then still continuing to harass them is taking the biscuit.  It seems that I am not alone with this either, there are numerous others online reporting the same thing happening to them.  By filling in their declaration, I actually entered into a form of contract, but by failing to keep their end of the contract, they have breached it and released me from any future "implied" obligation to notify them.  Nothing further is required of me, and I have therefore switched tactic.
I'm now hoping for a goon to darken my door, so that I can record his or her name, and tell the goon that by giving me his or her name, they're now personally the official agent of an organisation which is conducting a harassment campaign against me via mail and in person.  I will then ask the goon to cease and desist, and declare that if they continue to contact me either in writing or in person, they will be entering into my contract at £150 per hour, charged a minimum of 1 hour for each and every incidence of correspondence.  I will assure said goon, that I fully intend to pursue any further attempts to harass or extort me, through the post or in person, and that I will also be seeking damages for distress.
Let's see how that pans out.  If a goon is foolish enough to waste his or her time returning with a warrant, we'll play the "signed by a magistrate" and requiring affidavits game.  Any accompanying police will be asked to confirm that they are NOT there to assist an illegal entry, and that they are NOT legal experts either.  They will politely be asked to confirm that their role is to observe a civil dispute, and to ensure that no breach of the peace occurs by either party...  I will refuse a digital version o f a warrant on an ipad, and insist on a physical copy for myself.  I will make sure that only a real warrant will gain access to my property, and they can then enjoy finding no physical equipment inside which can receive live broadcast Television channels.  If so inclined, they can petition my ISP to check that my IP address has never once opened the bbc iplayer app online, although I will formally notify the ISP that I do not consent to my data being released to authorities unless requested in connection with a serious criminal case which this is not.  I will film the entire interaction and use it in court as evidence of harassment which it most certainly is.
If you receive the letters on a regular basis, you will know how unpleasant some of them are.  Sometimes even I, with my full understanding of the legal situation, and my complete compliance with the law, am made to feel a short instinctive pang of anxiety at the official sounding threats.  The whole game is outrageous ad it's long past time that this gang of criminals are held to account.
I've been waiting five years now for them to show up.  Please can it be my turn soon.  

This, and that.

Amen 👍

The correlation graph of deaths of minor country radical leaders against travelling in small airborne whirling vehicles makes for interesting analysis

Amen 👍

“When the lion feeds” is a great book....Dufford Charleywood 🍷👍

Read the book “ The House of the spirits”(translated) by Isabel Allende.....about the Chilean socialist leader......and what happens when you don’t play ball with the NWO. 

Read the book “ The House of the spirits”(translated) by Isabel Allende.....about the Chilean socialist leader......and what happens when you don’t play ball with the NWO. 

I'm currently reading The creature from Jekyll Island by G Edward Griffith. The US of A had 3 failed central banks before the Fed was created in 1911... 
We're not allowed to learn from history as the bankers control everything.

Does anyone else see ‘Lunar Lander’ 

If you have a lump sum to halve your mortgage that is amazing. The interest you save on the mortgage is equivalent to putting the lump sum in a savings/investment account and earning your mortgage rate compounded over the remaining term
To fix for 5 years or 10 years? It seems likely rates will be lower in 5 years' time, perhaps in the 2-3% range. In the near term the BoE is going to do what I predicted and hike rates to 6%+, which is going to create chaos
It's a tough one, it really is, as the government is going to issue helicopter money to help mortgagees (which will force the BoE to raise higher than they might have otherwise)
I'd probably take the 5-year fixed on the assumption that if the rates turned against me after the fixed-rate expires, well, at least most of the mortgage is paid off and the penalties won't be that high relative to the alternative 10-year fixed
Tough question though as all 3 options have their merits. One thing to point out about option 3 is that unless you are earning interest on those funds in an ISA or savings account, which will probably restrict your access to those funds in one way or another, then inflation is going to eat your capital. I'd tend towards paying off a chunk of the mortgage as it's a very safe option that generates a large return given how safe the option is. In a SHTF situation if you need to raise capital I guess you could always re-mortgage

Yes, pmd

1893 M jubilee still available mate ?

Hi Andy 
1894 S - please if still available.
I like to try and keep the British bullion economy in the black.

Yours mate.. ill pm in a bit just out..
Andy

A free bump for you
coz' the sovereigns ain't flew
and there's hardly a queue 
I'd buy one myself
but I'm still on the shelf
as I'm saving my pennies for Charlie himself
So good luck is wished
'till money is dished
and all sovereigns in gold
get posted and sold 
 
 

 

Sgt Oddball and crapgame.

I’ll take it please.

Oh nooooooo,  Guy's, I think I've just found the gold price. It's below me. If you can meet me here at the Mariana Trench we can try to lift it up a little.

#6 please if still available.

You sound a similar age to me, my little life story may help or guide.
........... I've posted my little how I got into gold story in prior years, but it seems relevant to this thread today. Here's it again 
 

     
 

    I'm 45 now and through my twenties, i guess I must have staked and wasted around £75k-£100k at a rough guess through bookies, FOBTs, online poker and land based casinos.
    
    
    
    Some good days but it all quickly went back as losings in the end.
    
    
    
    I went cold turkey at 30-31 and managed a few months until i relapsed again.
    
    
    
    Told myself never again.
    
    
    
    It was this time I found about gold, since 2008-2009 I have bought investment gold every month, a gold sovereign here, a half sovereign there, 1/2 oz on a good month, a full oz of fine gold when bonus from work.
    
    
    
    What this did was separate actual cash i could gamble and move it into another tangible thing with value that i couldn't easily spunk away or spend.
    
    
    
    Slowly but surely, my gold stack has grown, every month, as i would buy a another gold coin every fortnight or so.
    
    
    
    The ancient Aztecs called Gold 'the sweat of the sun'
    
    
    
    Blood, sweat, tears and toil getting it out of the ground.
    
    
    
    YOUR blood sweat and tears represents how hard you have worked to get this coin you now hold, and continue to hold ongoing.
    
    
    
    Your pile of gold increases monthly.
    
    
    
    Gold is also a little bit of a gamble, it will never go to zero, it has been money for 5,000+ years, and can also go up in value
    
    
    
    Currently im now VERY nicely up in £ terms if i chose to cash in and take some profits.
    
    
    
    A quote stuck with me quite prophetically, as i've never believed in loans or credit cards.
    
    
    
    “Gold is the money of kings, silver is the money of gentlemen, barter is the money of peasants – but debt is the money of slaves.” ― Norm Franz, Money & Wealth in the New Millennium: A Prophetic Guide to the New World Economic Order
    
    
    
    The bigger my gold stack grows the more satisfied I become and want more. A positive kind of addiction.
    
    
    
    I have not yet cashed in one single coin for gambling and my investment pile has grew.
    
    
    
    I have cashed gold in here on the forum and realized better than dealer prices to increase my business and expand/buy new vans/staff/tech
    
    
    
    This degree of separation that takes place between the gold coin and actual cash i can spunk gambling is awesome.
    
    
    
    Yet i know at a glance my total gold grams i have on any given day, and know how much it is worth should i cash in.
    
    
    
    When money is in a bank AC it is just like figures on a screen to me, cash in my hand just gambling token/betting voucher credits.
    
    
    
    I could never hold onto money while it was in a bank account, savings account would be were there for good intention but the money came out for gambling.
    
    
    
    Gold doesn't do that for me, the degree of separation between between the time and effort it takes to cash in a gold coin, packing posting, sending, waiting for bank transfer for payment etc. is a few days minimum.
    
    
    
    By which times my urge to gamble has long since past.
    
    
    
    whilst i will always have that gamble bug inside me, i cant extinguish that flame as i like to to take risks, i'm self employed and risk = reward. and i have done well working over the years.
    
    
    
    I still have my monthly little gamble, but as my priority with my spare cash is always to buy a minimum amount of gold, i'm never exposed to loose mega money EVER, fact these days, as the money isn't there because it has been converted from one asset class cash into another asset gold.
    
    
    
    The small amount i assign myself to have a gamble is minimal, £100 or £200 for a month. should i win, i actually treat myself to some more gold coins for my stack.
    
    
    
    With doing this approach and putting what used to be gambling stake money cash into gold, i've got my good nest egg of gold if i cashed it in from my safe deposit box.
    
    
    
    I purposely store the gold in a safety deposit centre in a city that is hours drive/train ride away to resist the sudden urge to gamble/cash in.
    
    
    
    A financial advisor would tell you it is stupid and daft to put all your eggs in one basket with one asset/investments, but to a gambler?
    
    
    
    would i sooner have this,  lots of gold is much better than having nothing at all, **** all to show for it - so it works for me
    
    
    
    Knowing this fall back of savings is there for any of lifes eventualities makes me sleep wonderfully at night.
    
    
    
    This approach may not be for everyone but if you can never hold onto money it has worked wonders for me.
    
    
    
    Sorry for the rambles length here today but to those nodding their head to this and this life course maybe sounds a familiar path to yours, if my narrative resonates with you, give gold a try. please try it, you might just like it, or start just buying gold with your big wins.
    
   https://www.thesilverforum.com/topic/32375-your-gold-story-how-it-happened/?do=findComment&comment=416089
 

     
 

     
 

     
 
https://www.thesilverforum.com/topic/60379-anyone-else-addicted-to-buying-gold/?do=findComment&comment=638451
 
I'm about 15 years into my stacking journey, ahead of you though