Roy

I dream of:
Guinness (lots of)
Chicken Madras, Lamb Bhuna
Fish and Chips
A good kebab with chilli and garlic sauce
English breakfasts
A mixed grill.
Simple lad, me.

Personally, I think it's too early to sell.
I know folk have a plethora of reasons for listing coins for sale, and none of them are my business, but I think gold has a longer run to go yet.
When you look around at the *prices of everything and the fact your cash is losing its value rapidly, it surely makes sense to preserve your wealth, what little or lot you have.
I like to talk about retirement a lot (it's me age, lad) but you really need to think about it. Sucks to be a poor old man.
Does anyone agree with me? As I said, I understand people sometimes need to cash out, but taking cash profits in this economic climate seems foolish? Keep stacking.
 
* gas is $4 a gal in socal! 😲
 

Personally, I think it's too early to sell.
I know folk have a plethora of reasons for listing coins for sale, and none of them are my business, but I think gold has a longer run to go yet.
When you look around at the *prices of everything and the fact your cash is losing its value rapidly, it surely makes sense to preserve your wealth, what little or lot you have.
I like to talk about retirement a lot (it's me age, lad) but you really need to think about it. Sucks to be a poor old man.
Does anyone agree with me? As I said, I understand people sometimes need to cash out, but taking cash profits in this economic climate seems foolish? Keep stacking.
 
* gas is $4 a gal in socal! 😲
 

Can I call you Tim?

Can I call you Tim?

I worked in Arbroath for 12 months as opened as i open my southern west country gob - I got the look as if the music stopped in bar like scratched record in a wild west film.  Used to go to Dundee, that wasnt too bad to be fair, taxi was fortune mind to go on the sauce. The driver used to charge me extra because i was English and the extra baggage of carry my body amour and helmet going into the night clubs! Use to pull all the birds mind, because that's all used I wear - like a rutting stag on Viagra! I used to get in free, I was the cabaret!

I’m working class not rich lol
New build as well in Scotland.

It’s not worth it, it really isn’t.
Some places, I’m talking Cheshire, Lancashire or Yorkshire as an example. If you want to live in a nice area it’s £180k+ for a two bed terraced house with no driveway and a small yard with no room to swing a cat in. (I don’t advise anyone try that).
That amount of money would get you a 3/4 bed semi detached in some areas of Scotland or Wales for example.

Interesting because my auldman used to work on canary wharf and said the underground was jammed packed, then he went back to a tiny guest house above a chippy lol Most people I know personally leave London, I think you need to be a specific type of person to stay there or even enjoy the lifestyle. 

Ah twinned with Kabul!

When I began my career in the mid '80s, I used to work in London.
I lived on the south coast so the commute was impossible.
I used to have digs in Ruislip, Sun-Thur, rented a room in an old fashioned guest house for £40 a week, used to ride a motorbike to work.
I didn't need the London lifestyle.
 

When I began my career in the mid '80s, I used to work in London.
I lived on the south coast so the commute was impossible.
I used to have digs in Ruislip, Sun-Thur, rented a room in an old fashioned guest house for £40 a week, used to ride a motorbike to work.
I didn't need the London lifestyle.
 

I would say main reason must be proximity to family and upbringing. Not worth it for the lifestyle. 

The mortgage or rent or both? F*ck knows, I think people like the lifestyle. I dont see the attraction in London tbh, too many people, sh*te football clubs, the monarchy, westminster etc
Havent tried the strippers down there though... Maybe thats why the Uncle is still there lol

Why do people pay that much?
It's just not worth it 

Uncle lives in Woolwich, rents out £1,500 month, says he loves it. He can stay down there. Shithole.

My mate has moved to London for work. He says the people he works with for their first houses are in the range of £300-£450k. That is normal 🥺
 

@Minimalist At least we don’t live in England. I think id need about a 40-50 year mortgage.

Thanks for the raincheck however Id much prefer you share photos of the beach volleyball being played by nice nubile american maidens, so if you happen to be passing - sharing is carin!

I think it’s difficult to say for sure and I think it all depends at what age you are and what you’re aiming for.
Sadly, for those of us under 40 (please don’t shout at me anyone older) but I think the status quo has gone out the window the past few years. It’s much, much harder for younger people today. You only have to look at property prices. I wish we could go back to the buying a plot and building  your own house days instead of a box on a housing estate for £200k+ depending on where you are in the country but that’s another topic.
But I’m aware how ignorant people are at times. Recently as an example I told a friend as he went to buy something with £10 in his hand that it was worthless. It was only when I pointed out that printed on it was ‘I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of £10”. I haven’t got a bank note to hand but it’s along those lines.
You do make a very good point @Roy and I do think gold has much higher to go. It creeped above the summer 2020 levels just yesterday but almost fell back to where it was.
I think in a war situation, gold might help when fleeing from a country to preserve wealth value. In that situation I think you have to physically have it with you. But those of us who keep it in storage, how are you going to get to it.

You'll have to work at it much harder than I had to, and I'm sorry about that 😐

I understand this now, as our @Paul said, he sold gold and bought another income producing asset 👍

It's warm enough but the humidity is low 🙂