steve-bbb Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) ok so after everybody has read the news and wondered why numerous banking/trading staff are not being investigated by the serious fraud office (or are they?) and why the FSA have pussied out and given barclays a slap on the wrist that would barely amount to a days wages for the average person ... this should help bring your blood pressure back down to safe levels please feel free to add your own suggestions for calm inducing ideas - even whale songs- but not wales songs if they involve that screechy cerys woman and relax.... [media]http://youtu.be/T2kUySnZ-Jw[/media] Edited June 28, 2012 by steve-bbb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Heh, nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longmayyourun Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Thank you for posting that - a lovely way to start the day (the music,not the confirmation that those who call the shots in our lives are a bunch of crooks) I should add ''alledgedly'' Sorry - breathing deeply...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 'Between the forceps and the stone...' ...a cool groove, yet such devastating lyrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1340867400' post='1710592'] ok so after everybody has read the news and wondered why numerous banking/trading staff are not being investigated by the serious fraud office (or are they?) and why the FSA have pussied out and given barclays a slap on the wrist that would barely amount to a days wages for the average person ... this should help bring your blood pressure back down to safe levels please feel free to add your own suggestions for calm inducing ideas - even whale songs- but not wales songs if they involve that screechy cerys woman and relax.... [/quote] Is a fine of £290m a slap on the wrist for Barclays? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1340875643' post='1710736'] Is a fine of £290m a slap on the wrist for Barclays? [/quote] Well considering they were given £20 billion a couple of years ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1340875643' post='1710736'] Is a fine of £290m a slap on the wrist for Barclays? [/quote] imo yes it is - they are prepared to pay this much out for their top bonuses so its hardly going to hurt them is it - please fell free to contribute to the barclays thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='EdwardHimself' timestamp='1340875777' post='1710742'] Well considering they were given £20 billion a couple of years ago... [/quote] excuse me this is the chill thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1340876090' post='1710752'] excuse me this is the chill thread [/quote] Yeah! Go and have your stupid frigging bank argument in Off Topic. Thhhhpp!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1340876213' post='1710757'] Yeah! Go and have your stupid frigging bank argument in Off Topic. Thhhhpp!! [/quote] indeed thats exactly why i posted the other thread so we could all have a good old whinge and then come to this thread for calm reflection here's a nice picture of some dolphins which i took earlier. 22 years earlier to be more precise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Now I'm stressed as I haven't booked a holiday yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1340876471' post='1710767'] indeed thats exactly why i posted the other thread so we could all have a good old whinge and then come to this thread for calm reflection here's a nice picture of some dolphins which i took earlier. 22 years earlier to be more precise [/quote] Dolphins? Killer whales more like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1340880296' post='1710860'] Dolphins? Killer whales more like [/quote] thats what i thought wehen i first saw them but they are dolphins - peale's i believe [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andypollard/5512090728/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/andypollard/5512090728/[/url] - they do have killer whales out there but i guess the whales only come in that close if there is a tasty seal snack at the waters edge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1340880784' post='1710873'] thats what i thought wehen i first saw them but they are dolphins - peale's i believe [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andypollard/5512090728/"]http://www.flickr.co...ard/5512090728/[/url] - they do have killer whales out there but i guess the whales only come in that close if there is a tasty seal snack at the waters edge [/quote] I sit corrected When I worked in Cayman it was great fun feeding chicken carcasses from the beach to the sharks that came in every evening for the ritual, out the back of Dirty Reid's cafe Edited June 28, 2012 by KiOgon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 They could also be Commerson's dolphins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 what on earth have commersons dolphins got to do with pino palladino? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 In the interests of staying chilled I wouldn't Google how much, in bonuses, the FSA staff got for failing to spot the credit crunch. Nor how their costs have soared. No, I'd leave that. That way be dragons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1340880903' post='1710879'] Dirty Reid's cafe [/quote] Is that the same place as the Old Durty Reid's Palace ? I think it got knocked down, or something rebuilt there. Sounds like fun with the sharks though. Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1340880784' post='1710873'] - they do have killer whales out there but i guess the whales only come in that close if there is a tasty seal snack at the waters edge [/quote] That would be the photographer then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1340883920' post='1710960'] Is that the same place as the Old Durty Reid's Palace ? I think it got knocked down, or something rebuilt there. Sounds like fun with the sharks though. Garry [/quote] Yes that's probably what it was called, I'm talking about early 1990s, I remember it was out of town on the way up East I think. Used to go & watch big screen sports at weekends with platters of burgers & ice cold beers, it was a hard job I've got some old maps & stuff I'll dig out. Have you been there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1340885048' post='1710980'] That would be the photographer then! [/quote] no chance !! the air temp was about 60-ish but the wind is about 30 knots and the sea temperature is only a few degrees above freezing the beach itself is about 100+ yards wide of pure white quartz sand and is about 5 miles long in a big sweeping arc - i was the only person on the beach that afternoon [url="https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-51.897469,-58.370275&spn=0.041418,0.077162&t=h&z=14&lci=com.panoramio.all,weather"]https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-51.897469,-58.370275&spn=0.041418,0.077162&t=h&z=14&lci=com.panoramio.all,weather[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1340885772' post='1710996'] Yes that's probably what it was called, I'm talking about early 1990s, I remember it was out of town on the way up East I think. Used to go & watch big screen sports at weekends with platters of burgers & ice cold beers, it was a hard job I've got some old maps & stuff I'll dig out. Have you been there? [/quote] If it is the same place [and it does sound like it] Yes in 1992. Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1340887542' post='1711052'] If it is the same place [and it does sound like it] Yes in 1992. Garry [/quote] Small world I was a Regional Engineer, BWI, with Cable & Wireless. Cayman was fabulous, I used to spend as long there as I could get away with diving/swimming/fishing/messing about on boats every day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1340892982' post='1711151'] diving/swimming/fishing/messing about on boats every day [/quote] no travel bass?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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