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by mealdeal
Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:50 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stocks and shares during covid
Replies: 122
Views: 13481

Re: Stocks and shares during covid

Either today or tomorrow I’ll be selling my entire SIPP. It’s back to where it was just prior to the March falls, so I’m bailing for a good period. Don’t take that as advice, my ulterior motive is to cash in my HL account with a view to reinvesting entirely with Vanguard which is considerably cheape...
by mealdeal
Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:56 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Burnley confirm ticket refunds
Replies: 830
Views: 73225

Re: ARTICLE: Burnley confirm ticket refunds

Eyres_11 wrote:
Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:47 am
Still nothing...beyond a joke now. I'll be going down to the club this week and demanding it in cash in person. Not waiting anymore.
:lol: :lol:
by mealdeal
Tue Jun 30, 2020 1:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Burnley confirm ticket refunds
Replies: 830
Views: 73225

Re: Refunds

Cant be that many to do though, 20,000 season tickets at a push, refund figures already been calculated, just a case of inputting a sort code and account number. Talking a minute per refund tops. I doubt we've got 20,000 season tickets holders, let alone 20,000 that want a refund, but have you read...
by mealdeal
Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:46 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Baden Powell to be ging gang goolied
Replies: 130
Views: 6950

Re: Baden Powell to be ging gang goolied

Theres a few biographies of Baden-Powell and none of them can agree completely on his views on nazism.
by mealdeal
Sat May 16, 2020 12:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Given the choice would you attend live events at your own risk
Replies: 114
Views: 6033

Re: Given the choice would you attend live events at your own risk

It's crossed my mind that I could have been on the Turf for the last time. I really hope that's not the case but it could well be if we don't get this under some control and there are enough posts on this thread alone to suggest some will carry on regardless given the opportunity. We've got to carr...
by mealdeal
Fri May 15, 2020 4:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Given the choice would you attend live events at your own risk
Replies: 114
Views: 6033

Re: Given the choice would you attend live events at your own risk


So leaving the house petrifies me until the country is clear of it but Turf Moor will be the last place I will be whilst there is any chance of catching it.
Hats off to you, but given your strict requirements for attendance, I’d say you’ve already seen your last game of football at Turf Moor.
by mealdeal
Fri May 15, 2020 2:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Given the choice would you attend live events at your own risk
Replies: 114
Views: 6033

Re: Given the choice would you attend live events at your own risk

Theres a risk to everything in life, I don't do a lot of activities that I deem too risky but going to a game of football would be within my personal level of acceptable risk.
by mealdeal
Fri May 01, 2020 11:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Car Finance
Replies: 55
Views: 2773

Re: Car Finance

If he's chucking away over £7500 a year on a car he can't afford after a month, I'm going to struggle to cry him a river.
by mealdeal
Thu Apr 30, 2020 9:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Completing the season
Replies: 85
Views: 5019

Re: Completing the season

My point exactly Targetman. Football as an entity portrays itself as more important than life itself. The fact that games without fans will more likely take place at some point just proves it is a business first and foremost. We all love the game obviously but the game, at the top end is no longer ...
by mealdeal
Thu Apr 30, 2020 9:24 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Completing the season
Replies: 85
Views: 5019

Re: Completing the season

Why not just forget about football until life returns to normal the same as other businesses losing millions are having to do? When it is safe, carry on and complete what was started. Forget time frames, forget traditions and stagger the following seasons over a couple of years until the ideal sequ...
by mealdeal
Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Gordon Taylor
Replies: 64
Views: 6019

Re: Gordon Taylor

They are both in the wrong,however i suppose the prostitute could argue she was working,still stupid though,and then Walker takes to social media preaching to the general public to stay at home,i do wonder who leaked the story to the press though. She might have been working, but Walker has done wh...
by mealdeal
Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How will the world change?
Replies: 38
Views: 2580

Re: How will the world change?

In the short to medium term, we're ******. By that I mean 5 to 10 years of extreme economic hardship, probably millions of people in the UK without employment. The cosy life we had before this is postponed, don't worry about paying higher taxes that's the least of the problems, you won't have a job ...
by mealdeal
Sun Apr 05, 2020 4:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Gordon Taylor
Replies: 64
Views: 6019

Re: Gordon Taylor

Absolutely hilarious - prostitute takes the moral high ground about staying at home, when she was the one going out. And people lap this crap up
by mealdeal
Sat Apr 04, 2020 2:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets facing up to £50 million loss
Replies: 148
Views: 14131

Re: Clarets facing up to £50 million loss

Claret-On-A-T-Rex wrote:
Sat Apr 04, 2020 2:49 pm
Let's have a bit of perspective, It's only football. This is life or death, it doesn't matter if all the clubs go bust, plenty of other businesses are also going down the pan in the fight against the pandemic.
If we are talking perspective, then you've lost yours completely.
by mealdeal
Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: sanitising gel
Replies: 44
Views: 2990

Re: sanitising gel

Well it does get rid of germs and bacteria yes you are correct but without your hands being clean in the first place there is no point. Wash your hands in hot soapy water for around 30 seconds or so it should be fine. For extra protection you can also use the hand sanitizer but without washing your...
by mealdeal
Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: sanitising gel
Replies: 44
Views: 2990

Re: sanitising gel

Make your own Use Benzalkonium Chloride, which is a common algae and moss killer. Usually available in 50% dilution and it will need diluting further to 0.1% or 0.2% to make it safe to use on your hands. Take 2ml of Benzalkonium Chloride and mix with 1000ml of water. Then mix the solution again one ...
by mealdeal
Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:24 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O/T Best place to put £500 per month
Replies: 55
Views: 5528

Re: O/T Best place to put £500 per month

You can do a lot worse than just using a multi-asset fund. In the UK, the Vanguard Lifestrategy and Blackrock Consensus are around the cheapest. These funds will give you exposure to a diversified range of funds and asset classes and you can choose your level of risk via a % of shares to bonds/gilts...
by mealdeal
Wed Feb 19, 2020 8:58 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O/T Best place to put £500 per month
Replies: 55
Views: 5528

Re: O/T Best place to put £500 per month

The thing about financial advisors is that all those regulations and letters after their name make people think they know where to invest your money for your good. They don't. All the regulations just ensure that should you lose money, you have no comeback to them because they've complied with the l...
by mealdeal
Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O/T Best place to put £500 per month
Replies: 55
Views: 5528

Re: O/T Best place to put £500 per month

Claretpants wrote:
Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:50 pm
Obviously met the wrong one! A good knowledgeable one is a must and best found through a recommendation of someone who has used their services
Nonsense. They are sales people who know no more about how to make your money grow than you do if you put in some time and effort.
by mealdeal
Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O/T Best place to put £500 per month
Replies: 55
Views: 5528

Re: O/T Best place to put £500 per month

Financial advisors provide nothing you can’t do yourself.
by mealdeal
Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:03 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Ham
Replies: 48
Views: 3961

Re: West Ham

ElectroClaret wrote:
Tue Jan 28, 2020 9:59 am
WHU have spent £214 million on players over the last four years. Karren Bradys salary has risen from
£898,000 to £1.136 million.
And yet their whining fans protest about the owners and ask 'where has the money gone'
by mealdeal
Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Joe Hart
Replies: 57
Views: 6803

Re: Joe Hart

He dives like a falling roll of carpet
by mealdeal
Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:16 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Smart Meter
Replies: 89
Views: 7939

Re: Smart Meter

I disagree with your second paragraph but the area is subjective and not factual so its just a matter of opinion. What I have seen (and I have worked on time of use projects) is that the problem the industry faces is that because electricity cannot be stored at off peak times we waste a lot of elec...
by mealdeal
Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:22 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Smart Meter
Replies: 89
Views: 7939

Re: Smart Meter

I was only addressing the first part of your post which I know to be incorrect and yes the price on your bills is impacted by the company's cost to serve and having to deal with calls around estimated bills does increase the cost to serve and raises the prices But you can't entirely ignore the bit ...
by mealdeal
Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:13 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Smart Meter
Replies: 89
Views: 7939

Re: Smart Meter

Devils_Advocate wrote:
Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:04 am

Eradicating estimated reads will take out a massive % of customer enquires so even though it may get finally sorted by removing the problem in the first place everyone will benefit from cheaper bills.
No they won't and like Deano you've ignored the bottom of my post.
by mealdeal
Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:12 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Smart Meter
Replies: 89
Views: 7939

Re: Smart Meter

I don't think I've ever stated that they save money, they save time though. Also, some people still pay off their bill each quarter. While being overcharged will be corrected, it may leave them short at the time and they may not be able to afford it. They'll then ring their provider and spend x min...
by mealdeal
Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Smart Meter
Replies: 89
Views: 7939

Re: Smart Meter

The other beneficaries are people who don't send a meter reading in every month as they'll no longer get estimated bills. In general estimated bills are corrected - it might take some time admittedly but no one is being over-charged for the electricity or gas they use by an estimated bill - that al...
by mealdeal
Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:46 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Investment ISA
Replies: 23
Views: 2476

Re: Investment ISA

Do it yourself, its really not that hard and as the Motley Fool says, 'be your own financial advisor'.

Just get a FTSE all share index tracker and slowly feed your chunk of money into it over a 6 month period.
by mealdeal
Fri Dec 27, 2019 4:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: George michael
Replies: 10
Views: 1817

Re: George michael

Theres an argument to say that in 1984 he wrote the best cheesy pop song (wake me up before you go go), the best ballad (careless whisper) and the best christmas song (Last Christmas) of all time.
by mealdeal
Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cricket Club Smashed Up?
Replies: 22
Views: 3081

Re: Cricket Club Smashed Up?

She's an absolute weapon.
by mealdeal
Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Firestick
Replies: 42
Views: 5020

Re: Firestick

I stole it from somewhere else LL,but every word is true. Every word is true :D Look, the 1950s and early 60s generation are to blame for nothing and fought both wars. They had to make do with jobs for life, affordable houses, retirement at 55, free university education, free bus passes, prescripti...
by mealdeal
Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: IPTV the end?
Replies: 95
Views: 16757

Re: IPTV the end?

I can see a bunch of copyright troll lawyers chancing their arms on behalf of copyright holders. Might chisel a few quid out of people with threatening letters
by mealdeal
Fri Sep 20, 2019 6:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: IPTV the end?
Replies: 95
Views: 16757

Re: IPTV the end?

I’m not really up on all this and don’t know what has actually been done to stop it other than some servers being seized in a raid. Everyone seems quite relaxed about it, when isn’t there the chance that law enforcement have just recovered the details of 50m copyright infringers? Like I say, I’m not...
by mealdeal
Wed Aug 28, 2019 5:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Amazon rainforest
Replies: 72
Views: 7872

Re: The Amazon rainforest

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by mealdeal
Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Is this reasonable ?
Replies: 27
Views: 3248

Re: Is this reasonable ?

Fair? No. Lawful? Depends on the terms when they signed up. Surely it is difficult to suggest that purchasing a season ticket also means mandatory turning up. If its unlawful, it doesn't matter what they signed up to. An organisation cannot strip you of statutory rights just by having you sign them...
by mealdeal
Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:08 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hang the DJ
Replies: 33
Views: 3258

Re: Hang the DJ

Yep pretty much, but it was apparently Steve Wright (of course) who played a Wham track straight after. I think it’s become one of those urban legends really and was more just about how shite and vapid a lot of music was at the time. I think the rumour about it being a veiled expose of Savile start...
by mealdeal
Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:15 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hang the DJ
Replies: 33
Views: 3258

Re: Hang the DJ

Isn’t that song The Smiths nod towards the crimes of Jimmy Savile?
by mealdeal
Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:32 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Nissan
Replies: 39
Views: 2363

Re: Nissan

basil6345789 wrote:Shedding 12,500 jobs worldwide. Anyone want to blame Btexit?
Clearly not caused by Btexit, but it will be interesting to see how the axe falls on the UK workforce because of it.
by mealdeal
Mon Jul 22, 2019 7:49 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Man on the Moon..
Replies: 136
Views: 9684

Re: Man on the Moon..

Yes that really makes your point ,it didn’t happen ,America decides it wants to spend a few days on the moon , repeat the process 6 times then not bother for 47 years , brilliant Which part of this don’t you understand? Apollo was a programme. It was completed as planned. Why didn’t they start Apol...
by mealdeal
Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Man on the Moon..
Replies: 136
Views: 9684

Re: Man on the Moon..

A fool , ok then big man The fact you must have read the entire post, ignored everything that debunked your theory and focussed on the fool bit, makes my point. Anyone who in 2019 thinks that NASA faked the moon landings is a fool. Every single piece of ‘evidence’ has been dealt with and isn’t even...
by mealdeal
Sun Jul 21, 2019 2:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Man on the Moon..
Replies: 136
Views: 9684

Re: Man on the Moon..

So why are NASA designing new suits then ? Because they’ve acknowledged that the old ones needed improving, as much as anything because the astronauts discovered that moon dust was particularly abrasive, almost glass sharp and it damaged the outer layers. The reason stars aren’t visible in lunar ph...
by mealdeal
Sun Jul 21, 2019 2:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Man on the Moon..
Replies: 136
Views: 9684

Re: Man on the Moon..

For starters NASA still haven’t designed a spacesuit to protect against radiation on the moon surface , surely that is sufficient evidence. In a way you are right, Apollo astronauts suffered a rate of cardiovascular disease* far higher than might be expected in individuals of their fitness levels. ...
by mealdeal
Mon Jun 03, 2019 2:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Britains Got Talent
Replies: 49
Views: 4900

Re: Britains Got Talent

I'll never be convinced that Cowell doesn't have a major influence on who gets through and who wins. He has an enormous influence. The producers were working with a Burnley born magician who developed a mind reading dog act over an 18 month period. Right at the end of the process, just before audti...
by mealdeal
Sun May 19, 2019 9:20 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Salary Cap
Replies: 31
Views: 2961

Re: Salary Cap

Claret-On-A-T-Rex wrote:Brilliant, you won the argument.

So there you go, no there shouldn't be a salary cap in football, here or abroad or in any other sport.
Thanks, I thought it was a pretty solid victory, although to be honest it wasn’t much of an argument to counter
by mealdeal
Sun May 19, 2019 8:59 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Salary Cap
Replies: 31
Views: 2961

Re: Salary Cap

No, starting or becoming head of a successful company requires brains, even if it doesn't include qualifications, football doesn't. What an absolutely bellended argument you’ve made. Pay is based on the scarcity of the resource on offer not on ‘brains’. Some skills require academic ability to pass ...
by mealdeal
Thu May 09, 2019 10:30 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The beginning of the end for privatised railways?
Replies: 85
Views: 7620

Re: The beginning of the end for privatised railways?

Nonsense. These effects didn't 'just happen', they were engineered.
by mealdeal
Thu May 09, 2019 10:17 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The beginning of the end for privatised railways?
Replies: 85
Views: 7620

Re: The beginning of the end for privatised railways?

GBR_rail_passengers_by_year_1830-2015.png Privatisation of the rail industry is not an unalloyed success story. But it is a success story. You can't post that graph and then mic drop. I can't think what happened post war, can you? Oh yeah, everyone bought a car and as a country we went on a road bu...
by mealdeal
Thu May 09, 2019 9:13 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Champion’s League Final: Who Do You Want To Prevail?
Replies: 68
Views: 5885

Re: Champion’s League Final: Who Do You Want To Prevail?

Spurs, because 'some on here' won't like that
by mealdeal
Thu May 09, 2019 7:27 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The beginning of the end for privatised railways?
Replies: 85
Views: 7620

Re: The beginning of the end for privatised railways?

Experience of how it's been done before. You can’t seriously think the way trains are run in this country now is any better than it used to be? That is unless you never use them or you live in a small area of the south of England. If you live in the north and hold this view then you’re just weirdly...
by mealdeal
Tue May 07, 2019 1:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Death Penalty.
Replies: 307
Views: 22520

Re: The Death Penalty.

Yes, I agree if you wanted to interpret it that way, you could. I don’t want to interpret anything. His clarification will help I think, in making sure what I say next is based on fact rather than supposition. God forbid anyone rushes into a judgment BEFORE knowing ALL the facts. No interpretation ...