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    Schadenfreude

    Who here is enjoying the doom a little too much?


    #2
    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Who here is enjoying the doom a little too much?

    As an owner of bank shares and a house bought in 2007 I shouldn't be enjoying it BUT I am.

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      #3
      Originally posted by rootsnall View Post
      As an owner of bank shares and a house bought in 2007 I shouldn't be enjoying it BUT I am.
      Ah, right at the peak then.

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        #4
        Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
        Who here is enjoying the doom a little too much?



        Luv'n it.
        How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

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          #5
          Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
          Ah, right at the peak then.
          Yes to the month I think, super work

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            #6
            Originally posted by rootsnall View Post
            Yes to the month I think, super work
            Me too, however taking comfort in the knowledge I sold previous house at the peak too.

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              #7
              Originally posted by rootsnall View Post
              Yes to the month I think, super work
              Unlucky. I jumped in 2 years prior to that but nearly bought another in 2007.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Manic View Post
                Me too, however taking comfort in the knowledge I sold previous house at the peak too.
                I owned three at the time of the peak and got shut of two after a bit of a struggle so I feel I've got away with it.

                However I was quite close to renting and having none which was always the master plan. I cracked under nagging Mrs and new baby strain PLUS I knew you can never lose with bricks and mortar

                I would of enjoyed haggling with a distressed 10 bob millionaire to buy his palace for peanuts

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                  #9
                  Nobody can really take too much pleasure in it, because if it all goes belly up, having some savings or an expensive house won't feed you or stop the breakdown of society. Nobody except those strange people with bunkers full of tinned foods and guns can really feel remotely secure.

                  But luckily things are bad, but we're only taking about the margins, we're not talking starvation and total collapse, just a deflation of posited wealth. Unfortunately we have a scaremonger culture (since 9/11) and the papers love this stuff.
                  Cooking doesn't get tougher than this.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View Post
                    But luckily things are bad, but we're only taking about the margins, we're not talking starvation and total collapse, just a deflation of posited wealth. Unfortunately we have a scaremonger culture (since 9/11) and the papers love this stuff.
                    911 BC

                    Scaremongering is as old as man
                    Coffee's for closers

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