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mynameisthehulk

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  1. Just because we got him instead of your boyfriend, doesnt make him stupid :mad:
  2. There is an Ian Harte rumour every year
  3. At least you got a "no" I appear to have been ignored
  4. 1, Twice.
  5. Even if Saintlee had heard anything about this one, I very much doubt he would post it after last time. The others were just mentalists
  6. Can I have this? Resized that is...
  7. It means "Hello stout fellow, how goes your evening"
  8. Why though Alps? Both players you have mentioned could easily play in a couple of positions in the new formation. Skacel can play on the left or as the amc, Euell can play amc or up top. If we are forced to keep them both, or sales of other players leave us in a position to keep them both, then they can become assests to the squad IMO.
  9. His name was Steve, last game of that season he dropped down from the old family centre above The Milton to join the pitch invasion. I dont recall who we were playing either, but I was defintely there for both incidents.
  10. Well I would be willing to wager that if there was a poll of who we should keep, Killer would come out on top...
  11. Tried all of the above and its not having it, I guess I am going try updating the firmware, but unfortunately the Nokia PC suite doesnt play well with Vista 64, so I am going to have to install a virtual machine first oh well.
  12. Never had any issues on TSF, but whenever I log in now on my phone, I get the message saying thank you for loggining in, I get redirected to the forum index, but I am not logged in Any help?
  13. VPT was my coach for a little while, he is responsible for the fact I have a sound batting technique which has allowed me to play cricket at a reasonable level for 17 years despite the fact I am not really a natural sportsman. For this reason he will always have my respect and fond regards. He used to put up with us kids calling him Vivian all the time as well, with good humour
  14. Fishing for the best prices Scott Gormley, Mail on Sunday 29 November 2000 Mark Wayman loves trawling for money. And he knows where £90m of it sank without trace last year. The cash could have gone to 60,000 endowment policyholders - but they did not know it was there, just waiting to be netted. Wayman, an independent broker in the traded endowment policies market, says: 'I talk to many people who surrendered policies to their insurance companies and lost sizeable sums because they had not heard of TEPs.' After 27 years as an independent financial adviser, he set up his own company, Endowment Surrender Plus, 15 months ago. 'I'd known about trading endowments for some time, but I came into the business when a client wanted to sell a policy,' says Wayman, 47. 'I was astounded at the difference between offers and recognised the need for someone who could fish for the best prices. Now that is the only thing I do.' The whole business of selling and buying with-profits endowment policies began more than 150 years ago. As recently as 1989, total turnover was only £5m - but last year the TEPs market was worth more than £400m, and it continues to boom. In contrast, new endowment policies are becoming as rare as North Sea cod because of past misselling scandals and, more recently, warnings of shortfalls in maturity values. Despite the success of the TEPs market, one industry estimate is that only about one in three suitable policies is offered for sale. Up to £700m worth of potentially tradeable policies are surrendered to the insurance companies that issued them. Every year, about 60,000 people surrender policies and miss the chance to sell them for an average of up to £1,500 more. Selling a policy keeps it a tradeable asset. The advantage to a buyer is that as long as they go on paying the premiums, they hold an endowment with start-up costs already paid, and the full benefits when it matures. From his office in Macclesfield, Cheshire, Wayman sends details of endowments that clients want to sell to 15 members of the Association of Policy Market Makers and the Association of Policy Traders to find the best prices. His commission, usually 3%,is paid by marketmakers, who also pay all the legal and administration fees. Wayman admits that not every surrender value can be beaten. But he says that between 10% and 40% more is achievable on most offers - and on some policies the gain can be more than 70%. 'It's all down to pure mathematics and common sense,' he says. 'The sum assured is guaranteed and so is the bonus to date. The only risks are in future reversionary bonuses and the terminal bonus, which can make up more than 60% of a policy's maturity value. That's why surrender value is rarely the true value.' http://www.endowmentsurrenderplus.co.uk/ http://www.creditgate.com/companysearch/BECQUE+WAYMAN+INVESTMENTS+LIMITED.aspx
  15. Are you thinking Branflake or Twitchy?
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